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Call for papers IPMU'2026- submission information and EUSFLAT grants

by Enrique Miranda

******** PLEASE APOLOGIZE 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). It 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) 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 SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS Regular Papers The proceedings of IPMU 2026 regular papers will be published by Springer in the series Communications in Computer and Information Science (https://link.springer.com/series/7899) indexed in DBLP, Google Scholar, EI-Compendex, Mathematical Reviews, SCImago, Scopus. CCIS volumes are also submitted for the inclusion in ISI Proceedings. * Deadline for regular paper submission: 12 January 2026. * Authors should consult Springer’s authors’ instructions and use the proceedings template, either for LaTeX or for Word, for the preparation of their papers. The LaTeX templates are also available in Overleaf. Springer encourages authors to include their ORCIDs in their papers. * The length of a submission is 12-14 pages in the LNCS/CCIS one-column page format. The paper must be written in English and submitted in PDF via the EasyChair system, at the following link: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=ipmu2026 * In EasyChair authors can choose one of the proposed special sessions or the general track of IPMU 2026. * In EasyChair authors should point out if one of the authors is an early career researcher (no more than 4 years from the Ph.D. defense) to be considered for best early career researcher awards. * All figures are printed in black and white, unless a special arrangement has been made for colored figures. Colored figures remain in color in the online version. Please make sure that any colored figures are equally comprehensible in black and white. Figures and Tables should be cross referred in the text. * Authors interested in publishing their paper Open Access should consult Springer's page. * One full registration will allow acceptance of one regular paper. Each additional accepted paper associated with the same registration will be subject to an additional fee. Short Papers IPMU will also accept short papers of 2-6 pages. Accepted short papers will not be published by Springer. A separate volume, with its own DOI, containing the accepted works, will be published in open access. Authors may opt to not include their work in this volume. * Deadline for short paper submission: 12 January 2026. * Short papers should be prepared using the LaTeX template used for regular papers that are available on Overleaf. * Short papers must be written in English and submitted in PDF via the EasyChair system, at the following link: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=ipmu2026 * Short papers can be submitted to one of the proposed special sessions or the general track of IPMU2026. * In EasyChair authors should take care to select the checkbox marking the submission as a short paper. * Short papers will be included in the regular conference program and Book of Abstracts and will be presented orally. * One full registration will allow acceptance of one short paper. Each additional accepted paper associated with the same registration will be subject to an additional fee. GRANTS AND AWARDS The EUSFLAT Board is covering 5 student grants, that will cover the early student registration fee. Detailed information can be found at https://www.sbai.uniroma1.it/conferenze/ipmu2026/student-grants.php In addition, there shall be a number of awards for the best paper and best student paper at the conference. Information about these grants shall provided at the conference website in due course. IMPORTANT DATES Paper submission deadline: January 12, 2026 Notification of acceptance: February 15, 2026 Camera-ready versions: March 1, 2026 Conference: June 15-19, 2026 Contact: ipmu2026(a)sbai.uniroma1.it 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: Jesús Medina (Spain) Social Media Chairs Andrea Cinfrignini (Italy) Silvia Lorenzini (Italy) Executive Directors Bernadette Bouchon-Meunier (France) Ronald R. Yager (USA)

Dec. 10, 2025

9th International Conference on Belief Functions (BELIEF 2026), Nanjing, China, Oct 19-21? 2026

by Thierry Denoeux

***** Call for Papers ****** The 9th International Conference on Belief Functions (BELIEF 2026) Dates: October 19-21, 2026 Location: Nanjing, Southeast University, China * April 30, 2026: Paper submission deadline * June 15, 2026: Author notification * June 30, 2026: Camera-ready copy due ================================================================ The theory of belief functions, also referred to as evidence theory or Dempster-Shafer theory is a well-established mathematical framework for reasoning and decision-making with uncertainty, with applications to machine learning, statistical inference, information fusion, knowledge representation, risk analysis, etc. It is an extension of probability theory and it has well understood connections with related frameworks such as random sets and imprecise probabilities. Recently, generalised evidence theory, based on random fuzzy sets, has been proposed as a unifying framework encompassing both Dempster-Shafer and possibility theories. The biennial BELIEF conferences (sponsored by the Belief Functions and Applications Society https://www.bfasociety.org/) are dedicated to the confrontation of ideas, the reporting of recent achievements and the presentation of the wide range of applications of this theory. Previous editions of this conference series were held in Brest, France (2010); Compiègne, France (2012); Oxford, UK (2014); Prague, Czech Republic (2016); Compiègne, France (2018); Shanghai, China (2021); Paris, France (2022), and Belfast, UK (2024). To support cross-fertilization among researchers working in different subfields of AI and related disciplines, tutorials and special sessions will be proposed, with emphasis on the links between machine learning and uncertain reasoning, including topics such as quantification of prediction uncertainty, fusion rules for ensemble learning, belief propagation in deep neural networks, links with explainable and symbolic AI, etc. Submissions of papers combining several of these topics, or more generally at the intersection between belief functions and other AI methods or uncertainty theories are welcome. We also encourage submissions describing innovative applications to various areas including, but not limited to: energy, environment and climate change; medical diagnosis; risk and reliability analysis; business and economics, vision and image processing, etc. ===========Proceedings=========== Proceedings of the previous editions of BELIEF have been published by Springer-Verlag as volumes of the Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNCS/LNAI) series and indexed by: ISI Web of Science; EI Engineering Index; ACM Digital Library; dblp; Google Scholar; IO-Port; MathSciNet; Scopus; Zentralblatt MATH. Publication of the BELIEF 2026 proceedings in the LNCS/LNAI series is awaiting confirmation. ==========IJAR Special issue================== Authors of selected papers from the BELIEF 2026 conference will be invited to submit extended versions of their papers for possible inclusion in a special issue of the International Journal of Approximate Reasoning. ============BELIEF 2026 Program Committee co-chairs============== Prof. Zhigang Su (zhigangsu(a)seu.edu.cn <mailto:zhigangsu@seu.edu.cn>), Southeast University, China Prof. Thierry Denoeux (tdenoeux(a)utc.fr <mailto:tdenoeux@utc.fr>), Université de Technologie de Compiègne, France ---------- Prof. Thierry Denoeux Université de technologie de Compiègne Institut universitaire de France Rue Roger Couttolenc, CS 60319 60203 Compiègne cedex, France https://www.hds.utc.fr/~tdenoeux

Dec. 8, 2025

Independence puzzle

by Marco Zaffalon

Dear SIPTAnts, Here is a small puzzle for you - I give it to my master students - that makes a nice point (it’s not mine, I only created a story around it). Enjoy, Marco *** A casino hosts a slot machine with only two spinning reels, A and B, each one displaying either 0 or 1. You observe the machine for a long time, thus verifying that those reels are independent and uniformly distributed, as they should: P(A)=P(B)=P(B|A)=1/2. One plays inserting two dollars in the machine, and wins 4 dollars if A=B and nothing otherwise. The game is fair in the sense that on average one wins 2 dollars. At some point you discover that you can manipulate reel A while it's spinning, thus setting it at the value you like. Are there conditions that enable you to win more than 2 dollars on average by doing so? (Think before reading on.) *** Imagine that the machine internally works as follows. It generates two independent uniformly random bits U and V. By a defect of construction, A and B are then set according to the following rules: - A=1 iff U=V. - B=1 iff U=1 or (A=1,U=0,V=1). Luckily, this does not affect the fact that the machine is indeed fair: P(A)=P(B)=P(B|A)=1/2. However, when you manipulate A, its value will no longer depend on U and V; it will just depend on what you decide, say A=1. This will make the clause (A=1,U=0,V=1) true whenever U=0,V=1. Whence B=1 will occur with probability 3/4: 1/2 due to U=1 plus 1/4 due to U=0,V=1. As a consequence, on average you will win 4*3/4 = 3 dollars, making an average profit of 1 dollar per game. *** The moral of the story: causation does not imply correlation - or, prediction does not inform action.

