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[SIPTA] PGM 2016 Call for Papers (deadline May 20)

by Alessandro Antonucci

PGM 2016 is the eight edition of the International Conference on Probabilistic Graphical Models. It will take place in Lugano (Switzerland) between the 6th and the 9th of September 2016. The conference website is http://pgm.idsia.ch. It welcomes contributions on all aspects of graphical models including probabilistic reasoning, decision making, learning and data mining. Both theoretical and applied contributions are welcome. The deadline for submissions is May 20, 2016. ::: PROCEEDINGS ::: The accepted papers will be published in the proceedings track (http://jmlr.csail.mit.edu/proceedings/) of the Journal of Machine Learning Research (JMLR). Submission instructions and the author's kit are available at http://www2.idsia.ch/cms/pgm/submissions The page limit is 12 pages in the JMLR (single-column) style. Each submission will be double-blind reviewed by three referees. ::: IJAR Special Issue ::: Selected papers will be invited to be extended and then submitted to a special issue of the International Journal of Approximate Reasoning (IJAR). ::: INVITED SPEAKERS ::: We are pleased to have three distinguished invited speakers. Guido Consonni is Professor of Statistics at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy. His current research topics are in the area of: model selection, graphical models and Bayesian networks, objective Bayesian analysis, models for high-dimensional data, hierarchical models. He is Chair of the Objective Bayes Section of the International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA). Fabio G. Cozman is Professor at Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil. He works with probabilistic reasoning and machine learning, with a special interest in formalisms that extend probability theory. He has served as Program and General Chair of the Conf. on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence, Area Chair of the Int. Joint Conf. on Artificial Intelligence, and as Associate Editor of the Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research and of the Journal of Approximate Reasoning, as well as of the Artificial Intelligence Journal. Adnan Darwiche is Professor and former Chairman of the Computer Science Department at UCLA. His research focuses on the theory and practice of symbolic and probabilistic reasoning, with recent applications to machine learning. He served as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research (JAIR) and is an AAAI fellow. He is also author of "Modeling and Reasoning with Bayesian Networks", published by Cambridge University Press in 2009. ::: TUTORIALS ::: We will have two tutorials. "Computational Complexity of Bayesian Networks and Markov Random Fields", by Cassio P. de Campos, Reader at Queen’s University Belfast, UK, and Johan Kwisthout, senior staff member in the Artificial Intelligence Program at Radboud University, The Netherlands. "Learning Sum-Product Networks", by Nicola Di Mauro, Professor at the University of Bari, Italy, and by Antonio Vergari, PhD student at the University of Bari. This tutorial is an ECCAI invited talk, supported by the ECCAI conference sponsorship program. ::: DEADLINES ::: May 20, 2016: Paper submission deadline June 10, 2016: Author notification June 24, 2016: Camera-ready copy due September 6-9, 2016: Conference _________________________________ Alessandro Antonucci IDSIA Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence Via Cantonale (Galleria 2) CH-6928, Manno-Lugano, CH mail: alessandro(a)idsia.ch skype: alessandro.antonucci tel: +41 916108515 web: www.idsia.ch/~alessandro _________________________________

March 29, 2016

[SIPTA] Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Reader/Professor in Data Science and/or Intelligent Autonomous Systems at Queen's U Belfast

