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by Kreinovich, Vladik

8th International Conference on Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems (INFUS 2026) July 7-9, 2026 Ankara, Türkiye infus.itu.edu.tr Conference Theme: Artificial Intelligence for a Sustainable Future: Driving Innovation in the Circular Economy Conference Venue: Cankaya University, Ankara, the capital city of Türkiye Conference Topics: Approximate reasoning, Artificial Neural Networks, Autonomous Systems, Classification, Clustering, Cognitive modelling, Computational Finance and Economics, Computing with Words, Data aggregation and fusion, Database management and querying, Decision-Making, e-Business, e-Learning, Evolutionary/Genetic Algorithms, Expert Systems, Feature Extraction, Forecasting and time series modelling, Fuzzy control, Fuzzy Systems, Geographic Information Systems, Hybrid systems involving software agents and human actors, Image processing and computer vision, Imprecise probabilities and fuzzy methods in statistics, Information retrieval, Intelligent data analysis and data-mining, Intelligent Systems, Knowledge representation and knowledge engineering, Linguistic modelling, Machine Learning, Natural language processing, generation and understanding, Nature-Inspired Optimization Algorithms, Neuro-fuzzy systems, Optimization, Possibility theory and applications, Rough sets theory, Semantic web, Social Networks Analysis and Computing, Soft Computing Applications, Stochastic and fuzzy optimization, System Control and Optimization, Theoretical foundations of fuzzy logic and fuzzy set theory, Theory and applications of decision-making, Uncertainty modelling. Social Events: Visit to Gordion Ancient city, Visit to Antic Roman Baths, and Beypazarı Your registration involves * Presentation of one accepted paper at the INFUS 2026 Conference, * Publication of one accepted paper (within 8 pages) in the Springer proceedings (guaranteed only for registration received before April 05, 2026), * Access to remote / onsite tutorial sessions at the conference, * Access to all remote INFUS 2026 conference scientific sessions, * Travels to Gordion Antic City, Roman Baths, and Beypazari * Conference bag and gifts, * Gala dinner, welcome cocktail, three days coffee breaks, * Three days lunches * And more than all, a warm hospitality that will make you feel at home. Important Dates: * Final date to submit abstracts: January 25, 2026 * Notification of abstracts acceptance: February 08, 2026 * Final date to submit full papers: February 15, 2026 * Notification of full papers acceptance: March 1, 2026 * Early registration: March 08, 2026 * Camera-ready paper submission: March 22, 2026 * Source file submission : March 29,2026 * Deadline of author late registration for paper publication in proceedings: April 05, 2026 * Conference: July 07-09, 2026 Conference Chair: Prof. Cengiz Kahraman kahramanc(a)itu.edu.tr<mailto:kahramanc@itu.edu.tr> Conference Co-Chairs: Prof. Basar Oztaysi, Prof. Selcuk Cebi, Prof. Sezi Cevik Onar, Prof. Irem Ucal Sari, Prof. Abdullah Cagri Tolga, Assoc. Prof. Irem Otay

Oct. 11, 2025

SIPTA virtual seminar (game theory and lower probabilities): 17th October, 3pm Paris time

by sdesterc

Dear colleagues, We are delighted to announce our upcoming SIPTA online seminar on imprecise probabilities (IP). These monthly events are open to anyone interested in IP, and will be followed by a Q&A and open discussion. They also provide an occasion for the community to meet, keep in touch and exchange between in-person events. The next seminar will take place on the 17th of October (Thursday). The zoom link for this seminar is https://utc-fr.zoom.us/j/85055146633 For this new seminar, we are very happy to have Milan Studeny as our speaker. Milan Studeny is a senior research er at the Institute of Information Theory and Automation, within the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. Milan Studeny is internationally recognised, notably for his contributions to graphical models and conditional independence, as well as to game theory, on which this SIPTA seminar will focus. On the 17th of October, at 15:00 CEST:paris time (up to 17:00 CEST, with a talk duration of 45min/1h), he will talk about "Combinatorial description of facets of the cone of exact games (or coherent lower probabilities)”. Curious? Then check out the abstract on the webpage of the SIPTA seminars: sipta.org/events/sipta-seminars. The zoom link for attending the seminar can be found on that same page. So please mark your calendars on the 17th of October, and join us for the occasion. And for those who missed the previous seminar and want to catch up, or simply want to see it again and again, it is online at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLdCKytLbhY See you at the seminar! Sébastien, Enrique and Jasper

