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[SIPTA] EUROFUSE: Session on preference modeling and learning using imprecise probabilistic approaches
by Sébastien Destercke April 19, 2013

April 19, 2013

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[SIPTA] ISIPTA '13 - CALL FOR POSTERS and IJAR PRIZE
by Sébastien Destercke April 17, 2013

April 17, 2013

============================================================================= ISIPTA '13 - CALL FOR POSTERS and IJAR PRIZE ============================================================================= Your help with circulating this announcement locally is much appreciated. Apologies for multiple postings. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ISIPTA '13 8th International Symposium on Imprecise Probability: Theories and Applications Tuesday 2 to Friday 5 July 2013 Monday 1st: tutorials Université de Technologie de Compiegne Compiegne, France http://www.sipta.org/isipta13 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Dear colleague(s), We would like to draw your attention to the 8th International Symposium on Imprecise Probability: Theories and Applications, which be held at the Université de Technologie de Compiegne from July 2 to July 5, 2013. The ISIPTA meetings are one of the primary international forums to present and discuss new results on the theories and applications of imprecise probability. Imprecise probability is a generic term for the many mathematical or statistical models which allow us to measure chance or uncertainty without using sharp numerical probabilities. CALL FOR POSTERS and IJAR PRIZE applicants Submissions of poster abstracts (to be included in the proceedings) and of applications to the IJAR young researcher award are still open. Details about these submissions can be found at the following addresses: * Poster abstracts: http://www.sipta.org/isipta13/index.php?id=submit_abstract * IJAR young researcher award: http://www.sipta.org/isipta13/index.php?id=prizes_ijar For further details about (pre)registration, program committee, scientific and social program visit the ISIPTA '13 web site at http://www.sipta.org/isipta13/. IMPORTANT DATES Posters only abstract submission deadline: 21 April 2013 IJAR young researcher award application: 15 June 2013 Symposium: July 2-5, 2013. ISIPTA/ECSQARU JOINT ACTIONS The ECSQARU 2013 conference (http://www.projects.science.uu.nl/ecsqaru/index.html) will be held in Utrecht from Sunday 7 to Wednesday 10 July 2013. As some of the themes of the two conferences are closely related, we propose the following joint actions: - a reduced fee to attend both conferences, including the trip from Compiegne to Utrecht by bus; - in each conference, tutorials and talks covering usual topics of the other conference; - a workshop on sunday 7 about bridges and connections between topics usually treated in one (but not both) of the conferences. More information can be found on the respective websites of the conferences. STEERING COMMITTEE Fabio Cozman (Sao paulo University, Brazil) Thierry Denoeux (Université de Technologie de Compiegne, France) Sébastien Destercke (Université de Technologie de Compiegne, France) Thomas Fetz (Innsbruck University, Austria) Serafin Moral (Granada University, Spain) Teddy Seidenfeld (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) Matthias Troffaes (Durham University, UK) QUESTIONS If you have any questions about the symposium and/or about related events, please send an email to isipta13(a)hds.utc.fr, or at the following address: Sébastien Destercke, Université de Technologie de Compiegne, Centre de recherche de Royallieu, 60200 Compiègne, France. For more information about SIPTA, the international organisation responsible for organizing both the ISIPTA meetings and the SIPTA Schools on Imprecise Probabilities, please consult the SIPTA web site at http://www.sipta.org. The ISIPTA Steering Committee

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[SIPTA] Final CFP: Progic 2013 "Combining probability and logic to solve philosophical problems", Munich, 17-18 Sept. 2013
by Niki Pfeifer April 5, 2013