by Cassio P. de Campos

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Reader/Professor in Data Science and/or Intelligent Autonomous Systems Queen's University Belfast - School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/ANH172/lecturer-senior-lecturer-reader-professor-… Contract Type: Permanent Anticipated interview date: May/June 2016 Closing date: Monday 18 April 2016 We seek to recruit a highly qualified candidate for an academic post to commence in 2016 or 2017 who can build and grow innovative, mission-led research programmes. The candidate should also demonstrate an ability to inspire students and facilitate motivational learning within core undergraduate and specialist postgraduate curricula. The School is undergoing rapid expansion, as part of major investment from the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences (EPS). Delivering against Queen's Vision2020 and beyond, EPS focuses on solving Global Challenges by enabling new forms of interdisciplinary research and education. The investment of EPS in EEECS capitalises on the establishment of the Institute of Electronics, Communication and Information Technology (ECIT), one of Queens four Global Research Institutes (GRIs). ECIT was awarded a 2015 Queen's Anniversary Prize for Further and Higher Education and is recognised for world-leading research excellence. Further EPS investment includes the establishment of a Pioneer Research Programme (PRP) on Intelligent Autonomous Manufacturing Systems (i-AMS), to support research with high impact potential in this area. We are seeking a candidate who can enhance ECIT's international reputation in the following key disciplines: Data Science & Intelligent Autonomous Systems. An opportunity is available at Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Reader or Professor level. The successful candidate will benefit from additional resources such as studentships, engineering and commercial support and will have access to state of the art facilities, including a transformative £14 million Computer Science building opening in September 2016. Further details on our key disciplines and other candidate information are available at: http://www.ecit.qub.ac.uk/Aboutus/Recruitment/ Informal enquiries may be directed to Professor Dimitrios S. Nikolopoulos, Head of School of EEECS, email: eeecs-hos(a)qub.ac.uk Anticipated interview date: May/June 2016 Closing date: Monday 18 April 2016 Apply online at www.qub.ac.uk/jobs. For further information or assistance contact the Personnel Department, Queen's University Belfast, BT7 1NN. Telephone (028) 9097 3044 or email on personnel(a)qub.ac.uk. The University is committed to equality of opportunity and to selection on merit. It therefore welcomes applications from all sections of society and particularly welcomes applications from people with a disability.

March 24, 2016

[SIPTA] RuleML 2016 track on Rule- and Ontology-Based Data Access and Transformation

by Andrea Cali

March 23, 2016

[SIPTA] WELCOME TO SMC 2016 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: October 9-12 Budapest, Hungary,

by Kádár Péter - T-Online

March 14, 2016

[SIPTA] BELIEF 2016 - 2nd Call for Papers

by Václav Kratochvíl

March 14, 2016

[SIPTA] RuleML 2016 track on Rule- and Ontology-Based Data Access and Transformation

by Andrea Cali

March 12, 2016

[SIPTA] Fw: Call for papers: TES 2017

by Kreinovich

March 12, 2016

[SIPTA] FW: 6th WORLD CONFERENCE ON SOFT COMPUTING: May 22-25, 2016 -- deadline extended

by Kreinovich

March 3, 2016

[SIPTA] FW: Lecturer in Statistics - The University of Texas at El Paso

by Kreinovich

FYI -----Original Message----- POSITION DESCRIPTION: The Department of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Texas at El Paso seeks to fill full-time lecturer positions beginning Fall 2016. This non-tenure-track position carries a 9-month salary of $43,000 for a teaching load of fifteen credits hours each semester with the primary duty of teaching freshmen and sophomore level Statistics (especially) and Mathematics courses. Good communication skills and excellence in teaching are essential. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: The minimum qualifications for the position consist of a Master's degree in Statistics and at least 18 graduate semester hours in Mathematics. UTEP and El Paso Located on the culturally vibrant U.S.-Mexico border, UTEP is a doctoral research university with over 23,000 students. The University's rapidly growing research portfolio in the sciences, engineering, health fields, and other areas brings in nearly $80 million per year in research expenditures, ranking UTEP in the top three of UT System academic institutions. APPLICATION PROCEDURE: Review of applications will begin immediately, and applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Candidates must submit: 1) a letter of interest, 2) a curriculum vita, and 3) complete contact information for at least three references. Applications should be submitted electronically as a single PDF file with the subject line "UTEP Math Lecturer Search" to: Joan Staniswalis PhD Search Committee Chair Department of Mathematical Sciences The University of Texas at El Paso 500 West University Ave. El Paso, TX 79968-0514 Email: lecturersearch(a)math.utep.edu

March 2, 2016