Dec. 5, 2025

11th International Workshop on Reliable Engineering Computing REC 2026, Dortmund, Germany, September 2-5, 2026, deadline extended!

by Kreinovich, Vladik

Papers using imprecise probability techniques are always welcome at this series of workshops. **************************** Dear Colleague, We are pleased to invite you to the 11th International Workshop on Reliable Engineering Computing (REC2026), taking place 2-5 September 2026 at TU Dortmund University, Germany, https://rec2026.web.tu-dortmund.de/ Under the theme "Reliability Computations in a Data and Model-Driven World," REC2026 connects classical uncertainty quantification with modern advances in AI and data science. As usually, a specific focus is on the development and application of imprecise probabilistic methods in engineering computations. REC2026 will offer an interdisciplinary forum on uncertainty quantification, risk assessment, and the reliability of engineering computations. The program includes keynote lectures, technical sessions, networking opportunities, a welcome reception (2 Sept), and a conference dinner (4 Sept). Important Dates * December 15, 2025 - Abstract Submission (deadline extended) * April 1, 2026 - Full Paper Submission Submission templates are available on the conference website Mark your calendar and stay tuned! With best regards, Matthias Faes (TU Dortmund University) matthias.faes(a)tu-dortmund.de<mailto:matthias.faes@tu-dortmund.de> Michael Beer (Leibniz University of Hannover) beer(a)irz.uni-hannover.de<mailto:beer@irz.uni-hannover.de> REC2026 General Chairs Marcos Valdebenito marcos.valdebenito(a)tu-dortmund.de<mailto:marcos.valdebenito@tu-dortmund.de> Local Organizing Committee Chair, REC 2026

Dec. 4, 2025

FW: NAFIPS deadline has been extended

by Kreinovich, Vladik

Dear Friends, Papers combining fuzzy and probabilities are always welcome at this series of conferences. ********************************************** Deadlines for submissions to the Joint NAFIPS International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, Soft Computing and Explainable AI and 10th World Conference on Soft Computing NAFIPS 2026 (El Paso, Texas, USA, March 14-16, 2026, https://sites.google.com/view/nafips26/) have been extended: ** the new deadline for submitting full papers is December 15, 2025; this is the final deadline, there will be not extension ** the new deadline for submitting late-breaking papers and extended abstracts is January 15, 2026

Dec. 2, 2025

Re: ESCIM2026 – Submission Deadline Reminder

by Kreinovich, Vladik

FYI, AI-related papers using imprecise probabilities are always welcome at this series of conferences From: Tüű Szabó, Boldizsár <tuu.szabo.boldizsar(a)ga.sze.hu<mailto:tuu.szabo.boldizsar@ga.sze.hu>> Sent: Monday, December 1, 2025 12:23 AM Subject: ESCIM2026 – Submission Deadline Reminder Dear Colleagues, This is a kind reminder that the paper submission deadline for the 17th European Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Mathematics ESCIM 2026 (Timisoara, Romania, May 10-13, 2026) is approaching. Submission deadline: December 19, 2025 All submission details, including topics, formatting instructions, and important dates, are available on the the website: https://escim2026.uca.es/submission/ We warmly invite you to submit your contributions and look forward to receiving your papers. Best regards, Boldizsár Tüű-Szabó Program Chair, ESCIM2026 [Image removed by sender. Logo]<https://uni.sze.hu/kezdolap> Dr. Tüű-Szabó Boldizsár egyetemi adjunktus Informatikai és Villamosmérnöki Kar [Image removed by sender.] 9026 Győr, Egyetem tér 1 [Image removed by sender.] +36 96 503 400 tuu.szabo.boldizsar(a)sze.hu<mailto:tuu.szabo.boldizsar@sze.hu> [Image removed by sender. adress-icon] uni.sze.hu<https://uni.sze.hu>

Dec. 2, 2025

IP seminar in Trento, tomorrow 9.30 (Trento time)

by sdesterc

Dear friends, I’ve been aware (thanks to Matteo Brunelli) that an interesting talk will take place in Trento, tomorrow at 9.30 • https://eventi.unitn.it/it/stackelberg-cournot-nash-equilibria-under-ambigu… Do not hesitate to spread this information! Cheers -- ==================================== 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 ====================================

Dec. 1, 2025

Reminder: Kevin Blackwell talk at 3pm

by sdesterc

Dear Siptians, This is just a reminder that Kevin Blackwell talk will take place at 3pm. Information (including zoom link) there: https://sipta.org/events/sipta-seminars/ See you in an hour! Sébastien

Nov. 26, 2025

Re: SMPS 2026 in Lecce, Italy, September 15-18, 2026

by Kreinovich, Vladik

Dear Colleagues, the SMPS 2026 conference (Soft Methods in Probability and Statistics) will take place on September 15-18, 2026, in Lecce, Italy. As is customary for the SMPS series, we expect between 80 and 120 participants, creating an environment conducive to stimulating scientific dialogue and a warm, friendly atmosphere. Our objective is to keep the fees including lunches, conference dinner, social events and Springer book of proceedings as low as possible. In the conference website, you may find the expected fees (the precise amounts will be determined in the spring, once the exact number of participants is known). Confirmed plenary speakers are: • Bernard De Baets (Ghent University, BE) • Irene Gijbels (KU Leuven, BE) • Beatriz Sinova Fernández (Oviedo University, ES) The SMPS conference series has the tradition to collect short papers of 6-8 pages of all participants giving a talk. These papers will undergo a quick peer-review and should either contain novel results or provide a survey over recently established material. All accepted contributions will be published in a forthcoming Springer conference proceedings book. Submission of short papers will be possible starting January 1st, 2026. For more information about the event, please check in the following days the official conference website: http://smps2026.unisalento.it<http://smps2026.unisalento.it/> the Linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/smps-lecce-7419b0398 Looking forward to welcoming you in Lecce Fabrizio Durante (for the Local Organizing Committee) --------------------------------------------------------- Fabrizio Durante Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica “Ennio De Giorgi” Università del Salento via per Arnesano, I-73100 Lecce (Italy) Personal website: https://sites.google.com/site/fbdurante/ [Image removed by sender.]

Nov. 24, 2025

Fwd: WUML 2026 – Workshop on Uncertainty in Machine Learning, Tartu, Estonia, Feb 2–4, 2026

by sdesterc

Dear all, The next WUML conference on uncertainty in machine learning will take in Tartu during February. This is a nice workshop that promotes discussion around Machine learning. People attending usually have a very nice experience and in many occasion follow-up collaborations. Best regards Sébastien -- ==================================== Sebastien Destercke, Ph. D. CNRS researcher in computer science. Université de Technologie de Compiegne U.M.R. C.N.R.S. 7253 Heudiasyc Avenue de Landshut F-60205 Compiegne Cedex FRANCE Tel: +33 (0)3 44 23 79 85 Fax: +33 (0)3 44 23 44 77 ==================================== > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Meelis Kull <meelis.kull(a)ut.ee> > Subject: WUML 2026 – Workshop on Uncertainty in Machine Learning, Tartu, Estonia, Feb 2–4, 2026 > Date: 3 November 2025 at 11:15:32 CET > To: Meelis Kull <meelis.kull(a)ut.ee> > > Dear colleague, > > We are pleased to announce that the Workshop on Uncertainty in Machine Learning (WUML 2026) will be held on February 2–4, 2026, at the University of Tartu, Estonia. > > Following the successful previous editions in Munich (2024) and Milan (2025), WUML 2026 will continue to provide an open and informal forum for discussing recent advances and challenges in uncertainty in machine learning. > > The first WUML workshop was held in 2015, and the event has been held annually since 2023, with recent editions in Ghent, Munich, and Milan. The goal of this workshop is to bring together researchers interested in the topic of uncertainty in machine learning. It aims to provide a forum for discussing the latest developments in modeling and quantifying uncertainty in machine learning problems, as well as for exploring new research directions in this field. > > As in previous years, WUML 2026 will be an informal event without a paper submission system. Participants are welcome to give a talk, present a poster, or simply attend the workshop. Participation is free of charge, though attendees are expected to cover their own travel and accommodation expenses. > > Preliminary information about the workshop is available at: > https://sites.google.com/view/wuml2026 > > Those interested in attending are kindly asked to confirm their participation by January 7, 2026, using the following form: > https://forms.gle/Gom361htiTd48pfU9 > > Please note that, due to room capacity and expected interest, participation will be limited to a maximum of 150 attendees. > > For any questions, please feel free to contact the organizers. You are also welcome to share this announcement with colleagues or students who may be interested in attending. > > We look forward to seeing you in Tartu! > > On behalf of the WUML 2026 Organizing Committee > Meelis Kull > > > > --- > Meelis Kull > Head of the Estonian Centre of Excellence in AI > Professor of Artificial Intelligence > Institute of Computer Science > University of Tartu > meelis.kull(a)ut.ee <mailto:meelis.kull@ut.ee> >

Nov. 21, 2025

Next SIPTA virtual seminar: 26th of November, K. Blackwell "Representing awareness change with sets of desirable gambles"

