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[SIPTA] SLSP 2018: 2nd call for papers
by IRDTA 25 Mar '18

25 Mar '18

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[SIPTA] AlCoB 2018: call for posters
by IRDTA 19 Mar '18

19 Mar '18

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Re: [SIPTA] IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Conference
by Kreinovich 18 Mar '18

18 Mar '18

FYI, imprecise probabilities papers are always welcome ***************************************** From: Yutaka HATA <hata(a)sim.u-hyogo.ac.jp> Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2018 9:27 PM IEEE SMC2018 Call for Paper Theme: The Making of a Human-Centered Cyber World The 2018 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Seagaia Convention Center, Phoenix Seagaia Resort, Miyazaki, Japan, October 7-10, 2018 We are inviting Technical Papers to SMC 2018. Detailed information is available in the following website. http://smc2018.org Approved Special Sessions: http://www.smc2018.org/approved-special-sessions/ Paper Submission: http://www.smc2018.org/information-for-authors/ Important Days March 31, 2018 Submission due June 1, 2018 Notification of acceptance July 10, 2018 Author registration deadline July 20, 2018 Camera-ready deadline We hope to see you in Miyazaki! Sincerely, Yutaka HATA, SMC2018 Conference Chair

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[SIPTA] 2nd Cal for Abstracts: ECDA special session on imprecision in statistical learning: deadline April 1st
by Thomas Augustin 14 Mar '18

14 Mar '18

Dear members of the sipta list, Might we direct your attention briefly once more to the Special Session on Statistical Learning with Imprecision we are organizing at ECDA 2018, 4 July - 6 July 2018, Paderborn, Germany? We think that this an excellent opportunity for members of our community to exchange ideas, also with members from other communities including more traditional data analysts. ECDA is quite an interesting general conference. The motto of this year is "Multidisciplinary Facets of Data Science" in a very broad sense. Please note that submitting an abstract by April 1st is sufficient to apply (, although there is an additional post conference proceedings option, see below.) Further information is available from: https://www.hds.utc.fr/~sdesterc/dokuwiki/_media/ecda2018_special_sess.pdf http://www.ecda2018.de When submitting the abstract, please make sure you mark it as a contribution to the special session. Of course, you also need to register for the conference, once your abstract is accepted. Full papers will be published as post-proceedings in the newly launched Journal "Archives of Data Science, Series A" after the conference. Submission to the post-proceedings is offered to all participants, but is not compulsory. Submitted papers will undergo a standard review process. The normal time slot for a talk in a session will be around 20-25 minutes. Best wishes, Sebastien Destercke and Thomas Augustin

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[SIPTA] IJAR Special Issue: Robustness in Probabilistic Graphical Models
by Denis Deratani Mauá 14 Mar '18

14 Mar '18

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[SIPTA] INTECH 2018
by conference＠icdim.org 14 Mar '18

14 Mar '18

CALL FOR PAPERS Eighth International Conference on Innovative Computing Technology (INTECH 2018) Luton, UK August 15-17, 2018 www.dirf.org/intech Technically Co-sponsored by IEEE, UK & RI (IEEE Xplore Indexing) CALL FOR PAPERS The First International Conference on Innovative Computing Technology (INTECH 2011) was held at Sao Carlos in Brazil followed by the Second International Conference on Innovative Computing Technology (INTECH 2012) at Casablanca in Morocco. The INTECH 2013 and INTECH 2014 were organized at London and Luton, UK respectively. The INTECH 2015 was organized by the Atlantic Research Centre for Information and Communication Technologies of the University of Vigo, Spain. The INTECH 2016 was at Dublin, Ireland followed by the INTECH 2017 at Luton, UK. The INTECH 2018 will be held at London, and it offers the opportunity for institutes, research centers, engineers, scientists and industrial companies to share their latest investigations, researches, developments and ideas in area of Innovative Computing Technology, which covers huge topics. The INTECH intends to address various innovative computing techniques involving various applications. This forum will address a large number of themes and issues. The conference will feature original research and industrial papers on the theory, design and implementation of computing technologies, as well as demonstrations, tutorials, workshops and industrial presentations. This conference (INTECH 2018) will include presentations of contributed papers by invited keynote speakers. Conference papers will include innovative computing paradigms in the following topics: Network and Information Security Innovative Computing Systems and Applications in S & T domains such as – Algorithms Applied Information Systems Artificial Intelligence and Decision Support Systems Broadcasting Technology Cloud Computing Computational Intelligence Data and Network mining Data Stream Processing in Mobile/Sensor Networks Database Systems Digital Image/Video Processing E-Learning, e-Commerce, e-Business and e-Government Electronics Environmental modeling and precision agriculture Fault Classification and Pattern Recognition Green Computing Grid computing Human-Computer Interaction Intelligent Condition Monitoring Mobile network and systems Multimedia and Interactive Multimedia Payment Systems Peer-to-peer social networks Precision Farming Web Farming Signal Processing Soft Computing: Fuzzy and Neural Network Systems, optimization algorithms Software Engineering Intelligent Farming: Web farming, Web irrigation Ubiquitous Computing User Interfaces, Visualization and Modeling Virtual Reality Visualization Web services WWW Applications and Technologies XML and other Extensible Languages The INTECH proceedings will also be indexed by dblp. All the papers will be reviewed and the accepted papers in the conference will be submitted to IEEE Xplore for indexing and will be indexed in many global databases.In addition, all the accepted papers (for Journals) will be published in the special issues journals after substantial revision and modification. Program Committees General Chairs Ezendu Ariwa, University of Bedfordshire, UK Saju Mohanan, Oman College of Higher Technology, Oman Ramiro Sámano Robles, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal Program Chairs Jack Fernando Bravo-Torres, Universidad Politécnica Salesiana, Ecuador Francesco Piccialli, University of Naples “Federico II”, Italy Anabela Mesquita, Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administraç?o do Porto, Portugal Submissions at- http://dirf.org/intech/paper-submission/ IMPORTANT DATES Submission of papers: June 01, 2018 Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: July 01, 2018 Camera Ready: August 01, 2018 Registration: August 01, 2018 Conference: August 15-17, 2018 Contact: intech @ dirf.org OR intech @ socio.org.uk ------------------------------------

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[SIPTA] SMPS/BELIEF 2018, submission deadline extension (6th April final deadline)
by Sébastien Destercke 12 Mar '18

12 Mar '18

Dear Colleagues, Following multiple requests, we want to inform you that we have extended the submission deadline for the SMPS/BELIEF conference (https://smpsbelief2018.hds.utc.fr/) to be held in Compiègne in September, as follows: For papers (https://smpsbelief2018.hds.utc.fr/?page_id=66) * Submission of paper abstract: as soon as you can * Submission of paper: 6th April (Final deadline) * Authors notification: 4th May For Abstract-only contributions (not in the proceedings, poster presentation only): * Submission deadline: 30th May (unchanged) Note that these deadlines are firm, and will not be subject to further extensions. We also want to remind you some information of interest: * BFAS is offering ten students grant, covering the registration fees of the conference (https://smpsbelief2018.hds.utc.fr/?page_id=120) * Best paper prizes, sponsored by Elsevier, will be given to young researchers (who have defended their PhDs at most 2 years ago) * Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version of their submission to the IJAR journal (https://www.journals.elsevier.com/international-journal-of-approximate-reas…) Sébastien and Thierry

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[SIPTA] LATA 2018: call for participation
by IRDTA 10 Mar '18

10 Mar '18

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[SIPTA] 11th WPMSIIP - Workshop on Principles and Methods of Statistical Inference with Interval Probability
by IGNACIO MONTES GUTIERREZ 09 Mar '18

09 Mar '18

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[SIPTA] IJAR-Special Issue on Decision Making with Imprecise Information
by IGNACIO MONTES GUTIERREZ 09 Mar '18

09 Mar '18

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[SIPTA] Bayesian, fiducial and frequentist conference (BFF5)
by Fabio Cuzzolin 06 Mar '18

06 Mar '18

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[SIPTA] SIPTA school on imprecise probabilities- second announcement
by Enrique Miranda 05 Mar '18

05 Mar '18

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[SIPTA] FW: ICDSIAI'2018 Second CFP
by Kreinovich 02 Mar '18

02 Mar '18

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Re: [SIPTA] The Second International Econometric Conference of Vietnam ECONVN2019, 14-16 January 2019, Hochiminh City
by Kreinovich 02 Mar '18

02 Mar '18

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[SIPTA] FW: IEEE SSCI 2018-Call for Papers
by Kreinovich 01 Mar '18

01 Mar '18

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[SIPTA] SMPS/BELIEF 2018 conference: student grants and awards
by Sébastien Destercke 01 Mar '18

01 Mar '18

Dear colleagues, The Belief functions and Applications Society (http://bfas.iut-lannion.fr/) is offering a number of grants to allow students with limited funding opportunities to present their work at the 5th International Conference on Belief Functions (BELIEF 2018). The grants cover the registration fees. The BELIEF 2018 conference will take place in Compiègne, France, on September 17-21, 2018, in conjunction with the 9th International Conference on Soft Methods in Probability and Statistics (SMPS 2018). Conference homepage: https://smpsbelief2018.hds.utc.fr The current paper submission deadline is March 15, 2018. Authors of accepted papers will be notified on April 30, 2018. The deadline of the grant application is May 15, 2018. Candidates should send the following information: - CV - recommendation letter from supervisor - copy of paper accepted at BELIEF 2018 to the secretary of BFAS, Dr. Anne-Laure Jousselme (Anne-Laure.Jousselme(a)cmre.nato.int) The International Journal of Approximate Reasoning (IJAR) will also offer best paper awards (with a prize of 1000 € for each conference) to students and early career researchers (who defended their PhD less than 2 years before the conference). The award ceremony will take place during the conference.’ Thierry Denoeux and Sebastien Destercke -- ==================================== 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] ECDA special session on imprecision in statistical learning
by Sébastien Destercke 01 Mar '18

01 Mar '18

Dear colleagues, In the context of ECDA conference taking place in Paderborn, we are organizing a special session on imprecision in statistical learning. Informations about the special session and the conference can be respectively found at: https://www.hds.utc.fr/~sdesterc/dokuwiki/_media/ecda2018_special_sess.pdf http://www.ecda2018.de Here is some relevant information you might be interested in: -- To give a talk, you only need to send a title and abstract, i.e., no full paper is required. The abstract submission deadline is April 1st. When submitting the abstract, please make sure you mark it as a contribution to the special session. Of course, you also need to register for the conference, once your abstract is accepted. -- Full papers will be published as post-proceedings in the newly launched Journal "Archives of Data Science, Series A" after the conference. Submission to the post-proceedings is offered to all participants, but is not compulsory. Submitted papers will undergo a standard review process. -- The normal time slot for a talk in a session will be around 20-25 minutes. Best regards Sebastien Destercke and Thomas Augustin -- ==================================== 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] Fwd: Opportunity to contribute to IMEKO world congress
by Marco De Angelis 20 Feb '18

20 Feb '18

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[SIPTA] Basic Interval Standard
by Kreinovich 18 Feb '18

18 Feb '18

FYI, since interval-valued probabilities are an important case of imprecise probabilities, it may be of interest to imprecise probability folks that IEEE has a standard on interval computations. There is a more detailed standard, but for most applications, the basic standard will be sufficient. -----Original Message----- From: Ralph Baker Kearfott [mailto:rbk5287(a)louisiana.edu] Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2018 10:57 AM Basic Interval Standard has been published. Its official name is: "IEEE Std 1788.1-2017 - IEEE Standard for Interval Arithmetic (Simplified)" It will be an active standard for 10 years (after which it may be reaffirmed or revised). A web page for it is: https://standards.ieee.org/findstds/standard/1788.1-2017.html Baker P.S. Here is the info from the standard webpage: Description: This standard is a simplified version and a subset of the IEEE Std 1788TM-2015 for Interval Arithmetic and includes those operations and features of the latter that in the editors' view are most commonly used in practice. IEEE Std 1788.1-2017 specifies interval arithmetic operations based on intervals whose endpoints are IEEE Std 754TM-2008 binary64 floating-point numbers and a decoration system for exception-free computations and propagation of properties of the computed results. A program built on top of an implementation of IEEE Std 1788.1-2017 should compile and run, and give identical output within round off, using an implementation of IEEE Std 1788-2015, or any superset of the former. Compared to IEEE Std 1788-2015, this standard aims to be minimalistic, yet to cover much of the functionality needed for interval computations. As such, it is more accessible and will be much easier to implement, and thus will speed up production of implementations.

