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[SIPTA] 1st Announcement: 8th WPMSIIP in Munich, 31st August to 5th September 2015
by ThomasAugustin March 3, 2015

March 3, 2015

Dear SIPTA list member, We are happy to announce the ** 8th Workshop on Principles and Methods of Statistical Inference with Interval Probability (WPMSIIP) ** to take place from ** Monday, 31st August, to Saturday, 5th September, 2015 in Munich, Germany. ** (See also maths.dur.ac.uk/stats/people/fc/wpmsiip.html for the previous workshops in this series and the successively updated workshop page at www.statistik.lmu.de/wpmsiip_2015/index.html.) The workshop follows the established WPMSIIP format and focuses on the informal discussion of ongoing research in imprecise probability and related topics. Thus it provides an ideal platform for stimulating exchange of ideas, including the opportunity for PhD students to present their first results to a wider, encouraging audience. The workshop week from Monday to Friday is roughly structured by (generally formulated) 'theme days', which are organized individually by two topic experts in the style they feel appropriate. On Saturday there will be a day excursion to a nice place nearby. Everyone is most welcome to participate and to present her/his views on one or more of the covered topics, on one or more days! We welcome any stimulating contribution, ranging from a 5 minutes sketch of some current idea or an unanswered question to a longer presentation of ongoing research or discussion panels on controversial issues. Please contact us before April 10th at julia.plass(a)stat.uni-muenchen.de if you have suggestions for topics or theme days. For sake of organization we would kindly ask you to let us know prior to mid June if you intend to participate. Feel free to get in touch with us at any time if you require further information. Best wishes from Munich, Thomas Augustin, on behalf of the WPMSIIP group and the local organizers

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[SIPTA] Lectureship(s) in Statistics at the University of Hull
by Marco Cattaneo Feb. 25, 2015

Feb. 25, 2015

Dear friends and colleagues, Two new Lecturer (Assistant Professor) positions are available at the Department of Mathematics of the University of Hull: at least one of them is in Statistics, and research interests in Imprecise Probabilities are particularly welcome. To see the full job description and apply online, please visit: jobs.hull.ac.uk/FS0168 The closing date for applications is: Friday 20 March 2015 If you have any questions about the position or the Department, feel free to contact me. Best wishes, Marco --- Dr Marco Cattaneo Department of Mathematics Robert Blackburn Building, Room 066B University of Hull Hull, HU6 7RX, UK Tel: +44 (0)1482 466566 http://www2.hull.ac.uk/science/mathematics/staff/cattaneo.aspx ************************************************** To view the terms under which this email is distributed, please go to http://www2.hull.ac.uk/legal/disclaimer.aspx **************************************************

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Re: [SIPTA] IEEE SSCI"2016: mark your calendars
by Kreinovich Feb. 14, 2015

Feb. 14, 2015

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[SIPTA] Third school on belief functions and their applications (announcement), September 28th to October 2nd, Stella Plage, France
by Arnaud Martin Feb. 14, 2015

Feb. 14, 2015

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Re: [SIPTA] IMEKO Congress
by Kreinovich Feb. 12, 2015

Feb. 12, 2015

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Re: [SIPTA] IMEKO Congress
by Kreinovich Feb. 12, 2015

Feb. 12, 2015

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Re: [SIPTA] applications to structural engineering: CFP
by Kreinovich Feb. 9, 2015

Feb. 9, 2015

FYI, please note that probabilistic and interval methods are among the highlighted topics -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Dr.M.V.Rama Rao [dr.mvrr(a)gmail.com] please help in forwarding the attached call for papers to the members of Interval Computations mailing list Rama Rao ******************************************************************* CALL FOR PAPERS SPECIAL TECHNICAL SESSIONS AT THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING WORLD CONGRESS (SEWC-2015), SINGAPORE We would like to kindly invite you to contribute to our Technical sessions, which we organize and co-organize at the Structural Engineering World Congress (SEWC-2015) October 19-22, 2015, Singapore (http://sewc2015.org/) We would be very pleased if you could accept this invitation and present a paper in one or more of our Technical Sessions. Please find the details of our Technical sessions at the end of this email and the descriptions attached. Please indicate your interest in participating in the conference by sending a mail to dr.mvrr(a)gmail.com or suryapp(a)yahoo.com at the earliest. Abstracts can be submitted online as per the instructions provided at http://sewc2015.org/abstract-submission/ Deadlines Abstract Submission: 16 March 2015 Abstract Acceptance by: 16 April 2015 Final Paper Submission: 16 July 2015 Please submit your abstract according to the instructions online through the conference webpage and, in addition, email a copy to us. Please accept our apologies if you receive this call for papers more than once through different channels. Sincerely, M. V. Rama Rao, Professor in Civil Engineering, Vasavi College of Engineering, Hyderabad, India Email: dr.mvrr(a)gmail.com P. Surya Prakash President, Association of Consulting Civil Engineers (India) Email: suryapp(a)yahoo.com DETAILS OF TECHNICAL SESSIONS 1. Structural Reliability This technical session aims to aims to outline the latest developments of handling the issue of reliability in Structural engineering. Contributions are invited with emphasis on theory, numerical methods and applications of the following areas a) Structural reliability b) Non-deterministic methods of structural analysis (Probabilistic, fuzzy and interval approaches) c) Any other research topics in the broader framework of the main theme of Structural Reliability 2. Advances in Structural Engineering This technical session aims to aims to outline the latest developments in the field of Structural engineering. Contributions are invited with emphasis on theory, numerical methods and applications of the following areas a) Computational Structural Mechanics (including application of neural networks, genetic algorithms and expert systems in Structural Analysis) b) Innovations in materials and methods of construction c) Any other research topics in the broader framework of the main theme of Structural Engineering ******************************************************************** Dr.M.V.Rama Rao M.Tech,PhD,Postdoc(KU Leuven),FIE,FACCE(I),FICI,MISTE Professor,Department of Civil Engineering Vasavi College of Engineering, Hyderabad-500 031 INDIA ---------------------------------------------------------- Formerly Postdoctoral Fellow, Departement Computerwetenschappen 200 a, Celestijnenlaan, Heverlee, B3001- Belgium

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[SIPTA] Call for papers: Special Issue on "Inductive Statistical Methods" - Entropy Journal
by Cassio P. de Campos Feb. 9, 2015

Feb. 9, 2015

Forwarding a call. Best regards, cassio. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Call for papers: Special Issue on "Inductive Statistical Methods" for Entropy (ISSN 1099-4300; http://www.mdpi.com/journal/entropy) A short prospectus is given at the volume website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/entropy/special_issues/inductive-statistical This special issue will be fully Open Access. More information is available at http://www.mdpi.com/about/openaccess/ Entropy is an open access journal which maintains a rigorous and fast peer-review system and accepted papers are immediately published online. Because it is an online and open access journal, papers published in Entropy will receive high publicity. It is fully covered by the leading indexing and abstracting services, including Google Scholar, MathSciNet, Scopus and Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science). The Impact Factor for Entropy is 1.564 (2013). The importance of using statistical methods in the development of research is widely recognized by the general scientific community. This special issue focuses on foundations of statistics and their proper application in practical problems. Interest in foundations of inductive Statistics has been growing together with the increasing availability of new Bayesian methodological alternatives. Scientists need to deal with the increase difficulty in the choice of optimal methods to be applied to their research problems that each day becomes closer to reality. The examination and discussion on foundations prevent the mere ad-hoc application of Bayesian methods to scientific problems. Specific areas of interest include (but are not limited to): * Formal applications of Inductive Statistical methods to novel applied problems. * Philosophical accounts of Inductive Statistical methods (including contributions arguing for or against those). * Methodological developments of Inductive Statistics (taking in account the practical usability of them). * Surveys of the state of the art in one of the above areas. The official deadline for submissions is 31 May 2015. However, you may send your manuscript at any time before the deadline. We can organize a very fast peer-review, if accepted, the paper will be published immediately. The special issue editors: Prof. Dr. Carlos Alberto De Bragança Pereira University of São Paulo, cpereira(a)ime.usp.br Prof. Dr. Adriano Polpo Federal University of Sao Carlos, polpo(a)ufscar.br Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any further questions.

