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Re: [SIPTA] Appropriate forum for IP questions?

by Gert De Cooman

April 7, 2017

Re: [SIPTA] Appropriate forum for IP questions?

by Erik Quaeghebeur

Dear Marshall, > Most of the notices that appear on this list are announcements, so it > doesn’t seem appropriate to ask detailed, non-expert questions here. I > hope you don’t mind if I ask a more meta-level question. > > Is there an appropriate place for asking mathematical IP questions? > Another mailing list? Asking questions here is appropriate, I think. However, there is also a SIPTA Q&A site: <http://sipta.org/qa/>. But I do not know whether it is still maintained. The maintainers read this list, so they'll respond. As I seem to have lost my account details there, I'll give a quick answer to your question here. If needed we can continue on the Q&A site later. > math.stackexchange.com > stats.stackexchange.com > mathoverflow.net I think all three can be appropriate, depending on the type of question. Perhaps the community could decide to use the Stack Exchange sites if maintaining and using its own Q&A site is too burdensome. But then we'd need to create a tag in those and have IP people follow that, or have an automated mail be sent here whenever a new question with the ‘imprecise probability’ tag appears there. Let's wait to see what the SIPTA Q&A maintainers think. > [In case it’s helpful, to illustrate the level of question I want to be > able ask, here is the question with which I’m currently struggling: I’m > reading Hermans and Skulj’s “Stochastic processes” chapter of of > Introduction to Imprecise Probabilities, and I’m puzzled by the novel (to > me) definition of “transition operator” in 11.3. I understand that it’s > intended as a sort of generalization of the standard Markov process > transition operator concept, but there’s something I’m just not seeing > due to lack of experience, lack of insight, etc.: As I understand > definition 11.3, T_n f(x) is essentially a conditional expectation—i.e., > in traditional notation: E( f | X_n = x). How is it that T_n can > operate on f(x) and “see” what x is? Either I must take 11.3 to imply > that the domain of T_n consists of the range of f, or that the domain of > T_n consists of gambles f in L(X_n). Either way, x does not seem to > appear as an argument to T_n; it seems to “know” nothing about x. If the > first interpretation were correct, then if f was not one-to-one, f(x) > could equal f(y) where x != y, and I see no reason to assume that E(f | > X_n=x) must always equal E(f | X_n=y). I’m not sure if I’m making myself > clear; I’m sure that there’s something I've overlooked, or that I’m > misinterpreting some notation or concept.] T_n is an operator that maps gambles to gambles. So T_n f or T_n(f) returns a gamble. For example, g. So T_n f(x) = g(x) = (T_n f)(x) = E(f|X_n=x). So indeed, as you state “the domain of T_n consists of gambles f in L(X_n)”, but also the range of T_n consists of gambles g in L(X_n). Best, Erik -- http://ac.erikquaeghebeur.name

April 7, 2017

Re: [SIPTA] Appropriate forum for IP questions?