Oct. 7, 2025

Numbers of the Future Conference: **Submit the abstract of your presentation**

by Kreinovich, Vladik

Numbers of the future Conference When: 3-5 December 2025 Where: University of Liverpool, UK (also online for those who cannot travel) Registration: £100 (£50 online) Abstract submission: https://forms.gle/c1p1Jcikve1cjQET8 Conference website: https://sites.google.com/view/numbersofthefuture Taglines: https://sites.google.com/view/numbersofthefuture/taglines Overview Next-generation science and engineering will require data and calculations to be reliable, trackable, reusable, comprehensively described and linked, while also maintaining security and protecting private information. Quantitative assessments important in science, engineering, industry, commerce, finance, and forensics increasingly make use of critical data and calculations, sensitive or confidential records, incomplete or bad data, intrusively collected personal information, and tracked data and calculations. This use requires collating and propagating ancillary information that justifies conclusions, tracks evidence, and permits reanalysis. This conference will consider several essential questions: § What details are needed when collecting and sharing observational data and calculations? § How can we be sure that empirical effort produces meaningful, correct, and logically complete measurements? § What changes or augmentations are needed in empirical work to ensure that estimates and calculations are trackable and checkable? § What structures and processes can make scientific statements trustworthy, beyond relying on the integrity of scientists as individuals? § How can these be automated to be natural and least burdensome? § How can we radically reduce the need to 'clean' data sets? § What provisions can guarantee that the information is secure and uncorrupted but also accessible and reusable. § How can we avoid wasting or losing observations? Topics bad data, reusable data, symbolic data, trustworthiness, literate computing, data interoperability, responsible analysis, empiricist responsibility, linguistics of evidentiality, anonymisation techniques, numbers in crisis situations, findable and recoverable data, protecting personal information, self-documentation for data sets, evidence and justification tracing, uncertainty from expert elicitations, responsible simulation and modelling, ethical dimensions of numbers and data, security and confidentiality in data sharing, decision making under justification tracking, provenance and calculation stream histories, enriched and structured next-gen commenting, dimension and units checking and propagation, dangers and limitations in certification by analysis, extended research credits for non-author contributions, what to do about numbers already recorded in data sets, automating uncertainty propagation and sensitivity analysis, and conventions for comprehensive data description (NUSAP, FAIR, etc.). Themes * Reproducible and open science * Humane algorithms * Data sharing * Verification Who should attend The conference will bring together engineers with computer scientists, statisticians and data analysts, linguists, legal scholars, and policy analysts from across industrial, academic, and governmental institutions who must handle mission-critical data and calculations, sensitive or personal records, incomplete or bad data, or tracked data and calculations important in science, engineering, industry, commerce, finance, and forensics. Using such data requires the collation and propagation of ancillary information that justifies the quantitative calculations and assessments in which they are used. This multidisciplinary workshop is intended to foster cross-fertilization and creativity. Conference agenda The conference will begin Wednesday 3rd December at 2pm. A detailed agenda will be updated soon on the conference website. Wednesday (afternoon) Thursday Friday Registration Registration will open soon. In the meantime you can submit the abstract of your presentation at https://forms.gle/c1p1Jcikve1cjQET8. £100 fee for in-person registration will cover: § Attendance § Lunch and refreshment breaks, and § Conference dinner. On-line attendance has a £50 fee. Additional tickets (£50 for accompanying persons includes the conference dinner, and social events) may be purchased at registration. Important dates 31st October: deadline for abstract submission 1st November: registration opens 14th November: notification of acceptance of presentation 3rd December: conference January: special issue open Keynote speakers Arnald Puy<https://www.arnaldpuy.com/> (University of Birmingham) Ivan Oransky<https://retractionwatch.com/meet-the-retraction-watch-staff/about/> (Retraction Watch) TBC Journal special issue Selected abstracts/presentations from the conference will be invited for submission to a special issue of the International Journal of Approximate Reasoning. Conference venue The conference will be held in person at the University of Liverpool in the <https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/central-teaching-hub/> Central Teaching Hub<https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/central-teaching-hub/> (What3Words ///basin.causes.select<https://what3words.com/basin.causes.select>). The presentations will also be live streamed for registrants via Zoom. Organizers The conference is hosted by the Institute for Risk and Uncertainty at the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom. Co-chairs Marco de Angelis<https://www.strath.ac.uk/staff/de_angelismarcodr/>, University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom Scott Ferson<https://sites.google.com/site/scottfersonsite/>, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom Kari Sentz<https://laro.lanl.gov/esploro/profile/kari_sentz/output/all?institution=01L…>, Los Alamos National Laboratory, United States Conference Secretariat Andrea Jones +44 0151 7944837 a.m.jones(a)liverpool.ac.uk<mailto:a.m.jones@liverpool.ac.uk> Steering Committee Ekaterina Auer, Hochschule Wismar, Germany Anas Batou, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom Michael Beer, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany Conal Brown, TÜV Rheinland Industrial Services, United Kingdom Mark Burgman, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, United States Leslie Yu Chen, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom Leonardo Christo, Agência Nacional do Petróleo, Gás Natural e Biocombustíveis, Brasil Silvio Funtowicz, Universitetet i Bergen, Norway Ander Gray, Université de Technologie de Compiègne, France Ioanna Ioannou, University College London, United Kingdom Vladik Kreinovich, University of Texas at El Paso, United States Adolphus Lye, National University of Singapore, Singapore Enrique Miralles-Dolz, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, United States Jeremy NIcholls, Social Value International, United Kingdom William L. Oberkampf, United States Jason O'Rawe, Etsy, United States Edoardo Patelli, University of Strathclyde, Scotland Jerome Ravetz, University of Oxford, United Kingdom Sebastian Timme, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom Local Organizing Committee Ioanna Ioannou Nicholas Gray Leslie Yu Chen Conal Brown To know more about hotels, transportation to reach Liverpool and related ideas see the conference site: https://sites.google.com/view/numbersofthefuture.

