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New post on the SIPTA blog: report on the EpImp Concluding Conference

by Van Camp, Arthur

Dear imprecise probabilities enthusiasts, The SIPTA website<https://sipta.org/> has a new blog post. Kevin Blackwell has written a report on the EpImp Concluding Conference. This event, organised by Jason Konek’s ERC-funded project “Epistemic Utility for Imprecise Probabilities”, took place on 18 and 19 December in Bristol. You can find Kevin’s report here<https://sipta.org/blog/epimp-2024/>! Kind regards, Arthur Van Camp

Feb. 25, 2025

IJCRS 2025 Extension Deadline

by Stefania Boffa

Dear Colleagues, Let me inform you that the deadline for abstract and full paper submission to the *11th International Joint Conference on Rough Sets (IJCRS 2025)* has been extended to *February 28, 2025 *(firm deadline). - IJCRS 2025 will support a *hybrid format*, allowing both in-person and online participation. - Conference* website*: IJCRS 2025 <http://ijcrs2025.cqupt.edu.cn/#/home> Best wishes Stefania Boffa IJCRS 2025 Publicity Chair

Feb. 17, 2025

SIPTA 2025 extended deadline (9th February - final deadline) + important dates

by Sébastien Destercke

Dear Colleagues, We are happy to let you know that we have extended the full paper deadline for ISIPTA (International Symposium on Imprecise Probabilities: Theories and Applications) by one week. Here are all the important dates you need to know if you intend to submit a (long) paper: * Extended Submission deadline: 9th February (final) * First decision to authors: 28th March * Final decision (for papers needing revision): 18th April * Registration deadline: 1st June And, in case you still do not have time to prepare a proper paper, you are very much welcome to submit a one-page abstract to be presented as a poster * Poster submission deadline: 27th April, followed by a quick decision. We look forward to welcome you all in Bielefeld! ISIPTA program committee board Sébastien Destercke Alexander Erreygers Max Nendel Frank Riedel Matthias Troffaes

Jan. 28, 2025

SIPTA seminar on 3rd of February (3pm Paris time): Brian Hill, "Confidence in beliefs in rational policy making"

by sdesterc

Dear colleagues, We are delighted to announce our upcoming SIPTA online seminar on imprecise probabilities (IP). These monthly events are open to anyone interested in IP, and will be followed by a Q&A and open discussion. They also provide an occasion for the community to meet, keep in touch and exchange between in-person events. The next seminar will take place on the 3rd of February (Monday). The zoom link for this seminar is https://utc-fr.zoom.us/j/81067801110 For this new seminar, we are very happy to have Brian Hill as our speaker. Brian Hill is Research Director at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and CNRS Research Professor in the Economics and Decision Sciences at HEC Paris. He is also Academic Director of the Inclusive Economy Centre in the Sustainability & Organizations Institute (S&O) at HEC Paris. He has been the recipient of the CNRS Bronze Medal for early-career researchers, one of the most prestigious French science award. One of his recent research programs has focused on what counts as a rational reaction to severe uncertainty or “ambiguity”. His research also focuses on important societal issues, such as how to reduce inequality and the role of uncertainty in environmental policies. On the 3rd of February, at 15:00 CEST:paris time (up to 17:00 CEST, with a talk duration of 45min/1h), he will talk about "Confidence in beliefs in rational policy making”. Curious? Then check out the abstract on the webpage of the SIPTA seminars: sipta.org/events/sipta-seminars. The zoom link for attending the seminar can be found on that same page. So please mark your calendars on the 3rd of February, and join us for the occasion. And for those who missed the previous seminar and want to catch up, or simply want to see it again and again, it is online at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdHIecdHpEg See you at the seminar! Sébastien, Enrique and Jasper