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[SIPTA] math.stackexchange question about upper transition operator definition
by Abrams 16 Feb '18

16 Feb '18

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[SIPTA] Scalable Uncertainty Management (SUM2018)
by Ciucci Davide 12 Feb '18

12 Feb '18

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[SIPTA] Call for papers: SMPS/BELIEF 2018 joint conferences
by Sébastien Destercke 01 Feb '18

01 Feb '18

====================================================================== Joint SMPS/BELIEF 2018, 17th-21th September 2018 5th International Conference on Belief Functions (BELIEF 2018) and 9th International Conference on Soft Methods in Probability and Statistics (SMPS 2018) Dates: September 17th-21th, 2018 Location: Compiègne, France Submission deadline: March 15th, 2018 Notification: April 30th, 2018 Final version: May 30th, 2018 Further information: https://smpsbelief2018.hds.utc.fr/ ====================================================================== The BELIEF and SMPS conferences are biennial events concerning the modeling of uncertainty. The BELIEF conferences are sponsored by the Belief Functions and Applications Society (BFAS) and are focused on the theory of belief functions, while the scope of SMPS covers the application of all approaches to uncertainty (including fuzzy and rough sets, imprecise probabilities, etc.) to statistics and data analysis. The co-location of the two events is intended to favor cross-fertilization among researchers active in both communities. A single registration will be required to attend the whole event. Submissions and Proceedings ============================ The proceedings of the BELIEF 2018 and SMPS 2018 conferences will appear as separate volumes, both published by Springer-Verlag in the LNCS/LNAI format, indexed by ISI Web of Science; EI Engineering Index; ACM Digital Library; dblp; Google Scholar; IO-Port; MathSciNet; Scopus; Zentralblatt MATH. Two types of paper are accepted: - Long papers that should be at most 8 pages long and present original contributions with significant results, or detailed position papers. - Short papers that should be 4 pages long and present for example more preliminary works, innovative applications, short position papers. In addition, we accept abstract-only contributions, that will be presented as posters during the conference. Note that those contributions will not be included in the proceedings. IJAR Special issues ==================== Authors of selected papers from the BELIEF 2018/ SMPS 2018 conferences will be invited to submit extended versions of their papers for possible inclusion in special issues of the International Journal of Approximate Reasoning. Invited speakers ================== We are very happy to announce that the following speakers have agreed to give an invited talk at the conference: - Thomas Augustin (Ludwig Maximilians Universität München) - Scott Ferson (University of Liverpool) - Ryan Martin (North Carolina State University) ====================================================================== The Conference co-chairs Thierry Denoeux (https://www.hds.utc.fr/~tdenoeux) and Sébastien Destercke (https://www.hds.utc.fr/~sdesterc) Contact: tdenoeux(a)hds.utc.fr, sebastien.destercke(a)hds.utc.fr We would be grateful if you could inform potentially interested participants of these conferences.

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[SIPTA] Books by Igor Gorban
by Abrams 30 Jan '18

30 Jan '18

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Re: [SIPTA] [IEEE SMC 2018] Call for Special Session Proposals
by Kreinovich 29 Jan '18

29 Jan '18

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Re: [SIPTA] XXII IMEKO World Congress 2018: TC21 Sessions. Deadline extended
by Kreinovich 25 Jan '18

25 Jan '18

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[SIPTA] FW: 8th International Workshop on Reliable Engineering Computing: deadline extended
by Kreinovich 24 Jan '18

24 Jan '18

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[SIPTA] [REC2018] Abstract deadline extended, University of Liverpool
by De Angelis 23 Jan '18

23 Jan '18

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[SIPTA] RuleML+RR 2018 FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS
by Maja Hanne Kirkeby 04 Jan '18

04 Jan '18

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[SIPTA] CNRS positions opened
by Sébastien Destercke 06 Dec '17

06 Dec '17

Dear all, This is just to let you know that the national French scientific center has a number of nation-wide opened permanent full research positions, as each year. To summarise, each applicant has to propose a personal research project and indicate 2 to 3 French laboratories in which he/she would like to implement this research project. Speaking french is not mandatory. More information at http://www.dgdr.cnrs.fr/drhchercheurs/concoursch/default-en.htm (or you can ask me for unwritten details) Best regards Sebastien

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Re: [SIPTA] About a recently published special issue on Fuzzy Data Analysis and Classification
by Kreinovich 30 Nov '17

30 Nov '17

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[SIPTA] IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence for Engineering Solutions CIES'2018
by Kreinovich 29 Nov '17

29 Nov '17

FYI, imprecise probabilities are one of the highlighted topics From: Michael Beer <beer(a)irz.uni-hannover.de> CIES'2018, IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence for Engineering Solutions part of IEEE Series of Symposia on Computational Intelligence SSCI'2018, Bengaluru, India, November 18-21, 2018 http://ieee-ssci2018.org/ Developments in Engineering are characterized by a growing complexity, which is balanced by an extensive utilization of computational resources. This complexity is not only a feature of engineering systems, processes and products, it is primarily a key attribute of the respective algorithms for analysis, control and decision-making to develop those engineering solutions. To cope with complexity in this broad spectrum of demands, Computational Intelligence is implemented increasingly in virtually all engineering disciplines. This emerging approach provides a basis for developments of a new quality. This Symposium is focused on the utilization of Computational Intelligence in this context in the entire field of engineering. Examples concern the control of processes of various kinds and for various purposes, monitoring with sensors, smart sensing, system identification, decision-support and assistance systems, visualization methods, prediction schemes, the solution of classification problems, response surface approximations, the formulation of surrogate models, etc. The engineering application fields may comprise, for example, bioengineering with prostheses design and control, civil and mechanical engineering processes, systems and structures concerned with vehicles, aircraft or bridges, industrial and systems engineering with design and control of power systems, electrical and computer engineering with developments in robotics, etc. All kinds of approaches from the field of Computational Intelligence are welcome. As a part of the Symposium special attention is paid to sustainable engineering solutions to address current and future challenges of environmental changes and uncertainty. This includes developments dealing with climate change, environmental processes, disaster warning and management, infrastructure security, lifecycle analysis and design, etc. Events, disasters and issues under consideration may be natural such as earthquakes or tsunamis, man-made such as human failure or terrorist attacks, or a combination thereof including secondary effects such as failures in nuclear power plants, which may be critical for systems, the environment and the society. Developments which include a comprehensive consideration of uncertainty and techniques of reliable computing are explicitly invited. These may involve probabilistic including Bayesian approaches, interval methods, fuzzy methods, imprecise probabilities and further concepts. In this context robust design is of particular interest with all its facets as a basic concept to develop sustainable engineering solutions. Topics The symposium topics include, but are not limited to: " Complex engineering systems, structures and processes " Intelligent analysis, control and decision-making " Management and processing of uncertainties " Problem solution in uncertain and noisy environments " Reliable computing " Sustainable solutions " Infrastructure security " Climate change " Environmental processes " Disaster warning and management " Lifecycle analysis and design " Automotive systems " Monitoring " Smart sensing " System identification " Decision-support and assistance systems " Visualization methods " Prediction schemes " Classification methods, cluster analysis " Response surface approximations and surrogate models " Sensitivity analysis " Robust design, reliability-based design, performance-based design " Risk analysis, hazard analysis, risk and hazard mitigation " Optimization methods, evolutionary concepts " Probabilistic and statistical methods " Simulation methods, Monte-Carlo and quasi Monte-Carlo " Bayesian approaches / networks " Artificial Neural Networks " Imprecise probabilities " Evidence theory " p-box approach " Fuzzy probability theory " Interval methods " Fuzzy methods " Convex modeling " Information gap theory Symposium Co-Chairs Michael Beer, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany / University of Liverpool, UK / Tongji University, China Vladik Kreinovich, The University of Texas at El Paso, TX, USA Rudolf Kruse, University of Magdeburg, Germany Important dates: Special Session Proposals: April 15, 2018 Tutorial Proposals: May 15, 2018 Paper Submissions: June 15, 2018 Early Registration: September 15, 2018

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[SIPTA] FW: 1st Ann St Petersburg seminar May 2018
by Kreinovich 22 Nov '17

22 Nov '17

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[SIPTA] 8th SIPTA school on imprecise probabilities: first announcement
by Enrique Miranda 21 Nov '17

21 Nov '17

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[SIPTA] amtyvfb arsernp ublalqx
by encimvp 17 Nov '17

17 Nov '17

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Re: [SIPTA] ICVRAMISUMA2018: Submission Deadline Postponed - November, 30th
by Kreinovich 17 Nov '17

17 Nov '17

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[SIPTA] Reliable Engineering Computing (REC 2018)
by De Angelis 16 Nov '17

16 Nov '17

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[SIPTA] new question on math.stackexchange
by Abrams 15 Nov '17

15 Nov '17

Hi- I’m not sure whether I should post to the list about this: I just asked a question on math.stackexchange concerning an IP paper. However, the question is not actually about IP; it’s a question about a statement concerning normal, non-imprecise Markov chains in De Cooman, Hermans, and Quaeghebeur's "Imprecise Markov Chains and their Limit Behaviour”: https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/2308584/iteracted-conditional-expe… Thanks- Best, Marshall

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[SIPTA] SUM2018 CfP
by Ciucci Davide 09 Nov '17

09 Nov '17

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[SIPTA] FW: IPMU 2018 - Call for papers (deadline is approaching)
by Kreinovich 07 Nov '17

07 Nov '17

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Re: [SIPTA] WCCI2018 - Proposals are due in 5 weeks! (see the list of Special Sessions & Workshops so far)
by Kreinovich 07 Nov '17

07 Nov '17

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[SIPTA] LEaDing Fellows Postdocs Programme (Netherlands)
by Erik Quaeghebeur 03 Nov '17

03 Nov '17

Dear colleagues, This call may be of interest to your PhD researchers who have recently defended or who are about to defend: > The LEaDing Fellows Postdocs Programme provides opportunities for 90 incoming postdocs from all over the world to gain two years of work experience in the challenging, internationally acclaimed and multidisciplinary environment of Leiden University, Leiden University Medical Centre, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Erasmus Medical Centre and Delft University of Technology. The programme is supported by the EU through the Horizon 202 Marie Skłodowska-Curie COFUND scheme. > The programme aims to help early stage ambitious and excellent researchers to develop new research and transferable skills and a view on career options in an academic research, industrial or public setting. > The programme runs from January 2017 until January 2022. Recruitment is divided in calls. The remaining third call will be issued from 1 September 2018 on. > All information about the programme is available here: http://www.leadingfellows.eu/ Best regards, Erik -- https://ac.erikquaeghebeur.name

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[SIPTA] 2nd CFP- special session on imprecise probabilities at IPMU'2018
by Enrique Miranda 31 Oct '17

31 Oct '17

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Re: [SIPTA] ICVRAM/ISUMA'2018: Submission Deadline - October, 30th
by Kreinovich 24 Oct '17

24 Oct '17

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[SIPTA] mark your calendars
by Kreinovich 21 Oct '17

21 Oct '17

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[SIPTA] Fw: NAFIPS'2018
by Kreinovich 17 Oct '17

17 Oct '17

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[SIPTA] FW:
by Kreinovich 17 Oct '17

17 Oct '17

From: Rob Scheichl r.scheichl(a)bath.ac.uk Date: October 11, 2017 Subject: UQ Workshop, UK, Jan 2018 Key Uncertainty Quantification methodologies & motivating applications Isaac Newton Institute, Cambridge, 8 - 12 January 2018 http://www.newton.ac.uk/event/unqw01 Registration for this workshop is open through to 29 October 2017. Uncertainty Quantification (UQ) concerns the assessment of uncertainties and errors in complex mathematical models. Sources of uncertainty and error include uncertain model inputs, noisy data, incomplete knowledge of the model, and errors in numerical approximations. A variety of UQ methodologies have been developed by the Statistics and Applied Mathematics communities, often addressing similar problems from different perspectives, or using similar techniques but with different emphasis and nomenclature. This workshop will bring together leading researchers from both Statistics and Applied Mathematics for a series of introductory and tutorial presentations. The aim is to improve the understanding within each community of the others' research methods, and to identify common key challenges. The third community invested in UQ problems are the domain area experts and practitioners. The workshop will also include presentations from speakers from a variety of important application areas. The aim is to identify key applied, generic, problems for which UQ solutions are required. Please see the workshop webpage for a list of speakers and tentative titles, and for registration details. This workshop is the first event in a six-month programme on Uncertainty Quantification at the Isaac Newton Institute, see http://www.newton.ac.uk/event/unq

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[SIPTA] CFP: BELIEF 2018 and SMPS 2018
by Sébastien Destercke 07 Sep '17

07 Sep '17

FIRST CALL FOR PAPER 5th International Conference on Belief Functions (BELIEF 2018) and 9th International Conference on Soft Methods in Probability and Statistics (SMPS 2018) September 17-21, Compiègne, France Conference website: https://smpsbelief2018.hds.utc.fr/ The Fifth International Conference on Belief Functions (BELIEF 2018) and the 9th International Conference on Soft Methods in Probability and Statistics (SMPS 2018) will be held jointly in Compiègne, France, on September 17-21, 2018. The BELIEF and SMPS conferences are biennial events concerning the modeling of uncertainty. The BELIEF conferences are sponsored by the Belief Functions and Applications Society (BFAS) and are focused on the theory of belief functions, while the scope of SMPS covers the application of all approaches to uncertainty (including fuzzy and rough sets, imprecise probabilities, etc.) to statistics and data analysis. The co-location of the two events is intended to favor cross-fertilization among researchers active in both communities. A single registration will be required to attend the whole BELIEF 2018/SMPS 2018 event. Tentative timetable: - March 15: Paper submission deadline - April 30: Author notification - May 30: Camera-ready copy due Proceedings The proceedings of the BELIEF 2018 and SMPS 2018 conferences will appear as separate volumes, both published by Springer-Verlag. IJAR Special issues Authors of selected papers from the BELIEF 2018/ SMPS 2018 conferences will be invited to submit extended versions of their papers for possible inclusion in special issues of the International Journal of Approximate Reasoning. Conference co-chairs Thierry Denoeux (https://www.hds.utc.fr/~tdenoeux) and Sébastien Destercke (https://www.hds.utc.fr/~sdesterc) Contact: tdenoeux(a)hds.utc.fr, sebastien.destercke(a)hds.utc.fr The organisers would be grateful if you could inform potentially interested participants of these conferences.