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[SIPTA] Extended deadline: PhD Scholarship on Regression with Interval Data (University of Hull)
by Marco Cattaneo Feb. 6, 2015

Feb. 6, 2015

A full-time PhD Scholarship on Regression with Interval Data is available at the University of Hull, Department of Mathematics. Regression is one of the main methods of statistical analysis, widely used in all application fields. However, data are often not of the quality required in order to perform standard regression analyses. In particular, data are often interval-censored, meaning that data values are not known exactly, but only known to lie in particular intervals. The goal of the PhD project is to develop a well-founded general approach to regression with interval-censored data. The closing date for applications is 13 February 2015. The Scholarship will start on 28 September 2015. For more information, please see: http://www2.hull.ac.uk/student/scholarships/scienceandengineering/regressio… --- Dr Marco Cattaneo Department of Mathematics Robert Blackburn Building, Room 066B University of Hull Hull, HU6 7RX, UK Tel: +44 (0)1482 466566 http://www2.hull.ac.uk/science/mathematics/staff/cattaneo.aspx ************************************************** To view the terms under which this email is distributed, please go to http://www2.hull.ac.uk/legal/disclaimer.aspx **************************************************

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[SIPTA] FW: Publicity for SMC 2015
by Kreinovich Feb. 5, 2015

Feb. 5, 2015

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[SIPTA] ECSQARU: final call for papers and deadline extension
by Sébastien Destercke Jan. 30, 2015

Jan. 30, 2015

** apologies for cross-posting ** ====================================================================== ECSQARU 2015, 15th-17th July 2015 Thirteenth European Conference on Symbolic and Quantitative Approaches to Reasoning with Uncertainty Dates: July 15th-17th, 2015 Location: Compiègne, France Submission deadline (extended): February 27th, 2015 Notification: April 15th, 2015 Final version: May 1st, 2015 Further information: https://ecsqaru2015.hds.utc.fr/ ====================================================================== Please note that this extended deadline is a hard deadline. No further extensions will be announced. Scope ----------- The biennial ECSQARU conferences constitute a major forum for advances in the theory and practice of reasoning under uncertainty. Contributions come from researchers interested in advancing the technology and from practitioners using uncertainty techniques in real-world applications. The scope of the ECSQARU conferences encompasses fundamental issues, representation, inference, learning, and decision making in qualitative and numeric uncertainty paradigms. The 13th European Conference on Symbolic and Quantitative Approaches to Reasoning with Uncertainty will be held in Compiègne, France, on July 15th-17th, 2015. Publication and indexing ---------------------------------- In accordance with the previous conferences, the proceedings of ECSQARU 2015 will be published in the Springer Lecture Notes in Articial Intelligence series. Authors are requested to prepare their conference papers in the LNCS/LNAI format, indexed by the following services: - ISI Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Science (CPCI-S), included in ISI Web of Science - EI Engineering Index (Compendex and Inspec databases) - ACM Digital Library - dblp - Google Scholar - IO-Port - MathSciNet - Scopus - Zentralblatt MATH Extended version of selected papers will appear in a special issue of the International Journal of Approximate Reasoning. Invited speakers ----------------------- We are glad to announce that the following speakers have agreed to give an invited talk at the conference: - Edith Elkind, Oxford University - Teddy Seidenfeld, Carnegie Mellon University - Marco Zaffalon, Istituto "Dalle Molle" di Studi sull’Intelligenza Artificiale (IDSIA) Conference organization ---------------------------------- ECSQARU 2015 is organized by the Heudiasyc research laboratory at the Université de Technologie de Compiègne, and more specifically by: - Prof. Thierry Denoeux (Conference Chair) - Dr. Véronique Cherfaoui - Dr. Sébastien Destercke - Dr. Benjammin Quost - Dr. Mohamed Sallak They can be contacted through ecsqaru2015(a)hds.utc.fr

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Re: [SIPTA] Call for papers: Symposium on “Stochastic Optimization, Uncertainty and Probability”, ASME 2015 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (November 13-19, 2015, Houston, Texas)
by Kreinovich Jan. 28, 2015

Jan. 28, 2015

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[SIPTA] ISIPTA '15 FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS & POSTERS
by Enrique Miranda Jan. 28, 2015

Jan. 28, 2015

*ISIPTA '15 FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS & POSTERS* 9th International Symposium on Imprecise Probability: Theories and Applications 20-24 July 2015 Pescara, Italy Website with up-to-date information on all aspects of the conference: http://www.sipta.org/isipta15 Scientific program contact: isipta15(a)easychair.org Local organization contact: isipta15(a)unich.it *Important Dates* 1 Feb - Paper abstracts due (*no preliminary paper required at this date*) 20 Feb - Review-ready papers due (*deadline extended*) 31 Mar - Conference hotel pre-reservation deadline 08 Apr - Paper notification 17 Apr - Poster-only abstracts due 06 May - Poster-only notification 29 May - Early-bird registration deadline (€350 full; €200 student) *Scope & Symposium Format* ISIPTA is the primary international forum to present and discuss new results related to imprecise probability. We welcome both theoretical and applied original contributions. In this edition, we especially welcome papers connecting imprecise probabilities with related research in fields such as economics, philosophy, sociology, and engineering. There will be no parallel sessions. Each paper that is accepted is presented both (i) in a plenary session, meant for a short introduction and a sketch of the context and relevance; and (ii) in a poster session, where ample time is given for in-depth explanation and discussion. The poster-only track provides a second, free format presentation option. It is also open for preliminary results, challenges, etc. *New: non-proceedings papers* To adapt to different publication cultures in different fields, we introduce a new option: the non-proceeding papers. Authors may request that their contribution is not published in the proceedings in case this precludes later publication of an expanded journal version. The PC Board will decide on a case-by-case basis. If accepted, a one-page abstract will be published in the proceedings, and the paper must be freely available on-line (e.g., as a working paper). *Invited Speakers* Massimo Marinacci Department of Decision Sciences, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy Itzhak Gilboa Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel-Aviv University, Israel & HEC, Paris, France Peter M. Williams Department of Informatics, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK & BW Mining, Brighton, UK *Special Issue* After the conference, a special issue with a selection of the accepted papers will be published in an expanded version in the International Journal of Approximate Reasoning. *Steering Committee* T. Augustin (LMU München, Germany) + PC Board G. de Cooman (Ghent University, Belgium) S. Doria (University G. d'Annunzio, Italy) + Local Organization E. Miranda (University of Oviedo, Spain) + PC Board E. Quaeghebeur (CWI, Amsterdam, Netherlands) + PC Board T. Seidenfeld (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) We look forward to your contribution and to seeing you in Pescara!

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Re: [SIPTA] MS at APSSRA 2016
by Kreinovich Jan. 24, 2015

Jan. 24, 2015

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[SIPTA] Accept & reject statement-based uncertainty models
by Erik Quaeghebeur Jan. 22, 2015

Jan. 22, 2015

Dear colleagues, I am pleased to announce the publication in IJAR of a paper co-authored by Gert de Cooman, Filip Hermans, and myself: Accept & reject statement-based uncertainty models Links: * Journal version (free download until March 12th): http://authors.elsevier.com/a/1QPbF,KD6Z3Yjz or (the above link does not work for me in Firefox) http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/authShare/S0888613X14001789/20150121T1… * DOI: 10.1016/j.ijar.2014.12.003 * Author post-print version (v6 update with some errata fixed will arrive by next week): http://arxiv.org/abs/1208.4462 Abstract: We develop a framework for modelling and reasoning with uncertainty based on accept and reject statements about gambles. It generalises the frameworks found in the literature based on statements of acceptability, desirability, or favourability and clarifies their relative position. Next to the statement-based formulation, we also provide a translation in terms of preference relations, discuss—as a bridge to existing frameworks—a number of simplified variants, and show the relationship with prevision-based uncertainty models. We furthermore provide an application to modelling symmetry judgements. Keywords: Acceptability; Indifference; Desirability; Favourability; Preference; Prevision Best regards, Erik Quaeghebeur -- http://ac.erikquaeghebeur.name