by Sébastien Destercke

Dear Abrams, I will first reassure you: this list is intended for discussions of all kinds around IP, so formal questions are more than welcomed. It is just that we did not have some for a while now. As for publishing it on stakexchange forums, it is true that the community is small, but I think the best way to go is to post your question on this list, and also to signal to people that you have posted it in a stackexchange forum that seems the most suited to you, so that people from here as well as roaming these forums can answer. This would also help increase imprecise probability visibility on those forums. What is the most appropriate forum then depends on the question: a question on learning and Bayes update rule would most likely be adapted to st, a question about the mathematics of lower previsions to mathematics, and a question about credal network complexity to computer science. So math, cs and st, depending on your question. I guess your question could go to math. or st. I will let the experts on Markov Chains extensions reply precisely to your technical question. Best Sebastien 2017-04-06 18:46 GMT+02:00 Abrams, Marshall <mabrams(a)uab.edu>: > Most of the notices that appear on this list are announcements, so it > doesn’t seem appropriate to ask detailed, non-expert questions here. I hope > you don’t mind if I ask a more meta-level question. > > Is there an appropriate place for asking mathematical IP questions? Another > mailing list? > > An option that I’ve explored in the past is to ask questions about imprecise > probability on mathematics the question-and-answer site > math.stackexchange.com, but so far this doesn’t seem to be a site in which > people knowledgeable about IP participate. (Questions on math.stackexchange > are classified by “tags”. There is so little interest in IP that I’ve found > no tags representing any aspect of it.) stats.stackexchange.com is > another option, but that’s focused on statistics, and not all IP questions > are statistics-related. mathoverflow.net is part of the same family of > sites, but it’s "a question and answer site for professional > mathematicians.” (Whatever that term means, it would not apply to me.) > > Thanks very much- > > Marshall > > [In case it’s helpful, to illustrate the level of question I want to be able > ask, here is the question with which I’m currently struggling: I’m reading > Hermans and Skulj’s “Stochastic processes” chapter of of Introduction to > Imprecise Probabilities, and I’m puzzled by the novel (to me) definition of > “transition operator” in 11.3. I understand that it’s intended as a sort of > generalization of the standard Markov process transition operator concept, > but there’s something I’m just not seeing due to lack of experience, lack of > insight, etc.: As I understand definition 11.3, T_n f(x) is essentially a > conditional expectation—i.e., in traditional notation: E( f | X_n = x). > How is it that T_n can operate on f(x) and “see” what x is? Either I must > take 11.3 to imply that the domain of T_n consists of the range of f, or > that the domain of T_n consists of gambles f in L(X_n). Either way, x does > not seem to appear as an argument to T_n; it seems to “know” nothing about > x. If the first interpretation were correct, then if f was not one-to-one, > f(x) could equal f(y) where x != y, and I see no reason to assume that E(f | > X_n=x) must always equal E(f | X_n=y). I’m not sure if I’m making myself > clear; I’m sure that there’s something I've overlooked, or that I’m > misinterpreting some notation or concept.] > > Marshall Abrams, Associate Professor > Department of Philosophy, University of Alabama at Birmingham > http://http://members.logical.net/~marshall > Email: mabrams(a)uab.edu; Phone: (205) 996-7483; Fax: (205) 975-6610 > Mail: HB 414A, 900 13th Street South, Birmingham, AL 35294-1260; Office: HB > 418 > > > _______________________________________________ > SIPTA mailing list > SIPTA(a)idsia.ch > http://mailman2.ti-edu.ch/mailman/listinfo/sipta > -- ==================================== 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 ====================================

April 7, 2017

[SIPTA] Appropriate forum for IP questions?

by Abrams

April 6, 2017

[SIPTA] Fw: SUM 2017 Deadline Extension -- Scalable Uncertainty Management

by Kreinovich

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

April 1, 2017

[SIPTA] FW: Registration open: Fourth Bayesian, Fiducial and Frequentist Workshop (BFF4), May 1-3, Harvard University

by Glenn Shafer

March 24, 2017

[SIPTA] Extended dealine: Fusion 2017: special session on belief functions

by Arnaud Martin

March 17, 2017

[SIPTA] [ISIPTA 2017] Call for poster-only submissions

by Jasper De Bock

March 10, 2017

[SIPTA] Special Session on Uncertainty based Optimization in Engineering @ EUROPT 2017: Deadline approaching (March 15, 2017)

by Matthias Troffaes

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

March 8, 2017

[SIPTA] [ECSQARU 2017] LAST CALL FOR PAPERS (Deadline extended to March 20)

by PAPINI Odile

March 6, 2017

[SIPTA] Fusion 2017: special session on belief functions

by Arnaud Martin

March 4, 2017

[SIPTA] Fusion 2017: special session on belief functions

by Arnaud Martin

March 3, 2017

[SIPTA] [ISIPTA '17] Call for Papers - Deadline Extended

by Alessandro Antonucci

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 _________________________________

Feb. 20, 2017

[SIPTA] [ECSQARU 2017] Call for Papers - Deadline Extended (March 3, 2017)

by Alessandro Antonucci

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 _________________________________

Feb. 20, 2017

[SIPTA] SUM 2017 Call for Papers

by Serafin Moral

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

Feb. 10, 2017

[SIPTA] [job] research associate at Durham

by Matthias Troffaes

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>

Feb. 7, 2017

[SIPTA] [Call for Papers] ECSQARU 2017, July 10-14, 2017, Lugano (Switzerland)

by Alessandro Antonucci

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 _________________________________

