Database and Expert Systems Applications

The two-volume set LNCS constitutes the proceedings of the 37th International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications, DEXA 2026, held in Graz, Austria, in August 11–13, 2026.The 34 full and 20 short papers presented in this set together with 2 invited papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 123 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows:Part I: Knowledge Graphs and Graph Intelligence; Graph Data Management and Processing; Recommendation, Search and Information Retrieval; Large Language Models and Multi-Agent Systems; Data Governance, Quality and Integration; Database Systems and Query Processing.Part II: Storage Systems and Data Infrastructure; Machine Learning Foundations and Data Generation; Temporal Data Analytics and Forecasting; AI for IoT and Cybersecurity; Neural Networks and Applied AI; Systems, Security and Emerging Applications.