April 5, 2013

Final Call for papers --------------------- Progic 2013: The Sixth Workshop on Combining Probability and Logic "Combining probability and logic to solve philosophical problems" Workshop website: www.pfeifer-research.de/progic/ Introduction ------------ The Sixth Workshop on Combining Probability and Logic (progic 2013) continues the progic workshop series (www.kent.ac.uk/secl/philosophy/jw/progic.htm) Progic 2013 takes place on September 17 and 18, 2013. The workshop location is the Carl Friedrich von Siemens Stiftung, which is located at the Nymphenburg Palace in Munich. The workshop is financially supported by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and hosted by the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy. Progic 2013 focuses on "Combining probability and logic to solve philosophical problems". Topics include but are not restricted to -) acceptability -) argument strength -) belief revision -) conditionals -) conditionalization -) counterfactuals -) information -) probability logic Scholars who combine probability and logic to elaborate new solutions to philosophical problems are invited to submit an extended abstract (two pages, prepared for blind review) for presentation at the workshop (40 min. talk, 10 min. discussion). Contributors should indicate if they are prepared to submit a paper to the progic 2013 special issue in the Journal of Applied Logic. Invited speakers are Igor Douven (Faculty of Philosophy, University of Groningen), Alan Hájek (School of Philosophy, Australian National University), Kevin T. Kelly (Center for Formal Epistemology, Carnegie Mellon University), Hannes Leitgeb (Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich), and Peter Milne (Department of Philosophy, University of Stirling). Invited talks ------------- -) Igor Douven: Conditionals and closure. Abstract: www.pfeifer-research.de/progic/abstracts.html#douven -) Alan Hájek: Probabilities of counterfactuals and counterfactual probabilities. Abstract: www.pfeifer-research.de/progic/abstracts.html#hajek -) Kevin T. Kelly and Hanti Lin: Qualitative reasoning that tracks Jeffrey conditioning. Abstract: www.pfeifer-research.de/progic/abstracts.html#kelly -) Hannes Leitgeb Belief: and stable probability. Abstract: www.pfeifer-research.de/progic/abstracts.html#leitgeb -) Peter Milne: Information, confirmation, and conditionals. Abstract: www.pfeifer-research.de/progic/abstracts.html#milne Important dates --------------- Deadline for extended abstracts: April 15, 2013 Notification of acceptance of extended abstracts: May 1, 2013 Deadline for full papers: September 1, 2013 Workshop dates: September 17-18, 2013 Notification of acceptance of full papers: November 15, 2013 Deadline for final versions of full papers: December 15, 2013 The extended abstracts (max. two pages) should be sent in PDF format to niki(dot)pfeifer(at)lrz(dot)uni-muenchen(dot)de Local organizer --------------- Niki Pfeifer (Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich) Steering committee ----------------- Jeff Helzner (Department Philosophy, Columbia University) Niki Pfeifer (Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich) Jan-Willem Romeijn (Department of Philosophy, University of Groningen) Gregory Wheeler (Centre for Research in Artificial Intelligence, New University of Lisbon) Jon Williamson (Department of Philosophy & Centre for Reasoning, University of Kent) -- Dr.Dr. Niki Pfeifer www.pfeifer-research.de Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (Germany)

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[SIPTA] BFAS Spring School on Belief Functions Theory and Applications
by Arnaud Martin March 31, 2013

March 31, 2013

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[SIPTA] Mini-Symposium `Imprecise Probability in Reliability' at ICVRAM 2014
by Frank Coolen March 27, 2013

March 27, 2013

Dear fellow Imprecisionists, We are organising a mini-symposium on `Imprecise Probability in Reliability' at the joint meeting: Second International Conference on Vulnerability and Risk Analysis and Management (ICVRAM2014) & Sixth International Symposium on Uncertainty Modelling and Analysis (ISUMA2014) at Liverpool University, on 13-16 July 2014. General details of the meeting are at: http://www.icvram2014.org/index.php Details of the mini-symposium are available at: http://www.icvram2014.org/MS-21-Coolen-Ferson-Oberguggenberger-Troffaes-Utk… There will probably be several other mini-symposia of explicit interest to you, see: http://www.icvram2014.org/mini-symposia.php We welcome contributions! Please follow the guidlines on the conference webpage, note that the deadline for abstracts is 30 April 2013. If you will submit an abstract and wish it to be within our mini-symposium, then it would be great if you can, in addition to the formal submission process, also send your abstract to me (frank.coolen(a)durham.ac.uk). You can of course, contact any of us in case you wish to discuss a possible contribution (contact details on the above webpage). We look forward to hear from many of you! Frank Coolen Scott Ferson Michael Oberguggenberger Matthias Troffaes Lev Utkin ps We have initial plans to arrange a further workshop-style meeting on this topic, at Durham, immediately following the Liverpool conference; these plans will be worked out in more detail over the coming months, but you may wish to keep it in mind; all would be welcome, of course, and we expect to run it at low (ideally zero) fees.

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[SIPTA] 3nd CFP: Progic 2013 "Combining probability and logic to solve philosophical problems", Munich, 17-18 Sept. 2013
by Niki Pfeifer March 18, 2013