Feb. 1, 2017

[SIPTA] [Call for Papers] ISIPTA '17, July 10-14, 2017, Lugano (Switzerland)

by Alessandro Antonucci

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 _________________________________

Feb. 1, 2017

Re: [SIPTA] IFSA-SCIS 2017 - Final deadline extension

by Kreinovich

Jan. 28, 2017

Re: [SIPTA] IPMU 2018. CADIZ (SPAIN)

by Kreinovich

Jan. 18, 2017

[SIPTA] special session on imprecise probabilities and non-additive measures at IFSA'2017: deadline extended

by ENRIQUE MIRANDA MENENDEZ

Jan. 13, 2017

[SIPTA] PhD studentship at Durham in offshore transmission systems asset management under severe uncertainty

by Matthias Troffaes

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

Jan. 12, 2017

[SIPTA] a conference on uncertainty in 2018: Mark your calendars

by Kreinovich

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

Dec. 21, 2016

[SIPTA] [ECSQARU 2017] Second Call for Papers

by Alessandro Antonucci

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 _________________________________

Dec. 21, 2016

[SIPTA] [ISIPTA '17] call for papers

by Giorgio Corani

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).

Dec. 20, 2016

[SIPTA] Fwd: Fully-Funded PhD Studentships at the Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Risk and Uncertainty at Liverpool University

by Thomas Augustin

Dec. 19, 2016

[SIPTA] SSCI'2016, 2017, and 2018

by Kreinovich

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!

Dec. 10, 2016

[SIPTA] [IEA/AIE'17] New submission deadline: Dec 15th, 2016.

by Karim Tabia

Following the requests from many potential authors, we are pleased to announce the new deadline for submitting papers for the "30th International Conference on Industrial, Engineering & Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems (IEA/AIE'17). The deadline for submitting papers has been extended until December 15th, 2016. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ CALL FOR PAPERS +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The 30th International Conference on Industrial, Engineering & Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems (http://www.cril.univ-artois.fr/ieaaie2017/) June 27-30, 2017 Arras (near Paris, France) Scope: IEA/AIE 2017 continues the tradition of emphasizing applications of applied intelligent systems to solve real-life problems in all areas including engineering, science, industry, automation & robotics, business finance, medicine and biomedicine, bioinformatics, cyberspace, and human-machine interactions. Authors are invited to submit their papers in English of up to 10 single spaced pages, presenting the results of original research or innovative practical applications relevant to the conference. Practical experiences with state-of-the-art AI methodologies are also acceptable when they reflect lessons of unique value to the conference attendees. Shorter works, up to 6 pages, to be presented in 10 minutes, may be submitted as short papers representing work in progress or suggesting possible research directions. All paper submissions will be done electronically, as indicated in the instructions on the conference web site.All papers will be peer reviewed and final copies of papers for inclusion to the conference proceedings will be published in a bound volume by Springer-Verlag (formatting instructions are available at http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html) in their Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence series. Topics of interest - Adaptive Control - Ambient Intelligence - Application to Design - Applications to Manufacturing - Argumentation Systems - Bayesian Networks - Autonomous Agents - Bio-informatics - Case-based Reasoning - Chance Discovery - Cognitive Modeling - Computer Animation - Computer Vision - Constraint Satisfaction - Conversational Informatics - Data Mining - Decision Support System - Description Logics - Distributed Problem Solving - Evolutionary Algorithms - Expert Systems - Financial Applications - Genetic Programming - Heuristic Search - Human Robot Interaction Integration Systems for Real Life Applications - Intelligent Interfaces - Intelligent Systems - Intelligent Systems in Education - Internet Applications - Interaction Planning and Scheduling - KBS Methodology - Knowledge Management - Knowledge Processing - Machine Learning - Meta-heuristics - Model-based Reasoning - Multi-Agent Systems - Natural Language Processing - Neural Networks - Non-Monotonic Logics - Planning and Scheduling - Reasoning under Uncertainty - SAT - Social Networks Applications - Soft Computing - Spatial Reasoning - Speech Recognition - Web Semantics and Ontologies Workshops - Ontologies and Logic Programming for Query Answering - Computer Animation and Artificial Intelligence Special Tracks - Intelligent Systems and mHealth for Health Outcomes - De Finettis heritage in uncertainty and decision making - Graphical models: from Theory to Applications - Agronomy and Artificial Intelligence - Conditionals and non-monotonic reasoning - Computational Intelligence in Databases - Novel approaches to ontological reasoning - Applications of Argumentation - Cognitive Vision - Integrated Vision and AI for Embodied Perception and Interaction - Anomaly Detection - AI & Games Invited speakers - Frederic CUPPENS (FR) - Leon VAN DER TORRE (LUX) - Jian J. ZHANG (UK) General chair Moonis ALI (US) Program co-chairs Salem BENFERHAT (FR) Karim TABIA (FR) Organization co-chairs Salem BENFERHAT (FR) Sylvain LAGRUE (FR) Special Session co-chairs Zied BOURAOUI (UK) Steven SCHOCKAERT (UK) Workshop co-chairs Jianbing MA (UK) Hongchuan YU (UK) Social events & Local arrangements co-chairs Nathalie CHETCUTI-SPERANDIO (FR) Karim TABIA (FR) Web co-chairs Fabien DELORME (FR) Amelie LEVRAY (FR) Publicity co-chairs Farid NOUIOUA (FR) Eric PIETTE (FR) International Advisor Committee Hamido FUJITA (JP) All IAC Members IMPORTANT DATES Paper submission deadline (extended) : Dec 15, 2016 Notification of acceptance: Feb 6, 2017 Camera ready papers: Feb 25, 2017 Conference dates: Jun 27-30, 2017