Jan. 28, 2025

ISIPTA 2025 - second call for paper

by sdesterc

Dear colleagues, The deadline to submit long papers to ISIPTA, which is the 2nd of February, is fast approaching! The International Symposium on Imprecise Probabilities: Theories and Applications is the premier international event dedicated to the exploration of imprecise probabilities, providing a platform for both theoretical advancements and practical applications. ISIPTA also has a strong tradition of favouring discussions among its participants. To do so, accepted contributions will be presented and discussed in two separate sessions. The first session features presentations that are short and plenary. The second, longer session is devoted to detailed explanations and discussions that are face-to-face and rely on whichever medium you prefer – but having a poster is encouraged – so as to favour interaction among participants. ISIPTA will also welcome a number of renowned keynote speakers: • Carole Bernard (Grenoble École de Management & Vrije Universiteit Brussel) • Itzhak Gilboa (Hautes Études Commerciales de Paris) • Peter Grünwald (Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica & Leiden University) • Jan Obłój (University of Oxford) We invite contributions on all aspects of imprecise probabilities, a term encompassing a wide range of mathematical and statistical models that quantify uncertainty without the restriction of precise probabilities. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, sets of probability measures, partial preference orderings, game-theoretic probability, choice functions, interval probabilities, risk measures, nonlinear expectations, belief functions, and possibility theory. We accept two types of submissions: full papers and one-page abstracts. The submission deadlines are February 2nd, 2025 for full papers and April 27th, 2025 for one-page abstracts; additional important dates like notification of paper acceptance will be communicated in due course. Submission is through the EasyChair platform following the instructions on the conference website for formatting guidelines. All contributions will be made available on the conference website. Papers will be published in the Proceedings of Machine Learning Research, although authors have the option to opt out of publication. Registration is free for non-tenured scholars with accepted submission, and € 200 for tenured faculty with accepted submission. The fee for scholars without accepted submission and industry participants is € 600. The registration fee includes lunch, coffee breaks, social dinner, and participation in the social event. Registration is up to June 1st, 2025, but we encourage participants to register only after a final decision on their submission has been made. We look forward to welcoming you to Bielefeld! The ISIPTA 2025 Steering Committee Jasper De Bock Sébastien Destercke Alexander Erreygers Max Nendel Frank Riedel Matthias Troffaes

Jan. 17, 2025

Next SIPTA seminar: 22nd January 15h Paris time, Erik Quaeghebeur on probabilistic circuits

by sdesterc

Dear colleagues, We are delighted to announce our upcoming SIPTA online seminar on imprecise probabilities (IP). These monthly events are open to anyone interested in IP, and will be followed by a Q&A and open discussion. They also provide an occasion for the community to meet, keep in touch and exchange between in-person events. The next seminar will take place on the 22nd of January (Wednesday). The zoom link for this seminar is https://utc-fr.zoom.us/j/81782582392 For this new seminar, we are very happy to have Erik Quaeghebeur as our speaker. Erik Quaeghebeur is Assistant Professor at the Eindhoven university of technology, Netherlands. Erik is well known within the world of imprecise probabilities, as he started his career with making many foundational contributions to statistic and decision with imprecision, to then complement it with impactful works on the optimisation of windfarms. Among other topics, he is currently working on developing probabilistic circuits and their imprecise counterpart. On the 22nd of January, at 15:00 CEST:paris time (up to 17:00 CEST, with a talk duration of 45min/1h), he will talk about "The wondrous world of credal and deep probabilistic circuits”. Curious? Then check out the abstract on the webpage of the SIPTA seminars: sipta.org/events/sipta-seminars. The zoom link for attending the seminar can be found on that same page. So please mark your calendars on the 22nd of January, and join us for the occasion. And for those who missed the previous seminar and want to catch up, or simply want to see it again and again, it is online at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd_nDt4SIjg&t See you at the seminar! Sébastien, Enrique and Jasper

Jan. 13, 2025

New post on the SIPTA blog

by Van Camp, Arthur

Dear IP enthusiasts, The SIPTA blog<https://sipta.org/blog/> has another new blogpost. You can learn more about Giacomo Molinari's doctoral research<https://sipta.org/blog/thesis-giacomo/> on Deference Principles for Imprecise Probabilities. Kind regards, Arthur Van Camp