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[SIPTA] CfP: IUKM 2018 March 15 - 17, 2018, Ha Noi, Vietnam (Extended deadline)
by Van-Nam HUYNH 07 Sep '17

07 Sep '17

[Apologies for multiple posting. Your help in circulating this call for papers to potentially interested parties will be highly appreciated.] ------------------------------------- IUKM 2018 - CALL FOR PAPERS ------------------------------------- The Sixth International Symposium on INTEGRATED UNCERTAINTY in KNOWLEDGE MODELLING and DECISION MAKING http://www.jaist.ac.jp/IUKM/IUKM2018/ March 15 - 17, 2018, Hanoi, VIETNAM Submission deadline is extended to 30 Sept., 2017 ------------------------------------- -The International Symposium on Integrated Uncertainty in Knowledge Modelling and Decision Making (IUKM) aims to provide a forum for exchanges of research results, ideas for and experience of application among researchers and practitioners involved with all aspects of uncertainty management and application. Previous symposia have been successfully held in Ishikawa, Japan (IUM 2010 - AISC 68), Hangzhou, China (IUKM2011 - LNAI 7027), Beijing, China (IUKM 2013 - LNAI 8032), Nha Trang, Vietnam (IUKM 2015 - LNAI 9376), and Da Nang, Vietnam (IUKM 2016 - LNAI 9978). The sixth IUKM (2018) will take place in the capital of Hanoi, Vietnam, during 15-17 March, 2018, and be jointly organized by Hanoi National University of Education (HNUE), Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST), Belief Functions and Applications Society (BFAS). ------------------------------------- Proposal for special sessions and workshops is encouraged and welcome. ------------------------------------- Relevant topics for the IUKM 2018 Symposium include, but are not limited to, the following: + Theory and Methodology - Uncertainty formalisms: Bayesian probability, Dempster-Shafer theory, imprecise probability, random sets, rough sets, fuzzy sets and interval-based models - Uncertainty modeling and management in big-data environments - Learning and reasoning with uncertainty - Information fusion and knowledge integration in uncertain environments - Decision making under various types of uncertainty - Aggregation operators for decision making - Copulas for dependence modelling - Granular and soft computing - Computational intelligence + Application - Data mining and knowledge discovery - Ontology engineering and Semantic Web - Intelligent data analysis and modelling - Agents and argumentation - Natural language processing - Medical informatics and bioinformatics - Ranking and recommendation systems - Big data and cloud computing - Social network analysis and mining - Sensor fusion - System identification and modelling - Diagnosis and reliability - Decision support systems - Kansei/affective engineering - Service computing - Engineering management - Supply chain management - Environmental management - Economics and econometrics PUBLICATION The authors are invited to submit their full papers by 30 Sept. 2017. The submissions will be peer-reviewed for originality and scientific quality. As done in previous editions, the proceedings of IUKM 2018 will be published by Springer-Verlag in the Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence series, and be available at the Symposium. Authors are requested to prepare their papers in the Springer LNAI format. Submissions should not exceed 12 pages and must be submitted electronically through the conference's Easychair submission page (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iukm2018) IMPORTANT DATES Deadline for paper submission: 30 Sept. 2017 (extended) Notification of acceptance/rejection: 20 Nov., 2017 Final camera-ready and author registration: 15 Dec., 2017 Early non-author registration: 10 Jan. 2018 Symposium dates: 15-17 March, 2018

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[SIPTA] FW: ESREL 2018: Call for abstracts
by Kreinovich 31 Aug '17

31 Aug '17

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[SIPTA] CFP: Continuity, Computability, Constructivity 2017; postproceedings; call for submissions
by Maja Hanne Kirkeby 11 Aug '17

11 Aug '17

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[SIPTA] CFP: special session on imprecise probabilities at IPMU'2018
by Enrique Miranda 31 Jul '17

31 Jul '17

***apologies for cross posting*** Call for papers Special Session on "IMPRECISE PROBABILITIES: FOUNDATIONS AND APPLICATIONS" to be held at the 17th International Conference on Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-Based Systems (IPMU 2018) http://ipmu2018.uca.es// Cádiz (Spain), June 11-15, 2018 Session topic and goal This session is devoted to Imprecise Probability Theory. This theory encompasses all the mathematical models that can be used as more flexible tools than usual Probability Theory when the available information is scarce, vague or incomplete. It includes lower previsions, n- monotone capacities, belief functions and possibility measures, among others. We would like to attract papers that discuss and solve foundational questions, or clearly demonstrate the usefulness of imprecise probabilistic models in an application. We would particularly welcome papers going from theoretical advances to the solution of an associated applied problem. Note also that Imprecise Probability Theory is connected to other topics within the scope of IPMU, such as Dempster-Shafer Evidence Theory, Fuzzy Measures and their connections to Game Theory. Papers in these topics emphasizing the role of Imprecise Probabilities are also welcome. Theoretical topics of interest include (but are not limited to): * (coherent) uncertainty models * non-additive set-functions * qualitative reasoning about uncertainty * limit laws for imprecise probabilities * philosophical foundations * elicitation and inference * robust statistics * decision making * algorithmic issues Applications include (but are not limited to): * data mining * classification and machine learning * risk and reliability analysis * finance * life sciences * system control and design Dates Paper submission: 22 November 2017 Notification of Acceptance: 1 February 2018 Conference: 11-15 June 2018 Organizers We would be obliged if you would let us know in case you intend to submit a paper to this session, at your earliest convenience. Any questions or remarks can be addressed to: Enrique Miranda (mirandaenrique(a)uniovi.es), University of Oviedo (Spain) Ignacio Montes (imontes(a)uniovi.es), University of Oviedo (Spain)

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[SIPTA] CFP: Joint International Semantic Technology Conference (JIST 2017) -- deadline extension!
by Anni-Yasmin Turhan 28 Jul '17

28 Jul '17

FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS The 7th Joint International Semantic Technology Conference (JIST 2017) http://www.ict.griffith.edu.au/aist/jist2017 November 10-12, 2017 (Fri - Sun) Gold Coast, Australia The mission of the Joint International Semantic Technology Conference (JIST) is to bring together researchers in Semantic Technology research community and other areas of semantic related technologies to present their innovative research results or novel applications of semantic technologies. In this announcement: 1. Important Dates (deadlines extended) 2. Recommendation to SCI Journals 3. Call for Papers (including a new special track) 4. Submission Guide 5. Organization ============================================================= 1. Important Dates - Abstract submission: 23:59 (Hawaii Time), August 8, 2017 - Full paper submission: 23:59 (Hawaii Time), August 15, 2017 - Notification of Acceptance: September 15, 2017 - Camera-ready Deadline: September 30, 2017 - Conference: November 10-12, 2017 ============================================================= 2. Recommendation to SCI Journals A number of best papers accepted at JIST 2017 will be invited to present at the Meet the Editor session of SCI indexed journals, including International Journal on Semantic Web and Information Systems (IJSWIS), for fast-track publication in a special issue in these journals. Up to five papers will be selected and published. An indicative timeline is given below: - Manuscript revision proposal: mid November 2017 - Submission of revised manuscript: mid January 2018 - Notification of acceptance: mid March 2018 - Publication: second half 2018 ============================================================= 3. Call for Papers -------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Research Track Papers -------------------------------------------------------------- JIST 2017 research track solicits submissions of original research work on semantic technologies. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Ontology and reasoning - Knowledge Graph - Linked Data - Big Data and semantics, exchange and integration - Data streams and the Internet of Things - Machine learning and information extraction on the Semantic Web - Semantic Web services and processes - Trust, privacy, and security on the Semantic Web - Social Semantic Web - Natural language processing and semantics - Semantic multimedia - Novel applications of semantic technologies -------------------------------------------------------------- Call for In-Use Track Papers -------------------------------------------------------------- Quality shared resources such as public ontologies, datasets and software are highly valuable to the research community, hence, JIST 2017 in-use track also calls for submissions of public, shared resources of interest to the Semantic Web community. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Description of an implemented application - Description of concrete problems - Analysis and evaluation of semantic tools - Lessons learned and best practices - Linked Data, open data and vocabularies in production use - Semantic resources - Semantic technology in new application domains -------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Special Track Papers -------------------------------------------------------------- The philosophy behind Special Tracks is to facilitate the proactive participation of researchers from certain fields or communities who have linked the semantic technology with their research fields. Special Tracks accept 8-page short papers that will be reviewed in the same way as the Research Track papers and will be included in the Proceedings if accepted. In JIST 2017, we have two special tracks. Special Track on Energy-awareness & Semantic Technologies: As semantic technologies gain momentum, their impact on resources and society increases. Energy-consumption is one of the main challenges of 21st century. The potential contribution of semantic technologies towards this problem is twofold. On the one hand semantic technologies can assist in energy management as they are often the core of context-aware, self-adaptive applications. For instance, ontologies are used to integrate heterogeneous sources such as sensors or reasoners are employed in grid management applications. On the other hand, the efficiency of semantic technologies is still mainly assessed by running times. While computational and cognitive complexity are investigated, work on their energy-consumption is still in its infancy. However, assessing and managing their energy-consumption is a vital prerequisite for for their usefulness on mobile devices, for instance. The special track calls for contributions regarding, but not limited to: - energy-adaptive semantic technologies - measurement frameworks for energy consumption of semantic technologies - application of semantic technologies for energy management - ontologies for energy management - semantic technologies for power or grid management Special Track on Semantic Processing for Knowledge Graphs: Semantic technologies such as Linked Data promote publication of various data and knowledge on the web with semantic links among them. They form huge sized knowledge bases called Knowledge Graphs in a large variety of domains. An important technical feature of Knowledge Graphs is their rich semantics. This special track focuses on semantics of Knowledge Graphs, especially on how to use their semantics towards practical applications. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: - Semantic processing and reasoning for Knowledge Graph - Application using semantics of Knowledge Graph - Modelling of semantics for Knowledge Graph - Development of Knowledge Graph (Ontology, Linked Data) -------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Poster & Demo Papers -------------------------------------------------------------- JIST 2017 cordially invites you to submit Poster and Demo papers. For details please check our website: http://www.ict.griffith.edu.au/aist/jist2017 ============================================================= 4. Submission Submissions to JIST 2017 should describe original, significant research on semantic technologies. JIST 2017 will not accept submissions that are under review for or have already been published in or accepted for publication in a journal or another conference. Submissions to JIST 2017 are expected to present their claimed contribution, with clear evidence to support their claims. All submissions will be critically reviewed by at least three members of the program committee. To assess submissions, reviewers will judge their relevance to semantic technologies, their originality, the technical soundness of their proposed approach and the readability of the submission. JIST 2017 submissions are not anonymous. Submissions must be in PDF format, using the style of the Springer Publications format for Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS). Submissions must be no longer than *16* pages for the Research and In-Use Tracks, and no longer than *8* pages for the Special Tracks. Submissions that exceed these limits may be rejected without review. Submissions to the In-Use Track that are less than 16 pages can be considered. Accepted papers will be published in an LNCS proceedings. At least one author of each accepted paper must register for the conference and present the paper there. Papers can be submitted electronically via https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=jist2017. Please select the corresponding tracks when you submit your paper(s). ============================================================= 5. Organization General Chairs - Thepchai Supnithi, National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Thailand - Kewen Wang, Griffith University, Australia Program Chairs - Anni-Yasmin Turhan, Dresden University of Technology, Germany - Zhe Wang, Griffith University, Australia Organized by: JIST Steering Committee Program Committee: Fernando Bobillo, University of Zaragoza, Spain Chantana Chantrapornchai, Kasetsart University, Thailand Huajun Chen, Zhejiang University, China Gong Cheng, Nanjing University, China Stefan Dietze, L3S Research Center, Germany Dejing Dou, University of Oregon, USA Jianfeng Du, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, China Alessandro Faraotti, IBM, Italy Zhiyong Feng, Tianjin University, China Marcelo Finger, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil Naoki Fukuta, Shizuoka University, Japan Volker Haarslev, Concordia University, Canada Armin Haller, Australian National University, Australia Wei Hu, Nanjing University, China Eero Hyvönen, Aalto University, Finland Ryutaro Ichise, National Institute of Informatics, Japan Ernesto Jimenez-Ruiz, University of Oxford, UK Takahiro Kawamura, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Japan Evgeny Kharlamov, University of Oxford, UK Martin Kollingbaum, University of Aberdeen, UK Kouji Kozaki, Osaka University, Japan Adila A. Krisnadhi, Wright State University & Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia Michael John Lawley, CSIRO Australian E-Health Research Centre, Australia Yuan-Fang Li, Monash University, Australia Juanzi Li, Tsinghua University, China Yuefeng Li, Queensland University of Technology, Australia Wei Liu, The University of Western Australia, Australia Yinglong Ma, North China Electric Power University, China Yue Ma, Université Paris Sud, France Theofilos Mailis, National Technical University of Athens, Greece Maria Vanina Martinez, Universidad Nacional del Sur in Bahia Blanca, Argentina Eduardo Mena, University of Zaragoza, Spain Riichiro Mizoguchi, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan Trina Myers, James Cook University, Australia Jeff Z. Pan, University of Aberdeen, UK Guilin Qi, Southeast University, China Edelweis Rohrer, Universidad de la República, Uruguay Tong Ruan, ECUST, China Jun Shen, University of Wollongong, Australia Sa-Kwang Song, KISTI, Korea Giorgos Stoilos, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece Umberto Straccia, ISTI-CNR, Italy Jing Sun, The University of Auckland, New Zealand Kerry Taylor, Australian Bureau of Statistics & Australian National University, Australia Anni-Yasmin Turhan, Dresden University of Technology, Germany Zhe Wang, Griffith University, Australia Xin Wang, Tianjin University, China Haofen Wang, Shenzhen Gowild Robotics Co. Ltd, China Shenghui Wang, OCLC Research, Netherlands Guohui Xiao, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy Bin Xu, Tsinghua University, China Xiaowang Zhang, Tianjin University, China Amal Zouaq, University of Ottawa, Canada