Nov. 23, 2016

[SIPTA] [CFP] IEA/AIE'17: 30th International Conference on Industrial, Engineering, Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems (Arras, France)

by Karim Tabia

The 30th International Conference on Industrial, Engineering & Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems (http://www.cril.univ-artois.fr/ieaaie2017/) June 27-30, 2017 Arras (near Paris, France) Scope: IEA/AIE 2017 continues the tradition of emphasizing applications of applied intelligent systems to solve real-life problems in all areas including engineering, science, industry, automation & robotics, business finance, medicine and biomedicine, bioinformatics, cyberspace, and human-machine interactions. Authors are invited to submit their papers in English of up to 10 single spaced pages, presenting the results of original research or innovative practical applications relevant to the conference. Practical experiences with state-of-the-art AI methodologies are also acceptable when they reflect lessons of unique value to the conference attendees. Shorter works, up to 6 pages, to be presented in 10 minutes, may be submitted as short papers representing work in progress or suggesting possible research directions. All paper submissions will be done electronically, as indicated in the instructions on the conference web site.All papers will be peer reviewed and final copies of papers for inclusion to the conference proceedings will be published in a bound volume by Springer-Verlag (formatting instructions are available at http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html) in their Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence series. Topics of interest - Adaptive Control - Ambient Intelligence - Application to Design - Applications to Manufacturing - Argumentation Systems - Bayesian Networks - Autonomous Agents - Bio-informatics - Case-based Reasoning - Chance Discovery - Cognitive Modeling - Computer Animation - Computer Vision - Constraint Satisfaction - Conversational Informatics - Data Mining - Decision Support System - Description Logics - Distributed Problem Solving - Evolutionary Algorithms - Expert Systems - Financial Applications - Genetic Programming - Heuristic Search - Human Robot Interaction Integration Systems for Real Life Applications - Intelligent Interfaces - Intelligent Systems - Intelligent Systems in Education - Internet Applications - Interaction Planning and Scheduling - KBS Methodology - Knowledge Management - Knowledge Processing - Machine Learning - Meta-heuristics - Model-based Reasoning - Multi-Agent Systems - Natural Language Processing - Neural Networks - Non-Monotonic Logics - Planning and Scheduling - Reasoning under Uncertainty - SAT - Social Networks Applications - Soft Computing - Spatial Reasoning - Speech Recognition - Web Semantics and Ontologies Workshops - Ontologies and Logic Programming for Query Answering - Computer Animation and Artificial Intelligence Special Tracks - Intelligent Systems and mHealth for Health Outcomes - De Finettis heritage in uncertainty and decision making - Graphical models: from Theory to Applications - Agronomy and Artificial Intelligence - Conditionals and non-monotonic reasoning - Computational Intelligence in Databases - Novel approaches to ontological reasoning - Applications of Argumentation - Cognitive Vision - Integrated Vision and AI for Embodied Perception and Interaction - Anomaly Detection - AI & Games Invited speakers - Frederic CUPPENS (FR) - Leon VAN DER TORRE (LUX) - Jian J. ZHANG (UK) General chair Moonis ALI (US) Program co-chairs Salem BENFERHAT (FR) Karim TABIA (FR) Organization co-chairs Salem BENFERHAT (FR) Sylvain LAGRUE (FR) Special Session co-chairs Zied BOURAOUI (UK) Steven SCHOCKAERT (UK) Workshop co-chairs Jianbing MA (UK) Hongchuan YU (UK) Social events & Local arrangements co-chairs Nathalie CHETCUTI-SPERANDIO (FR) Karim TABIA (FR) Web co-chairs Fabien DELORME (FR) Amelie LEVRAY (FR) Publicity co-chairs Farid NOUIOUA (FR) Eric PIETTE (FR) International Advisor Committee Hamido FUJITA (JP) All IAC Members IMPORTANT DATES Paper submission deadline: Nov 23, 2016 Notification of acceptance: Feb 6, 2017 Camera ready papers: Feb 25, 2017 Conference dates: Jun 27-30, 2017