Oct. 6, 2025

Third Call for Sessions: The 5th Italian Meeting on Probability and Mathematical Statistics, Palermo, June 8-12, 2026

by GIUSEPPE SANFILIPPO

Third call for Sessions: The 5th Italian Meeting on Probability and Mathematical Statistics, Palermo, June 8-12, 2026 (Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message) ========================================= Conference Announcement ========================================= The 5th Italian Meeting on Probability and Mathematical Statistics will take place in Palermo, Italy, from June 8 to 12, 2026. Website: https://probabilitypalermo2026.unipa.it ======================== Key Dates ======================== Contributed Session submission deadline: SEPTEMBER 30, 2025 Notification of acceptance: November 15, 2025 Abstract submission for accepted CS: December 31, 2025 Early registration deadline: February 28, 2026 ================================ Submission Guidelines for a CS ================================ We invite all researchers interested in contributing to the event to submit proposals for Contributed Sessions. The participation of young researchers and PhD students working in Italy or abroad is strongly encouraged. A Contributed Session (CS) consists of four presentations by speakers invited by one or two organizers (organizers may also be among the speakers). In the “Contributed Session” submission form, please include: - The session title - The names of the 4 speakers - A short description of the session To submit a CS, please visit: https://probabilitypalermo2026.unipa.it/contributed-sessions/ ============= Description ============= Established in 2017, the Italian Meeting on Probability and Mathematical Statistics aims to bring together Italian and international researchers with shared interests in any field of probability and mathematical statistics, promoting the dissemination of recent scientific results and fostering academic exchange. The first meeting was held in Turin in 2017. Since then, the meetings have taken place in Vietri sul Mare (2019), Bologna (2022), and Rome (2024). The 5th edition, promoted by the PRISMA group (https://umi-prisma.polito.it/) of the Italian Mathematical Union (UMI), will be held in Palermo, Italy, from June 8 to 12, 2026, at the Campus of the University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, (https://probabilitypalermo2026.unipa.it/general-information/) ================ Plenary Speakers ================ We are pleased to announce the following confirmed plenary speakers (https://probabilitypalermo2026.unipa.it/invited-speakers/) - Francesca Biagini (LMU, Germany); - Stefano Favaro (University of Turin and Collegio Carlo Alberto, Italy); - Franco Flandoli (Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, Italy); - Silvio Micali (MIT, USA); - Giuseppe Savaré (Bocconi University, Italy). ======================== Steering Committee ======================== Giacomo Ascione, Scuola Superiore Meridionale, Naples Claudia Ceci, Sapienza University of Rome Paolo Dai Pra, University of Verona Antonio Di Crescenzo, University of Salerno Marco Fuhrman, University of Milan Domenico Marinucci, University of Rome “Tor Vergata” Laura Sacerdote, University of Turin Giuseppe Sanfilippo, University of Palermo Enrico Scalas, Sapienza University of Rome Barbara Trivellato, Polytechnic University of Turin ======================== Local Committee ======================== https://probabilitypalermo2026.unipa.it/committees/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Giuseppe Sanfilippo Departments of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Palermo, Italy https://sites.unipa.it/sanfilippo giuseppe.sanfilippo(a)unipa.it ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Sept. 23, 2025