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Re: [SIPTA] Fwd: [UAI] CfP: Reliable Machine Learning in the Wild at ICML 2017, deadline 17 July
by Fabio Cuzzolin 27 Jul '17

27 Jul '17

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[SIPTA] FW: may be of interest to you
by Kreinovich 23 Jul '17

23 Jul '17

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Re: [SIPTA] FW: IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Engineering Solutions: deadline extended to August 7
by Kreinovich 21 Jul '17

21 Jul '17

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[SIPTA] Fwd: AI position paper
by Cassio P. de Campos 14 Jul '17

14 Jul '17

Dear all, For those who were there in the ISIPTA panel today, the recent paper by Adnan Darwiche (see below for the link) relates very well with what I have mentioned about the situation I think we are facing in machine learning/AI and the opportunities that may/will arise for IP. For those who were not present, it is an interesting reading nevertheless. cheers, cassio. PS Great to see many of you at ISIPTA! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Adnan Darwiche <darwiche(a)cs.ucla.edu> Date: Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 12:03 AM Subject: AI position paper To: Cassio de Campos <cassiopc(a)acm.org> Hi Cassio: Hope all is well. I just released an AI position paper that you may be interested in: http://reasoning.cs.ucla.edu/fetch.php?id=174&type=pdf There is also a short talk on this at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTzCwCic-Do Hope you will find this useful (and please feel free to share the links with interested colleagues). Best, Adnan

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[SIPTA] Final Call for Papers of IEEE SSCI 2017: deadline is July 16!
by Kreinovich 11 Jul '17

11 Jul '17

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[SIPTA] Fwd: [UAI] CfP: Reliable Machine Learning in the Wild at ICML 2017, deadline 17 July
by Sébastien Destercke 11 Jul '17

11 Jul '17

Dear all, This might interest some of you, in particular the robustness aspects first advocated. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Adrian Weller <aw665(a)cam.ac.uk> Date: 2017-07-10 0:48 GMT+02:00 Subject: [UAI] CfP: Reliable Machine Learning in the Wild at ICML 2017, deadline 17 July To: Cc : Jacob Steinhardt <jacob.steinhardt(a)gmail.com>, Dylan Hadfield-Menell <dhm(a)eecs.berkeley.edu>, Smitha Milli <smilli(a)berkeley.edu> Final call for Papers for ICML 2017 Workshop on Reliable Machine Learning in the Wild, please forward to others who may have interest. Workshop website https://sites.google.com/site/wildml2017icml/ When can we trust that a system that has performed well in the past will continue to do so in the future? Designing systems that are reliable in the wild is essential for high stakes applications such as self-driving cars and automated surgical assistants. This workshop aims to bring together researchers in diverse areas such as reinforcement learning, human-robot interaction, game theory, cognitive science, and security to further the field of reliability in machine learning. We will focus on three aspects — robustness (to adversaries, distributional shift, model misspecification, corrupted data); awareness (of when a change has occurred, when the model might be miscalibrated, etc.);and adaptation (to new situations or objectives). We aim to consider each of these in the context of the complex human factors that impact the successful application or meaningful monitoring of any artificial intelligence technology. Together, these will aid us in designing and deploying reliable machine learning systems. We are seeking submissions that deal with the challenges of reliably applied machine learning techniques in the real world. Some possible questions touching on each of these categories are given below, though we also welcome submissions that do not directly fit into these categories. Robustness: How can we make a system robust to novel or potentially adversarial inputs? What are ways of handling model mis-specification or corrupted training data? What can be done if the training data is potentially a function of system behavior or of other agents in the environment (e.g. when collecting data on users that respond to changes in the system and might also behave strategically)? Awareness: How do we make a system aware of its environment and of its own limitations, so that it can recognize and signal when it is no longer able to make reliable predictions or decisions? Can it successfully identify “strange” inputs or situations and take appropriately conservative actions? How can it detect when changes in the environment have occurred that require re-training? How can it detect that its model might be mis-specified or poorly-calibrated? Adaptation: How can machine learning systems detect and adapt to changes in their environment, especially large changes (e.g. low overlap between train and test distributions, poor initial model assumptions, or shifts in the underlying prediction function)? How should an autonomous agent act when confronting radically new contexts? Monitoring: How can we monitor large-scale systems in order to judge if they are performing well? If things go wrong, what tools can help? Value Alignment: For systems with complex desiderata, how can we learn a value function that captures and balances all relevant considerations? How should a system act given uncertainty about its value function? Can we make sure that a system reflects the values of the humans who use it? Reward Hacking: How can we ensure that the objective of a system is immune to reward hacking? Reward hacking is a way that the system can attain high reward that was unintended by the system designer. For example see https://blog.openai.com/faulty-reward-functions/ Human Factors: Actual humans will be interacting and adapting to these systems when they are deployed. How do properties of humans affect the guarantees of performance that the system has? What if the humans are suboptimal or even adversarial? How to submit Papers submitted to the workshop should be up to four pages long excluding references and in ICML 2017 format. They should be submitted via Easychair at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rmlw17 . As the review process is not blind, authors can reveal their identity in their submissions. Accepted submissions will be presented as posters or talks. We will accept submissions at two deadlines. One earlier deadline, with an earlier acceptance notification, and one later one. Our goal is to allow for late submission to the extent that we can, while still allowing some people to get early confirmation of paper acceptance, which they might need in order to arrange travel in time. Important Dates: Submission deadline 1: 16 June 2017 Acceptance notification 1: 1 July 2017 Submission deadline 2: 17 July 2017 Acceptance notification 2: 31 July 2017 Final camera-ready versions of accepted papers: 5 August 2017 Workshop: 11 August 2017 Thank you, Dylan, Jacob, Smitha and Adrian ---------------------------------------------- Adrian Weller _______________________________________________ uai mailing list uai(a)ENGR.ORST.EDU https://secure.engr.oregonstate.edu/mailman/listinfo/uai -- ==================================== 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] Fwd: [Bayes-forum: 148] Three post-doctoral positions on Bayesian machine learning
by Thomas Augustin 27 Jun '17

27 Jun '17

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Re: [SIPTA] Question about the word "gamble" -- and "prevision"
by Serena Doria 12 Jun '17

12 Jun '17

Dear Professor Bickis, In Italian the two words Previsione=Prevision and Predizione=Prediction have different acceptation. (Devoto-Oli Dictionary) Previsione = Elaborazione mentale relativa al futuro, sulla base di indizi piu' o meno sicuri (Mental thinking about the future based on more or less secure clues) Example: Previsioni atmosferiche =Weather forecasts Predizione = previsione autorevole e solenne riferita come oggetto di una previsione o profezia (Authoritative and solemn predictions referred as the subject of a prediction or prophecy) Best regards, Serena Professor Bickis <bickis(a)snoopy.usask.ca> ha scritto: > Thanks for all your collective erudition. I am aware that “gamble” > or its synonyms “wager” and “bet” have been used by many writers in > the context of probability and decisions theory. I was thinking of > the use of the word in the generic abstract sense that Walley uses. > Since Walley’s development picks up on de Finetti and Williams in > using “prevision”, I wondered if one of them had also used “gamble”, > but it seems that they did not. > > Googling some Italian web sites on probability, I did come across > the word “scommessa” in discussion of expectation/prevision, but I > wonder if de Finetti himself used it in the sense that Walley used > “gamble”. > > I am also a bit mystified by the history of the word “prevision”. > Writing in French his 1937 paper, de Finetti uses “prévision” rather > than the more common (even then) espérance. I would translate > “prévision” as “predicition” in English. I see that in the 1974 > English translation of de Finetti’s "Teoria de la Probabilità”, the > translators note that they are using “prevision” (where earlier > translators had used “foresight”), thereby making “prevision” less > esoteric in English. However, in the same book, de Finetti makes a > big deal that the “prevision is not prediction” (in the English > translation). I would be interested if any Italian speakers out > there could explain how de Finetti described this in his native > language. I would render the French “prévision” as “predicition” in > English, so naively would think that “previsione” in Italian also > translates as “prediction”. Google Translate, however, gives me > “predizione”, > for “predicition”. So when writing in Italian does de Finetti > contrast “previsione” from “predizione”? Here once can see the > difference between seeing and speaking, which is somewhat masked in > English. Is that what de Finetti was driving at? > > Interested in discussion. > > Mik Bickis > >> On Jun 6, 2017, at 08:18 AM, Samuel Cohen <cohens(a)maths.ox.ac.uk> wrote: >> >> Dear all, >> >> If you are looking more generally at the history, it's unsurprising >> the word 'gamble' wasn't used much before the mid-20th century. >> While it was a common word in english since the 18th century (but >> was a colloquialism), it seems to have moved up in popularity post >> 1900 (see for example google ngrams). >> >> De Moivre, in arguably the first textbook on probability in >> English, uses 'wager' throughout (which is natural, as his >> attention is on games of chance). >> >> Best, >> Sam Cohen >> >> >> >> so On 06/06/17 14:01, Teddy Seidenfeld wrote: >>> Dear Mik, Erik, and Friends, >>> >>> I'm no scholar of the term 'gamble', but it's been used by many >>> decision theorists in closely related senses. >>> >>> For instance, Savage's (1954) section 5.2 (titled 'Gambles') uses >>> it within his theory (of subjective expected utility) to refer to >>> the equivalence class of simple acts that carry the same >>> (personal) probability distribution over consequences. Savage is >>> generalizing the von Neumann-Morgenstern sense of 'gamble'. >>> >>> I grew up with the von Neumann-Morgenstern's theory of cardinal >>> utility for gambles -- though vN-M use an extraneous concept of >>> 'probability' in contrast with Savage's approach. >>> >>> Best, >>> Teddy >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 7:12 PM, Professor Bickis >>> <bickis(a)snoopy.usask.ca> wrote: >>> Hello: >>> >>> Can someone answer this question? >>> >>> Was it Walley who initiated the word “gamble” to use in place of >>> the classical “random variable”? De Finetti uses “random >>> quantity”, as does Williams. “Gamble” is ubiquitous in the >>> current literature, but I have not seen it anywhere prior to >>> Walley’s 1991 book. >>> Walley does not seem to attribute the term to anyone else. >>> >>> Mik Bickis >>> _______________________________________________ >>> SIPTA mailing list >>> SIPTA(a)idsia.ch >>> http://mailman2.ti-edu.ch/mailman/listinfo/sipta >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> SIPTA mailing list >>> >>> SIPTA(a)idsia.ch >>> http://mailman2.ti-edu.ch/mailman/listinfo/sipta >> >> _______________________________________________ >> SIPTA mailing list >> SIPTA(a)idsia.ch >> http://mailman2.ti-edu.ch/mailman/listinfo/sipta > > _______________________________________________ > SIPTA mailing list > SIPTA(a)idsia.ch > http://mailman2.ti-edu.ch/mailman/listinfo/sipta >