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[SIPTA] Doctoral Fellow at Queen's University Belfast - School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
by Cassio P. de Campos Jan. 15, 2015

Jan. 15, 2015

Forwarding announcement of postdoc position here at Queen's, best, cassio. ====== Jobs: Queen's University Belfast - School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Job Ref:15/103681 http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AKF760/research-fellow-multi-agent-systems-for-la… Available immediately for the PACES project and in collaboration with BAE Systems, National Nuclear Laboratory, Network Rail, SciSys, Sellafield, Schlumberger, DSTL and UK Space Agency, the successful candidate will conduct advanced research in the following areas (subject to changes): i. Developing belief change models in multi-agent environments under uncertain sensory data and other forms of inputs; ii. Developing dynamic planning under uncertainty algorithms in the context of BDI agents; iii. Developing (discrete and continuous) event models and prediction approaches for autonomous planning and execution in MASs. Anticipated interview date: Friday 13 February 2015 Salary scale: £31,342 - £40,847 per annum (including contribution points) Closing date: Monday 2 February 2015 Please visit our website for further information and to apply online - http://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/eeecs/Workwithus/CurrentVacancies/ or alternatively contact the Personnel Department, Queen's University Belfast, BT7 1NN. Telephone (028) 90973044 or e-mail on personnel(a)qub.ac.uk The University is committed to equality of opportunity and to selection on merit. It therefore welcomes applications from all sections of society and particularly welcomes applications from people with a disability. Fixed term contract posts are available for the stated period in the first instance but in particular circumstances may be renewed or made permanent subject to availability of funding. Dr Kim Bauters Knowledge and Data Engineering Cluster School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Queen's University Belfast www: http://www.cs.qub.ac.uk/~k.bauters/

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[SIPTA] ECSQARU 2015 second cfp
by Sébastien Destercke Jan. 12, 2015

Jan. 12, 2015

** apologies for cross-posting ** ====================================================================== ECSQARU 2015, 15th-17th July 2015 Thirteenth European Conference on Symbolic and Quantitative Approaches to Reasoning with Uncertainty Dates: July 15th-17th, 2015 Location: Compiègne, France Submission deadline: February 6th, 2015 Notification: March 27th, 2015 Final version: April 24th, 2015 Further information: https://ecsqaru2015.hds.utc.fr/ ====================================================================== Scope ---------- The biennial ECSQARU conferences constitute a major forum for advances in the theory and practice of reasoning under uncertainty. Contributions come from researchers interested in advancing the technology and from practitioners using uncertainty techniques in real-world applications. The scope of the ECSQARU conferences encompasses fundamental issues, representation, inference, learning, and decision making in qualitative and numeric uncertainty paradigms. The 13th European Conference on Symbolic and Quantitative Approaches to Reasoning with Uncertainty will be held in Compiègne, France, on July 15th-17th, 2015. Publication and indexing ---------------------------------- In accordance with the previous conferences, the proceedings of ECSQARU 2015 will be published in the Springer Lecture Notes in Articial Intelligence series. Authors are requested to prepare their conference papers in the LNCS/LNAI format, indexed by the following services: - ISI Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Science (CPCI-S), included in ISI Web of Science - EI Engineering Index (Compendex and Inspec databases) - ACM Digital Library - dblp - Google Scholar - IO-Port - MathSciNet - Scopus - Zentralblatt MATH Extended version of selected papers will appear in a special issue of the International Journal of Approximate Reasoning. Invited speakers ------------------------ We are glad to announce that the following speakers have agreed to give an invited talk at the conference: - Edith Elkind, Oxford University - Teddy Seidenfeld, Carnegie Mellon University - Marco Zaffalon, Istituto "Dalle Molle" di Studi sull’Intelligenza Artificiale (IDSIA) Conference organization ---------------------------------- ECSQARU 2015 is organized by the Heudiasyc research laboratory at the Université de Technologie de Compiègne, and more specifically by: - Prof. Thierry Denoeux (Conference Chair) - Dr. Véronique Cherfaoui - Dr. Sébastien Destercke - Dr. Benjammin Quost - Dr. Mohamed Sallak They can be contacted through ecsqaru2015(a)hds.utc.fr

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[SIPTA] [1st CfP] IJCAI’15 Workshop on Sensitivity Analysis and Robustness in Probabilistic Graphical Models
by Alessandro Antonucci Jan. 12, 2015

Jan. 12, 2015

IJCAI’15 Workshop on Sensitivity Analysis and Robustness in Probabilistic Graphical Models Buenos Aires, July 25-27, 2015 - http://ipg.idsia.ch/wijcai15/ FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS Probabilistic graphical models are important tools in machine learning and artificial intelligence for reasoning with uncertainty. They provide means to represent large multivariate domains compactly and to perform sophisticated learning and reasoning efficiently. Examples of probabilistic graphical models are Bayesian networks, Markov Random fields, chain and factor graphs, Gaussian graphical models, to name but a few. The quantification of these models usually requires sharp (i.e., precise) assessments of the model local potentials and might be subject to robustness issues. For instance, perturbations of some parameter values may lead to different decisions from those which would be achieved by the unperturbed model, suggesting that decisions are not reliable. Reliability might also be in question because of missing data and assumptions behind the process. The workshop invites submissions of papers on all aspects of sensitivity analysis and robustness in probabilistic graphical models. Contributions may have a theoretical focus and/or an applied focus. A non-exhaustive list of topics follows. - Local and/or global sensitivity analysis. - Parameter-based and/or decision-based sensitivity analysis. - Design of robust learning, inference and/or decision making approaches. - Robust analysis and design of robustness measurements. - Extensions of probabilistic graphical models. - Reliable qualitative learning and reasoning. - Robust treatment of missing data. - Imprecise probability and other theories related to sensitivity analysis. - Computational complexity, exact and approximate algorithms. Each submission will be reviewed by peers using a double-blind process (please use the third person in self citations and take all necessary care not to identify yourselves). Accepted papers will be published electronically in a volume of the JMLR Workshop and Conference Proceedings series. There will be no rebuttal phase, but contributions considered worth publishing and needing substantial revision might be subject to a second round of reviewing/evaluation. All accepted papers will be presented at the workshop. At least one of the paper's authors should register and attend the workshop to present the work. Submissions must be formatted according to style and template files available for the Journal of Machine Learning Research (JMLR) Workshop and Conference Proceedings - two-column version. The style files are available at http:/ipg.idsia.ch/wijcai15/sarpgm15.tar.gz Papers (including figures, tables, references, etc) are expected to have between 6 and 10 pages. IMPORTANT DATES Apr 27, 2015 - Deadline for submissions of contributions May 20, 2015 - Workshop paper acceptance notification May 30, 2015 - Deadline for workshop camera-ready copy (in case of minor revision; contributions needing major revision might need additional time - this will be arranged case by case) PC MEMBERS Alessandro Antonucci*, IDSIA, Switzerland. Alessio Benavoli, IDSIA, Switzerland. Cassio P. de Campos*, Queen's University Belfast, UK. Arthur Choi, University of California, Los Angeles, USA. Giorgio Corani*, IDSIA, Switzerland. Fabio Cozman, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Adnan Darwiche, University of California, Los Angeles, USA. Sebastien Destercke, Univ. de Technologie de Compiegne, France. Marek Druzdzel, University of Pittsburgh, USA. Johan Kwisthout, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Agnieszka Onisko, Bialystok University of Technology, Poland. Denis Maua, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Serafin Moral, Universidad de Granada, Spain. Silja Renooij, Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands. Matthias Troffaes, University of Durham, UK. (*: Workshop organizers.) More details about the submission procedure are available online. http://ipg.idsia.ch/wijcai15/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ (We apologize in case you receive multiple copies of this announcement, but yet we hope to reach the greatest possible number of people. Finding a trade-off is not an easy task.) -- _________________________________ Alessandro Antonucci IDSIA Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence Via Cantonale (Galleria 2) CH-6928, Manno-Lugano, CH mail: alessandro(a)idsia.ch skype: alessandro.antonucci tel: +41 916108515 web: www.idsia.ch/~alessandro _________________________________

