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Re: [SIPTA] IMEKO Congress
by Kreinovich Feb. 12, 2015

Feb. 12, 2015

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Re: [SIPTA] applications to structural engineering: CFP
by Kreinovich Feb. 9, 2015

Feb. 9, 2015

FYI, please note that probabilistic and interval methods are among the highlighted topics -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Dr.M.V.Rama Rao [dr.mvrr(a)gmail.com] please help in forwarding the attached call for papers to the members of Interval Computations mailing list Rama Rao ******************************************************************* CALL FOR PAPERS SPECIAL TECHNICAL SESSIONS AT THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING WORLD CONGRESS (SEWC-2015), SINGAPORE We would like to kindly invite you to contribute to our Technical sessions, which we organize and co-organize at the Structural Engineering World Congress (SEWC-2015) October 19-22, 2015, Singapore (http://sewc2015.org/) We would be very pleased if you could accept this invitation and present a paper in one or more of our Technical Sessions. Please find the details of our Technical sessions at the end of this email and the descriptions attached. Please indicate your interest in participating in the conference by sending a mail to dr.mvrr(a)gmail.com or suryapp(a)yahoo.com at the earliest. Abstracts can be submitted online as per the instructions provided at http://sewc2015.org/abstract-submission/ Deadlines Abstract Submission: 16 March 2015 Abstract Acceptance by: 16 April 2015 Final Paper Submission: 16 July 2015 Please submit your abstract according to the instructions online through the conference webpage and, in addition, email a copy to us. Please accept our apologies if you receive this call for papers more than once through different channels. Sincerely, M. V. Rama Rao, Professor in Civil Engineering, Vasavi College of Engineering, Hyderabad, India Email: dr.mvrr(a)gmail.com P. Surya Prakash President, Association of Consulting Civil Engineers (India) Email: suryapp(a)yahoo.com DETAILS OF TECHNICAL SESSIONS 1. Structural Reliability This technical session aims to aims to outline the latest developments of handling the issue of reliability in Structural engineering. Contributions are invited with emphasis on theory, numerical methods and applications of the following areas a) Structural reliability b) Non-deterministic methods of structural analysis (Probabilistic, fuzzy and interval approaches) c) Any other research topics in the broader framework of the main theme of Structural Reliability 2. Advances in Structural Engineering This technical session aims to aims to outline the latest developments in the field of Structural engineering. Contributions are invited with emphasis on theory, numerical methods and applications of the following areas a) Computational Structural Mechanics (including application of neural networks, genetic algorithms and expert systems in Structural Analysis) b) Innovations in materials and methods of construction c) Any other research topics in the broader framework of the main theme of Structural Engineering ******************************************************************** Dr.M.V.Rama Rao M.Tech,PhD,Postdoc(KU Leuven),FIE,FACCE(I),FICI,MISTE Professor,Department of Civil Engineering Vasavi College of Engineering, Hyderabad-500 031 INDIA ---------------------------------------------------------- Formerly Postdoctoral Fellow, Departement Computerwetenschappen 200 a, Celestijnenlaan, Heverlee, B3001- Belgium

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[SIPTA] Call for papers: Special Issue on "Inductive Statistical Methods" - Entropy Journal
by Cassio P. de Campos Feb. 9, 2015

Feb. 9, 2015

Forwarding a call. Best regards, cassio. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Call for papers: Special Issue on "Inductive Statistical Methods" for Entropy (ISSN 1099-4300; http://www.mdpi.com/journal/entropy) A short prospectus is given at the volume website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/entropy/special_issues/inductive-statistical This special issue will be fully Open Access. More information is available at http://www.mdpi.com/about/openaccess/ Entropy is an open access journal which maintains a rigorous and fast peer-review system and accepted papers are immediately published online. Because it is an online and open access journal, papers published in Entropy will receive high publicity. It is fully covered by the leading indexing and abstracting services, including Google Scholar, MathSciNet, Scopus and Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science). The Impact Factor for Entropy is 1.564 (2013). The importance of using statistical methods in the development of research is widely recognized by the general scientific community. This special issue focuses on foundations of statistics and their proper application in practical problems. Interest in foundations of inductive Statistics has been growing together with the increasing availability of new Bayesian methodological alternatives. Scientists need to deal with the increase difficulty in the choice of optimal methods to be applied to their research problems that each day becomes closer to reality. The examination and discussion on foundations prevent the mere ad-hoc application of Bayesian methods to scientific problems. Specific areas of interest include (but are not limited to): * Formal applications of Inductive Statistical methods to novel applied problems. * Philosophical accounts of Inductive Statistical methods (including contributions arguing for or against those). * Methodological developments of Inductive Statistics (taking in account the practical usability of them). * Surveys of the state of the art in one of the above areas. The official deadline for submissions is 31 May 2015. However, you may send your manuscript at any time before the deadline. We can organize a very fast peer-review, if accepted, the paper will be published immediately. The special issue editors: Prof. Dr. Carlos Alberto De Bragança Pereira University of São Paulo, cpereira(a)ime.usp.br Prof. Dr. Adriano Polpo Federal University of Sao Carlos, polpo(a)ufscar.br Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any further questions.

