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First SIPTA seminar: 30th of May, at 15:00 CEST, Gert de Cooman talking about "Imprecision, not as a problem, but as part of the solution"
by Sébastien Destercke May 4, 2022

May 4, 2022

Dear SIPTiAns and IP enthusiasts, We are thrilled to announce that SIPTA will soon host its very first online seminar on imprecise probabilities (IP); the start of what will hopefully be a long series of engaging talks on IP and its applications. 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. For our first seminar, we are very happy to have Gert de Cooman as our inaugural speaker. He has been a strong advocate of IP for over 20 years, was a founding member and the first president of SIPTA, and contributed to the foundations of IP ever since. On the 30th of May, at 15:00 CEST, he will open our series with a talk on “Imprecision, not as a problem, but as part of the solution”. 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 will appear on that same page shortly before the event. So please mark your calendars on the 30th of May, 15:00 CEST, and join us in opening this series with a bang. See you at the seminar! Sébastien, Enrique and Jasper

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[SIPTA-News] FW: IEEE SMC 2022 Conference: Deadline postponed to May 8, 2022
by Kreinovich, Vladik April 29, 2022

April 29, 2022

FYI, papers using imprecise probabilities are always welcome at this series of conferences From: Marik, Vladimir [mailto:Vladimir.Marik@cvut.cz] Sent: Friday, April 29, 2022 4:38 AM Dear colleagues, Based on many requests from the authors, the organizers decided to postpone the deadline for submission of papers for the 2022 International IEEE Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics IEEE SMC'2022<http://www.ieeesmc2022.org/>, Prague, Czech Republic (October 9-12, 2022) conference to May 8th, 2022; see https://ieeesmc2022.org/ for more details. This conference is, in principle, face-to-face scientific meeting, but for the authors of accepted papers from the countries with pandemic travel restrictions will be enabled to present their contributions in a videoconference mode. On behalf of the organizers Vladimir Marik, Conference General Chair Thomas Strasser, Conference Program Committee Chair

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[SIPTA-News] CFP: 11th International Conference on Probabilistic Graphical Models (PGM'2022)
by Cabañas de Paz Rafael April 27, 2022

April 27, 2022

11th International Conference on Probabilistic Graphical Models (PGM’2022) Almería, Spain October 5-7, 2022 https://www2.ual.es/pgm2022/ ----------------------------------- PGM 2022 is the eleventh edition of the International Conference on Probabilistic Graphical Models. It will take place in Almería (Spain, EU) between the 5th and the 7th of October 2022. The conference welcomes contributions on all aspects of probabilistic graphical models, including but not limited to: * Principles of Bayesian (belief) networks, chain graphs, decision networks influence diagrams, probabilistic relational models, and other probabilistic graphical models (PGMs). * Information processing in PGMs (exact and approximate inference). * Learning and data mining in the context of PGMs: machine learning approaches, statistical testing and search methods, MCMC simulation. * Exploitation for the construction of PGMs of results from related disciplines such as statistics, information theory, optimization, deep learning, and decision making under uncertainty. * Software systems based on PGMs. * Application of PGMs to real-world problems. Both theoretical and applied contributions are welcome. Papers submitted for review should report on original, previously unpublished work. The deadline for abstract submissions is June 3rd, 2022 and the deadline for paper submissions is June 10th, 2022. All papers should be submitted through Easychair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=pgm2022 Accepted papers will be published electronically in a volume of the Proceedings of Machine Learning Research. Submission instructions and the author’s kit are available at the conference’s homepage. Each submission will go through a standard reviewing process. Papers will be accepted for either plenary or poster presentation, but, in the proceedings, no distinction is made between the two. At least one author of each accepted paper is required to register for the conference. Selected papers will be invited to be extended and then submitted to a special issue of the International Journal of Approximate Reasoning (IJAR). Deadlines: June 3, 2022: Abstract submission deadline June 10 , 2022: Paper submission deadline July 25, 2022: Author notification September 5, 2022: Camera-ready copy due October 5-7, 2022: Conference ----------------------------------- Contact: pgm2022(a)ual.es<mailto:pgm2022@ual.es> Antonio Salmerón and Rafael Rumí PGM’2022 co-chairs