Dec. 21, 2024

[Jobs] Research Fellow in Autonomous Driving under Uncertainty (Jan 19)

by Fabio Cuzzolin

The Visual Artificial Intelligence Laboratory @ Oxford Brookes <https://www.linkedin.com/company/visual-ai-lab/> (VAIL) at Oxford Brookes University <https://www.linkedin.com/company/oxfordbrookes/>, led by Professor <https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAAW5OSgBrV7rQei3wMC_5Dj5_9UA8fT7kp4>Fabio Cuzzolin <https://www.linkedin.com/in/fabio-cuzzolin/>, is seeking a fellow to be appointed as soon as possible, full-time, for a period of 12 months or until the end of the project (February 2026). The #ResearchFellow <https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=researchfellow&highlightedU…> will join the Lab’s efforts in the context of the #Horizon2020 <https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=horizon2020&highlightedUpda…> FET-Open project “Epistemic AI” coordinated by Oxford Brookes, with KU Leuven <https://www.linkedin.com/company/ku_leuven/> and Delft University of Technology <https://www.linkedin.com/company/tudelft/> as the other partners. https://lnkd.in/grbkStWQ The project’s overarching objective is to develop a new paradigm for a next-generation artificial intelligence providing worst-case guarantees on its predictions thanks to a proper modelling of real-world uncertainties. The project re-imagines AI from the foundations, with the aim of providing a proper treatment of the #epistemic <https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=epistemic&highlightedUpdate…> #uncertainty <https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=uncertainty&highlightedUpda…> stemming from a machine’s forcibly partial knowledge of the world by means of advanced uncertainty theory. The Fellow will assist Prof Cuzzolin with the coordination of the H2020 Epistemic AI project and maintain a smooth communication among the project partners. In particular, they will lead the research work of Work Package 3 (Science-to-technology breakthrough in autonomous driving), by developing new frameworks for object detection and scene understanding under uncertainty, as well as inverse reinforcement learning. They will join another research fellow and co-supervise the two PhD students hired under the project, while helping with the general management of the Visual AI Lab. The Visual Artificial Intelligence Laboratory is a fast-growing research unit of 24 members, active in #deeplearning <https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=deeplearning&highlightedUpd…> for action detection, #uncertainty <https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=uncertainty&highlightedUpda…> in #artificialintelligence <https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=artificialintelligence&high…> , #machinelearning <https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=machinelearning&highlighted…> (e.g. #continuallearning <https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=continuallearning&highlight…> ), #computervision <https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=computervision&highlightedU…> , #autonomousdriving <https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=autonomousdriving&highlight…>, surgical and mobile #robotics <https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=robotics&highlightedUpdateU…> , #AI <https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=ai&highlightedUpdateUrns=ur…> for healthcare. The Lab is currently pioneering frontier topics such as machine # theoryofmind <https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=theoryofmind&highlightedUpd…>, evolving machine intelligence, intrinsically-aligned AI, epistemic # foundationmodels <https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=foundationmodels&highlighte…>, AI for science, #neuraloperators <https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=neuraloperators&highlighted…> under uncertainty. Within autonomous driving, we are recognised as the creators of the series of ROAD datasets for #situationalawareness <https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=situationalawareness&highli…> , https://lnkd.in/enx8wDMJ https://lnkd.in/e5hyeFyf https://lnkd.in/e6k48Q6T the organisation of 5 recent workshops at top conferences (at ICCV, ECCV, UAI, IROS)hashtag and we are working to incubate a <https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=iccv&highlightedUpdateUrns=…> hashtag <https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=spinoff&highlightedUpdateUr…>and we are working to incubate a spinoff company on robust hashtag#perception <https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=perception&highlightedUpdat…> and end-to-end planning for autonomous vehicles. VAIL is part of the University’s new Artificial Intelligence, Data Analysis and Systems (AIDAS) Institute <https://www.linkedin.com/company/artificial-intelligence-data-analysis-and-…>, directed by Cuzzolin. Please apply here (vacancy ID number of 174959): https://my.corehr.com/pls/oburecruit/erq_jobspec_details_form.jobspec?p_id=… or contact Fabio at fabio.cuzzolin(a)brookes.ac.uk for more information. The deadline for application is 19 January 2025.