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[SIPTA] ISIPTA'15 second call for papers and posters
by Enrique Miranda Jan. 11, 2015

Jan. 11, 2015

*ISIPTA '15 SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS & POSTERS* 9th International Symposium on Imprecise Probability: Theories and Applications 20-24 July 2015 Pescara, Italy Website with up-to-date information on all aspects of the conference: http://www.sipta.org/isipta15 Scientific program contact: isipta15(a)easychair.org Local organization contact: isipta15(a)unich.it *Important Dates* 30 Jan - Paper abstracts & preliminary papers due 13 Feb - Review-ready papers due 31 Mar - Conference hotel pre-reservation deadline 08 Apr - Paper notification 17 Apr - Poster-only abstracts due 06 May - Poster-only notification 29 May - Early-bird registration deadline (€350 full; €200 student) *Scope & Symposium Format* ISIPTA is the primary international forum to present and discuss new results related to imprecise probability. We welcome both theoretical and applied original contributions. In this edition, we especially welcome papers connecting imprecise probabilities with related research in fields such as economics, philosophy, sociology, and engineering. There will be no parallel sessions. Each paper that is accepted is presented both (i) in a plenary session, meant for a short introduction and a sketch of the context and relevance; and (ii) in a poster session, where ample time is given for in-depth explanation and discussion. The poster-only track provides a second, free format presentation option. It is also open for preliminary results, challenges, etc. *New: non-proceedings papers* To adapt to different publication cultures in different fields, we introduce a new option: the non-proceeding papers. Authors may request that their contribution is not published in the proceedings in case this precludes later publication of an expanded journal version. The PC Board will decide on a case-by-case basis. If accepted, a one-page abstract will be published in the proceedings, and the paper must be freely available on-line (e.g., as a working paper). *Invited Speakers* Massimo Marinacci, AXA-Bocconi Chair in Risk Department of Decision Sciences, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy Itzhak Gilboa, Professor of Economics and Decision Sciences Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel-Aviv University, Israel & HEC, Paris, France Peter M. Williams, a Founding Father of Imprecise Probability and Principal BW Mining, Brighton, UK *Special Issue* After the conference, a special issue with a selection of the accepted papers will be published in an expanded version in the International Journal of Approximate Reasoning. *Steering Committee* T. Augustin (LMU München, Germany) + PC Board G. de Cooman (Ghent University, Belgium) S. Doria (University G. d'Annunzio, Italy) + Local Organization E. Miranda (University of Oviedo, Spain) + PC Board E. Quaeghebeur (CWI, Amsterdam, Netherlands) + PC Board T. Seidenfeld (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) We look forward to your contribution and to seeing you in Pescara!

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[SIPTA] FW: mark your calendars
by Kreinovich Jan. 10, 2015

Jan. 10, 2015

FYI, for those who are interested in quantitative applications to economics ************************************************************* The 9th International Conference of the Thailand Econometric Society TES'2016: Causal Inference in Econometrics January 6-8, 2016 information will be posted on http://www.cmse-conference.org/ Call for Papers: TES'2016 calls for academic papers in the field of theoretical and empirical econometrics. The theme of the conference in January 2016 is "Causal Inference in Econometrics". The conference also welcomes all disciplines in quantitative economics.

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Re: [SIPTA] IFSA-EUSFLAT 2015: CFP - Submission deadline extension.
by Kreinovich Jan. 10, 2015

Jan. 10, 2015

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[SIPTA] ESREL special session on Bayesian modelling to handle epistemic uncertainty in risk and reliability
by Matthias Troffaes Jan. 9, 2015

Jan. 9, 2015

Dear colleagues, See below, another ESREL special session that might be of interest to our community. Although not as explicitly mentioned, imprecise probability contributions (e.g. robust Bayesian methods for risk & reliability modelling) are also very welcome. Cheers, Matthias ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ullrika Sahlin <ullrika.sahlin(a)cec.lu.se> Date: Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 10:20 AM Welcome to submit papers and to a special session on "Bayesian modelling to handle epistemic uncertainty in risk and reliability” at the next European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL) to be held in Zurich, September 7-10, 2015. The session is organized by Dr Ullrika Sahlin Lund University, Dr John Paul Gosling University of Leeds and Dr Kevin Wilson University of Strathclyde who can provide further information. This special session aims to give a broad overview of applications of Bayesian modelling to handle knowledge-based uncertainty in assessments and decision making. We welcome both applied and conceptual contributions in dealing with knowledge-based uncertainty using a Bayesian framework. For example, contributions are sought on the applications and theoretical considerations of expert elicitation, characterising uncertainty in model parameters and structure, learning strategies and evidence synthesis. The deadline for submitting a 400-word abstract is January 31st. Author guidelines can be found here: http://esrel2015.ethz.ch/?page_id=29 The paper submission system is now open: http://esrel2015.ethz.ch/system/index.php/esrel/2015/login. Don’t forget to indicate the special session when submitting your abstract, or send Ullrika an email (ullrika.sahlin(a)cec.lu.se) indicating that you would like to be part of this session. We look forward to hear from you Ullrika, John Paul and Kevin

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[SIPTA] Fwd: Invitation to session on Info-gap theory in safety and reliability assessments
by Matthias Troffaes Jan. 5, 2015

Jan. 5, 2015

Dear colleagues, This may be of interest to some of you - note the deadline of 31 January for abstracts. Cheers, Matthias ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ullrika Sahlin <ullrika.sahlin(a)cec.lu.se> Date: Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 9:44 AM Subject: Invitation to session on Info-gap theory in safety and reliability assessments Welcome to submit a paper to a special session on Info-gap theory in safety and reliability assessments at the next European Safety and Reliability Conference ESREL to be held in Zürich September 7 – 10th 2015. Besides hosting some state-of-the art applications of info-gap theory in assessments the aims of this session are to 1) Demonstrate the potential of using info-gap theory to deal with weaknesses in underlying information or uncertainty arising from making severe extrapolations. 2) Discuss basic concepts behind info-gap theory and how these relate to concepts of risk, uncertainty and decision theory. 3) Encourage novel applications of info-gap theory to treat and communicate epistemic uncertainty in the space between uncertainty quantified by knowledge-based Bayesian probabilities and uncertainty quantified by non-probabilistic measures. This session is organized by Dr. Ullrika Sahlin and I am happy to provide you with further information. Deadline for abstract submission is January 31st. The paper submission system is now open, http://esrel2015.ethz.ch/system/index.php/esrel/2015/login. Don’t forget to indicate the special session at abstract submission or send us an email that you would like to be part of this session. Please forward this invitation to people in your network that may be keen in contributing!