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 26th of November (Wednesday). The zoom link for this seminar is https://utc-fr.zoom.us/j/83908951605 For this new seminar, we are very happy to have Kevin Blackwell as our speaker. Kevin Blackwell is currently a lecturer at Bristol Philosophy department, and has many contribution in the foundation of imprecise probabilities, with a recent focus on its most general forms using the notions of desirable gambles and of coherent choice functions. On the the 26th of November, at 15:00 CEST:paris time (up to 17:00 CEST, with a talk duration of 45min/1h), he will talk about "Representing awareness change with sets of desirable gambles”. 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 26th of November, 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=Fk1YvCstMRw See you at the seminar! Sébastien, Enrique and Jasper

Nov. 18, 2025

FYI: interval session at NAFIPS 2026 conference, deadline for submissions December 1, 2026

by Kreinovich, Vladik

Papers related to interval-valued and fuzzy-valued probabilities are always welcome at this series of fuzzy conferences *********** Special Session on Interval Uncertainty Organizers: Martine Ceberio (University of Texas at El Paso), Christoph Lauter (University of Texas at El Paso), Vladik Kreinovich (University of Texas at El Paso) Description: Interval uncertainty is closely related to fuzzy techniques: indeed, if we want to know how the fuzzy uncertainty of the inputs propagates through the data processing algorithm, then the usual Zadeh's extension principle is equivalent to processing alpha-cuts (intervals) for each level alpha. This relation between intervals and fuzzy computations is well known, but often, fuzzy researchers are unaware of the latest most efficient interval techniques and thus use outdated less efficient methods. One of the objectives of the proposed session is to help the fuzzy community by explaining the latest interval techniques and to help the interval community to better understand the related interval computation problems. Yet another relation between interval and fuzzy techniques is that the traditional fuzzy techniques implicitly assume that experts can describe their degree of certainty in different statements by an exact number. In reality, it is more reasonable to expect experts to provide only a rage (interval) of possible values -- leading to interval-valued fuzzy techniques that, in effect, combine both types of uncertainty. ************ The Joint NAFIPS International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, Soft Computing and Explainable AI and 10th World Conference on Soft Computing NAFIPS 2026 will be held in El Paso, Texas, USA, on March 14-16, 2026. https://sites.google.com/view/nafips26/ <venue> In 2025, we had a conference in Banff, Canada, on the Northern side of Rocky mountains. This year, this conference will be held in the southmost part of the same mountain range -- in El Paso, Texas. El Paso is among the ten safest cities in the US, It is a vibrant border city known for its unique blend of American and Mexican cultures, affordability, and historic charm. Located in far western Texas, the "Sun City" offers a high number of sunny days and is recognized for its beautiful desert landscapes and strong community spirit. El Paso is situated at the junction of Texas, New Mexico, and Mexico, creating a strong binational identity that influences its food, language (Spanglish is common), and festivals. The conference venue is the Art, Science, and Technology Building on the Valle Verde Campus of the El Paso Community College, see https://www.epcc.edu/Contact/about-the-campuses <Aims and Scope> As an international conference in the areas of fuzzy sets and soft computing, the NAFIPS 2026 conference will bring together scientists, engineers, students, and practitioners working in fuzzy logic and related areas to present their recent research accomplishments. The conference offers a unique platform for the exchange of ideas, fostering interaction and building multidisciplinary research linkages. <Topics> The topics cover all aspects of fuzzy systems and their applications including, but not limited to: * fuzzy sets and fuzzy logic * mathematical foundations of fuzzy sets and fuzzy systems * approximate reasoning, fuzzy inference models, and soft computing * fuzzy decision analysis, decision making, optimization, and design * fuzzy system architectures and hardware * fuzzy methods in data analysis, statistics and imprecise probability * fuzzy databases and information retrieval * fuzzy pattern recognition and image processing * fuzzy sets in management science * fuzzy control and robotics * possibility theory * fuzzy sets and logic in ontology, web, and social networks * fuzzy preference modeling * fuzzy sets in operations research and manufacturing * fuzzy database mining and financial forecasting * fuzzy neural networks * evolutionary and hybrid systems * intelligent agents and ambient intelligence * learning, adaptive, and evolvable fuzzy systems <Deadlines> Deadline for submitting tutorial and special session proposals: December 1, 2025 Deadline for paper submissions: December 1, 2025 Notification of acceptance: January 15, 2026 Deadline for final versions of accepted papers: February 15, 2026 Conference: March 14-16, 2026 <How to submit> Please submit your tutorial proposals to Marek Reformat, Tutorial Chair, by email to reformat(a)ualberta.ca<mailto:reformat@ualberta.ca>. Please submit your special session proposals to Fernando Gomide, Special Session Chair, at gomide(a)unicamp.br<mailto:gomide@unicamp.br>. Proposals for tutorials and special sessions should include the title, a short abstract, and the list of organizers (including a brief listing of their qualifications). Papers should be submitted via EasyChair, via a link https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=nafips2026 If you are submitting to a special session, then when EasyChair asks you about the paper title, add - in capital letters - the session title before the title of your paper. For example, if you are submitting a paper titled "Our great revolutionary ideas for teaching and learning" to the special session on fuzzy education, then in the EasyChair slot for paper title write: "FUZZY EDUCATION Our great revolutionary ideas for teaching and learning". Also, in addition to submitting your papers to EasyChair, send a copy of your submission by email to the organizers of the special session. <Organizing committee> General Chair: Christian Servin (El Paso Community College) Program Chair: Scott Dick (University of Alberta, Canada) Special Sessions Chair: Fernando Gomide (University of Campinas, Brazil) Award Co-Chairs: Julia Rayz (Purdue University) Ildar Batyrshin (Instituto Politecnico Nacinal, Mexio) Tutorial Chair: Marek Reformat (University of Alberta, Canada) Industrial Liaison Chair: Kelly Cohen (University of Cincinnati) Competition Co-Chairs: Tim Arnett (Thales Flight Avionics, USA) Barnabas Bede (DigiPen University) Student and Young Researchers Chair: Wilhelm Louw (Pyramidion Co. and University of Cincinnati) Publicity Chair: Juan Carlos Figueroa-Garcia (Universita Distrital, Bogota, Colombia) Local Arrangements Co-Chairs: Christian Servin, Nadia Karichev, Ivan Alonso (El Paso Community College) Martine Ceberio, Vladik Kreinovich (University of Texas at El Paso)

Nov. 15, 2025

FYI: IEEE Conference on AI

by Kreinovich, Vladik

FYI, AI-related papers dealing with imprecise probabilities 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: October 15, 2025. Paper submission (all papers): November 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.

Nov. 15, 2025

Call for papers IPMU'2026- updated submission information

by Enrique Miranda

******** PLEASE APOLOGIZE 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). It 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) 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 SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS Regular Papers The proceedings of IPMU 2026 regular papers will be published by Springer in the series Communications in Computer and Information Science (https://link.springer.com/series/7899) indexed in DBLP, Google Scholar, EI-Compendex, Mathematical Reviews, SCImago, Scopus. CCIS volumes are also submitted for the inclusion in ISI Proceedings. * Deadline for regular paper submission: 12 January 2026. * Authors should consult Springer’s authors’ instructions and use the proceedings template, either for LaTeX or for Word, for the preparation of their papers. The LaTeX templates are also available in Overleaf. Springer encourages authors to include their ORCIDs in their papers. * The length of a submission is 12-14 pages in the LNCS/CCIS one-column page format. The paper must be written in English and submitted in PDF via the EasyChair system, at the following link: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=ipmu2026 * In EasyChair authors can choose one of the proposed special sessions or the general track of IPMU 2026. * In EasyChair authors should point out if one of the authors is an early career researcher (no more than 4 years from the Ph.D. defense) to be considered for best early career researcher awards. * All figures are printed in black and white, unless a special arrangement has been made for colored figures. Colored figures remain in color in the online version. Please make sure that any colored figures are equally comprehensible in black and white. Figures and Tables should be cross referred in the text. * Authors interested in publishing their paper Open Access should consult Springer's page. * One full registration will allow acceptance of one regular paper. Each additional accepted paper associated with the same registration will be subject to an additional fee. Short Papers IPMU will also accept short papers of 2-6 pages. Accepted short papers will not be published by Springer. A separate volume, with its own DOI, containing the accepted works, will be published in open access. Authors may opt to not include their work in this volume. * Deadline for short paper submission: 12 January 2026. * Short papers should be prepared using the LaTeX template used for regular papers that are available on Overleaf. * Short papers must be written in English and submitted in PDF via the EasyChair system, at the following link: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=ipmu2026 * Short papers can be submitted to one of the proposed special sessions or the general track of IPMU2026. * In EasyChair authors should take care to select the checkbox marking the submission as a short paper. * Short papers will be included in the regular conference program and Book of Abstracts and will be presented orally. * One full registration will allow acceptance of one short paper. Each additional accepted paper associated with the same registration will be subject to an additional fee. GRANTS AND AWARDS A number of student grants provided by EUSFLAT will be provided to support student participation at the conference. In addition, there shall be a number of awards for the best paper and best student paper at the conference. Information about these grants shall provided at the conference website in due course. IMPORTANT DATES Paper submission deadline: January 12, 2026 Notification of acceptance: February 15, 2026 Camera-ready versions: March 1, 2026 Conference: June 15-19, 2026 Contact: ipmu2026(a)sbai.uniroma1.it 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: Jesús Medina (Spain) Social Media Chairs Andrea Cinfrignini (Italy) Silvia Lorenzini (Italy) Executive Directors Bernadette Bouchon-Meunier (France) Ronald R. Yager (USA)