Dec. 20, 2024

ISIPTA 2025: Call for papers

by Alexander Erreygers

The International Symposium on Imprecise Probabilities: Theories and Applications<https://sipta.org/events/isipta/> is the premier international event dedicated to the exploration of imprecise probabilities, providing a platform for both theoretical advancements and practical applications. The 14th edition of this biennial conference series will be held at the Bielefeld University Center for Interdisciplinary Research<https://www.uni-bielefeld.de/__uuid/fcd0d2db-5ed3-45a1-b122-685b58074571/> from Tuesday, July 15, 2025, to Friday, July 18, 2025. We invite contributions on all aspects of imprecise probabilities, a term encompassing a wide range of mathematical and statistical models that quantify uncertainty without the restriction of precise probabilities. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, sets of probability measures, partial preference orderings, game-theoretic probability, choice functions, interval probabilities, risk measures, nonlinear expectations, belief functions, and possibility theory. As is tradition at ISIPTA, accepted contributions will be presented and discussed in two separate sessions. Presentations are short and plenary. Detailed explanations and discussions are face-to-face relying on whichever medium you prefer – but having a poster is encouraged – so as to favour interaction among participants. We accept two types of submissions: full papers and one-page abstracts. The submission deadlines are February 2nd, 2025 for full papers and April 27th, 2025 for one-page abstracts; additional important dates like notification of paper acceptance will be communicated in due course. Submission is through the EasyChair platform<https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=isipta2025> following the instructions on the conference website<https://isipta25.sipta.org/submission> for formatting guidelines. All contributions will be made available on the conference website. Papers will be published in the Proceedings of Machine Learning Research<https://proceedings.mlr.press/>, although authors have the option to opt out of publication. Registration is free for non-tenured scholars with accepted submission, and € 200 for tenured faculty with accepted submission. The fee for scholars without accepted submission and industry participants is € 600. The registration fee includes lunch, coffee breaks, social dinner, and participation in the social event. Registration is up to June 1st, 2025, but we encourage participants to register only after a final decision on their submission has been made. We look forward to welcoming you to Bielefeld! The ISIPTA 2025 Steering Committee Jasper De Bock Sébastien Destercke Alexander Erreygers Max Nendel Frank Riedel Matthias Troffaes

Dec. 20, 2024

7th School on Belief Functions and their Applications: Preliminary Announcement

by Serafin Moral

*************************************************************************************** 7th School on Belief Functions and their Applications Oct 19-23, 2025 University of Granada, Granada, Spain https://www.bfasociety.org/BFTA2025 bfta2025(a)bfasociety.org *************************************************************************************** PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT(more information coming soon) The BELIEF school is a biennial event organized by the Belief Functions and Applications Society (BFAS) that offers a unique opportunity for students and researchers to learn about fundamental and advanced aspects of the theory of belief functions (also referred to as Dempster-Shafer theory, or evidence theory), a formalism for reasoning with uncertainty. The school will be organized around a set of lectures by prominent researchers. Lectures will gradually tackle basic to more advanced theoretical concepts. They will also highlight the links with other uncertainty theories such as random sets and possibility theory, and present applications of belief functions in various domains including machine learning, information fusion, statistical inference and materials science. Financial Support The Belief Functions and Applications Society (BFAS) is offering several grants that cover the school registration fees (which include the tuition fees, lunches, coffee breaks and the social event). Organizing committee * Serafin Moral (Chair), University of Granada, Spain * Inés Couso, University of Oviedo, Spain * Enrique Miranda, University of Oviedo, Spain * Thierry Denœux, University of Technology of Compiègne, France * Anne-Laure Jousselme, CS Group Research Lab, France * Frédéric Pichon, Artois University, France * David Mercier, Artois University, France

Dec. 18, 2024