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Re: [SIPTA] Question about the word "gamble"
by Samuel Cohen 07 Jun '17

07 Jun '17

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[SIPTA] Question about the word "gamble"
by Professor Bickis 06 Jun '17

06 Jun '17

Hello: Can someone answer this question? Was it Walley who initiated the word “gamble” to use in place of the classical “random variable”? De Finetti uses “random quantity”, as does Williams. “Gamble” is ubiquitous in the current literature, but I have not seen it anywhere prior to Walley’s 1991 book. Walley does not seem to attribute the term to anyone else. Mik Bickis

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[SIPTA] Fw: IPMU 2018 - Mark your calendars
by Kreinovich 04 Jun '17

04 Jun '17

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[SIPTA] Fwd: [ST-NET] 9 Independent Research Group Leaders Tuebingen/Stuttgart (Germany)
by Thomas Augustin 02 Jun '17

02 Jun '17

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[SIPTA] [UAI] IUKM 2018--CfP: March 15 - 17, 2018, Ha Noi, Vietnam
by Van-Nam HUYNH 02 Jun '17

02 Jun '17

[Apologies for cross-posting. Your help in circulating this call for papers to potentially interested parties will be highly appreciated.] ————————————————————————————————————— IUKM 2018 — CALL FOR PAPERS ————————————————————————————————————— The Sixth International Symposium on INTEGRATED UNCERTAINTY in KNOWLEDGE MODELLING and DECISION MAKING http://www.jaist.ac.jp/IUKM/IUKM2018/ March 15 - 17, 2018, Hanoi, VIETNAM ————————————————————————————————————— -The International Symposium on Integrated Uncertainty in Knowledge Modelling and Decision Making (IUKM) aims to provide a forum for exchanges of research results, ideas for and experience of application among researchers and practitioners involved with all aspects of uncertainty management and application. Previous symposia have been successfully held in Ishikawa, Japan (IUM 2010 - AISC 68), Hangzhou, China (IUKM 2011 - LNAI 7027), Beijing, China (IUKM 2013 - LNAI 8032), Nha Trang, Vietnam (IUKM 2015 - LNAI 9376), and Da Nang, Vietnam (IUKM 2016 - LNAI 9978). The sixth IUKM (2018) will take place in the capital of Hanoi, Vietnam, during 15-17 March, 2018, and be jointly organized by Hanoi National University of Education (HNUE), Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST), Belief Functions and Applications Society (BFAS). ————————————————————————————————————— Proposal for special sessions and workshops is encouraged and welcome. ————————————————————————————————————— Relevant topics for the IUKM 2018 Symposium include, but are not limited to, the following: + Theory and Methodology - Uncertainty formalisms: Bayesian probability, Dempster-Shafer theory, imprecise probability, random sets, rough sets, fuzzy sets and interval-based models - Uncertainty modeling and management in big-data environments - Learning and reasoning with uncertainty - Information fusion and knowledge integration in uncertain environments - Decision making under various types of uncertainty - Aggregation operators for decision making - Copulas for dependence modelling - Granular and soft computing - Computational intelligence + Application - Data mining and knowledge discovery - Ontology engineering and Semantic Web - Intelligent data analysis and modelling - Agents and argumentation - Natural language processing - Medical informatics and bioinformatics - Ranking and recommendation systems - Big data and cloud computing - Social network analysis and mining - Sensor fusion - System identification and modelling - Diagnosis and reliability - Decision support systems - Kansei/affective engineering - Service computing - Engineering management - Supply chain management - Environmental management - Economics and econometrics PUBLICATION The authors are invited to submit their full papers by 15 Sept. 2017 (extended deadline). The submissions will be peer-reviewed for originality and scientific quality. As done in previous editions, the proceedings of IUKM 2018 will be published by Springer-Verlag in the Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence series, and be available at the Symposium. Authors are requested to prepare their papers in the Springer LNAI format. Submissions should not exceed 12 pages and must be submitted electronically through the conference’s Easychair submission page (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iukm2018) IMPORTANT DATES Deadline for paper submission: 15 Sept. 2017 Notification of acceptance/rejection: 20 Nov., 2017 Final camera-ready and author registration: 15 Dec., 2017 Early non-author registration: 10 Jan. 2018 Symposium dates: 15-17 March, 2018 —————————————

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[SIPTA] IP question on math.stackexchange
by Abrams 29 May '17

29 May '17

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[SIPTA] Positions (2 PhD + 1 post-doctoral) at Compiègne University, France
by Sébastien Destercke 10 May '17

10 May '17

Dear all, The Heudiasyc Laboratory is looking for motivated candidates on different positions (2 PhD + 1 post-doctoral) with funded scholarships, all concerning the handling of severe uncertainties and all starting around september/october 2017: 1. PhD position on machine learning with structured outputs: "Learning and predicting graphs from limited information". Details in: https://www.hds.utc.fr/~sdesterc/dokuwiki/_media/thesis_graphs.pdf 2. PhD position on inverse problems, with focus on non-linear mechanical models: "Solving the inverse problem under severe uncertainty and with multiple information sources" Details in: https://www.hds.utc.fr/~sdesterc/dokuwiki/_media/thesis_meca.pdf 3. Post-doctoral position on designing reliable systems: "Designing safe systems under severe uncertainties" Details in: https://www.hds.utc.fr/~sdesterc/dokuwiki/_media/postdoc_reliability.pdf If interested, you can contact me by mail. Best regards Sebastien Destercke P.S.: please distribute this announcement to potentially interested and interesting candidates. -- ==================================== 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] Belief scool, Xi'an, China - July 4-9, 2017
by Arnaud Martin 08 May '17

08 May '17

Dear Colleagues, The 4th summer school on belief functions and their applications will be held in Xi'an, China, during July 4-9, 2017. http://belief2017.nwpu.edu.cn/ BFAS board decides to give 12 student grants in the form of free registration. The deadline for the application has been extended to June 1st, 2017. We encourage the Master students and PhD students, who have done the good research work in the area of belief functions and the applications, to apply this grant. For this application, we need: - The student CV - A letter of motivation - An advisor support with the indication whether or not the student can fund his trip without this help Please send the required elements of application to the email of BFAS: bfas(a)bfasociety.org -- ======================================== Pr. Arnaud MARTIN Université de Rennes 1 / IUT de Lannion UMR 6074 IRISA Rue Edouard Branly BP 30219 22302 Lannion cedex, France Phone: +(33)2.96.46.94.60 ========================================

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[SIPTA] A talk on IP (of interest for those in the Milan area)
by hykel hosni 02 May '17

02 May '17

The Centre for the Study of Social Action (CSSA) Seminars will host a talk by Gregory Wheeler (Frankfurt School of Finance & Management) on *Mispriced gambles: What peers learn when they disagree* (Abstract below) All welcome! DATE: Tuesday 9th May at 2:30 PM PLACE: Aula Paci, Department of Philosophy, University of Milan, (via Festa del Perdono 7, 20122, Milano) For more information, please visit our website: http://www.cssa.unimi.it/ ABSTRACT: One criticism to the theory of imprecise probabilities (IP) is that there is no compelling example which mandates choosing an imprecise probability model over a precise probability one, but instead the appeal of the theory rests on intuitions about "Knighten" uncertainty that are inconclusive. This talk answers this criticism with a problem from the peer disagreement literature. The Preservation of Irrelevant Evidence (PIE) Principle maintains that a resolution strategy to peer disagreements should be able to preserve unanimous judgments of evidential irrelevance among the peers. It is well-known that no standard Bayesian resolution strategy satisfies the PIE Principle, and some -- such as Carl Wagner -- have argued so much the worse for PIE. In this paper we respond by giving a loss aversion argument in support of PIE and against Bayes. The upshot is that, given the choice between IP and Bayes, if you want PIE, you must renounce Bayes and choose IP. -- Hykel Hosni Associate Professor of Logic, Department of Philosophy University of Milan http://www.filosofia.unimi.it/~hosni/ Editor of The Reasoner http://thereasoner.org/ Secretary of the Italian Association for Logic and Applications http://www.ailalogica.it

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[SIPTA] [ISIPTA ’17 & ECSQARU 2017] Call for participation - Lugano (Switzerland) July 10-14, 2017
by Alessandro Antonucci 02 May '17

02 May '17

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION http://isipta.idsia.ch http://ecsqaru.idsia.ch [THE EVENT] The Tenth International Symposium on Imprecise Probability: Theories and Applications (ISIPTA ’17) and Fourteenth European Conference on Symbolic and Quantitative Approaches to Reasoning with Uncertainty (ECSQARU 2017) will be held jointly in Lugano (Switzerland), on July 10-14, 2017. Both the ISIPTA symposia and the ECSQARU conferences are biennial events to discuss theory and practice of reasoning under uncertainty. While ISIPTA is especially focused on the field of imprecise probabilities, the scope of ECSQARU covers more generic qualitative and numeric uncertainty paradigms. The co location of the two events is intended to favor cross-fertilization among researches active in both communities. [ACCEPTED PAPERS] The list of accepted papers is already available: http://isipta.idsia.ch/accepted-papers-isipta (ISIPTA) http://ecsqaru.idsia.ch/accepted-papers-ecsqaru (ECSQARU) All the papers will be presented during oral sessions. [INVITED TALKS] Besides the technical sessions, the following invited talks will be presented: - “Evaluation methods of arguments: current trends and challenges” by Leila Amgoud - “Bayes+Hilbert=quantum mechanics” by Alessio Benavoli - “Encounters with imprecise probabilities” by Jim Berger - “Symbolic and quantitative representations of uncertainty: an overview” by Didier Dubois - “Learning from imprecise data” by Eyke Hüllermeier [LUGANO] Lugano is the largest city in the Italian speaking canton of Ticino which shares borders with Italy. It is one of the popular tourist destinations of Switzerland. Both Lake Lugano and the surrounding mountains provide an excellent view and a wide variety of outdoor activities. Lugano is also home to a number of historic buildings and museums. More information available here: http://www.luganoturismo.ch/en [REGISTRATION] The registration page is already active: http://www2.idsia.ch/cms/isipta-ecsqaru/registration/ Please contact Alessandro Antonucci (alessandro(a)idsia.ch) for any additional information. _________________________________ 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 _________________________________

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[SIPTA] FW: Call for Papers: 2017 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (IEEE SSCI 2017)
by Kreinovich 24 Apr '17

24 Apr '17

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[SIPTA] FW: Call for Papers: ICVRAM-ISUMA-UNCERTAINTIES 2018 Conferences
by Kreinovich 24 Apr '17

24 Apr '17

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[SIPTA] New and final deadline for SUM 2017: April 27
by Serafin Moral 20 Apr '17

20 Apr '17

11th International Conference on Scalable Uncertainty Management - Granada, Spain, October 4-6, 2017 New deadline for submissions: April 27, 2017 More information: http://idbis.ugr.es/sum2017/index.html Pivert Olivier and Serafín Moral Program Cochairs

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[SIPTA] Question & Answers about IP: Stack Exchange+SIPTA List
by Erik Quaeghebeur 19 Apr '17