Nov. 11, 2025

3 years Postdoc position at TCD (Dublin) on Security & Privacy of unused parameters of ML models.

by Alessio Benavoli

Dear colleagues and students, I am recruiting a Postdoctoral researcher with a background in game theoretic modelling, learning theory and both the theoretical and practical aspects of deep learning. The successful applicant will collaborate within a skilled and motivated team of scientists (from Trinity College Dublin, Queen's University Belfast and University California Riverside) dedicated to understand the security and privacy implications of the unused parameters present in machine learning models. The proposed research explores the problem both from the theoretical and empirical perspectives. *Description*: Machine Learning applications increasingly rely on Deep Neural Networks (DeepNNs) to achieve state-of-the-art performance across a wide range of real-world tasks, including Large Language Models. DeepNNs are typically highly over-parameterised, but this characteristic has been shown to facilitate both optimisation and generalisation. Nevertheless, such over-parameterisation also introduces many parameters that are not essential to the final learned model and whose specific values have little impact on its behaviour (don’t-care states). In both software and hardware systems, undefined behaviour and don’t-care states have been shown to be potential sources of vulnerabilities. The postdoc will conduct research that contributes to the following streams of work: 1) Investigate the possible strategies that colluding parties could use to maliciously exploit the unused parameters (learning capacity) of a machine learning model using techniques from information and learning theory; 2) Model the attacks within a game-theoretic framework under complete or incomplete knowledge (Bayesian games), which will enable to find optimal strategies for the players (Attacker, Nature and Defender); 3) Validate these theoretical models and strategies on machine learning models and real applications. Applications from candidates with expertise in *imprecise** Statistics or imprecise Machine Learning* are welcome. - For informal *inquiries* please contact *alessio.benavoli(a)tcd.ie <alessio.benavoli(a)tcd.ie>* - *Salary* is up to ~€71,000 per annum per 3 years. - *Start*: January 2026. - For additional details (including qualifications, knowledge/experience and how to apply)* see attached document.* Best regards, Alessio Benavoli

Oct. 29, 2025

CFP IPMU 2026- Special Session on Theoretical and applied aspects of Imprecise Probabilities

by IGNACIO MONTES GUTIERREZ

Dear colleagues, Please find attached a CFP for a special session on IP at the IPMU 2026 Conference, which will be held in Rome in June 2026. Best regards Ignacio Montes ****************************************************** [Apologise for multiple copies] Call for papers Special Session on "THEORETICAL AND APPLIED ASPECTS OF IMPRECISE PROBABILITIES" to be held at the 21st International Conference on Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-Based Systems (IPMU 2026) https://www.sbai.uniroma1.it/conferenze/ipmu2026/index.php Rome (Italy), June 15-19, 2026 Session topic and goal This session is devoted to Imprecise Probability Theory, which involves all the mathematical models that can be used as more flexible tools than usual Probability Theory when the available information is scarce, vague or incomplete. It includes lower previsions, n-monotone capacities, belief functions, p-boxes, possibility measures, or non-additive measures, among others. This special session aims to include papers related to Imprecise Probabilities that either present a significant advance in the foundations or show potential applications in real problems. In addition, papers where the connection between imprecise probability theories and other fields such as fuzzy sets or game theory is emphasised are also welcome. Theoretical topics of interest include (but are not limited to): * (coherent) uncertainty models * non-additive set-functions * qualitative reasoning about uncertainty * limit laws for imprecise probabilities * philosophical foundations * elicitation and inference * robust statistics * decision making Applications include (but are not limited to): * data mining * classification and machine learning * risk and reliability analysis * finance * life sciences * system control and design * algorithmic issues Dates Paper submission: January 12, 2026 Notification of Acceptance: February 15, 2026 Conference: June 15-19, 2026 Organisers We would be grateful if you could let us know whether you plan to submit a paper to this session. Any questions or remarks can be addressed to: David Nieto-Barba (nietodavid(a)uniovi.es) University of Oviedo (Spain) Ignacio Montes (imontes(a)uniovi.es) University of Oviedo (Spain)

Oct. 18, 2025

Reminder: SIPTA seminar at 3pm Paris time

by sdesterc

Dear Siptians, This a small reminder that our seminar is bound to start in a bit more than one hour. Milan Studeny will talk of “Combinatorial description of facets of the cone of exact games (or coherent lower probabilities)”. Zoom link is https://utc-fr.zoom.us/j/85055146633 Best regards Sébastien -- ==================================== Sebastien Destercke, Ph. D. CNRS researcher in computer science. Université de Technologie de Compiegne U.M.R. C.N.R.S. 7253 Heudiasyc Avenue de Landshut F-60205 Compiegne Cedex FRANCE Tel: +33 (0)3 44 23 79 85 Fax: +33 (0)3 44 23 44 77 ====================================

Oct. 17, 2025

CNRS positions - reminder

by sdesterc

Dear colleagues, As each year, the CNRS (centre national de recherche scientifique) will hire a number of people that will work in one of its associated laboratories (nation-wide in France), requiring candidates to provide a research project as well as a list of possible laboratories (associated to CNRS) in France where they could perform the proposed research. * Why should you apply? - CNRS positions are full permanent research positions that are, to my knowledge, one of the most flexible in terms of how you do your research. - CNRS offers quite a lot of opportunities (e.g., international labs) in case you want to make long foreign stays or develop your research into a product at some point. - As a CNRS researcher, you are mostly free to join any joint CNRS lab. This means that moving within France is very easy. - The institute is committed (and I can tell that by experience) to perform qualitative rather than quantitative assessments. So no obligation to publish or perish to prosper, but you can still play the game if you want. * Why should you not apply? - The salary is a priority for you: while it is quite decent at the start and quickly increases (in a rather predictable manner, as for all French state employees), it is probably below the level of tenured people in other European countries, notably due to the fact that France has historically chosen to have a lot of permanent public researchers/lecturers/professors (so monetary means are not concentrated nor subject to competition between universities). There is a number of ways to increase it (work part-time in company, give hours of teaching, providing some expertise, having salary supplements within projects), but most take some time away from research. - Learning French is not an option for you: while CNRS hires on a very regular basis non-french speaking researchers, daily life in France is definitely much more difficult if you do not have a working French. This can typically be acquired within some years (or maybe less) after arrival. * How should you apply? - Calendar: application files are typically to be submitted around January, with interviews in May. In order to prepare the candidacy, it is advisable to take contact with prospective teams/laboratories in October, November at the latest (preparing the application files take quite some time, and should be done in coordination at least with your preferred team) - Application file: It consists of a CV, a research statement (of about 10 pages in average), and of a research project that explains your scientific project for the next 5/10 years, understandable for specialist of the section you apply to (in computer science, the committee includes people from artificial intelligence, quantum computing, logic, mathematical programming, …). Within the project must be given three CNRS laboratories and teams (to be selected by the candidate among all the possible ones) in which you would like to perform this project. - Contacting laboratories/teams: if you have a laboratory/team you would like to join in case you are selected by CNRS, you should contact it as soon as possible. If you are interested or if you think of someone that could be interested, I will be happy to answer further questions, for instance to recommend labs where you could apply depending on your research project. Best regards Sébastien