Nov. 16, 2016

[SIPTA] [FLAIRS-30] Uncertain Reasoning special track - CFP

by Karim Tabia

Nov. 15, 2016

[SIPTA] [ECSQARU 2017] First CfP

by Alessandro Antonucci

The Fourteenth European Conference on Symbolic and Quantitative Approaches to Reasoning with Uncertainty FIRST 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. 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 AND SPRINGER 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 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).

Nov. 15, 2016

[SIPTA] [ISIPTA '17] First CfP

by Giorgio Corani

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).

Nov. 14, 2016

[SIPTA] special session on imprecise probabilities and non-additive measures at IFSA'2017

by Enrique Miranda

Nov. 9, 2016

[SIPTA] Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Statistical Machine Learning

by Fabio Cuzzolin

Oct. 27, 2016

[SIPTA] Special issue IJAR: VSI-SMPS2016

by Barbara Vantaggi

Oct. 21, 2016

Re: [SIPTA] Fwd: [UAI] 2nd CfP: IMPERFECT DECISION MAKERS: ADMITTING REAL-WORLD RATIONALITY (2016 NIPS WS)

by Alessio Benavoli

Oct. 13, 2016

Re: [SIPTA] Fwd: [UAI] 2nd CfP: IMPERFECT DECISION MAKERS: ADMITTING REAL-WORLD RATIONALITY (2016 NIPS WS)

by Teddy Seidenfeld

Oct. 13, 2016

Re: [SIPTA] Fwd: [UAI] 2nd CfP: IMPERFECT DECISION MAKERS: ADMITTING REAL-WORLD RATIONALITY (2016 NIPS WS)

by Gert De Cooman

Oct. 13, 2016

[SIPTA] Fwd: [UAI] 2nd CfP: IMPERFECT DECISION MAKERS: ADMITTING REAL-WORLD RATIONALITY (2016 NIPS WS)

by Fabio Gagliardi Cozman

Oct. 13, 2016

[SIPTA] [CFP] 30th International Conference on Industrial, Engineering, Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems

by Karim Tabia

Oct. 6, 2016

[SIPTA] [CFP] Uncertain Reasoning (UR) Special Track at the 30th International FLAIRS Conference

by Karim Tabia

Please find the call for papers for Uncertain Reasoning (UR) Special Track at the 30th International FLAIRS Conference at this Webpage: http://people.scs.carleton.ca/~bertossi/UR17/ur17.html Best regards, The UR17 special track co-chairs

Oct. 6, 2016

[SIPTA] PhD studentship on imprecise probability in offshore energy

by Matthias Troffaes

Dear all, There's an exciting PhD studentship available in Durham to apply imprecise probabilistic methods to offshore asset management, in collaboration between the Durham Engineering and Mathematics departments, and an external research institute named the "Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult". Starting date can be as early as 1 October 2016, but this is flexible. More information here: http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AON868/phd-studentship-offshore-transmission-syst… If you know of anyone interested, or if you want more information, please contact either myself or Behzad (in CC). Cheers, Matthias