19 Apr '17

Dear SIPTA Community, *Executive summary* Post questions about IP on Stack Exchange sites such as <https://math.stackexchange.com/>, <https://stats.stackexchange.com/>, <https://cs.stackexchange.com/>, and <https://mathoverflow.net/> and notify this list with a link to the question, so that our community's experts can answer them there. [More in the ‘long version’ below. If you or someone in your network is active on a Stack Exchange site, please do read the ‘search for active SE users’ at the end.] *Long version* Our community can make good use of the popular Stack Exchange (SE) Question & Answer sites to educate about and promote imprecise probability. (About Stack Exchange: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stack_Exchange>.) By answering questions related to imprecise probability theories and applications, we can help others get into the IP field and so make it more accessible, which over time may lead to a growth of our community. Although others may also be appropriate, there are a number of SE sites especially suited for questions related to IP: - Mathematics – https://math.stackexchange.com/ - Cross Validated – https://stats.stackexchange.com/ - Computer Science – https://cs.stackexchange.com/ - Math Overflow – https://mathoverflow.net/ What we propose is that we all post any questions we have on these sites and then post a link to this list, so that others in the community can answer the questions there. Also, encourage others such as junior researchers and students in and outside of your group to do so. This will make the questions and answers available in a search engine-friendly way. Multiple answers are possible and up-voting questions and answers as well; this is also something we should do, as a form of completeness and quality control. Information about our activities on SE will in the future be posted on the SIPTA site <http://sipta.org>, under ‘Sources of Information’. *Search for active SE users* We are looking for active SE users that have sufficient ‘reputation’ on a targeted Stack Exchange site to create new tags. This will allow for the creation of, for example, an ‘imprecise probability’ tag. Such tags will allow SIPTA members to easily find IP-related questions and also make it possible to automate posting links to questions on this list. So if you, or someone in your network has or may soon get tag creation rights, please contact us, so that we can coordinate and do this most effectively. Best regards, Erik Quaeghebeur & Sébastien Destercke

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[SIPTA] 10th WPMSIIP/2nd WUML 2017 - Compiègne, 11-15 September 2017
by Sébastien Destercke 13 Apr '17

13 Apr '17

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[SIPTA] Postdoc positions: ERCIM Fellowship Programme - Application form open !
by Erik Quaeghebeur 10 Apr '17

10 Apr '17

FYI: ERCIM offers postdoctoral fellowships in leading European computer science research institutions. Competitive bursaries. Simple online application procedure. Next deadline for application: 30 April. http://fellowship.ercim.eu/ -- http://ac.erikquaeghebeur.name

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[SIPTA] Appropriate forum for IP questions?
by Abrams 07 Apr '17

07 Apr '17

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[SIPTA] Fw: SUM 2017 Deadline Extension -- Scalable Uncertainty Management
by Kreinovich 01 Apr '17

01 Apr '17

FYI ________________________________________ From: Serafin Moral <smc(a)decsai.ugr.es> Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2017 5:33 AM To: uai(a)engr.orst.edu Subject: [UAI] SUM 2017 Deadline Extension -- Scalable Uncertainty Management Deadline for submissions has been extended to April 17 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11th International Conference on Scalable Uncertainty Management (SUM 2017) Call for papers For updated information, please visit the conference web page at: http://idbis.ugr.es/sum2017/ The 11th International Conference on Scalable Uncertainty Management (SUM) will be held in Granada, Spain on October 4-6, 2017. The conference will bring together researchers who are working with imperfect information in fields such as artificial intelligence, databases, data mining, information retrieval, and risk analysis with the aim of fostering collaboration and cross-fertilization of ideas from different communities. An originality of SUM is that it gives a large space to tutorials about a large range of topics related to uncertainty management. Each tutorial provides a 45 minute survey of one of the research areas in the scope of the conference. ******************** Topics of Interest ******************** We solicit papers on the management of large amounts or complex kinds of uncertain, incomplete, or inconsistent information. We are particularly interested in papers that focus on bridging gaps, for instance between different communities, between numerical and symbolic approaches, or between theory and practice. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): - Imperfect information in databases - Methods for modeling, indexing, and querying uncertain databases - Top-k queries, skyline query processing, and ranking - Approximate, fuzzy query processing - Uncertainty in data integration and exchange - Uncertainty and imprecision in geographic information systems - Probabilistic databases and possibilistic databases? - Data provenance and trust - Data summarization - Very large datasets - Imperfect information in information retrieval and semantic web applications - Approximate schema and ontology matching - Uncertainty in description logics and logic programming - Learning to rank, personalization, and user preferences - Probabilistic language models - Combining vector-space models with symbolic representations - Inductive reasoning for the semantic web - Imperfect information in artificial intelligence - Statistical relational learning, graphical models, probabilistic inference - Argumentation, defeasible reasoning, belief revision - Weighted logics for managing uncertainty - Reasoning with imprecise probability, Dempster-Shafer theory, possibility theory - Approximate reasoning, similarity-based reasoning, analogical reasoning - Planning under uncertainty, reasoning about actions, spatial and temporal reasoning - Incomplete preference specifications - Learning from data - Risk analysis - Aleatory vs. epistemic uncertainty - Uncertainty elicitation methods - Uncertainty propagation methods - Decision analysis methods - Tools for synthesizing results ************************* Submission guidelines ************************* SUM 2017 solicits papers in the following three categories: - Long papers: technical papers reporting original research or survey papers - Short papers: papers reporting promising work-in-progress, system descriptions, position papers on controversial issues, or survey papers providing a synthesis of some current research trends - Extended abstracts of recently published work in a relevant journal or top-tier conference Accepted long and short papers will be published by Springer in the Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence series. Authors of an accepted long or short paper will be expected to sign copyright release forms, and one author is expected to give a presentation at the conference. Authors of accepted abstracts will be expected to present their work during the conference, but the extended abstracts will not be published in the LNCS/LNAI proceedings (they will be made available in a separate booklet). Regular research papers should be at most 14 pages (including references, figures and tables). Short papers should be at most 7 pages. Extended abstracts should be at most 2 pages and should reference the originally published work. Submissions must be formatted according to Springer's guidelines for LNCS authors, which can be found athttp://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html. Each paper is to be submitted electronically as a single PDF file through EasyChair. Papers not respecting the formatting instructions or page limits may be rejected without review. With the exception of extended abstracts, submissions must be unpublished and must not be under submission elsewhere. All submitted papers will be reviewed by the Program Committee on the basis of technical quality, relevance, significance, and clarity. **************** IMPORTANT DATES **************** - Extended deadline for submissions: April 17, 2017 - Notification: May 22, 2017 - Camera-ready copies: June 12, 2017 - Conference: October 4-6, 2017

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[SIPTA] FW: Registration open: Fourth Bayesian, Fiducial and Frequentist Workshop (BFF4), May 1-3, Harvard University
by Glenn Shafer 24 Mar '17

24 Mar '17

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[SIPTA] Extended dealine: Fusion 2017: special session on belief functions
by Arnaud Martin 17 Mar '17

17 Mar '17

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[SIPTA] [ISIPTA 2017] Call for poster-only submissions
by Jasper De Bock 10 Mar '17

10 Mar '17

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[SIPTA] Special Session on Uncertainty based Optimization in Engineering @ EUROPT 2017: Deadline approaching (March 15, 2017)
by Matthias Troffaes 08 Mar '17

08 Mar '17

Dear SIPTA friends, The special session below at EUROPT might be of some interest to some of you - robustness and resilience are explicit aims of the session and imprecise probability approaches to optimisation in engineering problems would be most welcome there too. Note the unfortunate overlap with ISIPTA; still it would be good to have presence from our community there, so if you weren't planning to go to ISIPTA this year, perhaps EUROPT is worth considering. Kind regards, Matthias Begin forwarded message: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: ICElab <info(a)icelab.uk> Date: 2017-03-04 19:07 GMT+00:00 Subject: [icelab-announce] Special Session on Uncertainty based Optimization in Engineering @ EUROPT 2017: Deadline approaching (March 15, 2017) To: icelab-announce(a)lists.strath.ac.uk (we apologize for possible multiple copies of this message ) Dear Colleague, this is a gentle reminder that the deadline to submit your abstract for the sessions on “Uncertainty based Optimization in Engineering” within the framework of the 15th EUROPT Workshop on Advances in Continuous Optimization, Montreal, Canada, 12-14 July 2017, is fast approaching (*Abstract submission deadline: March 15, 2017*) . EUROPT website: https://www.gerad.ca/colloques/europt2017/ Special session website: http://utopiae.eu/about/utopiae-training/research/ ieee-computational-intelligence-in-aerospace-sciences/ieee-activities/ utopiae-activities/ *Important Dates* Abstract submission deadline: *March 15, 2017* Abstract acceptance: March 31, 2017 *Scope and Motivations* In an expanding world with limited resources and increasing uncertainty, optimization and uncertainty quantification become a necessity. Optimization can turn a problem into a solution, thus the main focus of this session is to promote the knowledge exchange on new approaches to treat uncertainty in complex engineering systems and use novel optimization techniques to efficiently deal with large scale problems with many objectives and uncertain quantities. It is generally recognised, in fact, that neglecting the impact of uncertainty on the design of any system or process can lead to unreliable design solutions. Common approaches that make use of safety margins to account for uncertainty in design and manufacturing are not adequate to fully capture the growing complexity of engineering systems and provide reliable, resilient and optimal solutions. *Topics* The sessions are open to everybody who wants to present recent and original results on any of the following topics: - Robust Optimization - Reliability based Design Optimization - Resilience based Design Optimization - Evolvable Optimization Under Uncertainty - Uncertainty based Multidisciplinary Design Optimization with applications to any engineering areas, in particular: - Aeronautics, Aerospace, and Space - Agriculture and Precision Farming - Automotive - Bio-Engineering - Civil and Structural Engineering - Electronics - Energy, including Renewable Energy - Offshores, Coastal and Marine Engineering and Operations - Transport and Logistics - Turbomachinery *Registration* Before May 1st, 2017: 200$ (students: 150$) After May 1st, 2017: 250$ (students: 180$) *Abstract Submission* Abstracts should be no longer than 100 words and should not contain mathematical notation. Updated info on submission and registration will be available at the Workshop page https://www.gerad.ca/colloques/europt2017/ *Sessions Organisers* Edmondo Minisci Lecturer, Multidisciplinary Design Optimization edmondo.minisci(a)strath.ac.uk<mailto:edmondo.minisci(a)strath.ac.uk> Annalisa Riccardi Lecturer, Computational Intelligence annalisa.riccardi(a)strath.ac.uk<mailto:annalisa.riccardi(a)strath.ac.uk> Massimiliano Vasile Professor, Space System Engineering massimiliano.vasile(a)strath.ac.uk<mailto:massimiliano.vasile(a)strath.ac.uk> Task Force “Computational Intelligence in Aerospace Sciences”, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK -- ICElab The Intelligent Computational Engineering Laboratory _______________________________________________ icelab-announce mailing list icelab-announce(a)lists.strath.ac.uk http://lists.strath.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/icelab-announce

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[SIPTA] [ECSQARU 2017] LAST CALL FOR PAPERS (Deadline extended to March 20)
by PAPINI Odile 06 Mar '17

06 Mar '17

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[SIPTA] Fusion 2017: special session on belief functions
by Arnaud Martin 04 Mar '17

04 Mar '17

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[SIPTA] Fusion 2017: special session on belief functions
by Arnaud Martin 03 Mar '17

03 Mar '17

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[SIPTA] [ISIPTA '17] Call for Papers - Deadline Extended
by Alessandro Antonucci 20 Feb '17

