DA2PL 2026: From Multiple-Criteria Decision Aid to Preference Learning Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) Brussels, Belgium, April 16-17, 2026 |
| Conference website | https://da2pl.ulb.be/ |
| Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=da2pl2026 |
DA2PL 2026 (From Multiple Criteria Decision Aid to Preference Learning) aims to bring together researchers from decision analysis and machine learning. It provides a forum for discussing recent advances and identifying new research challenges in the intersection of both fields, thereby supporting a cross-fertilisation of these disciplines. Following the five previous editions of this workshop, which took place in Mons in 2012, Paris in 2014, Paderborn in 2016, Poznan in 2018, and Trento (virtually) in 2020, Compiègne in 2022, DA2PL 2026 will be held at the Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, 16, 17 April 2026.
Submission Guidelines
As usual DA2PL will accept two kinds of submissions:
- Long papers that will undergo a full review process, should be at most 8 pages long in a 2‑columns format and submitted before the paper submission deadline.
- Extended abstracts that should be at most 2 pages long, will undergo a light review process. Abstracts will be reviewed on the fly and can be submitted up to the deadline for giving Camera-ready version of papers.
The important dates are:
- Dec, 2025: Submission opens
- End of Jan, 2026: Registration opens
- Feb 20, 2026: Paper submission deadline
- March 15, 2026: Authors notification of acceptance
- March 31, 2026: Camera-ready version of the paper or the abstract
- April 16-17, 2026: Conference
Committees
Program Committee
- Khaled Belahcène, CentraleSupélec, Université Paris-Saclay, France
- Stephan Clémençon, Telecom Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, France
- Salvatore Corrente, Universita di Catania, Italy
- Bernard De Baets, Universiteit Gent, Belgium
- Sébastien Destercke, CNRS – University of Technology of Compiègne, France
- Luis Dias, University of Coimbra, Portugal
- Ulle Endriss, Universiteit van Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Eyke Hüllermeier, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München, Germany
- Ulrich Junker, IBM, France Christophe Labreuche Thales R&T, France
- Jérôme Lang, University Paris Dauphine – PSL, France
- Thibaut Lust, Sorbonne Université (Paris 6), France
- Thierry Marchant, Universiteit Gent, Belgium
- Brice Mayag, Université Paris Dauphine – PSL, France
- Jérôme Mengin, IRIT, Université Toulouse III, France
- Patrick Meyer, IMT-Atlantique, Brest, France
- Vincent Mousseau, CentraleSupélec, Université Paris-Saclay, France
- Wassila Ouerdane, CentraleSupélec, Université Paris-Saclay, France
- Meltem Öztürk, Université Paris-Dauphine – PSL, France
- Andrea Passerini, University of Trento, Italy
- Patrice Perny, Sorbonne Université (Paris 6), France
- Antoine Rolland, Université Lumière Lyon 2, France
- Alexis Tsoukias, Université Paris Dauphine – PSL, France
- Aida Valls, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain
- Paolo Viappiani, Université Paris-Dauphine – PSL, France
Organizing committee
- Yves De Smet, Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
- Marc Pirlot, Université de Mons, Belgium
- Gilles Dejaegere, Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
- Vinciane De Wilde, Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
- Alexandre Flachs, Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
- François Verschuren, Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
- Boris Coquelet, Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Invited Speakers
- Wassila Ouerdane, CentraleSupélec, Université Paris-Saclay, France
- Sébastien Destercke, CNRS – University of Technology of Compiègne, France
- Aadirupa Saha, University of Illinois Chicago (UIC), USA
Venue
The conference will take place on the Solbosh Campus of the Université libre de Bruxelles. The conference will be held in Building S (see map https://www.ulb.be/fr/plans-et-acces/solbosch) on the second floor in room “Eugène Dupreel”.
Contact
contact.da2pl2026@ulb.be
Sponsors
EURO - 'Association of European Operational Research Societies'