Sept. 6, 2016

[SIPTA] FW: a new book

by Kreinovich

Aug. 27, 2016

Re: [SIPTA] Call for Papers: UNCECOMP 2017- MS7 on "Non Probabilistic Approaches for Uncertainty Representation and Analysis in Engineering”

by Kreinovich

Aug. 23, 2016

Re: [SIPTA] IEEE CISDA 2016 paper submission deadline extended to August 15

by Kreinovich

July 15, 2016

Re: [SIPTA] Computational Intelligence for Engineering Solutions IEEE Symposium: deadline extended to August 15

by Kreinovich

July 14, 2016

[SIPTA] FW: Extended SSCI 2016 Submission Deadline: August 15, 2016

by Kreinovich

July 14, 2016

[SIPTA] FW: IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Engineering Solutions: deadline July 18 is approaching!

by Kreinovich

July 13, 2016

[SIPTA] PGM 2016: call for participation

by Giorgio Corani

==PGM 2016 PGM 2016 is the eight edition of the International Conference on Probabilistic Graphical Models. It will take place in Lugano (Switzerland) between the 6th and the 9th of September 2016. The site of the conference is http://pgm.idsia.ch. It welcomes contributions on all aspects of graphical models including probabilistic reasoning, decision making, learning and data mining. It welcomes both theoretical and applied contributions. ==Registration The early bird registration expires on July 22h. For more information see http://www2.idsia.ch/cms/pgm/registration/. ==Venue information The conference is located in Lugano, a lakeside city in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino, a region of Switzerland well known for its warm climate and outstanding scenery. Some hotels make available rooms with discounted fees for the PGM participants. For more information see http://www2.idsia.ch/cms/pgm/venue/ ==Invited Speakers and Tutorials We are pleased to have three distinguished invited speakers. Guido Consonni is Professor of Statistics at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy. Prof. Consonni will give a talk titled "Bayesian Selection of Essential Graphical Models". Fabio G. Cozman is Professor at Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil. Prof. Cozman will give a talk titled "The Finite Model Theory of Bayesian Networks: An Invitation". Adnan Darwiche is Professor and former Chairman of the Computer Science Department at UCLA. Prof. Darwiche will give a talk titled "Learning Arithmetic Circuits with Background Knowledge". ==Tutorials We will have two tutorials. "Computational Complexity of Bayesian Networks and Markov Random Fields", by Cassio P. de Campos, Reader at Queen’s University Belfast, UK and Johan Kwisthout, Senior staff member in the Artificial Intelligence Program at Radboud University, and postdoc in the Donders Center for Cognition. "Learning Sum-Product Networks", by Nicola Di Mauro, Professor at the University of Bari, Italy, and by Antonio Vergari, PhD student at the University of Bari. This tutorial is an ECCAI invited talk, supported by the ECCAI conference sponsorship program.

July 8, 2016

[SIPTA] Deadline extended: CFP: ISWC Workshop on Uncertainty Reasoning for the Semantic Web (URSW'16)