SI: Statistical Machine Learning and Bayesian Methods with Applications. Mathematics MDPI

by doria＠unich.it

Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to introduce a Special Issue on “Statistical Machine Learning and Bayesian Methods with Applications”. The fields of statistical machine learning and Bayesian analysis are rapidly evolving, fuelled by theoretical and computational advances and an increasing demand for interpretable, trustworthy, and adaptable models in high-stakes applications. While machine learning has often been developed and tested on benchmark datasets, it has already shown its value in significant real-world applications and continues to hold great untapped potential across domains such as spatial statistics, survival analysis, healthcare, and environmental science. This Special Issue seeks to highlight the synergy between modern Bayesian methods, including hierarchical, nonparametric, and deep probabilistic approaches, and statistical machine learning, with a particular focus on enhancing the transparency, robustness, and interpretability of predictive models. Contributions are encouraged that demonstrate both theoretical innovation and application-driven insights, providing proof-of-concept studies or real-world implementations with clear originality and significance. Key topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: Statistical approaches in machine learning: Frameworks integrating statistical principles to improve generalization, stability, and uncertainty quantification; Interpretability and explainability: New methodologies to make predictive models, including black-box models, more transparent and understandable; Flexible and robust Bayesian modeling frameworks; Bayesian and probabilistic modeling for complex and structured data, including methods for challenging inference problems and real-world applications (e.g., spatial statistics, survival analysis, and geostatistical modelling…); Bayesian deep learning and probabilistic machine learning; Application-driven machine learning: Innovative applications with theoretical justification and demonstrable real-world impact; Applications emphasizing validation, interpretability, and practical significance. Dr. Mélodie Monod Dr. Serena Doria Guest Editors Manuscript Submission Information https://www.mdpi.com/si/255192

Sept. 23, 2025

Next ISIPTA seminar: Michele Caprio on imprecision and ML, 1st October, 3pm CEST

by sdesterc

Dear colleagues, We are delighted to announce that SIPTA online seminar on imprecise probabilities (IP) are back this year! These monthly events are open to anyone interested in IP, and will be followed by a Q&A and open discussion. They also provide an occasion for the community to meet, keep in touch and exchange between in-person events. The next seminar will take place on the 1st of October (Wednesday). The zoom link for this seminar is https://utc-fr.zoom.us/j/82727291622 For this new seminar, we are very happy to have Michele Caprio as our speaker. Michele Caprio is Lecturer in Machine Learning in the Department of Computer Science of The University of Manchester. Michele is working at the crossroad between imprecise probabilities, statistics and machine learning, with notable contributions in the field and top-tier events. On the 1st of October, at 15:00 CEST:paris time (up to 17:00 CEST, with a talk duration of 45min/1h), he will talk about "Conformal prediction and its uncertainty quantification capability via credal sets”. Curious? Then check out the abstract on the webpage of the SIPTA seminars: sipta.org/events/sipta-seminars. The zoom link for attending the seminar can be found on that same page. So please mark your calendars on the 1st of October, and join us for the occasion. And for those who missed the previous seminar and want to catch up, or simply want to see it again and again, it is online at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbSBrX3Iarg&list=PLXsgvF2_g5Ht-BYPWsSjcunA3… See you at the seminar! Sébastien, Enrique and Jasper