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[SIPTA] Extended deadline: PhD Scholarship on Regression with Interval Data (University of Hull)
by Marco Cattaneo Feb. 6, 2015

Feb. 6, 2015

A full-time PhD Scholarship on Regression with Interval Data is available at the University of Hull, Department of Mathematics. Regression is one of the main methods of statistical analysis, widely used in all application fields. However, data are often not of the quality required in order to perform standard regression analyses. In particular, data are often interval-censored, meaning that data values are not known exactly, but only known to lie in particular intervals. The goal of the PhD project is to develop a well-founded general approach to regression with interval-censored data. The closing date for applications is 13 February 2015. The Scholarship will start on 28 September 2015. For more information, please see: http://www2.hull.ac.uk/student/scholarships/scienceandengineering/regressio… --- Dr Marco Cattaneo Department of Mathematics Robert Blackburn Building, Room 066B University of Hull Hull, HU6 7RX, UK Tel: +44 (0)1482 466566 http://www2.hull.ac.uk/science/mathematics/staff/cattaneo.aspx ************************************************** To view the terms under which this email is distributed, please go to http://www2.hull.ac.uk/legal/disclaimer.aspx **************************************************

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[SIPTA] FW: Publicity for SMC 2015
by Kreinovich Feb. 5, 2015

Feb. 5, 2015

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[SIPTA] ECSQARU: final call for papers and deadline extension
by Sébastien Destercke Jan. 30, 2015

Jan. 30, 2015

** apologies for cross-posting ** ====================================================================== ECSQARU 2015, 15th-17th July 2015 Thirteenth European Conference on Symbolic and Quantitative Approaches to Reasoning with Uncertainty Dates: July 15th-17th, 2015 Location: Compiègne, France Submission deadline (extended): February 27th, 2015 Notification: April 15th, 2015 Final version: May 1st, 2015 Further information: https://ecsqaru2015.hds.utc.fr/ ====================================================================== Please note that this extended deadline is a hard deadline. No further extensions will be announced. Scope ----------- The biennial ECSQARU conferences constitute a major forum for advances in the theory and practice of reasoning under uncertainty. Contributions come from researchers interested in advancing the technology and from practitioners using uncertainty techniques in real-world applications. The scope of the ECSQARU conferences encompasses fundamental issues, representation, inference, learning, and decision making in qualitative and numeric uncertainty paradigms. The 13th European Conference on Symbolic and Quantitative Approaches to Reasoning with Uncertainty will be held in Compiègne, France, on July 15th-17th, 2015. Publication and indexing ---------------------------------- In accordance with the previous conferences, the proceedings of ECSQARU 2015 will be published in the Springer Lecture Notes in Articial Intelligence series. Authors are requested to prepare their conference papers in the LNCS/LNAI format, indexed by the following services: - ISI Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Science (CPCI-S), included in ISI Web of Science - EI Engineering Index (Compendex and Inspec databases) - ACM Digital Library - dblp - Google Scholar - IO-Port - MathSciNet - Scopus - Zentralblatt MATH Extended version of selected papers will appear in a special issue of the International Journal of Approximate Reasoning. Invited speakers ----------------------- We are glad to announce that the following speakers have agreed to give an invited talk at the conference: - Edith Elkind, Oxford University - Teddy Seidenfeld, Carnegie Mellon University - Marco Zaffalon, Istituto "Dalle Molle" di Studi sull’Intelligenza Artificiale (IDSIA) Conference organization ---------------------------------- ECSQARU 2015 is organized by the Heudiasyc research laboratory at the Université de Technologie de Compiègne, and more specifically by: - Prof. Thierry Denoeux (Conference Chair) - Dr. Véronique Cherfaoui - Dr. Sébastien Destercke - Dr. Benjammin Quost - Dr. Mohamed Sallak They can be contacted through ecsqaru2015(a)hds.utc.fr