March 18, 2013

3rd Call for papers ------------------- Progic 2013: The Sixth Workshop on Combining Probability and Logic "Combining probability and logic to solve philosophical problems" Workshop website: www.pfeifer-research.de/progic/ Introduction ------------ The Sixth Workshop on Combining Probability and Logic (progic 2013) continues the progic workshop series (www.kent.ac.uk/secl/philosophy/jw/progic.htm) Progic 2013 takes place on September 17 and 18, 2013. The workshop location is the Carl Friedrich von Siemens Stiftung, which is located at the Nymphenburg Palace in Munich. The workshop is financially supported by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and hosted by the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy. Progic 2013 focuses on "Combining probability and logic to solve philosophical problems". Topics include but are not restricted to -) acceptability -) argument strength -) belief revision -) conditionals -) conditionalization -) counterfactuals -) information -) probability logic Scholars who combine probability and logic to elaborate new solutions to philosophical problems are invited to submit an extended abstract (two pages, prepared for blind review) for presentation at the workshop (40 min. talk, 10 min. discussion). Contributors should indicate if they are prepared to submit a paper to the progic 2013 special issue in the Journal of Applied Logic. Invited speakers are Igor Douven (Faculty of Philosophy, University of Groningen), Alan Hájek (School of Philosophy, Australian National University), Kevin T. Kelly (Center for Formal Epistemology, Carnegie Mellon University), Hannes Leitgeb (Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich), and Peter Milne (Department of Philosophy, University of Stirling). Invited talks ------------- -) Igor Douven: Conditionals and closure. Abstract: www.pfeifer-research.de/progic/abstracts.html#douven -) Alan Hájek: Probabilities of counterfactuals and counterfactual probabilities. Abstract: www.pfeifer-research.de/progic/abstracts.html#hajek -) Kevin T. Kelly and Hanti Lin: Qualitative reasoning that tracks Jeffrey conditioning. Abstract: www.pfeifer-research.de/progic/abstracts.html#kelly -) Hannes Leitgeb Belief: and stable probability. Abstract: www.pfeifer-research.de/progic/abstracts.html#leitgeb -) Peter Milne: Information, confirmation, and conditionals. Abstract: www.pfeifer-research.de/progic/abstracts.html#milne Important dates --------------- Deadline for extended abstracts: April 15, 2013 Notification of acceptance of extended abstracts: May 1, 2013 Deadline for full papers: September 1, 2013 Workshop dates: September 17-18, 2013 Notification of acceptance of full papers: November 15, 2013 Deadline for final versions of full papers: December 15, 2013 The extended abstracts (max. two pages) should be sent in PDF format to niki(dot)pfeifer(at)lrz(dot)uni-muenchen(dot)de Local organizer --------------- Niki Pfeifer (Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich) Steering committee ----------------- Jeff Helzner (Department Philosophy, Columbia University) Niki Pfeifer (Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich) Jan-Willem Romeijn (Department of Philosophy, University of Groningen) Gregory Wheeler (Centre for Research in Artificial Intelligence, New University of Lisbon) Jon Williamson (Department of Philosophy & Centre for Reasoning, University of Kent) -- Dr.Dr. Niki Pfeifer www.pfeifer-research.de Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (Germany)

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[SIPTA] FW: Invitation to TES 2014; mark your calendars
by Kreinovich Feb. 27, 2013

Feb. 27, 2013

FYI, imprecise probability papers are welcome, as long as they are related to econometrics -----Original Message----- From: hunguyen(a)math.nmsu.edu [mailto:hunguyen(a)math.nmsu.edu] The 2014 International Conference of the Thailand Econometric Society TES'2014 will be held January 8-9-10, 2014 at Chiang Mai University. The theme of this conference is "Modeling Dependence in Econometrics". Keynote Speakers: - Marco Scarsini (Italy): Copulas and Game Theory - Quang Vuong: (NYU, USA): Auctions SUBMISSIONS OF PAPERS: Deadline: July 1, 2013 (in Latex or MS Word, not exceeding 15 pages). Send your submissions to thailand.econometric.society(a)gmail.com Contact information: acadec.econcmu(a)gmail.com The Conference Website will be available soon.

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[SIPTA] SIPTA Elections- calling for candidacies
by mirandaenrique Feb. 26, 2013

Feb. 26, 2013

Dear SIPTA Member, It is time to elect the new Executive Committee of SIPTA. By this email we are calling for candidacies for the following offices: - President, - Secretary, - Treasurer, - Executive Editor, - and at-large Members. We would very much like that you consider running for one or two (or more; however based on past election experiences, running for more than two may not be a desirable gamble) of these offices. If you intend to do so, please reply to this email as soon as possible and no later than *** 15 March 2013. *** In the email, please tell us the office(s) for which you are standing, and enclose a _brief_ biographical/vision statement. We are looking for at least 7 candidacies for the at-large Members, and 2 candidacies for each of all the other offices. If you are interested in applying and want to know more about the offices (what they are about, what one is expected to do), please take a look at the articles of SIPTA <http://www.sipta.org/index.php?id=soc&sub=art#articlevii> and also do not hesitate to send your questions directly to any member of the current EC. If you encounter technical problems submitting your candidacy, send an email to mirandaenrique(a)uniovi.es. We are looking forward to receiving your candidacy. With our best wishes, The SIPTA Executive Committee

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[SIPTA] KSE 2013 special session: severe uncertainty in systems
by Sébastien Destercke Feb. 26, 2013

Feb. 26, 2013

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[SIPTA] EUROFUSE 2013- first call for papers
by EUROFUSE WORKSHOP 2013 Feb. 26, 2013

Feb. 26, 2013

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