Oct. 16, 2025

FW: IEEE WCCI 2026 Maastricht | First Announcement

by Kreinovich, Vladik

IEEE WCCI 2026 - 21-26 June 2026, Maastricht, the Netherlands https://attend.ieee.org/wcci-2026/ Welcome We are pleased to announce that the 2026 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (WCCI 2026) will be held in Maastricht, the Netherlands, from 21 to 26 June 2026. This congress brings together three flagship conferences, facilitating rich knowledge exchange in neural networks, fuzzy systems and evolutionary computation: * 2026 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN) * 2026 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ) * 2026 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC) Call for Submissions We look forward to receiving many outstanding research contributions for the 2026 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence. Help shape the event by submitting a high-quality research paper, organizing a cutting-edge competition or challenge, proposing a focused special session, leading an interactive hands-on tutorial, hosting a collaborative thematic workshop, or joining a thought-provoking discussion panel as a participant or moderator. Call for Papers Paper submissions are invited (from 1 December 2025) via the WCCI 2026 website. All papers will be peer-reviewed and evaluated based on originality, significance, quality, and clarity. https://attend.ieee.org/wcci-2026/call-for-papers/ Special Sessions Special Session proposals should clearly outline the research domain of the session, highlighting its significance, impact, and relevance to the conference and the wider community. https://attend.ieee.org/wcci-2026/call-for-special-sessions/ Call for Tutorials We invite you to propose high-quality Tutorials and Workshops that align with the theme of WCCI. These will be pivotal to enhancing the learning experience of attendees. https://attend.ieee.org/wcci-2026/1222-2/ Important dates 1 November: Special sessions, competitions, tutorials, panels proposals 21 November: Special sessions, competitions, tutorials, panels notification 1 December 2025: Submission system opens 31 January: Paper submission deadline (23:59, anywhere on Earth, i.e. UTC-12) - no extension will be given! 15 March: Paper acceptance notification 15 April: Camera-ready papers 21-26 June: Congress Days Become a partner of WCCI 2026! The success of the World Congress on Computational Intelligence relies on the generous support of our esteemed sponsors. We invite you to join us as a sponsor and become an integral part of 2026 WCCI. Please find detailed information about our sponsorship opportunities at https://attend.ieee.org/wcci-2026/sponsors/ Organized by IEEE WCCI 2026 is legally organized by Stichting ConferEntis on behalf of IEEE, IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, International Neural Network Society, Maastricht University, and the University of Nottingham. Klinkhamer Group B.V. has been contracted by Stichting ConferEntis to manage the conference organization and secretariat. Klinkhamer Group B.V. has its registered office at: Duboisdomein 5D01, 6229 GT Maastricht, The Netherlands. E: wcci2026(a)klinkhamergroup.com<mailto:wcci2026@klinkhamergroup.com> T: +31 (0)43 362 70 08

Oct. 15, 2025

Call for Special Sessions IPMU2026. Rome, Italy, June 15th-19th, 2026. Extended Deadline

by Kreinovich, Vladik

*********************************************************** 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 accidental 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 founded 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<mailto:ipmu2026@sbai.uniroma1.it> Please, include in the message a description, list of topics and organizers. IMPORTANT DATES Special sessions proposals extended deadline: October 22nd, 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: Jesús Medina (Spain) Social Media Chairs Andrea Cinfrignini (Italy) Silvia Lorenzini (Italy) Executive Directors Bernadette Bouchon-Meunier (France) Ronald R. Yager (USA) [Image removed by sender. UCA] Jesús Medina Moreno Catedrático de Universidad / Full Professor Mathematics for Computational Intelligence Systems (M·CIS) Departamento de Matemáticas Universidad de Cádiz Facultad de Ciencias, Campus del Río San Pedro 11510 Puerto Real Cádiz - SPAIN Tel +34 956 01 27 12

Oct. 15, 2025

mark your calendars

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

fuzzy-related conference, mark your calendars

by Kreinovich, Vladik

Paper involving fuzzy-related imprecise probabilities are always welcome at this series of conferences. ************* The Joint NAFIPS International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, Soft Computing and Explainable AI and 10th World Conference on Soft Computing will be held in El Paso, Texas, USA, on March 14-16, 2026. https://sites.google.com/view/nafips26/ <venue> In 2025, we had a conference in Banff, Canada, on the Northern side of Rocky mountains. This year, this conference will be held in the southmost part of the same mountain range -- in El Paso, Texas. El Paso is among the ten safest cities in the US, It is a vibrant border city known for its unique blend of American and Mexican cultures, affordability, and historic charm. Located in far western Texas, the "Sun City" offers a high number of sunny days and is recognized for its beautiful desert landscapes and strong community spirit. El Paso is situated at the junction of Texas, New Mexico, and Mexico, creating a strong binational identity that influences its food, language (Spanglish is common), and festivals. The conference venue is the Art, Science, and Technology Building on the Valle Verde Campus of the El Paso Community College, see https://www.epcc.edu/Contact/about-the-campuses <Aims and Scope> As an international conference in the areas of fuzzy sets and soft computing, the NAFIPS 2026 conference will bring together scientists, engineers, students, and practitioners working in fuzzy logic and related areas to present their recent research accomplishments. The conference offers a unique platform for the exchange of ideas, fostering interaction and building multidisciplinary research linkages. <Topics> The topics cover all aspects of fuzzy systems and their applications including, but not limited to: * fuzzy sets and fuzzy logic * mathematical foundations of fuzzy sets and fuzzy systems * approximate reasoning, fuzzy inference models, and soft computing * fuzzy decision analysis, decision making, optimization, and design * fuzzy system architectures and hardware * fuzzy methods in data analysis, statistics and imprecise probability * fuzzy databases and information retrieval * fuzzy pattern recognition and image processing * fuzzy sets in management science * fuzzy control and robotics * possibility theory * fuzzy sets and logic in ontology, web, and social networks * fuzzy preference modeling * fuzzy sets in operations research and manufacturing * fuzzy database mining and financial forecasting * fuzzy neural networks * evolutionary and hybrid systems * intelligent agents and ambient intelligence * learning, adaptive, and evolvable fuzzy systems <Deadlines> Deadline for submitting tutorial and special session proposals: November 1, 2025 Deadline for paper submissions: December 1, 2025 Notification of acceptance: January 15, 2026 Deadline for final versions of accepted papers: February 15, 2026 Conference: March 14-16, 2026 <How to submit> Please submit your tutorial proposals to Marek Reformat, Tutorial Chair, by email to reformat(a)ualberta.ca<mailto:reformat@ualberta.ca>. Please submit your special session proposals to Fernando Gomide, Special Session Chair, at gomide(a)unicamp.br<mailto:gomide@unicamp.br>. Proposals for tutorials and special sessions should include the title, a short abstract, and the list of organizers (including a brief listing of their qualifications). Papers should be submitted via EasyChair, instructions will follow later. <Organizing committee> General Chair: Christian Servin (El Paso Community College) Program Chair: Scott Dick (University of Alberta, Canada) Special Sessions Chair: Fernando Gomide (University of Campinas, Brazil) Award Co-Chairs: Julia Rayz (Purdue University) Ildar Batyrshin (Instituto Politecnico Nacinal, Mexio) Tutorial Chair: Marek Reformat (University of Alberta, Canada) Industrial Liaison Chair: Kelly Cohen (University of Cincinnati) Competition Co-Chairs: Tim Arnett (Thales Flight Avionics, USA) Barnabas Bede (DigiPen University) Student and Young Researchers Chair: Wilhelm Louw (Pyramidion Co. and University of Cincinnati) Publicity Chair: Juan Carlos Figueroa-Garcia (Universita Distrital, Bogota, Colombia) Local Arrangements Co-Chairs: Christian Servin, Nadia Karichev, Ivan Alonso (El Paso Community College) Martine Ceberio, Vladik Kreinovich (University of Texas at El Paso)