20 Feb '17

Due to several requests, ISIPTA '17 is extending the paper submission deadline to Friday, March 3, 2017. ::: CALL FOR PAPERS ::: http://isipta.idsia.ch The Tenth International Symposium on Imprecise Probability: Theories and Applications (ISIPTA '17). The ISIPTA conference is the primary international forum about theory and applications of imprecise probability. Imprecise probability is a generic term for the many mathematical and statistical models and methods, allowing us to measure chance or uncertainty without the restriction of sharp probabilities. The symposium is open to contributions on all aspects of imprecise probability. ISIPTA '17 will be co-located with ECSQARU 2017, the Fourteenth European Conference on Symbolic and Quantitative Approaches to Reasoning with Uncertainty. The joint event will be held in Lugano (Switzerland), on July 10-14, 2017. ::: INVITED SPEAKERS ::: We are delighted of having the following invited speakers: - Leila Amgoud (IRIT, France) - Alessio Benavoli (IDSIA, Switzerland) - Jim Berger (Duke University, USA) - Didier Dubois (IRIT, France) - Eyke Hüllermeier (Paderborn University, Germany) More information about the speakers available here: http://isipta.idsia.ch/invited-speakers ::: JMLR PROCEEDINGS AND SUBMISSIONS ::: For the first time, the ISIPTA '17 proceedings will be published in the Workshop and Conference proceedings series (http://jmlr.csail.mit.edu/proceedings) of the Journal of Machine Learning Research (JMLR). Instructions for submission and author's kit available here: http://isipta.idsia.ch/submissions-isipta ::: IMPORTANT DATES ::: Tuesday, March 3, 2017: Paper submission Tuesday, April 18, 2017: Author notification Friday, April 28, 2017: Camera-ready copy due ::: IJAR SPECIAL ISSUE AND YOUNG RESEARCHER AWARD ::: Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version of their work to a special issue of the International Journal of Approximate Reasoning (IJAR). We also invite applications for the IJAR Young Researcher Award. The prize (1000 Euros), granted by IJAR, will be awarded to one young researcher for excellent research in the area of imprecise probability. Applicants should have submitted a paper (not necessarily as first authors) to ISIPTA ’17. Applications should be received by the paper submission deadline (March 3, 2017). More information about the award available here: http://isipta.idsia.ch/young-researcher-award-ecsqaru _________________________________ 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 _________________________________

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[SIPTA] [ECSQARU 2017] Call for Papers - Deadline Extended (March 3, 2017)
by Alessandro Antonucci 20 Feb '17

20 Feb '17

Due to several requests, ECSQARU 2017 is extending the paper submission deadline to Friday, March 3, 2017. ::: CALL FOR PAPERS ::: http://ecsqaru.idsia.ch The Fourteenth European Conference on Symbolic and Quantitative Approaches to Reasoning with Uncertainty (ECSQARU 2017). 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 scientific knowledge 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. Previous ECSQARU events have been held in Marseille (1991), Granada (1993), Fribourg (1995), Bonn (1997), London (1999), Toulouse (2001), Aalborg (2003), Barcelona (2005), Hammamet (2007), Verona (2009), Belfast (2011), Utrecht (2013), and Compiègne (2015). ECSQARU 2017 will be co-located with ISIPTA '17, the Tenth International Symposium on Imprecise Probability: Theories and Applications. The joint event will be held in Lugano (Switzerland), on July 10-14, 2017. ::: SCOPE ::: For ECSQARU 2017 we invite submissions of conference papers on topics which include but are not limited to: - Algorithms for uncertain inference - Applications of uncertain systems - Argumentation systems - Automated planning and acting under uncertainty - Belief functions - Belief revision & merging - Classification & clustering - Decision theory & decision graphs - Default reasoning - Description logics with uncertainty - Foundations of reasoning under uncertainty - Fuzzy sets & fuzzy logic - Game theory - Imprecise probabilities - Inconsistency handling - Information fusion - Learning for uncertainty formalisms - Logics for reasoning under uncertainty - Markov decision processes - Possibility theory & possibilistic logic - Preferences - Probabilistic graphical models - Probabilistic logics - Qualitative uncertainty models - Rough sets - Uncertainty & data ::: INVITED SPEAKERS ::: We are delighted of having the following invited speakers: - Leila Amgoud (IRIT, France) - Alessio Benavoli (IDSIA, Switzerland) - Jim Berger (Duke University, USA) - Didier Dubois (IRIT, France) - Eyke Hüllermeier (Paderborn University, Germany) More information about the speakers available here: http://ecsqaru.idsia.ch/invited-speakers ::: PROCEEDINGS AND SUBMISSIONS ::: In accordance with the previous conferences, the proceedings of ECSQARU 2017 will be published in the Springer Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence series. Authors are requested to prepare their conference papers in the LNCS/LNAI format. Submitted papers will be evaluated by peer reviews based on originality, significance, technical soundness, and clarity of exposition. Authors of accepted papers are expected to attend the conference to present their work. Instructions for submission and author's kit available here: http://ecsqaru.idsia.ch/submissions-ecsqaru ::: IMPORTANT DATES ::: - Friday, March 3, 2017: Paper submission - Tuesday, April 18, 2017: Author notification - Friday, April 28, 2017: Camera-ready copy due ::: IJAR SPECIAL ISSUE ::: Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version of their work to a special issue of the International Journal of Approximate Reasoning (IJAR, Elsevier). ::: SPRINGER YOUNG RESEARCHER AWARD ::: We also invite applications for the Springer Young Researcher Award. The prize (1000 Euros), granted by Springer, will be awarded to one young researcher for excellent research in fields related to the ECSQARU scope. Applicants should have submitted a paper (not necessarily as first authors) to ECSQARU 2017. Applications should be received by the paper submission deadline (March 3, 2017). More information about the award available here: http://ecsqaru.idsia.ch/young-researcher-award-ecsqaru _________________________________ 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 _________________________________

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[SIPTA] SUM 2017 Call for Papers
by Serafin Moral 10 Feb '17

10 Feb '17

11th International Conference on Scalable Uncertainty Management (SUM 2017) Call for papers For updated information, please visit the conference web page at: http://idbis.ugr.es/sum2017/ The 11th International Conference on Scalable Uncertainty Management (SUM) will be held in Granada, Spain on October 4-6, 2017. The conference will bring together researchers who are working with imperfect information in fields such as artificial intelligence, databases, data mining, information retrieval, and risk analysis with the aim of fostering collaboration and cross-fertilization of ideas from different communities. An originality of SUM is that it gives a large space to tutorials about a large range of topics related to uncertainty management. Each tutorial provides a 45 minute survey of one of the research areas in the scope of the conference. ******************** Topics of Interest ******************** We solicit papers on the management of large amounts or complex kinds of uncertain, incomplete, or inconsistent information. We are particularly interested in papers that focus on bridging gaps, for instance between different communities, between numerical and symbolic approaches, or between theory and practice. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): - Imperfect information in databases - Methods for modeling, indexing, and querying uncertain databases - Top-k queries, skyline query processing, and ranking - Approximate, fuzzy query processing - Uncertainty in data integration and exchange - Uncertainty and imprecision in geographic information systems - Probabilistic databases and possibilistic databases? - Data provenance and trust - Data summarization - Very large datasets - Imperfect information in information retrieval and semantic web applications - Approximate schema and ontology matching - Uncertainty in description logics and logic programming - Learning to rank, personalization, and user preferences - Probabilistic language models - Combining vector-space models with symbolic representations - Inductive reasoning for the semantic web - Imperfect information in artificial intelligence - Statistical relational learning, graphical models, probabilistic inference - Argumentation, defeasible reasoning, belief revision - Weighted logics for managing uncertainty - Reasoning with imprecise probability, Dempster-Shafer theory, possibility theory - Approximate reasoning, similarity-based reasoning, analogical reasoning - Planning under uncertainty, reasoning about actions, spatial and temporal reasoning - Incomplete preference specifications - Learning from data - Risk analysis - Aleatory vs. epistemic uncertainty - Uncertainty elicitation methods - Uncertainty propagation methods - Decision analysis methods - Tools for synthesizing results ************************* Submission guidelines ************************* SUM 2017 solicits papers in the following three categories: - Long papers: technical papers reporting original research or survey papers - Short papers: papers reporting promising work-in-progress, system descriptions, position papers on controversial issues, or survey papers providing a synthesis of some current research trends - Extended abstracts of recently published work in a relevant journal or top-tier conference Accepted long and short papers will be published by Springer in the Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence series. Authors of an accepted long or short paper will be expected to sign copyright release forms, and one author is expected to give a presentation at the conference. Authors of accepted abstracts will be expected to present their work during the conference, but the extended abstracts will not be published in the LNCS/LNAI proceedings (they will be made available in a separate booklet). Regular research papers should be at most 14 pages (including references, figures and tables). Short papers should be at most 7 pages. Extended abstracts should be at most 2 pages and should reference the originally published work. Submissions must be formatted according to Springer's guidelines for LNCS authors, which can be found at http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html. Each paper is to be submitted electronically as a single PDF file through EasyChair. Papers not respecting the formatting instructions or page limits may be rejected without review. With the exception of extended abstracts, submissions must be unpublished and must not be under submission elsewhere. All submitted papers will be reviewed by the Program Committee on the basis of technical quality, relevance, significance, and clarity. **************** IMPORTANT DATES **************** - Deadline for submissions: April 3, 2017 - Notification: May 22, 2017 - Camera-ready copies: June 12, 2017 - Conference: October 4-6, 2017

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[SIPTA] [job] research associate at Durham
by Matthias Troffaes 07 Feb '17

07 Feb '17

Hi all, The advert below might be of interest to some of you - note the deadline of 20th Feb. Cheers, Matthias --- Research Associate in Statistical Uncertainty Quantification for Energy Systems Modelling Job Title : Research Associate Grade 7 (£32,004) Closing date for applications: midday on 20-Feb-2017 The Department of Mathematical Sciences at Durham University, UK invites applications for a postdoctoral position, to begin ideally by end April 2017, and for a 30 month period in the first instance. The post-holder will conduct research in statistical methodology related to the projects ‘Uncertainty analysis of hierarchical energy systems models: Models versus real energy systems’ (http://gow.epsrc.ac.uk/NGBOViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/K03832X/1) and ‘Centre for Energy Systems Integration’ (CESI, http://gow.epsrc.ac.uk/NGBOViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/P001173/1) funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. The research will use state-of-the-art statistical methodology for uncertainty analysis in a range of complex computer simulators representing energy economics and engineering systems. There will be a particular emphasis on developing new methodology for analysing the propagation of uncertainty between linked models. Exemplars will be drawn primarily from the CESI project – the concept of energy systems integration is coordination of operation and planning of different levels (e.g. national and local) of the energy system, and of the systems for different energy carriers (gas ,electricity, heat etc.) There will be substantial opportunities for collaboration with other academic disciplines and industrial partners within the CESI project. This is a 30 month fixed term, externally funded post, formed on the basis of appointment at the bottom of Grade 7 (£31,656) and provided that the successful candidate can commence the role by the end of April 2017. In the event that the appointment is made at a higher salary point, or the start date is later, then the term of the appointment will reduce in length in accordance with the available funding. Provided the extension of grant EP/K03832X/1 is approved by EPSRC, the funding for this position may extend by a further 6 months. Full details of the position and application procedure may be found at: https://recruitment.durham.ac.uk/pls/corehrrecruit/erq_jobspec_details_form… Informal enquiries to Michael Goldstein Professor of Statistics, Department of Mathermatical Sciences, Durham University email michael.goldstein(a)durham.ac.uk <mailto:michael.goldstein(a)durham.ac.uk>

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[SIPTA] [Call for Papers] ECSQARU 2017, July 10-14, 2017, Lugano (Switzerland)
by Alessandro Antonucci 01 Feb '17

01 Feb '17

The Fourteenth European Conference on Symbolic and Quantitative Approaches to Reasoning with Uncertainty (ECSQARU 2017) THIRD CALL FOR PAPERS http://ecsqaru.idsia.ch 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 scientific knowledge 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. Previous ECSQARU events have been held in Marseille (1991), Granada (1993), Fribourg (1995), Bonn (1997), London (1999), Toulouse (2001), Aalborg (2003), Barcelona (2005), Hammamet (2007), Verona (2009), Belfast (2011), Utrecht (2013), and Compiègne (2015). ECSQARU 2017 will be co-located with ISIPTA '17, the Tenth International Symposium on Imprecise Probability: Theories and Applications. The joint event will be held in Lugano (Switzerland), on July 10-14, 2017. ::: SCOPE ::: For ECSQARU 2017 we invite submissions of conference papers on topics which include but are not limited to: - Algorithms for uncertain inference - Applications of uncertain systems - Argumentation systems - Automated planning and acting under uncertainty - Belief functions - Belief revision & merging - Classification & clustering - Decision theory & decision graphs - Default reasoning - Description logics with uncertainty - Foundations of reasoning under uncertainty - Fuzzy sets & fuzzy logic - Game theory - Imprecise probabilities - Inconsistency handling - Information fusion - Learning for uncertainty formalisms - Logics for reasoning under uncertainty - Markov decision processes - Possibility theory & possibilistic logic - Preferences - Probabilistic graphical models - Probabilistic logics - Qualitative uncertainty models - Rough sets - Uncertainty & data ::: INVITED SPEAKERS ::: We are delighted of having the following invited speakers: - Leila Amgoud (IRIT, France) - Alessio Benavoli (IDSIA, Switzerland) - Jim Berger (Duke University, USA) - Didier Dubois (IRIT, France) - Eyke Hüllermeier (Paderborn University, Germany) ::: PROCEEDINGS AND SUBMISSIONS ::: In accordance with the previous conferences, the proceedings of ECSQARU 2015 will be published in the Springer Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence series. Authors are requested to prepare their conference papers in the LNCS/LNAI format. Submitted papers will be evaluated by peer reviews based on originality, significance, technical soundness, and clarity of exposition. Authors of accepted papers are expected to attend the conference to present their work. The instructions for submission and the author kit are available here: http://ecsqaru.idsia.ch/submissions-ecsqaru/ ::: IMPORTANT DATES ::: - Tuesday, February 21, 2017: Paper submission deadline - Tuesday, April 18, 2017: Author notification - Friday, April 28, 2017: Camera-ready copy due ::: IJAR SPECIAL ISSUE ::: Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version of their work to a special issue of the International Journal of Approximate Reasoning (IJAR, Elsevier). ::: SPRINGER YOUNG RESEARCHER AWARD ::: We also invite applications for the Springer Young Researcher Award. The prize (1000 Euros), granted by Springer, will be awarded to one young researcher for excellent research in fields related to the ECSQARU scope. The award is open to Master students, PhD students and young post-doc researchers who have received their PhD in 2016 (or 2017). Applicants should have submitted a paper (not necessarily as first authors) to ECSQARU 2017. Applications should be received by the paper submission deadline (February 21, 2017). _________________________________ 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 _________________________________