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[SIPTA-News] New blog post on imprecise probabilities and quantum mechanics
by Jasper De Bock April 27, 2022

April 27, 2022

Dear fellow IP enthusiasts, Are you curious about the link between imprecise probabilities and quantum mechanics? Then you might enjoy SIPTA's latest blog post on the topic, written by Alessio Benavoli and edited by Ignacio Montes: http://sipta.org/blog/quantum-mechanics In this post, Alessio takes us along on his research journey with Alessandro Facchini and Marco Zaffalon, in which they set out to derive the main axioms of quantum mechanics using the gambling (desirability) foundation of probability theory (à la de Finetti or Williams-Walley). Interested in writing a blogpost for the imprecise probabilities community yourself? Get in touch with our new blog editors, Henna Bains and Diego Estrada, at blog(a)sipta.org. Best wishes, Jasper De Bock SIPTA's president

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[SIPTA-News] PhD position (uncertainty in combinatorial optimisation)
by Sébastien Destercke April 19, 2022

April 19, 2022

Dear colleagues, We are looking for a potential PhD candidate, on the topic of handling uncertainty and conflicting information in combinatorial optimisation problems. The details can be found there: https://www.hds.utc.fr/~sdesterc/dokuwiki/_media/inc_imp_combi_en.pdf The thesis is funded by the Sorbonne Center of Artificial Intelligence, and will be co-supervised by colleagues from the LIP6 laboratory (Sorbonne computer science laboratory). If you know of any potentially interested strong candidate, please let them know (application deadline is soon: 26 April). Best wishes Sébastien -- ==================================== Sebastien Destercke, Ph. D. CNRS researcher in computer science. Université de Technologie de Compiegne U.M.R. C.N.R.S. 7253 Heudiasyc Avenue de Landshut F-60205 Compiegne Cedex FRANCE Tel: +33 (0)3 44 23 79 85 Fax: +33 (0)3 44 23 44 77 ====================================

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[SIPTA] SIPTA Twitter account & new address for the SIPTA mailing list
by Alexander Erreygers April 18, 2022

April 18, 2022

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[SIPTA] {Spam?} [jobs] PhD studentship in Epistemic AI
by Fabio Cuzzolin April 13, 2022

April 13, 2022

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[SIPTA] Re: [IFSA Societies: 0047] Re: Submission deadlines for IEEE SMC 2022 shifted to April 30, 2022
by Kreinovich April 10, 2022

April 10, 2022

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[SIPTA] IPMU 2022 - Call for Abstracts
by Davide Elio Ciucci April 5, 2022

April 5, 2022

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[SIPTA] Fwd: CfP: The First International Conference on Foundations, Applications, and Theory of Inductive Logic (FATIL'22)
by Sébastien Destercke April 4, 2022