Sept. 13, 2025

EurIPS Workshop on Epistemic Intelligence in ML

by Michele Caprio

The following has IPs at its core. Please consider attending and submitting! Yours, Michele --- Dear all, Still deciding between NeurIPS and EurIPS? Maybe this will help! We are delighted to announce that the 1st Workshop on Epistemic Intelligence in Machine Learning (EIML) will take place in conjunction with EurIPS 2025, this December in Copenhagen, Denmark. The workshop will bring together researchers to discuss the foundations and applications of epistemic uncertainty in machine learning. We will soon be accepting non-archival submissions (4–6 pages, excluding references and appendices). The deadline for submission is 17th October 2025. Please find below the detailed Call for Papers. For further information, please check out our workshop website: https://sites.google.com/view/eiml-eurips2025/ [sites.google.com] We warmly invite you to consider submitting your work and would be grateful if you could also help us disseminate the call within your networks. ****************************************************************************************************************************** Call for Papers: 1st Workshop on Epistemic Intelligence in Machine Learning (EIML) 6th or 7th December 2025 EURIPS 2025, Copenhagen, Denmark. https://sites.google.com/view/eiml-eurips2025/ [sites.google.com] ****************************************************************************************************************************** KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: Prof. Fabio Cuzzolin (Oxford Brokes University, United Kingdom) Prof. Eyke Hüllermeier (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU), Germany) Prof. Ryan Martin (NC State University, United States) Prof. Fanny Yang (ETH Zurich, Switzerland) PANELISTS (In addition to the keynote speakers): Prof. Jason Konek (University of Bristol, United Kingdom) Prof. Gert de Cooman (Ghent University, Belgium) ORGANISING COMMITEE: Michele Caprio (University of Manchester, United Kingdom) Siu Lun Chau (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) Ruobin Gong (Rutgers University, United States) Shireen Kudukkil Manchingal (Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom) Krikamol Muandet (CISPA Helmholz Center for Information Security, Germany) Bob Williamson (University of Tübingen, Germany) AIMS AND SCOPE: This workshop seeks contributions from researchers across machine learning, statistics, philosophy of science, decision theory, and related disciplines to explore theoretical foundations, algorithmic innovations, and practical applications that center around epistemic uncertainty (EU). We welcome works-in-progress and mature research that address the central challenge of reasoning and decision-making under epistemic uncertainty. Specific topics of interests include, but are not limited to: Representation and Measurement of Epistemic Uncertainty Mathematical Frameworks for EU: Bayesian methods, imprecise probabilities, fuzzy logic, belief functions, possibility theory, etc. Comparisons and formal properties of uncertainty representations Evaluation criteria and benchmarking strategies for UQ methods. Epistemic v.s. Aleatoric uncertainty: delineation and interaction. Prediction Under Epistemic Uncertainty Predictive models that capture and express EU: Bayesian models, evidential deep learning, credal models Generalisation under distribution shifts, domain adaptation, and robustness analysis OOD detection and safe prediction under model misspecification Learning under partial or vague supervision Decision-Making and Learning Under Epistemic Uncertainty Risk-sensitive and ambiguity-aware decision-making frameworks Uncertainty quantification in generative models Active learning, Bayesian experimental design, and uncertainty-aware optimisation EU in reinforcement learning, continual learning, and online learning setting Integration of principled uncertainty models into large-scale architectures (e.g., transformers, diffusion models) Scalable algorithms for traditionally intractable uncertainty models We encourage both theoretical contributions and applied case studies. Submissions that challenge prevailing assumptions, propose novel benchmarks, or provide insights into the philosophical and foundational dimensions of uncertainty in AI are especially welcome. Sent from Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef>

Sept. 13, 2025

IPMU'2026: first call for papers

by Enrique Miranda

******** PLEASE APOLOGIZE 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). It 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) 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 SUBMISSION INFORMATION Authors should consult Springer’s authors’ instructionshttps://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-pr… and use the proceedings template, either for LaTeX or for Word, for the preparation of their papers. We welcome two types of submissions: regular papers, with a maximum length of 12 pages, and short papers, with a maximum length of 6 pages. Papers must be submitted in PDF via easychair athttps://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=ipmu2026 The accepted long papers of IPMU 2026 will be published in the Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS) series, by Springer. GRANTS AND AWARDS A number of student grants provided by EUSFLAT will be provided to support student participation at the conference. In addition, there shall be a number of awards for the best paper and best student paper at the conference. Information about these grants shall provided at the conference website in due course. IMPORTANT DATES Paper submission deadline: January 12, 2026 Notification of acceptance: February 15, 2026 Camera-ready versions: March 1, 2026 Conference: June 15-19, 2026 Contact:ipmu2026@sbai.uniroma1.it 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: Jesús Medina (Spain) Social Media Chairs Andrea Cinfrignini (Italy) Silvia Lorenzini (Italy) Executive Directors Bernadette Bouchon-Meunier (France) Ronald R. Yager (USA)

Sept. 11, 2025

Call for Abstracts – REC2026, TU Dortmund University (2–5 September 2026)

by Faes, Matthias

Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce that the abstract submission portal is now open for the 11th International Workshop on Reliable Engineering Computing (REC2026), to be held from 2 to 5 September 2026 at TU Dortmund University, Germany. The central theme of REC2026 is: Reliability Computations in a Data and Model-Driven World We warmly invite you to contribute your latest research on uncertainty quantification, data-driven approaches, and reliability in complex systems. REC2026 will feature keynote lectures, invited talks, and discussions with leading experts from around the world. Submit your abstract here: https://rec2026.web.tu-dortmund.de/ We look forward to receiving your contributions and welcoming you in Dortmund! With best regards, The REC2026 Organizing Committee

Sept. 8, 2025

ACM SIGMETRICS Doctoral Dissertation Award -- deadline September 15

by Daniel Sadoc

ACM SIGMETRICS Doctoral Dissertation Award The SIGMETRICS Doctoral Dissertation award recognizes excellent thesis research by doctoral candidates in the field of performance evaluation analysis of computer systems. The award winner will receive a plaque, a $1,000 honorarium, and a complimentary registration to the ACM SIGMETRICS conference. The SIGMETRICS Doctoral Dissertation Award winner and up to two honorable mentions will be recognized at the annual ACM SIGMETRICS conference. *Eligibility:* - The final dissertation defense should take place at the nominee’s host institution during the 12 months prior to the submission deadline and not earlier than the previous submission deadline. Each submitted doctoral dissertation must be on a topic related to the measurement, modeling, analysis, and/or design of computing systems and networks. Of particular interest is work that presents new performance evaluation methods or that creatively applied previously developed methods to make predictions about, or gain insights into, key design tradeoffs in a variety of computing, networked, and cyber-physical systems. The determination of whether a thesis is in scope for the award will be made by the SIGMETRICS Doctoral Dissertation Award Committee. - An English-language version of the dissertation must be submitted with the nomination. - A dissertation can be nominated for both the SIGMETRICS Doctoral Dissertation Award and the ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award. - A supervisor can nominate a maximum of two PhD students in the same year. *Important dates:* - Submission deadline: September 15, 2025. - Notification: November 15, 2025. *Submission procedure:* All nomination materials must be submitted electronically by the supervisor to the 2025 committee chair, Daniel Sadoc Menasche (sadoc(a)dcc.ufrj.br) Please use the subject line: "SIGMETRICS DDA 2025 [candidate name]". You will receive an acknowledgment of successful submission within one week of your email. Nominations must be received by the submission deadline and must be submitted in English. Late submissions will not be considered. Supervisors of co-supervised candidates should coordinate to ensure that only one nomination per candidate is submitted to the committee. Nominations for the award must include: - A statement summarizing the candidate’s PhD thesis contributions and potential impact, and justification of the nomination. Please address the candidate's involvement and contributions with the SIGMETRICS or Performance community. No more than two pages; - A list of papers published within the candidate's thesis; - A copy of the PhD thesis itself; - Two endorsement letters supporting the nomination including the significant PhD thesis contributions of the candidate. Each endorsement should be no longer than 2 pages with a clear specification of the nominee’s PhD thesis contributions and potential impact; - A concise statement (one sentence) of the PhD thesis contribution for which the award is being given. This statement will appear on the plaque and on the SIGMETRICS website. PDF format is required for all materials. ACM's conflict-of-interest guidelines <https://awards.acm.org/conflict-of-interest> apply to all award nominations. The 2025 Doctoral Dissertation Award Committee comprises Daniel Sadoc Menasché (chair), Ningfang Mi, Jayakrishnan Nair, Giovanni Neglia and Ziv Scully.

Sept. 3, 2025

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

by GIUSEPPE SANFILIPPO

Second 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 ================================ 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/ ======================== 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 ============= 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, 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

July 24, 2025

PhD Opportunities in Foundations of Epistemic Uncertainty in Machine Learning at NTU Singapore

by Chau Siu Lun (Asst Prof)

Dear SIPTA community, I am currently recruiting motivated and enthusiastic PhD students with a strong mathematical, statistical, or computer science background to join my group at the College of Computing & Data Science, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. The position starts in January (or August) 2026 and is fully funded. Our research focuses on the foundations of epistemic uncertainty in machine learning. The student will work closely with me on both mathematical theory and practical algorithm development, to build intelligent systems that not only make accurate predictions, but can also recognise their limitations and communicate what they know, and how well they know it, with clarity and confidence. Key topics include: imprecise probability, uncertainty quantification, information theory, ensemble methods, cooperative-game theory, and kernel methods. For more details and application instructions, please visit: https://chau999.github.io/group/. I would be very grateful if you could share this opportunity with any strong candidates or relevant networks. Thank you very much. Best regards, Siu Lun --- Siu Lun (Alan) Chau, DPhil (Oxon) Assistant Professor College of Computing & Data Science Nanyang Technological University 50 Nanyang Ave, Block N 4, 639798 Singapore siulun.chau(a)ntu.edu.sg<mailto:siulun.chau@ntu.edu.sg> | https://chau999.github.io/ ________________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY: This email is intended solely for the person(s) named and may be confidential and/or privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete it, notify us and do not copy, use, or disclose its contents. Towards a sustainable earth: Print only when necessary. Thank you.