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[SIPTA] FW: special issue, from Alan Wong
by Kreinovich Dec. 24, 2014

Dec. 24, 2014

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[SIPTA] [jobs] 150th Anniversary PhD Scholarship on "Real-time Action Recognition for Human-Robot Interaction" - Deadline extended to Jan 9 2015
by Fabio Cuzzolin Dec. 22, 2014

Dec. 22, 2014

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[SIPTA] FW: UAI 2015 - Call for Tutorials
by Kreinovich Dec. 19, 2014

Dec. 19, 2014

FYI, an interesting opportunity to promote imprecise probabilities -----Original Message----- From: Jonas Peters [apologies if you receive multiple copies of this mail] ============================== UAI 2015 - Call for Tutorials ============================== The UAI 2015 Organizing Committee invites proposals for tutorials. The tutorials will be held at the 31st Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence, on July 12, 2015 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. http://auai.org/uai2015/tutorials.shtml We seek proposals for tutorials on core areas that enjoy broad interest within the UAI community. We are interested in tutorials on established as well as emerging research topics within the field itself, but we also welcome tutorials from related research fields or application areas (e.g., computer vision, natural language processing, etc.). Important dates --------------- Wednesday, March 10, 2015: Tutorial proposals due. Wednesday, April 15, 2015: Acceptance notification. Sunday, July 12, 2015: Tutorials date. How to Propose a Tutorial ------------------------- Proposals are expected to have an overall length of 2 to 3 pages. They should provide sufficient information to evaluate the quality and importance of the topic, the likely quality of the presentation materials, and the speakers' teaching ability. Tutorials may be taught by more than one person to provide a richer, more balanced coverage of an area. When proposing a tutorial, please include the following sections: ** Topic overview -- What will the tutorial be about? Why do you believe this is an interesting and significant subject for the UAI community? ** Target audience -- From which areas do you expect potential participants to come? What prior knowledge, if any, do you expect from the audience? What will the participants learn? How many participants do you expect? ** Tutorial length -- previous years, tutorials were limited to a total length of two hours. If you would like to spend more (or less) time than this, please indicate and motivate your preferred tutorial length. ** Content details -- Provide a detailed outline of the topics to be presented, including estimates for the time that will be devoted to each subject. If possible, provide samples of past tutorial slides or teaching materials. In case of multiple presenters, specify how you will distribute the work. ** Format -- How will you present the material? Will there be multimedia parts of the presentation? Do you plan software demonstrations? Specify any extraordinary technical equipment that you would need. ** Organizers and presenters' expertise -- Please include the name, e-mail address, and webpage of all presenters. In addition, outline the presenters' background and include a list of publications in the tutorial area. Tutorial proposals should be submitted by March 10, 2015: * via email to S.Renooij at uu.nl * with the subject line: "UAI 2015 Tutorial Proposal" * in PDF format For more information you can contact: Silja Renooij (s.renooij at uu.nl) Tutorial Chair UAI 2015

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[SIPTA] FYI: a wikipedia page on p-boxes
by Kreinovich Dec. 18, 2014

Dec. 18, 2014

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[SIPTA] PhD Scholarship: Regression with Interval Data (University of Hull)
by Marco Cattaneo Dec. 18, 2014

Dec. 18, 2014

A full-time PhD Scholarship on Regression with Interval Data is available at the University of Hull, Department of Physics and Mathematics. Regression is one of the main methods of statistical analysis, widely used in all application fields. However, data are often not of the quality required in order to perform standard regression analyses. In particular, data are often interval-censored, meaning that data values are not known exactly, but only known to lie in particular intervals. The goal of the PhD project is to develop a well-founded general approach to regression with interval-censored data. The closing date for applications is 2 February 2015. The Scholarship will start on 28 September 2015. For more information, please see: http://www2.hull.ac.uk/student/scholarships/scienceandengineering/regressio… --- Dr Marco Cattaneo Lecturer in Mathematics Department of Physics and Mathematics Robert Blackburn Building, Room 066B University of Hull Hull, HU6 7RX, UK Tel: +44 (0)1482 466566 http://www2.hull.ac.uk/science/physicsandmathematics/staff/cattaneo.aspx ************************************************** To view the terms under which this email is distributed, please go to http://www2.hull.ac.uk/legal/disclaimer.aspx **************************************************

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[SIPTA] IFSA-EUSFLAT2015 - Special Session on satistics with uncertain data - Call for Papers
by ENRIQUE MIRANDA MENENDEZ Dec. 17, 2014

Dec. 17, 2014

************* IFSA-EUSFLAT 2015 special session ************* Your help with circulating this announcement locally is much appreciated. Apologies for multiple postings. Dear colleagues, We are organizing, within IFSA-EUSFLAT 2015 (http://www.softcomputing.es/metaspace/portal/12/407-home?pms=1,333,407002,v…) a special session on the topic: Statistical inference and learning with uncertain data In this special session, we would like to attract contributions dealing with the following issues: * Modeling of uncertain data * Inference and decision from uncertain data * Data uncertainty reduction/disambiguation All submission touching on one or more of these topics are welcomed. Details about the call can be found in at http://www.softcomputing.es/metaspace/portal/12/513 Submissions should follow the guidelines of IFSA-EUSFLAT (see http://www.softcomputing.es/metaspace/portal/12/451-submissions?pms=1,333,4…) Important dates ============= – 16th January 2015: paper submission – 16th March 2015: notification of acceptance – 30th June - 3rd July 2015 : conference Organizers ========= Any question or request related to this special session can be addressed to one of the organizers: - Inés Couso, Universidad de Oviedo, couso(a)uniovi.es - Sébastien Destercke, HEUDIASYC, Compiegne, sebastien.destercke(a)hds.utc.fr - Luciano Sanchez, Universidad de Oviedo, luciano(a)uniovi.es - Olivier Strauss, LIRMM, Montpellier, strauss(a)lirmm.fr Best regards.

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[SIPTA] IFSA-EUSFLAT2015 - Special Session on satistics with uncertain data - Call for Papers
by Sébastien Destercke Dec. 16, 2014

Dec. 16, 2014

************* IFSA-EUSFLAT 2015 special session ************* Your help with circulating this announcement locally is much appreciated. Apologies for multiple postings. Dear colleagues, We are organizing, within IFSA-EUSFLAT 2015 (http://www.softcomputing.es/metaspace/portal/12/407-home?pms=1,333,407002,v…) a special session on the topic: Statistical inference and learning with uncertain data In this special session, we would like to attract contributions dealing with the following issues: * Modeling of uncertain data * Inference and decision from uncertain data * Data uncertainty reduction/disambiguation All submission touching on one or more of these topics are welcomed. Details about the call can be found in at http://www.softcomputing.es/metaspace/portal/12/513 Submissions should follow the guidelines of IFSA-EUSFLAT (see http://www.softcomputing.es/metaspace/portal/12/451-submissions?pms=1,333,4…) Important dates ============= – 16th January 2015: paper submission – 16th March 2015: notification of acceptance – 30th June - 3rd July 2015 : conference Organizers ========= Any question or request related to this special session can be addressed to one of the organizers: - Inès Couso, Universidad de Oviedo, couso(a)uniovi.es - Sébastien Destercke, HEUDIASYC, Compiegne, sebastien.destercke(a)hds.utc.fr - Luciano Sanchez, Universidad de Oviedo, luciano(a)uniovi.es - Olivier Strauss, LIRMM, Montpellier, strauss(a)lirmm.fr Best regards.

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[SIPTA] Symposium on Computational Intelligence for Engineering Solutions CIES'2015, Cape Town, South Africa, December 7-10, 2015
by Kreinovich Dec. 15, 2014

Dec. 15, 2014

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[SIPTA] URGENT - PhD Scholarship in Real-time Action Recognition for Human-Robot Interaction
by Fabio Cuzzolin Dec. 12, 2014

Dec. 12, 2014

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[SIPTA] FW: an interesting mini-symposium
by Kreinovich Dec. 6, 2014

Dec. 6, 2014

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[SIPTA] Deep Learning and Representation Learning Workshop: NIPS 2014
by Adam Coates Dec. 2, 2014

Dec. 2, 2014

Call for participation: Deep Learning and Representation Learning Workshop http://www.dlworkshop.org/ Friday, December 12, 2014 Palais des Congrès de Montréal/Convention and Exhibition Center, Montreal, Canada Held in conjunction with Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS) 2014. Please see the tentative schedule here: http://www.dlworkshop.org/schedule Scheduled location: Level 5; room 511 a,b, d,e ---- Deep Learning algorithms attempt to discover good representations, at multiple levels of abstraction. There has been rapid progress in this area in recent years, both in terms of algorithms and in terms of applications, but many challenges remain. The workshop aims at bringing together researchers in that field and discussing these challenges, brainstorming about new solutions. The workshop will present paper submissions in 2 poster sessions with several papers selected for oral presentation. Topics include: * deep learning algorithms and models (supervised or unsupervised, including about building blocks of deep nets, like RBMs and auto-encoders, etc.) * inference and optimization algorithms * semi-supervised, transfer learning, and multi-modal algorithms * theoretical foundations of deep learning (both supervised and unsupervised) * applications of deep learning (convolutional networks, word and sentence representation models, etc.) Through invited talks and presentations by the participants, this workshop will showcase the latest advances in deep learning and address questions that are at the center of current deep learning research. INVITED SPEAKERS: Phil Blunsom (Oxford U.) Herbert Jaeger (Jacobs U. Bremen) Rich Schwartz (BBN) Vlad Mnih (Google DeepMind) Surya Ganguli (Stanford U.) Leon Bottou (Microsoft) ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: Yoshua Bengio Adam Coates Roland Memisevic Andrew Ng Daan Wierstra