by Thomas Lukasiewicz

========================================================== CALL FOR PAPERS 12th International Workshop on Uncertainty Reasoning for the Semantic Web (URSW 2016) http://c4i.gmu.edu/ursw/2016 In conjunction with the 15th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2016), Kobe, Japan October 17 or 18, 2016 ========================================================== You are invited to participate in the upcoming workshop on Uncertainty Reasoning for the Semantic Web (URSW), to be held as part of the 15th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC) in October 17-21, 2016 Kobe, Japan. ISWC is a major international forum for presenting visionary research on all aspects of the Semantic Web. The Uncertainty Reasoning workshop is an exciting opportunity for collaboration and cross-fertilization between the uncertainty reasoning community and the Semantic Web / Linked Data community. Effective methods for reasoning under uncertainty are vital for realizing many aspects of the Semantic Web vision, but the ability of current-generation web technology to handle uncertainty remains extremely limited. Thus, there is a continuing demand for uncertainty reasoning technology among Semantic Web researchers and developers, and the URSW workshop creates a unique opening to bring together two communities with a clear commonality of interest but limited history of interaction. By capitalizing on this opportunity, URSW could spark dramatic progress toward realizing the Semantic Web vision. AUDIENCE The intended audience for this workshop includes the following * Researchers in uncertain reasoning technologies with interest in the Semantic Web and Linked Data * Semantic Web and Linked Data developers and researchers * People in the knowledge representation community with interest in the Semantic Web and Linked Data * Ontology researchers and ontological engineers * Web services researchers and developers with interest in the Semantic Web * Developers of tools designed to support semantic web implementation, e.g., Jena developers, Protégé developers, OWL-API developers... TOPIC LIST We intend to have an open discussion on any topic relevant to the general subject of uncertainty in the Semantic Web and Linked Data (including fuzzy theory, probability theory, and other approaches). Therefore, the following list should be just an initial guide. * Syntax and semantics for extensions to Semantic Web / Linked Data languages to enable representation of uncertainty * Logical formalisms to support uncertainty in Semantic Web / Linked Data languages * Probability theory as a means of assessing the likelihood that terms in different ontologies refer to the same or similar concepts * Architectures for applying plausible reasoning to the problem of ontology mapping * Using fuzzy approaches to deal with imprecise concepts within ontologies * The concept of a probabilistic ontology and its relevance to the Semantic Web * Best practices for representing uncertain, incomplete, ambiguous, or controversial information in the Semantic Web / Linked Data * The role of uncertainty as it relates to web services and cloud computing * Interface protocols with support for uncertainty as a means to improve interoperability among web services * Uncertainty reasoning techniques applied to trust issues in the Semantic Web and Linked Data * Existing implementations of uncertainty reasoning tools in the context of the Semantic Web and Linked Data * Issues and techniques for integrating tools for representing and reasoning with uncertainty; * The future of uncertainty reasoning for the Semantic Web and Linked Data IMPORTANT DATES * July 15, 2016: Paper submissions due * July 31: Paper acceptance notification * August 7: Camera-ready papers due * Oct 17 or 18: 12th International Workshop on Uncertainty Reasoning for the Semantic Web SUBMISSION DETAILS The URSW will be accepting submissions of technical papers and position papers. Each submission will be evaluated for acceptability by at least three members of the Program Committee. Decisions about acceptance will be based on relevance to the above topic list, originality, potential significance, topicality and clarity. Since all accepted papers will be presented at the workshop, we require that at least one of the submitting authors must be a registered participant at the ISWC 2016 Conference, and committed to attend the URSW Workshop. Submissions to the workshop are only accepted in electronic format and should be sent via the workshop's EasyChair submission site: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ursw2016 Papers must be formatted in the style of the Springer Publications format for Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS). This is the very same format adopted by the ISWC 2016. For complete details, see Springer's Author Instructions (http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0) Technical papers submitted to the URSW Workshop must not exceed 12 pages, including figures and references. Submissions exceeding this limit will not be reviewed. Position papers consist of a summary of ideas, projects, or any research efforts that are relevant to the URSW Workshop and must not exceed 4 pages. Following the general acceptance rules of the ISWC 2016 conference, papers that, at the time of submission, are under review for or have already been published in or accepted for publication in a journal or another conference will not be accepted to the URSW workshop. PRESENTATION AND PUBLICATION All papers accepted to the URSW will be presented during the workshop and published in the workshop proceedings. Authors of accepted technical papers will have 20 minutes to present their work, while authors of accepted position papers will have a 10-minute slot to share their ideas. After each presentation, 5 minutes will be allocated to questions from the audience. Both technical and position papers will be published in the URSW workshop proceedings, to be available after the ISWC 2016 conference. In addition, we are planning a journal special issue or Lecture Notes in Computer Science/ Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNCS/LNAI) volume with selected extended and revised versions of technical papers presented at URSW 2016. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE * Fernando Bobillo - University of Zaragoza, Spain * Rommel N. Carvalho - Brazil's Office of the Comptroller General / University of Brasília, Brazil * Davide Ceolin - VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands * Paulo C. G. Costa - George Mason University, USA * Claudia d'Amato - University of Bari, Italy * Nicola Fanizzi - University of Bari, Italy * Kathryn Laskey - George Mason University, USA * Kenneth J. Laskey - MITRE Corporation, USA * Thomas Lukasiewicz - University of Oxford, UK * Trevor Martin - University of Bristol, UK * Matthias Nickles - INSIGHT Centre for Data Analytics, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland * Michael Pool - Credit Suisse, USA

July 7, 2016