July 12, 2025

7th School on Belief Functions: Deadline for grant application approaching

by Serafin Moral

The 7th School on Belief Functions and their Applications University of Granada, Granada, Spain October 19 — October 23, 2025 ****************************************************************** The deadline for grant application is approaching: Deadline for grant application: July 5th Deadline for early registration: July 15th More information at: https://bfasociety.org/BFTA2025/index.html

June 25, 2025

Next ISIPTA seminar: Gregory Wheeler, 19th June, 3pm CEST

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 19th of June (Thursday). The zoom link for this seminar is https://utc-fr.zoom.us/j/84120288169 For this new seminar, we are very happy to have Gregory Wheeler as our speaker. Professor of Philosophy and Computer Science and Head of the Department of Computational Science & Philosophy at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management. He is also the co-founder of Exaloan AG. Contributions from Gregory Wheeler span many fields, including formal logic, machine learning and of course the foundations of probabilities and the role of imprecision within it. On the 19th of June, at 15:00 CEST:paris time (up to 17:00 CEST, with a talk duration of 45min/1h), he will talk about "Function-coherent gambles”. 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 19th of June, 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=gGPF9dUug2g See you at the seminar! Sébastien, Enrique and Jasper

June 12, 2025

AI-Fun with ELLIS Seminar | Theo Damoulas: Distributionally Robust Optimisation with Bayesian Ambiguity Sets

by Michele Caprio

Dear SIPTA Members, The Manchester Centre for AI Fundamentals and Manchester's ELLIS Unit are co-hosting a series of seminars featuring expert researchers working in the fundamentals of AI. On 18 June, we are joined by Prof Theo Damoulas from the University of Warwick. Title: Distributionally Robust Optimisation with Bayesian Ambiguity Sets Bio: I am a Professor in Machine Learning and Data Science with a joint appointment in Computer Science and Statistics. I am a Turing AI Fellow (2021-2026) having received the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Turing AI Acceleration Fellowship in order to lead research on setting the Machine Learning Foundations of Digital Twins. I am an ELLIS member and also affiliated with New York University as a Visiting Exchange Professor at the Center for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP). My research interests are in probabilistic machine learning and Bayesian statistics with an emphasis on the study and integration of various forms of structure and inductive biases (structured priors, spatiotemporal dependencies, dynamics, compositions, physical laws, flows, causality, etc) while advancing robust and scalable approximate inference methodologies. My research has broad applications in Digital Twins, Bayesian nonparametrics and spatiotemporal problems in urban science and computational sustainability. I am the founder and PI of the cross-departmental Warwick Machine Learning Group and I lead two large projects at The Turing that are impact stories. Please consider joining! Yours, Michele Caprio -- Centre for AI Fundamentals (AI-FUN) is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/97677103903 Meeting ID: 976 7710 3903

June 11, 2025

Call for Papers – REC2026 at TU Dortmund University

by Faes, Matthias

Call for Papers – REC2026 at TU Dortmund University Dear Colleague, We are pleased to invite you to the 11th International Workshop on Reliable Engineering Computing (REC2026), taking place 2–5 September 2026 at TU Dortmund University, Germany. Under the theme “Reliability Computations in a Data and Model-Driven World,”REC2026 connects classical uncertainty quantification with modern advances in AI and data science. As usually, a specific focus is on the development and application of imprecise probabilistic methods in engineering computations. REC2026 will offer an interdisciplinary forum on uncertainty quantification, risk assessment, and the reliability of engineering computations. The program includes keynote lectures, technical sessions, networking opportunities, a welcome reception (2 Sept), and a conference dinner (4 Sept). Important Dates 01/12/2025 – Abstract Submission 01/04/2026 – Full Paper Submission Submission templates will be provided soon. Mark your calendar and stay tuned! Website: https://rec2026.web.tu-dortmund.de/ <https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2…> Flyer attached. With best regards, Matthias Faes (TU Dortmund University) Michael Beer (Leibniz University of Hannover) REC2026 General Chairs

May 21, 2025

Gert de Cooman's invited talk in Perugia (Italy)

by Davide Petturiti

Dear SIPTA’s members, I would like to advertise the following invited talk that Gert de Cooman will give on 23 May 2025 in Perugia (Italy) at 11:00 AM (CEST). TITLE: “From accept & reject statements to conservative inference with classical and quantum probabilities: a unified approach”. The invited talk falls within the Workshop PRIN 2022 “Models for dynamic reasoning under partial knowledge to make interpretable decisions” of which I attach the program. For those of you who are interested, Gert’s talk will be streamed online on MS Teams at the following link: https://tinyurl.com/4w3yfknk For more information, do not hesitate to contact me (e-mail: davide.petturiti(a)unipg.it<mailto:davide.petturiti@unipg.it>). All the best, Davide Petturiti [signature_2588867521] Davide Petturiti, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Economics University of Perugia Address: Via Pascoli 20, 06123 Perugia, Italy Phone: +39-075-585-5218 Fax: +39-075-585-5950 Email: davide.petturiti(a)unipg.it<mailto:davide.petturiti@dmi.unipg.it> Website: https://sites.google.com/site/davidepetturiti –––––––––––––––––––––––– Associate Researcher at LIP6 - Sorbonne Université<https://www.lip6.fr/actualite/personnes-fiche.php?ident=A88> Team: LFI - Learning, Fuzzy and Intelligent systems Axis: AID - Artificial Intelligence and Data science

May 19, 2025

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

by GIUSEPPE SANFILIPPO

Call for Sessions: The 5th Italian Meeting on Probability and Mathematical Statistics, Palermo, June 8-12, 2026 Apologies if you receive multiple copies. ========================================= Conference announcement ========================================= The 5th Italian Meeting on Probability and Mathematical Statistics will be held in Palermo, Italy, from June 8-12, 2026. See: https://probabilitypalermo2026.unipa.it ============= 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 UMI (Italian Mathematical Union), will be held in Palermo from June 8 to 12, 2026. The official website of the event is: https://probabilitypalermo2026.unipa.it/ The conference will take place on the Campus of the University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, Palermo, Italy. The plenary speakers who have already confirmed their participation are: Francesca Biagini (LMU, Munich, Germany), Stefano Favaro (University of Turin, Italy), Franco Flandoli (Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, Italy), and Giuseppe Savaré (Bocconi University, Italy). One more invited speaker will be announced soon. We invite all researchers interested in contributing to the event to submit proposals for a Contributed Session. The participation of young researchers and PhD students working in Italy or abroad is strongly encouraged. Poster session proposals will be welcome at a later stage. ================================ Submission Guidelines for a CS ================================ Submission for a Contributed Session (CS) is now open. A contributed session consists of 4 presentations given by speakers invited by one or two organizers (organizers may also be speakers). To submit a Contributed Session please visit: https://probabilitypalermo2026.unipa.it/contributed-sessions/ ======================== Key Dates ======================== Submission of Contributed Sessions (CS): September 30, 2025 Notification of acceptance: November 15, 2025 Abstract submission for accepted CS: December 31, 2025 Early registration deadline: February 28, 2026 ======================== 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

May 13, 2025

7th School on Belief Functions and their Applications. Call for Participation and Financial Support

by Serafin Moral

######################################################### BFTA 2025 - Call for Participation The 7th School on Belief Functions and their Applications University of Granada, Granada, Spain October 19 — October 23, 2025 <https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbfasociet…>https://bfasociety.org/BFTA2025/index.html ######################################################### The BELIEF school is a biennial event organized by the Belief Functions and Applications Society (BFAS) that offers a unique opportunity for students and researchers to learn about fundamental and advanced aspects of the theory of belief functions (also referred to as Dempster-Shafer theory, or evidence theory), a formalism for reasoning with uncertainty. The school will be organized around a set of lectures by prominent researchers. Lectures will gradually tackle basic to more advanced theoretical concepts. They will also highlight the links with other uncertainty theories such as random sets and possibility theory, and present applications of belief functions in various domains including machine learning, information fusion, statistical inference and materials science. Student early registration (which include the tuition fees, lunches, coffee breaks and the social event): 200€ Financial support: Financial support will be offered by BFAS and the journal of Artificial Intelligence to some students for attending the school. Grants will cover registration fees. An additional amount may also be granted to cover part of the travel or accommodation, depending on individual circumstances. ISIF members can ask for a 50% discount on the registration fee. Lectures for this edition available at: https://bfasociety.org/BFTA2025/index.html#programme Important dates: • April 15, 2025: Registration opens • July 15, 2025: Deadline for early-bird registration • July 5, 2025: Deadline for BFAS and AIJ grants application • September 15, 2025: Deadline for registration For further information, contact: bfta2025(a)bfasociety.org With the support of: * Belief Functions and Applications Society (BFAS) * University of Granada * International Society on Information Fusion (ISIF) * Journal of Artificial Intelligence (Elsevier)