Sept. 23, 2025

IPMU'2026: call for special sessions

by Enrique Miranda

SUBJECT: Call for Special Sessions IPMU2026. Rome, Italy, June 15th-19th, 2026. ******** APOLOGIES FOR MULTIPLE COPIES ******** *********************************************************** 21st International Conference on Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-Based Systems (IPMU 2026) June 15th-19th, 2026, Rome, Italy https://www.sbai.uniroma1.it/conferenze/ipmu2026/ ************************************************************ The IPMU conference is organized every two years with the aim of bringing together scientists working on information processing and the management of the many aspects of uncertainty. It also serves as an ideal forum for the exchange of ideas between theoreticians and practitioners in these and related areas. The 2026 edition of IPMU will take place at the Faculty of Economics of Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, in the nearby of the University city of Rome and the main train stations (Termini and Tiburtina). The 2026 edition of IPMU celebrates the 40th anniversary from the first edition of the conference that took place in Paris, France. The choice of Rome for this special occasion is not a case since Rome and Paris are exclusively and reciprocally twinned, starting from April 1956. Sapienza University of Rome is one of the oldest universities of the world, being it funded in 1303 by Pope Boniface VIII, and is the largest university in Europe. Due to its strategic position, the Faculty of Economics allows to easily reach the plethora of monuments, historic hot-spots and wonderful sightseeing places that awarded to Rome the name of the Eternal city. Get ready for discussing cutting-hedge research on methods for the management of uncertainty and aggregation in one of the most beautiful cities of the world. On behalf of the Organizing Committee of the 21st IPMU Conference, we invite researchers to submit original research contributions (theoretical, methodological, applications) and/or to organize a special session on a specific topic within the scope of the conference which includes (but is not limited to) the following topics: Theory, Methods and Tools: Measures of Information and Uncertainty Bayesian and Probabilistic Methods Evidence, Possibility and Utility Theories Imprecise Probabilities Fuzzy, Rough, Intuitionistic, etc, Sets and operators Fuzzy Logic and other non-classical Logics Multiple Criteria Decision Methods Aggregation Methods Knowledge Acquisition, Representation and Reasoning Graphical Models Machine Learning Evolutionary Computation Neural Networks Data Analysis and Data Science. Application Fields: Big Data Smart Cities Image Processing Intelligent Systems and Information Processing, Logistics, Transportation and Routing Information Retrieval and Fusion Agents E-Health, Medicine and Bioinformatics Finance Fuzzy Optimization Please note that special sessions usually consist of about 4-6 presentations. You should send your proposal to ipmu2026(a)sbai.uniroma1.it IMPORTANT DATES Special sessions proposals: October 15th, 2025 Notification of Special Sessions acceptance: October 31st, 2025 General Chair Barbara Vantaggi (Italy) Program Chairs Giulianella Coletti (Italy) Thierry Denoeux (France) Anne Laurent (France) Davide Petturiti (Italy) Publication Chair Enrique Miranda (Spain) Special Session Chair: Jesus Medina (Spain) Social Media Chairs Andrea Cinfrignini (Italy) Silvia Lorenzini (Italy) Executive Directors Bernadette Bouchon-Meunier (France) Ronald R. Yager (USA)

Sept. 19, 2025

Justyna Dąbrowska's report on ISIPTA 2025 on the SIPTA blog

by Alexander Erreygers

Dear IP enthusiasts, Missed ISIPTA 2025 and want to get a quick overview of all the interesting talks and fun social activities you missed? Went to ISIPTA 2025 but have a foggy memory due to the copious amounts of German beer available at the social activities? Curious to experience ISIPTA 2025 through the eyes of a first-time attendee who managed to claim the first poster prize? Want to see an incredible map illustrating the geographical diversity of the authors who contributed to ISIPTA 2025? Then head over to the SIPTA blog<https://sipta.org/blog/> to read Justyna Dąbrowska’s lovely report on ISIPTA 2025<https://sipta.org/blog/isipta-2025/>. Kind regards, Alexander Erreygers