April 4, 2022

Forwarding an interesting call for siptians interested in logic and inductive logic in particular. ---------- Forwarded message --------- De : Matthias Thimm <matthias.thimm(a)fernuni-hagen.de> Date: lun. 4 avr. 2022 à 11:43 Subject: Re: CfP: The First International Conference on Foundations, Applications, and Theory of Inductive Logic (FATIL'22) To: Matthias Thimm <matthias.thimm(a)fernuni-hagen.de> [Apologies if you receive multiple copies. Please forward this call to interested parties.] =========================================================================================== Second Call for Papers =========================================================================================== FATIL2022 The First International Conference on Foundations, Applications, and Theory of Inductive Logic http://fatil2022.krportal.org/index.html October 12-14, 2022 Description =========================================================================================== Inductive reasoning is one of the most important reasoning techniques for humans and formalises the intuitive notion of “reasoning from experience”. It has thus influenced both theoretical work on the formalisation of rational models of thought in Philosophy as well as practical applications in the areas of Artificial Intelligence and, in particular, Machine Learning. The First International Conference on Foundations, Applications, and Theory of Inductive Logic (FATIL2022) aims at bringing together experts from all fields concerned with inductive reasoning. This includes in particular the following aspects: - Foundations of many of our best theories crucially depend on inductive logic and more widely induction. Uncertainty is ubiquitous in our lives and the philosophical problem arises to make sense of probabilities and to act sensibly in the face of uncertainties. General philosophy of science is much interested in (the reconstruction of) rational inference in general and in science, in particular, in cases with inconclusive evidence. - Theory of inductive inference can be developed within several traditions such as pure inductive logic or inductive logic based on the maximum entropy principle. - Applications have sprung from foundational thinking on induction in computer and data science. This includes aspects such as knowledge representation in multi-agent settings and machine learning approaches (such as inductive logic programming). This conference welcomes contributions in all areas dealing with inductive reasoning. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Foundational works about inductive reasoning, inductive logic, and induction, in particular critical examinations of existing principles. * Computational approaches to inductive reasoning, in particular non-monotonic and other non-classical logics. * Computational approaches to reasoning under uncertainty. * Machine learning approaches taking inductive reasoning into account such as inductive logic programming. The conference specifically welcomes preliminary works and discussion papers on the above topics as well as interdisciplinary works. FATIL2022 is organised by the DFG Research Network “Foundations, Applications, and Theory of Inductive Logic” and will take place in Munich, Germany, October 12-14 2022. The proceedings of FATIL2022 will be published at CEUR-WS. Authors of accepted papers will be invited to submit an extended version of their contribution for a special issue to be published in the Journal of Applied Logics. Keynote Speakers =========================================================================================== * Salem Benferhat (Artois University, France) * Luc De Raedt (KU Leuven, Belgium) * Dov Gabbay (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg) * Henri Prade (IRIT, CNRS and University Paul Sabatier, France) * Wolfgang Spohn (University of Konstanz, Germany) * Sandy Zabell (Northwestern University, USA) Important Dates =========================================================================================== Paper submission deadline: May 13, 2022 Notification of acceptance: June 27, 2022 Camera-ready version: July 22, 2022 Conference: Oct 12-14, 2022 Submission =========================================================================================== We invite papers, which have to be in English and formatted according to the Springer LNCS style (template), in the following two categories: * Full papers (12 pages max., including references) are expected to report on new research that makes a substantial contribution to the field. Additional details may be included in an appendix, which, however, will be read at the discretion of the PC. * Extended abstracts (2 pages max., including references) can report on research in progress or other issues of interest. Submissions are handled through the EasyChair conference management system (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=fatil2022) All papers will be subject to blind peer review based on the standard criteria of relevance, significance of results, originality of ideas, soundness, and quality of the presentation. All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings via CEUR-WS, and will be presented at the conference. At least one author of each accepted paper must register for the conference and present the contribution. Authors of accepted papers will be invited to submit an extended version of their contribution for a special issue to be published in the Journal of Applied Logics. Organizers =========================================================================================== General Chair: Matthias Thimm (University of Hagen, Germany) Local Chair: Jürgen Landes (Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, Germany) Publicity Chair: Kenneth Skiba (University of Hagen, Germany) Program Committee =========================================================================================== Martin Adamcik Christoph Beierle Salem Benferhat Federico Cerutti Sébastien Destercke Andreas Herzig Hykel Hosni Simon Huttegger Gabriele Kern-Isberner Kristian Kersting Jens Lemanski John D. Norton Nico Potyka Henri Prade Tjitze Rienstra Jan-Willem Romeijn Tom Sterkenburg Jon Williamson Francesca Zaffora Blando =========================================================================================== ******************************************************************************** Prof. Dr. Matthias Thimm Artificial Intelligence Group University of Hagen, Germany Tel.: +49 (0)2331 987-3004 https://www.fernuni-hagen.de/aig - http://www.mthimm.de -- ==================================== Sebastien Destercke, Ph. D. CNRS researcher in computer science. Université de Technologie de Compiegne U.M.R. C.N.R.S. 7253 Heudiasyc Avenue de Landshut F-60205 Compiegne Cedex FRANCE Tel: +33 (0)3 44 23 79 85 Fax: +33 (0)3 44 23 44 77 ====================================

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