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Re: [SIPTA] ESREL2015 - European Safety and Reliability Conference in Zürich, 7-10 September 2015
by Kreinovich Dec. 1, 2014

Dec. 1, 2014

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[SIPTA] automatically (?) updated online bibliographies on different topics
by Kreinovich Nov. 30, 2014

Nov. 30, 2014

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[SIPTA] Paper Announcement: Symmetric coherent upper conditional prevision defined by the Choquet integral with respect to Hausdorff outer measure
by Serena Doria Nov. 26, 2014

Nov. 26, 2014

The article "Symmetric coherent upper conditional prevision defined by the Choquet integral with respect to Hausdorff outer measure" has just been published and is available as 'Online First' on SpringerLink: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10479-014-1752-x Abstract In a metric space symmetric fuzzy measures defined on the class of all subsets are introduced. Coherent upper conditional probabilities defined by Hausdorff outer measures are symmetric and distorted coherent upper con- ditional probabilities defined by Hausdorff outer measures with concave dis- tortion are proven to be symmetric. Null events and symmetric events with respect to coherent upper conditional probabilities defined by Hausdorff outer measures are characterized. Coherent upper conditional prevision defined as Choquet integral with respect to Hausdorff outer measure is symmetric be- cause it is invariant with respect to equimeasurable random variables. Author Serena Doria Department of Engineering and Geology University G. d'Annunzio, Chieti, Italy Tel.: +0039-0871-3555364 E-mail: s.doria(a)dst.unich.it ----- Fine messaggio inoltrato. -----

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Re: [SIPTA] IUKM 2015 -- Call for Papers
by Kreinovich Nov. 21, 2014

Nov. 21, 2014

FYI, organizers made a minor change of dates, to avoid conflict with IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics IEEE SMC'2015, Hong Kong, October 10-13, 2015, and to have these two conferences back-to-back ________________________________________ [Please help in distributing the following CFP. Sorry for multiple postings] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Fourth International Symposium on INTEGRATED UNCERTAINTY in KNOWLEDGE MODELLING and DECISION MAKING http://www.jaist.ac.jp/IUKM/IUKM2015/ OCTOBER 15-17, 2015, Nha Trang, VIETNAM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Proposals for special sessions are encouraged and welcome. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The International Symposium on Integrated Uncertainty in Knowledge Modelling and Decision Making (IUKM) aims to provide a forum for exchanges of research results, ideas for and experience of application among researchers and practitioners involved with all aspects of uncertainty management and application. Previous symposia have been successfully held in Ishikawa, Japan (IUM 2010 - AISC 68), Hangzhou, China (IUKM 2011 - LNAI 7027) and Beijing, China (IUKM 2013 - LNAI 8032). The fourth IUKM (2015) will take place in the beautiful coastal city of Nha Trang, Vietnam, during 15th-17th October, 2015. Relevant topics for the IUKM 2015 Symposium include, but are not limited to, the following: + Theory and Methodology - Uncertainty formalisms: Bayesian probability, Dempster-Shafer theory, imprecise probability, random sets, rough sets, fuzzy sets and interval-based models - logics for reasoning under uncertainty - Information fusion and knowledge integration in uncertain environments - Decision making under various types of uncertainty - Aggregation operators - Copulas for dependence modelling - Granular and soft computing + Application - Data mining and knowledge discovery - Ontology engineering and Semantic Web - Intelligent data analysis and modelling - Medical informatics and bioinformatics - Ranking and recommendation systems - Kansei/affective engineering - Engineering management - Supply chain management - Environmental management - Service science - Economics and econometrics - Social network analysis and mining PUBLICATION The authors are invited to submit their full papers by May 11, 2015. The submissions will be peer-reviewed for originality and scientific quality. As done in previous editions, the proceedings of IUKM 2015 will be published by Springer-Verlag in the Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence series, and be available at the Symposium. Authors are requested to prepare their papers in the Springer LNAI format. Submissions should not exceed 12 pages and must be submitted electronically through the conference's Easychair submission page (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iukm2015) In addition, after the Symposium, the authors of selected papers from IUKM 2015 will be invited to submit substantially extended and updated version of their work for possible inclusion in special issues of Annals of Operations Research and International Journal of Approximate Reasoning. IMPORTANT DATES Deadline for paper submission: 11 May 2015 Notification of acceptance/rejection: 15 July 2015 Final camera-ready: 10 August 2015 Author registration: 10 August 2015 Early registration: 7 September 2015 Symposium dates: 15 - 17 October 2015 -------------------------- PC Co-Chairs Van-Nam Huynh (JAIST, Japan) Thierry Denoeux (University of Technology of Compiègne, France) Masahiro Inuiguchi (University of Osaka, Japan)

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[SIPTA] FW: A Conference on Integrated Uncertainty in Knowledge Modeling and Decision Making Oct. 2015
by Kreinovich Nov. 20, 2014

Nov. 20, 2014

Forwarding, FYI Papers related to imprecise probabilities and their integration with other types of uncertainty are very welcome at this series of conferences ________________________________________ Please mark your calendars: The Fourth International Conference on Integrated Uncertainty in Knowledge Modeling and Decision Making (IUKM) will be held in Nha Trang, Vietnam, on October 12-14, 2015, see conference website http://www.jaist.ac.jp/IUKM/IUKM2015/ for more details. Papers are due on May 11, 2015. Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended versions of their papers to special issues of International Journal of Approximate Reasoning and of Annals of Operations Research.

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[SIPTA] [jobs] PhD Scholarship in Real-time Action Recognition for Human-Robot Interaction
by Fabio Cuzzolin Nov. 19, 2014

Nov. 19, 2014

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[SIPTA] University of Oxford, Department of Computer Science: up to 15 fully funded doctoral studentships
by Thomas Lukasiewicz Nov. 17, 2014

Nov. 17, 2014

[Apologies if you receive this more than once.] UP TO 15 FULLY FUNDED DOCTORAL STUDENTSHIPS UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE http://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/files/6952/studentshipad.pdf Following a generous donation by Google, the Department of Computer Science at the University of Oxford is delighted to invite applications for up to 15 fully-funded DPhil (Oxford’s PhD) studentships tenable from 1st October 2015. The University of Oxford is consistently ranked amongst the very best Computer Science departments in the world, for both teaching and research. We are committed to attracting the world’s most talented students and working with them to continue the success of the department. The topics for the studentships are open, but should relate to the interests of one of the Department’s research areas: Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Automated Verification, Computational Biology, Foundations, Logic & Structures, Information Systems, Machine Learning, Multi-Agent Systems, Programming Languages, Security, Semantics and Software Engineering. We also encourage applications in cross disciplinary areas such as Linguistics, Biology, Medicine and Quantum Foundations & Quantum Computation. The studentships are for three years and are open to students of any nationality. Each studentship will cover university and college fees with a stipend of at least £13,863 per year. Applicants are normally expected to have, or be predicted to achieve, a first-class or a strong upper second-class grade in either (i) a four-year undergraduate degree (with integrated masters) in a relevant subject (or equivalent international qualifications), or (ii) a three-year BSc/BA degree followed by excellent (distinction) performance in a master's degree in a relevant subject. Applicants must obtain the support of a potential supervisor in the Department prior to submitting their application. Initial contact with supervisors should be made at least two weeks prior to the closing date for applications. Informal enquiries may be addressed to Julie.sheppard(a)cs.ox.ac.uk and for more information please see our webpages: http://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/ Please apply online here quoting 15-STUD-CS-01 in the studentship reference box: https://apply.graduate.ox.ac.uk/urd/sits.urd/run/siw_ipp_lgn.login?process=… Closing date for applications: 9th January 2015