Sept. 17, 2025

mark your calendars

by Kreinovich, Vladik

Papers related to the use of imprecise probabilities in AI are always welcome at this series of conferences ********** The 2026 IEEE Conference on Artificial Intelligence CAI 2026 Granada, Spain, May 8-10, 2026 https://sci2s.ugr.es/cai-2026 The 2026 IEEE Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IEEE CAI 2026) is the 4th Edition of the International Conference IEEE CAI that will take place in Granada (Spain). IEEE CAI 2026 is focused on the AI research and innovation with a special emphasis on the applications of AI and key AI verticals that impact industrial technology applications and innovations. You will learn about new research and breakthroughs in the industry, gain insight into new start-ups and leading AI companies, grow your network, and get inspired by the brightest minds working in the multi-faceted fields. IEEE CAI was previouly celebrated in Santa Clara (CAI 2023, 2025) and Singapore (CAI 2024) and it is supported by the important Technology IEEE Societies: IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, IEEE Computer Society, IEEE System, Man and Cybernetics Society and IEEE Signal Processing Society. Plan now to attend this highly anticipated spectacular event, taking place May 8-10, 2026 in Granada (Spain). Key AI Verticals: IEEE CAI 2026 offers an unprecedented experience with prominent AI speakers delivering keynote presentations, engaging workshops, technical and information sessions featuring contemporary AI topics, and insightful forward-looking panels around important sectors, which are related with the following key AI verticals: - HEALTHCARE AND LIFE SCIENCES. - HUMAN-ROBOT COLLABORATION. - SUSTAINABLE AND TRUSTWORTHY AI. - MULTIMEDIA AND VIRTUAL REALITY AND TELEOPERATION. - BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE/ FINANCE. - GENERATIVE AI MODELS AND AGENTIC AI. SUBMISSIONS & PUBLICATIONS: - See the web page of the conference. - The conference papers will be published according to the templates provided by IEEE eXpress Conference Publishing https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/ieee-express-conference-publish… IMPORTANT DATES: Workshops, Tutorials, Panels, also Spec Sessions: Sept 30, 2025. Paper submission (all papers): October 30, 2025 Paper Evaluations to Authors: December 15, 2025. Final Camera Ready & Registration: January 20, 2026. Email contact: viedma(a)decsai.ugr.es<mailto:viedma@decsai.ugr.es> and rkozma(a)memphis.edu<mailto:rkozma@memphis.edu> General Chairs: * Enrique Herrera-Viedma, University of Granada, Granada, Spain, e-mail: viedma(a)decsai.ugr.es<mailto:viedma@decsai.ugr.es> * Robert Kozma, University of Memphis, USA e-mail: rkozma(a)memphis.edu<mailto:rkozma@memphis.edu> * Carmen Nestares, Amazon Prime, Seattle, USA Program Chairs: * Francisco Herrera, University of Granada, Granada, Spain, e-mail: herrera(a)decsai.ugr.es<mailto:herrera@decsai.ugr.es> * Giancarlo Fortino, University of Calabria, Italy, e-mail: g.fortino(a)unical.it<mailto:g.fortino@unical.it> * Bing Xue, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, e-mail: Bing.Xue(a)vuw.ac.nz<mailto:Bing.Xue@vuw.ac.nz> * KC Santosh, University of South Dakota, South Daota, kc.santosh(a)usd.edu<mailto:kc.santosh@usd.edu> Honorary Chairs: * Piero Bonnisone, Piero P Bonnisone Analytics LLC * Fei-Yue Wang, Chinese Academy of Sciences * Bernadette Bouchon, Sorbonne Universite, Paris, France Advisory Board: * Hussein Abbass, University of New South Wales, Australia * Yew Soon Ong, Nanyang Technological University, Signapore * Marcos Lopez de Prada, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) * Ljiljana Trajkovic, Simon Fraser University, Canada * Saeid Nahavandi, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia * Adrian Stoica, USA Vice General Chairs: * Sam Kwong, Lingnan University, Hong Kong * Horst Simon, ADIA Lab, Abu Dhabi * Jie Lu, Sidney University of Technology Sydney, Australia * Carlos Coello, UNAM, Mexico Finance Chair: * Vladik Kreinovich, University of Texas at El Paso, USA Local Organizing Chairs: * Jose Luis Verdegay, University of Granada. * Oscar Cordon, University of Granada. * Manuel Jesus Cobo, University of Granada. * Sergio Alonso, University of Granada. Program committee: See in the web page of the conference.