May 13, 2025

Next SIPTA virtual seminar: Snow Zhang on pooling imprecise probabilities, 13th May, 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 13th of May (Tuesday). The zoom link for this seminar is https://utc-fr.zoom.us/j/81082468682 For this new seminar, we are very happy to have Snow Zhang as our speaker. Snow Zhang is currently assistant professor in the Department of Philosophy and a member of the Logic Group at the University of California, Berkeley. Snow Zhang research focuses on the foundations and philosophy of probability, with combination of (imprecise) probabilities being one of her privileged topic of investigation. On the 13th of May, at 15:00 CEST:paris time (up to 17:00 CEST, with a talk duration of 45min/1h), she will talk about "Probabilistic opinion pooling and imprecise 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 13th of May, 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=gGPF9dUug2g See you at the seminar! Sébastien, Enrique and Jasper

May 6, 2025

(Not so random) new post on the SIPTA blog (on randomness and imprecision)

by Alexander Erreygers

Dear imprecise probabilities enthusiasts, Ever thought about the question “when can/should one call an infinite sequence of 0s and 1s random”? You’re not alone! While you may have never thought about this question for more than a couple of minutes, hours or days, Floris Persiau spent about 5 years thinking about this question, over the course of obtaining his doctoral degree. Curious about his way of thinking about this problem (which, of course, included allowing for imprecision), and curious to find out whether he managed to come up with a satisfactory answer? Head over to the SIPTA blog now, where Floris Persiau is handing out small bites of the big cake that is his doctoral dissertation — all for free, no strings attached. Kind regards, Alexander Erreygers

April 28, 2025

ISIPTA 2025: call for poster submissions (submission deadline: 5 may)

by sdesterc

*** The organizers would be grateful if you could inform potentially interested participants of this conference. *** ================================================================ 14th International Symposium on imprecise probabilities: theories and applications (ISIPTA 2015) Call for posters The ISIPTA 2025 conference will take place between July 15 and July 18 in Bielefeld, Germany. It will welcome researchers working on imprecise probability theories and connected fields from all over the world, to discuss recent advancements. If you did not have the time to submit a paper, there is still time to submit a poster abstract. This will not only allow you to actively participate in the event, but will also enable you to register at a reduced fee or, if you are a non-tenured scholar, to register for free. Following past ISIPTA traditions, poster submissions will receive substantial attention: each poster is presented at a plenary session as well as at the poster session that follows it, alongside the regular full paper contributions. We therefore encourage you to submit your work as a poster. This could be work in progress that you’d like to present or get feedback on, as well as existing published material that you’d like to present to the ISIPTA audience. Submissions consist of a one page abstract that summarizes the work to be presented. The deadline for poster submissions is May 5, 2025. Acceptance of poster submissions will be notified shortly after the submission. The ISIPTA steering committee • Jasper De Bock • Sébastien Destercke • Alexander Erreygers • Max Nendel • Frank Riedel • Matthias Troffaes ================================================================

April 24, 2025

Next SIPTA seminar, Krikamol Muandet on 24th April 15h Paris time, "Imprecise generalisation"

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 24th of April (Thursday). The zoom link for this seminar is https://utc-fr.zoom.us/j/88932866889 For this new seminar, we are very happy to have Krikamol Muandet as our speaker. Krikamol Muandet is currently a chief scientist and tenure-track faculty (fast track) at CISPA - Helmholtz Center for Information Security which is within the Helmholtz Association where he leads the Rational Intelligence (RI) Lab. While Krikamol prime interest lies in machine learning, a field in which he has many contributions, he has also a strong interest in its intersections with imprecise probabilities, and in particular the idea of imprecision in learning. On the 24th of April at 15:00 CEST:paris time (up to 17:00 CEST, with a talk duration of 45min/1h), he will talk about "Imprecise generalisation”. 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 24th of April, 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=XeGpbYNe5-Q See you at the seminar! Sébastien, Enrique and Jasper

April 17, 2025

Next SIPTA Seminar 25/3 (3pm Paris Time): Michael Beer on "Efficient reliability analysis with imprecise probabilities"

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 25th of March (Tuesday). The zoom link for this seminar is https://utc-fr.zoom.us/j/81624342015 For this new seminar, we are very happy to have Michael Beer as our speaker. Since 2015, Micheal Beer is Full Professor and Head of the Institute for Risk and Reliability at Leibniz Universität Hannover. Michael Beer is a leading researcher and expert in reliability and risk analysis, as witness his 2022 Alfredo Ang Award on Risk Analysis and Management of Civil Infrastructure delivered by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). In particular, he has many important contributions on how to integrate imprecise probabilistic ideas within risk and reliability problems. On the 25th of March, at 15:00 paris time (up to 17:00, with a talk duration of 45min/1h), he will talk about "Efficient reliability analysis with imprecise 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 25th of March, 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=ECs_3mfPz8M&t See you at the seminar! Sébastien, Enrique and Jasper

March 18, 2025

WUPES 2025 - 2nd call for papers

by Václav Kratochvíl

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *2nd CALL FOR PAPERS* The 13th Workshop on Uncertainty Processing *W U P E S ' 25* Třešť, Czech Republic, June 4 - 7, 2025 http://wupes.utia.cas.cz/2025/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *About* A series of Workshops on Uncertainty Processing (WUPES) has been held in Czechia since 1988. We invite submissions of papers on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence, Bayesian Networks, Conditional Independence, Stochastic Analysis, Algebraic Statistics, Information-Theoretical Inequalities, Combinatorial Methods for Secret Sharing, Fuzzy Analysis, Machine Learning, Decision Theory, Management Science, and related fields. More information about WUPES can be found on our webpage: http://wupes .utia.cas.cz/ *Submissions* We invite regular papers. First, an extended abstract (up to two pages long) should be submitted. After notification of acceptance, full papers (maximum 12 pages) should be prepared using the WUPES LaTeX template. Authors of accepted papers are expected to present their work at the workshop. *Special Issue* After the workshop, a special issue of the international journal Kybernetika <https://www.kybernetika.cz/>(published by the Institute of Information Theory and Automation of the Czech Academy of Sciences) will be organized and dedicated to WUPES'25. All selected papers will undergo a regular review process. Kybernetika publishes freely available articles at no charge. Reflecting its focus on computer science, system engineering, applied mathematics, and related interdisciplinary fields, the journal has been indexed in Web of Science and Scopus since its founding in 1965. With an impact factor of 0.9 in 2023, Kybernetika provides a platform for high-quality research. *Important Dates* - March 14, 2025: Submission of extended abstracts - March 28, 2022: Notification of acceptance - April 11, 2025: Early registration & payment deadline - May 2, 2025: Camera-ready copy of the final paper due - June 4-7, 2025: Workshop in Třešť, Czechia *Program Committee* - Milan Studený - chair, Czech Academy of Sciences - Nihat Ay, Hamburg University of Technology, Germany - Andrea Capotorti, Università di Perugia, Italy - László Csirmaz, Alfréd Rényi Inst. of Mathematics, Hungary - Radim Jiroušek, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czechia - Gernot D. Kleiter, Salzburg University, Austria - Prakash P. Shenoy, University of Kansas, USA *Organizing Committee* - Jirka Vomlel - chair, Czech Academy of Sciences - Radim Jiroušek, Czech Academy of Sciences - Václav Kratochvíl, Czech Academy of Sciences - Milan Studený, Czech Academy of Sciences *Venue* The WUPES 2025 conference will take place in the magnificent Třešť Castle, a historic site owned by the Czech Academy of Sciences. Originally a medieval fortress, the castle has undergone transformations from Renaissance to Baroque architecture and now serves as a center for academic and research activities. Participants will enjoy the serene castle park, ideal for quiet walks and relaxation. Třešť is located in the scenic Vysočina region, celebrated for its rolling hills, forests, and cultural landmarks. A highlight of the area is the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Telč, just 24 minutes away by train with regular hourly service. Telč, known for its Renaissance architecture and charming town square, offers a unique excursion opportunity for participants. For any further questions, please get in touch with the chair: *Jirka VomlelEmail: vomlel(a)utia.cas.cz <vomlel(a)utia.cas.cz>*

March 6, 2025