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[SIPTA] FW: an interesting challenge related to imprecise probabilities
by Kreinovich Nov. 7, 2014

Nov. 7, 2014

FYI -----Original Message----- Dear Sir, dear Madam, dear Colleagues, Our 6th Competitive Game, organized jointly with the French Federation of Mathematical Games, has started. The game is endowed with 2 000 Euros for prizes. The topic for this year is "Uncertainties in GPS Positioning", in partnership with: The French Institute for Transportation Science and Technology, Geolocalisation Team (IFSTTAR/CoSys/Geoloc) and: The French Ministry of Transportation, Mission for Tarification Pricing (MEDDTL/DIGITIM/SAGS/MT) Please see: http://scmsa.eu/archives/SCM_FFJM_Competitive_Game_2014_2015.pdf (in English) All data are included in the above file. The deadline for answers is April 30th, 2015. Answers may be sent in English or in French, pdf format. Please inform your colleagues, students, friends, about this game. Best regards, Prof. Bernard Beauzamy Chairman and CEO Societe de Calcul Mathematique SA 111 Faubourg Saint Honore, 75008 Paris, France Faubourg Saint Honore, 75008 Paris, France

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[SIPTA] ECSQARU 2015 CALL for Special Sessions
by Sébastien Destercke Nov. 5, 2014

Nov. 5, 2014

*** apologies for cross-posting *** ====================================================================== ECSQARU 2015 CALL for Special Sessions Thirteenth European Conference on Symbolic and Quantitative Approaches to Reasoning with Uncertainty Proposal Deadline: 1st December Dates: July 15th-17th, 2015 Location: Compiègne, France ====================================================================== We invite proposals of special sessions for the next ECSQARU 2015, to be held during the conference. These special sessions can aim at fundamental, theoretical or practical issues regarding reasoning under uncertainty, in symbolic and quantitative settings. INSTRUCTIONS Submission of proposals should include: * the session title, * a short description of the session and its main topics, * the session relevance to the ECSQARU conference, * a list of organizers (at least 2), * a list of potential submissions (if possible). Each special session should contain at least four papers. Those having fewer than four accepted papers will potentially be canceled, with accepted papers moved either to regular sessions or, if appropriate, to related special sessions. The upper limit for papers authored by each organizer will be 25% (rounded up) of the overall number of accepted papers in the session. Proposals should be sent to ecsqaru2015(a)hds.utc.fr before the 1st December 2014 EVALUATION OF PROPOSALS Special session proposals will be evaluated based on the timeliness, uniqueness of the topic and qualifications of the proposers. The proposers are expected to have a PhD degree and have a good publication track record in the proposed area. After review, a decision on whether the proposal will be accepted will be sent to the proposers. However, it is possible that an accepted proposal will be combined with another one to avoid multiple special sessions covering a similar topic. Accepted special sessions will be listed on the conference website. A final decision will be made two weeks after the submission deadline. SUBMISSION AND REVIEWS FOR SPECIAL SESSION PAPERS Manuscripts intended for special sessions should be submitted through the general paper submission website as regular submissions. During submission, authors submitting to special sessions should check the corresponding category. Papers submitted to special sessions will undergo the same review and decision process as regular papers. Organizers will be consulted to propose potential reviewers. IMPORTANT DATES Special sessions proposals should be submitted before the 1st december 2014. Submission and decision dates are the same as regular submissions. The ECSQARU 2015 scientific chairs Thierry Denoeux Sébastien Destercke

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[SIPTA] FW: REC 2016
by Kreinovich Nov. 5, 2014

Nov. 5, 2014

Dear Friends, Mark your calendars, a 2016 biannual Workshop on Reliable Engineering Computing REC'2016 will be held in Bochum, Germany, June 15-17, 2016. -----Original Message----- From: Steffen Freitag [mailto:steffen.freitag(a)sd.rub.de] I would like to keep you up to date about REC 2016. The conference will be held on Wednesday-Friday, June 15-17, 2016. Best regards Steffen

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[SIPTA] CfP: ISIPTA '15, 20-24 July 2015, Pescara, Italy
by Serena Doria Oct. 30, 2014

Oct. 30, 2014

*ISIPTA '15 CALL FOR PAPERS* 9th International Symposium on Imprecise Probability: Theories and Applications 20-24 July 2015 Pescara, Italy Website with up-to-date information on all aspects of the conference: http://www.sipta.org/isipta15 Scientific program contact: isipta15(a)easychair.org Local organization contact: isipta15(a)unich.it *Important Dates* 30 Jan - Paper abstracts & preliminary papers due 13 Feb - Review-ready papers due 31 Mar - Conference hotel pre-reservation deadline 08 Apr - Paper notification 17 Apr - Poster-only abstracts due 06 May - Poster-only notification 29 May - Early-bird registration deadline (?350 full; ?200 student) *Scope & Symposium Format* ISIPTA is the primary international forum to present and discuss new results related to imprecise probability. We welcome both theoretical and applied original contributions. In this edition, we especially welcome papers connecting imprecise probabilities with related research in fields such as economics, philosophy, sociology, and engineering. There will be no parallel sessions. Each paper that is accepted is presented both (i) in a plenary session, meant for a short introduction and a sketch of the context and relevance; and (ii) in a poster session, where ample time is given for in-depth explanation and discussion. The poster-only track provides a second, free format presentation option. It is also open for preliminary results, challenges, etc. *New: non-proceedings papers* To adapt to different publication cultures in different fields, we introduce a new option: the non-proceeding papers. Authors may request that their contribution is not published in the proceedings in case this precludes later publication of an expanded journal version. The PC Board will decide on a case-by-case basis. If accepted, a one-page abstract will be published in the proceedings, and the paper must be freely available on-line (e.g., as a working paper). *Already Confirmed Invited Speakers* Massimo Marinacci, AXA-Bocconi Chair in Risk Department of Decision Sciences, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy Itzhak Gilboa, Professor of Economics and Decision Sciences Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel-Aviv University, Israel & HEC, Paris, France *Special Issue* After the conference, a special issue with a selection of the accepted papers will be published in an expanded version in the International Journal of Approximate Reasoning. *Steering Committee* T. Augustin (LMU München, Germany) + PC Board G. de Cooman (Ghent University, Belgium) S. Doria (University G. d'Annunzio, Italy) + Local Organization E. Miranda (University of Oviedo, Spain) + PC Board E. Quaeghebeur (CWI, Amsterdam, Netherlands) + PC Board T. Seidenfeld (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) We look forward to your contribution and to seeing you in Pescara!

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[SIPTA] PhD Scholarship available - Real-time Action Recognition for Human-Robot Interaction - deadline October 31 2014
by Fabio Cuzzolin Oct. 27, 2014

Oct. 27, 2014

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[SIPTA] CFP: 3rd International Symposium on Learning and Data Sciences (SLDS 2015)
by Gert de Cooman Oct. 22, 2014

Oct. 22, 2014

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[SIPTA] Statistics
by Marco Zaffalon Oct. 8, 2014

Oct. 8, 2014

Dear Friends in Imprecise Probability, Recently Alessio Benavoli and I have published a paper in Statistics, a journal from Taylor & Francis group; the paper is concerned with using prior near-ignorance in the multivariate exponential family. You can access the paper following this link: http://ipg.idsia.ch/publications.php#benavoli2014b. Apart from a certain pride and self-promotion, the other reason why I am writing this email to the list is to advertise the name of the journal to our community. As some of you will be aware, publishing an imprecise probability paper in a traditionally oriented statistical journal can be horribly tough; this is the case even if we use the traditional statistical language and take all the possible care to prevent criticism. I am thinking in particular of the papers that have the potential to affect the statistical practice rather than the purely theoretical papers. So to me it is good news that there exist some statistical journals (at least one) for which we are complete outsiders, that can eventually accept our papers. This is not to say that it will be easy, just possible. In fact in our case it has been quite difficult to convince the skeptical reviewers to make the paper go through. If you have had a good experience with some statistical journal of the above type, you could consider sharing such information through this list as well, so as we all can be aware about the possible venues (as opposed to the impossible ones) for our statistical papers. All the best wishes, Marco