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[SIPTA] [Call for Papers] ISIPTA '17, July 10-14, 2017, Lugano (Switzerland)
by Alessandro Antonucci 01 Feb '17

01 Feb '17

The Tenth International Symposium on Imprecise Probability: Theories and Applications (ISIPTA '17) THIRD CALL FOR PAPERS http://isipta.idsia.ch The ISIPTA conference is the primary international forum about theory and applications of imprecise probability. Imprecise probability is a generic term for the many mathematical and statistical models and methods, allowing us to measure chance or uncertainty without the restriction of sharp probabilities. The symposium is open to contributions on all aspects of imprecise probability. ISIPTA '17 will be co-located with ECSQARU 2017, the Fourteenth European Conference on Symbolic and Quantitative Approaches to Reasoning with Uncertainty. The joint event will be held in Lugano (Switzerland), on July 10-14, 2017. The conference website with detailed information is http://isipta.idsia.ch ::: INVITED SPEAKERS ::: We are delighted of having the following invited speakers: - Leila Amgoud (IRIT, France) - Alessio Benavoli (IDSIA, Switzerland) - Jim Berger (Duke University, USA) - Didier Dubois (IRIT, France) - Eyke Hüllermeier (Paderborn University, Germany) ::: JMLR PROCEEDINGS AND SUBMISSIONS ::: For the first time, the ISIPTA '17 proceedings will be published in the Workshop and Conference proceedings series (http://jmlr.csail.mit.edu/proceedings) of the Journal of Machine Learning Research (JMLR). The instructions for submission and the author kit are available here: http://isipta.idsia.ch/submissions-isipta/ The page limit is 12 pages in the JMLR style. Each submission will be reviewed by three referees. ::: IMPORTANT DATES ::: Tuesday, February 21, 2017: Paper submission deadline Tuesday, April 18, 2017: Author notification Friday, April 28, 2017: Camera-ready copy due ::: IJAR SPECIAL ISSUE AND YOUNG RESEARCHER AWARD ::: Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version of their work to a special issue of the International Journal of Approximate Reasoning (IJAR). We also invite applications for the IJAR Young Researcher Award. The prize, granted by IJAR, will be awarded to one young researcher for excellent research in the area of imprecise probability. The award is open to Master students, PhD students and young post-doc researchers who have received their PhD in 2016 (or 2017). Applicants should have submitted a paper (not necessarily as first authors) to ISIPTA ’17. Applications should be received by the paper submission deadline (February 21, 2017). _________________________________ 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 _________________________________

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Re: [SIPTA] IFSA-SCIS 2017 - Final deadline extension
by Kreinovich 28 Jan '17

28 Jan '17

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Re: [SIPTA] IPMU 2018. CADIZ (SPAIN)
by Kreinovich 18 Jan '17

18 Jan '17

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[SIPTA] special session on imprecise probabilities and non-additive measures at IFSA'2017: deadline extended
by ENRIQUE MIRANDA MENENDEZ 13 Jan '17

13 Jan '17

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[SIPTA] PhD studentship at Durham in offshore transmission systems asset management under severe uncertainty
by Matthias Troffaes 12 Jan '17

12 Jan '17

Dear SIPTA friends, An exciting PhD opportunity is available at Durham, which directly seeks to develop and apply methods from imprecise probability to applications in offshore transmission systems asset management under severe uncertainty. The project is a collaboration between the School of Engineering & Computing Sciences, and the Department Mathematical Sciences, at Durham University, UK. It also involves active collaboration and support from the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult (a UK-based Industrial Research body), with facilities across the UK in Blyth, Glasgow and Fife. The funding includes fees at the UK/EU rates plus a monthly stipend (£1.2k per month) as well as additional funding for travel and consumables. Non-EU students have to provide the difference between international and UK/EU fees which is currently around £18k per year. More information about the project, requirements, and the application process can be found here: http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AWE586/phd-studentship-offshore-transmission-syst… Please note that the closing date for applications is 27th January 2017. Best wishes, Matthias

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[SIPTA] a conference on uncertainty in 2018: Mark your calendars
by Kreinovich 21 Dec '16

21 Dec '16

Dear Friends, The 5th International Symposium on Integrated Uncertainty in Knowledge Modelling and Decision Making IUKM'2018 will be held on March 15-17 in Hanoi and Halong Bay, Vietnam, the plan is to meet in Hanoi on March 15-16 and to go to Halong Bay on March 17. Please mark your calendars. The information about the previous conference of this series is available at its website http://www.jaist.ac.jp/IUKM/IUKM2016/ -----Original Message----- From: Van-Nam HUYNH [mailto:huynh(a)jaist.ac.jp] Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2016 3:07 AM We will have the 6th IUKM held during 15-17 March 2018 in Hanoi and Halong Bay. Please mark your calendar for it. Best, Nam

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[SIPTA] [ECSQARU 2017] Second Call for Papers
by Alessandro Antonucci 21 Dec '16

21 Dec '16

The Fourteenth European Conference on Symbolic and Quantitative Approaches to Reasoning with Uncertainty SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS http://ecsqaru.idsia.ch 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 scientific knowledge 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. Previous ECSQARU events have been held in Marseille (1991), Granada (1993), Fribourg (1995), Bonn (1997), London (1999), Toulouse (2001), Aalborg (2003), Barcelona (2005), Hammamet (2007), Verona (2009), Belfast (2011), Utrecht (2013), and Compiègne (2015). ECSQARU 2017 will be co-located with ISIPTA '17, the Tenth International Symposium on Imprecise Probability: Theories and Applications. The joint event will be held in Lugano (Switzerland), on July 10-14, 2017. ::: SCOPE ::: For ECSQARU 2017 we invite submissions of conference papers on topics which include but are not limited to: - Algorithms for uncertain inference - Applications of uncertain systems - Argumentation systems - Automated planning and acting under uncertainty - Belief functions - Belief revision & merging - Classification & clustering - Decision theory & decision graphs - Default reasoning - Description logics with uncertainty - Foundations of reasoning under uncertainty - Fuzzy sets & fuzzy logic - Game theory - Imprecise probabilities - Inconsistency handling - Information fusion - Learning for uncertainty formalisms - Logics for reasoning under uncertainty - Markov decision processes - Possibility theory & possibilistic logic - Preferences - Probabilistic graphical models - Probabilistic logics - Qualitative uncertainty models - Rough sets - Uncertainty & data ::: INVITED SPEAKERS ::: We are delighted of having the following invited speakers: - Leila Amgoud (IRIT, France) - Alessio Benavoli (IDSIA, Switzerland) - Jim Berger (Duke University, USA) - Didier Dubois (IRIT, France) - Eyke Hüllermeier (Paderborn University, Germany) ::: PROCEEDINGS AND SUBMISSIONS ::: In accordance with the previous conferences, the proceedings of ECSQARU 2015 will be published in the Springer Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence series. Authors are requested to prepare their conference papers in the LNCS/LNAI format. Submitted papers will be evaluated by peer reviews based on originality, significance, technical soundness, and clarity of exposition. Authors of accepted papers are expected to attend the conference to present their work. The instructions for submission and the author kit are available here: http://ecsqaru.idsia.ch/submissions-ecsqaru/ ::: IMPORTANT DATES ::: - Tuesday, February 21, 2017: Paper submission deadline - Tuesday, April 18, 2017: Author notification - Friday, April 28, 2017: Camera-ready copy due ::: IJAR SPECIAL ISSUE ::: Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version of their work to a special issue of the International Journal of Approximate Reasoning (IJAR, Elsevier). ::: SPRINGER YOUNG RESEARCHER AWARD ::: We also invite applications for the Springer Young Researcher Award. The prize, granted by Springer, will be awarded to one young researcher for excellent research in fields related to the ECSQARU scope. The award is open to Master students, PhD students and young post-doc researchers who have received their PhD in 2016 (or 2017). Applicants should have submitted a paper (not necessarily as first authors) to ECSQARU 2017. Applications should be received by the paper submission deadline (February 21, 2017). _________________________________ 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 _________________________________

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[SIPTA] [ISIPTA '17] call for papers
by Giorgio Corani 20 Dec '16

20 Dec '16

The Tenth International Symposium on Imprecise Probability: Theories and Applications (ISIPTA ’17) FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS http://isipta.idsia.ch The ISIPTA conference is the primary international forum about theory and applications of imprecise probability. Imprecise probability is a generic term for the many mathematical and statistical models and methods, allowing us to measure chance or uncertainty without the restriction of sharp probabilities. The symposium is open to contributions on all aspects of imprecise probability. ISIPTA '17 will be co-located with ECSQARU 2017, the Fourteenth European Conference on Symbolic and Quantitative Approaches to Reasoning with Uncertainty. The joint event will be held in Lugano (Switzerland), on July 10-14, 2017. ::: INVITED SPEAKERS ::: We are delighted of having the following invited speakers: - Leila Amgoud (IRIT, France) - Alessio Benavoli (IDSIA, Switzerland) - Jim Berger (Duke University, USA) - Didier Dubois (IRIT, France) - Eyke Hüllermeier (Paderborn University, Germany) ::: JMLR PROCEEDINGS AND SUBMISSIONS ::: For the first time, the ISIPTA '17 proceedings will be published in the Workshop and Conference proceedings series (http://jmlr.csail.mit.edu/proceedings) of the Journal of Machine Learning Research (JMLR). The instructions for submission and the author kit are available here: http://isipta.idsia.ch/submissions-isipta/ The page limit is 12 pages in the JMLR style. Each submission will be reviewed by three referees. ::: IMPORTANT DATES ::: Tuesday, February 21, 2017: Paper submission deadline Tuesday, April 18, 2017: Author notification Friday, April 28, 2017: Camera-ready copy due ::: IJAR SPECIAL ISSUE AND YOUNG RESEARCHER AWARD ::: Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version of their work to a special issue of the International Journal of Approximate Reasoning (IJAR). We also invite applications for the IJAR Young Researcher Award. The prize, granted by IJAR, will be awarded to one young researcher for excellent research in the area of imprecise probability. The award is open to Master students, PhD students and young post-doc researchers who have received their PhD in 2016 (or 2017). Applicants should have submitted a paper (not necessarily as first authors) to ISIPTA ’17. Applications should be received by the paper submission deadline (February 21, 2017).

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[SIPTA] Fwd: Fully-Funded PhD Studentships at the Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Risk and Uncertainty at Liverpool University
by Thomas Augustin 19 Dec '16

19 Dec '16

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[SIPTA] SSCI'2016, 2017, and 2018
by Kreinovich 10 Dec '16

10 Dec '16

Dear Friends, The 2016 IEEE Series of Symposia on Computational Intelligence ended yesterday. As usual, we have many very interesting talks, in particular, talks related to uncertainty quantification (imprecise probabilities included). Many thanks to conference co-chairs, Stefanos Kollias and Yaochu Jin, for the great organization. The 2017 conference will be in Honolulu, Hawaii, November 27 - December 1, 2017. Michael Beer, Rudolf Kruse, and myself are again organizing a symposium on Computational Intelligence in Engineering Solutions. The 2018 conference will be in Bangalore, India, November 18-21, 2018 Mark your calendars!

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