Sept. 13, 2025

mark your calendars

by Kreinovich, Vladik

FYI, papers related to imprecise probabilities are always welcome at this series of workshops ********************* 18th International Workshop on Constraint Programming and Decision Making CoProD'2026 https://www.reliable-computing.org/coprod26.html March 13, 2026, El Paso, Texas, USA. CoProD'2026 is the eighteenth edition of CoProD. It will be held on March 13, 2026, right before the Joint NAFIPS International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, Soft Computing and Explainable AI and 10th World Conference on Soft Computing, El Paso, Texas, USA, March 14-16, 2026, https://sites.google.com/view/nafips26/ Constraint programming techniques are important components of intelligent systems. They constitute a declarative and efficient methodology to represent and solve many practical problems. They have been applied successfully to a number of fields, such as scheduling of air traffic, software engineering, networks security, chemistry, and biology. Despite the proved usefulness of these techniques, they are still under-utilized in real-life applications. One reason is the perceived lack of effective communication between constraint programming experts and domain practitioners about constraints, in general, and their use in decision making, in particular. Objectives of CoProD: * To present advances in constraint solving, optimization, and related topics; * To develop a network of researchers interested in constraint techniques, in particular researchers and practitioners that use numeric and symbolic approaches (or a combination of them) to solve constraint and optimization problems; * To address the gap between the great capacity of these techniques and their limited use. CoProD aims at encouraging presentation and discussion of on-going work. In particular, please note that there is room for presentation of ideas, as opposed to results only. It also aims at facilitating networking opportunities as well as cross-fertilization between the approaches used in the different attending communities. Therefore, besides active researchers in decision making and constraint programming techniques, we expect to have a wide attendance and participation of domain scientists -- whose input is highly valued in this workshop. Proceedings / Publication: Submissions are expected in the form of extended abstracts of at least 2 pages and ideally no more than 5 pages (a few more pages is OK), formatted using the Springer edited book format, style file svmult.cls and an example of using this file (not related to CoProD) are attached to the workshop website. Submissions have to be sent in pdf format AND LaTeX format to mceberio [at] utep [dot] edu and vladik [at] utep [dot] edu. A contact author should be specified in the submission email. The deadline for submissions is December 24, 2025 (Let us know if you need a few more days). Authors of accepted abstracts are expected to participate and present their work at the workshop. Participation / Submission: Participation is encouraged from people doing research in the area of decision making as well as from domain scientists. Submissions of ideas are also encouraged. Important dates: December 24, 2025: paper submission January 17, 2026: notification of acceptance February 13, 2026: camera-ready copy of abstracts due March 13, 2026: workshop Organizers: Martine Ceberio, the University of Texas at El Paso, mceberio(a)utep.edu Vladik Kreinovich, the University of Texas at El Paso, vladik(a)utep.edu The previous editions of CoProD featured invited talks by highly recognized experts (listed in alphabetic order): * Purushotham Bangalore, CIS department, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA * Martin Berz, Michigan State University, USA * Stefano Bistarelli, University of Perugia, Italy * Alessandro Dal Palu, University of Parma, Italy * Rina Dechter, Information and Computer Sciences, University of California Irvine, USA * Scott Ferson, Applied Bioinformatics, New York, USA * Juan Carlos Figueroa, Universidad Distrital de Bogota, Colombia * Milan Hladik, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic * Patty Hough, Sandia National Lab, Livermore, California, USA * Luc Jaulin, Ecole Nationale Superieure des Techniques Avancees (ENSTA) Bretagne, France * Weldon Lodwick, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA * Kyoko Makino, Michigan State University, USA * Francois Modave, Texas Tech Health Center, El Paso, Texas, USA * Tiago Oliveira, National Institute of Informatics (NII) in Tokyo, Japan. * Enrico Pontelli, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA * James Raynolds, College of Nanoscale and Engineering, SUNY Albany, USA * Siegfried Rump, Hamburg University of Technology and Waseda University, Japan * Ken Satoh, National Institute of Informatics (NII) in Tokyo, Japan * Bart Selman, CS department, Cornell University, USA * Yaroslav D. Sergeyev, Universita della Calabria, Italy * Sergey Shary, Novosibirsk State University, Russia * Young Jun Son, The University of Arizona, Tucson, USA * Xiaobai Sun, Duke University, USA * Alfredo Vaccaro, University of Sannio, Department of Engineering, Benevento, Italy * Leticia Velazquez, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA

Sept. 13, 2025