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[SIPTA] Open positions in Queen's University Belfast
by Cassio P. de Campos Oct. 6, 2014

Oct. 6, 2014

Dear all, There are some open positions here at Queen's University Belfast. Usually these positions are either permanent (with initial probation) or are tracks to become permanent. The links follow below. While I note that I am not part of the hiring committee, if anyone wants further information, just drop me a message and I will be glad to help. Best regards, cassio. - http://www.qub.ac.uk/sites/QUBJobVacancies/FeaturedJobs/QueensUniversityRes… This first link doesn't mention statistics, computer science, data sciences, but I know that a person in such field will be considered as long as their work can have applications to one of those listed areas. - http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AJP691/lecturer-senior-lecturer-reader/ - http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AJP290/doctoral-fellow/

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[SIPTA] LATA 2015: extended submission deadline 16 October
by GRLMC Oct. 5, 2014

Oct. 5, 2014

*To be removed from our mailing list, please respond to this message with UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ***** SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED: October 16 ***** ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- **************************************************************************************** 9th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE AND AUTOMATA THEORY AND APPLICATIONS LATA 2015 Nice, France March 2-6, 2015 Organized by: CNRS, I3S, UMR 7271 Nice Sophia Antipolis University Research Group on Mathematical Linguistics (GRLMC) Rovira i Virgili University http://grammars.grlmc.com/lata2015/ **************************************************************************************** AIMS: LATA is a conference series on theoretical computer science and its applications. Following the tradition of the diverse PhD training events in the field developed at Rovira i Virgili University in Tarragona since 2002, LATA 2015 will reserve significant room for young scholars at the beginning of their career. It will aim at attracting contributions from classical theory fields as well as application areas. VENUE: LATA 2015 will take place in Nice, the second largest French city on the Mediterranean coast. The venue will be the University Castle at Parc Valrose. SCOPE: Topics of either theoretical or applied interest include, but are not limited to: algebraic language theory algorithms for semi-structured data mining algorithms on automata and words automata and logic automata for system analysis and programme verification automata networks automata, concurrency and Petri nets automatic structures cellular automata codes combinatorics on words computational complexity data and image compression descriptional complexity digital libraries and document engineering foundations of finite state technology foundations of XML fuzzy and rough languages grammars (Chomsky hierarchy, contextual, unification, categorial, etc.) grammatical inference and algorithmic learning graphs and graph transformation language varieties and semigroups language-based cryptography parallel and regulated rewriting parsing patterns power series string and combinatorial issues in bioinformatics string processing algorithms symbolic dynamics term rewriting transducers trees, tree languages and tree automata unconventional models of computation weighted automata STRUCTURE: LATA 2015 will consist of: invited talks peer-reviewed contributions INVITED SPEAKERS: Paola Inverardi (L’Aquila), Synthesis of Protocol Adapters Johann A. Makowsky (Technion, Haifa), Hankel Matrices for Graph Parameters and Graph Grammars Giancarlo Mauri (Milano Bicocca), Complexity Classes for Membrane Systems Andreas Podelski (Freiburg), Automated Program Verification Antonio Restivo (Palermo), The Shuffle Product: New Research Directions PROGRAMME COMMITTEE: Andrew Adamatzky (West of England, Bristol, UK) Andris Ambainis (Latvia, Riga, LV) Franz Baader (Dresden Tech, DE) Rajesh Bhatt (Massachusetts, Amherst, US) José-Manuel Colom (Zaragoza, ES) Bruno Courcelle (Bordeaux, FR) Erzsébet Csuhaj-Varjú (Eötvös Loránd, Budapest, HU) Aldo de Luca (Naples Federico II, IT) Susanna Donatelli (Turin, IT) Paola Flocchini (Ottawa, CA) Enrico Formenti (Nice, FR) Tero Harju (Turku, FI) Monika Heiner (Brandenburg Tech, Cottbus, DE) Yiguang Hong (Chinese Academy, Beijing, CN) Kazuo Iwama (Kyoto, JP) Sanjay Jain (National Singapore, SG) Maciej Koutny (Newcastle, UK) Antonín Kučera (Masaryk, Brno, CZ) Thierry Lecroq (Rouen, FR) Salvador Lucas (Valencia Tech, ES) Veli Mäkinen (Helsinki, FI) Carlos Martín-Vide (Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, ES, chair) Filippo Mignosi (L’Aquila, IT) Victor Mitrana (Madrid Tech, ES) Ilan Newman (Haifa, IL) Joachim Niehren (INRIA, Lille, FR) Enno Ohlebusch (Ulm, DE) Arlindo Oliveira (Lisbon, PT) Joël Ouaknine (Oxford, UK) Wojciech Penczek (Polish Academy, Warsaw, PL) Dominique Perrin (ESIEE, Paris, FR) Alberto Policriti (Udine, IT) Sanguthevar Rajasekaran (Connecticut, Storrs, US) Jörg Rothe (Düsseldorf, DE) Frank Ruskey (Victoria, CA) Helmut Seidl (Munich Tech, DE) Ayumi Shinohara (Tohoku, Sendai, JP) Bernhard Steffen (Dortmund, DE) Frank Stephan (National Singapore, SG) Paul Tarau (North Texas, Denton, US) Andrzej Tarlecki (Warsaw, PL) Jacobo Torán (Ulm, DE) Frits Vaandrager (Nijmegen, NL) Jaco van de Pol (Twente, Enschede, NL) Pierre Wolper (Liège, BE) Zhilin Wu (Chinese Academy, Beijing, CN) Slawomir Zadrozny (Polish Academy, Warsaw, PL) Hans Zantema (Eindhoven Tech, NL) ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: Sébastien Autran (Nice) Adrian Horia Dediu (Tarragona) Enrico Formenti (Nice, co-chair) Sandrine Julia (Nice) Carlos Martín-Vide (Tarragona, co-chair) Christophe Papazian (Nice) Julien Provillard (Nice) Pierre-Alain Scribot (Nice) Bianca Truthe (Giessen) Florentina Lilica Voicu (Tarragona) SUBMISSIONS: Authors are invited to submit non-anonymized papers in English presenting original and unpublished research. Papers should not exceed 12 single-spaced pages (including eventual appendices, references, etc.) and should be prepared according to the standard format for Springer Verlag's LNCS series (see http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0) Submissions have to be uploaded to: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lata2015 PUBLICATIONS: A volume of proceedings published by Springer in the LNCS series will be available by the time of the conference. A special issue of the Journal of Computer and System Sciences (Elsevier, 2013 JCR impact factor: 1.0) will be later published containing peer-reviewed substantially extended versions of some of the papers contributed to the conference. Submissions to it will be by invitation. REGISTRATION: The period for registration is open from July 21, 2014 to March 2, 2015. The registration form can be found at: http://grammars.grlmc.com/lata2015/Registration.php DEADLINES: Paper submission: October 16, 2014 (23:59 CET) – EXTENDED – Notification of paper acceptance or rejection: November 18, 2014 Final version of the paper for the LNCS proceedings: November 25, 2014 Early registration: November 25, 2014 Late registration: February 16, 2015 Submission to the journal special issue: June 6, 2015 QUESTIONS AND FURTHER INFORMATION: florentinalilica.voicu(a)urv.cat POSTAL ADDRESS: LATA 2015 Research Group on Mathematical Linguistics (GRLMC) Rovira i Virgili University Av. Catalunya, 35 43002 Tarragona, Spain Phone: +34 977 559 543 Fax: +34 977 558 386 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Nice Sophia Antipolis University Rovira i Virgili University --- Este mensaje no contiene virus ni malware porque la protección de avast! Antivirus está activa. http://www.avast.com

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