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Re: [SIPTA] Call for papers: Symposium on “Stochastic Optimization, Uncertainty and Probability”, ASME 2015 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (November 13-19, 2015, Houston, Texas)
by Kreinovich Jan. 28, 2015

Jan. 28, 2015

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[SIPTA] ISIPTA '15 FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS & POSTERS
by Enrique Miranda Jan. 28, 2015

Jan. 28, 2015

*ISIPTA '15 FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS & POSTERS* 9th International Symposium on Imprecise Probability: Theories and Applications 20-24 July 2015 Pescara, Italy Website with up-to-date information on all aspects of the conference: http://www.sipta.org/isipta15 Scientific program contact: isipta15(a)easychair.org Local organization contact: isipta15(a)unich.it *Important Dates* 1 Feb - Paper abstracts due (*no preliminary paper required at this date*) 20 Feb - Review-ready papers due (*deadline extended*) 31 Mar - Conference hotel pre-reservation deadline 08 Apr - Paper notification 17 Apr - Poster-only abstracts due 06 May - Poster-only notification 29 May - Early-bird registration deadline (€350 full; €200 student) *Scope & Symposium Format* ISIPTA is the primary international forum to present and discuss new results related to imprecise probability. We welcome both theoretical and applied original contributions. In this edition, we especially welcome papers connecting imprecise probabilities with related research in fields such as economics, philosophy, sociology, and engineering. There will be no parallel sessions. Each paper that is accepted is presented both (i) in a plenary session, meant for a short introduction and a sketch of the context and relevance; and (ii) in a poster session, where ample time is given for in-depth explanation and discussion. The poster-only track provides a second, free format presentation option. It is also open for preliminary results, challenges, etc. *New: non-proceedings papers* To adapt to different publication cultures in different fields, we introduce a new option: the non-proceeding papers. Authors may request that their contribution is not published in the proceedings in case this precludes later publication of an expanded journal version. The PC Board will decide on a case-by-case basis. If accepted, a one-page abstract will be published in the proceedings, and the paper must be freely available on-line (e.g., as a working paper). *Invited Speakers* Massimo Marinacci Department of Decision Sciences, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy Itzhak Gilboa Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel-Aviv University, Israel & HEC, Paris, France Peter M. Williams Department of Informatics, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK & BW Mining, Brighton, UK *Special Issue* After the conference, a special issue with a selection of the accepted papers will be published in an expanded version in the International Journal of Approximate Reasoning. *Steering Committee* T. Augustin (LMU München, Germany) + PC Board G. de Cooman (Ghent University, Belgium) S. Doria (University G. d'Annunzio, Italy) + Local Organization E. Miranda (University of Oviedo, Spain) + PC Board E. Quaeghebeur (CWI, Amsterdam, Netherlands) + PC Board T. Seidenfeld (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) We look forward to your contribution and to seeing you in Pescara!

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Re: [SIPTA] MS at APSSRA 2016
by Kreinovich Jan. 24, 2015

Jan. 24, 2015

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[SIPTA] Accept & reject statement-based uncertainty models
by Erik Quaeghebeur Jan. 22, 2015

Jan. 22, 2015

Dear colleagues, I am pleased to announce the publication in IJAR of a paper co-authored by Gert de Cooman, Filip Hermans, and myself: Accept & reject statement-based uncertainty models Links: * Journal version (free download until March 12th): http://authors.elsevier.com/a/1QPbF,KD6Z3Yjz or (the above link does not work for me in Firefox) http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/authShare/S0888613X14001789/20150121T1… * DOI: 10.1016/j.ijar.2014.12.003 * Author post-print version (v6 update with some errata fixed will arrive by next week): http://arxiv.org/abs/1208.4462 Abstract: We develop a framework for modelling and reasoning with uncertainty based on accept and reject statements about gambles. It generalises the frameworks found in the literature based on statements of acceptability, desirability, or favourability and clarifies their relative position. Next to the statement-based formulation, we also provide a translation in terms of preference relations, discuss—as a bridge to existing frameworks—a number of simplified variants, and show the relationship with prevision-based uncertainty models. We furthermore provide an application to modelling symmetry judgements. Keywords: Acceptability; Indifference; Desirability; Favourability; Preference; Prevision Best regards, Erik Quaeghebeur -- http://ac.erikquaeghebeur.name

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