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Organized Session CMStatistics 2022
by Davide Petturiti Sept. 3, 2022

Sept. 3, 2022

Dear all, Barbara Vantaggi and myself are organizing the session Decisions under partial knowledge at the CMStatistics 2022 conference. Below I report all the details. Should you be interested in submitting an abstract, please let us know by sending an email to davide.petturiti(a)unipg.it. Best regards, Davide Petturiti #################################################### Conference details: *15th International Conference of the ERCIM WG on Computational and Methodological Statistics (CMStatistics 2022)* King's College London, 17-19 December 2022 (hybrid in-person and virtual) http://www.cmstatistics.org/CMStatistics2022/index.php Organized Invited Session details: EO202: Decisions under partial knowledge Organizers: Davide Petturiti, Barbara Vantaggi Abstract submission deadline: 8 September 2022 Registration deadline: 16 September 2022 -- Davide Petturiti, Ph.D. 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 <davide.petturiti(a)dmi.unipg.it> Website: https://sites.google.com/site/davidepetturiti

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Re: CFP MDAI 2023, Deadline 15 December 2022
by Kreinovich, Vladik Sept. 2, 2022

Sept. 2, 2022

FYI, probabilistic methods are one of the highlighted topics, and papers related to imprecise probabilities are always welcome at this series of conferences -----Original Message----- From: Vicenc Torra Sent: Friday, September 2, 2022 9:24 AM Dear all, hope you are well. Sorry for multiple postings. MDAI 2023 (Umea, Sweden) will take place just before midsummer. White nights will be provided. Vicenç Torra Umea University, Sweden -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS 20th Modeling Decisions for Artificial Intelligence MDAI 2023, Umea, Sweden June 19-22, 2023 http://www.mdai.cat/mdai2023 Proceedings: LNAI; CORE-B conference; Deadline: December 15th Decision processes in a broad sense, including model building and all kind of mathematical tools for data aggregation, information fusion, and decision making; tools to help decision in data science problems (including e.g., statistical and machine learning algorithms as well as data visualization tools); and algorithms for data privacy and transparency-aware methods so that data processing processes and decisions made from them are fair, transparent, explainable and avoid unnecessary disclosure of sensitive information. Tracks on (i) data science, (ii) machine learning, (iii) data privacy, (iv) aggregation funcions, (v) human decision making, and (vi) graphs and (social) networks. MDAI is rated as a CORE B conference by the Computing Research and Education Association of Australasia - CORE. *Important Dates* LNAI Submission deadline: December 15th, 2022 LNAI Acceptance notification: March 1st, 2023 Final version of LNAI accepted papers: March 17th, 2023 USB-only Submission deadline: April 30th, 2023 USB Acceptance notification: May 20th, 2023 Early registration: March 15th, 2023 Conference: 19-22 June, 2023 *Submission and Publication* Original technical contributions are sought. Contributions will be selected on the basis of their quality. Papers should not exceed 12 pages in total (using LNCS/LNAI style). Proceedings with accepted papers will be published in the LNAI/LNCS series (Springer-Verlag). We publish additional proceedings in a volume (with ISBN) with a later deadline. Program co-chairs: Vicenc Torra (Umea University, Sweden) Yasuo Narukawa (Tamagawa University, Japan) AB, PC, local organizing committee and additional information: http://www.mdai.cat/mdai2023

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congratulations to Michael Beer and possibility to join European Safety and Reliability Association
by Kreinovich, Vladik Aug. 31, 2022

Aug. 31, 2022

Dear Colleagues, Our colleague Michael Beer from Germany - whose research is in uncertainty, including imprecise probabilities -- has just been elected Chair of the European Safety and Reliability Association ESRA https://esrahomepage.eu/ He will be the association chair for 2 years, with the possibility to be reelected for one more 2-year term. Congratulations to Michael! This organization sponsors annual conferences ESREL'XX. While this association is officially called European, it has been, in effect, a world-wide association, its conferences attract people from all over the world, and Michael - who has a lot of international contacts and collaborations - plans to actively continue enhancing the international status of his organization. The association accepts international institutions as members, the cost is only 115 Euros per year, and it brings discounts and other advantages -- see Michael's email below. Please contact Michael if your organization is interested in joining. I am sending him a copy of this message. From: Michael Beer [mailto:beer@irz.uni-hannover.de] Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2022 12:02 AM my appointment is for the next 2y term and can be extended by another 2 years. I will use this position to interconnect communities in the field globally and to tie in more leading experts from the field worldwide. ESRA is accepting membership from international institutions. The membership is for the entire institution. The annual membership fee is only 115 Euros. In return, participants of the ESREL conferences from the member institution get a discount of usually 100 Euros on fees. That is, when 2+ participants from the institution attend, it already pays off. If 5 participants come, it counts down 500 Euros, which is about one free ticket. Furthermore, membership would involve you in the developments and give you a nice exposure in the community. Michael

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Fall 2022 topics course: Imprecise-Probabilistic Foundations of Statistics & Data Science
by Ryan Martin Aug. 11, 2022

Aug. 11, 2022

Dear SIPTA community, This coming Fall 2022 semester (starting August 23rd), I'll be teaching an advanced special topics course for Statistics PhD students at North Carolina State University entitled "Imprecise-Probabilistic Foundations of Statistics & Data Science". It's a typical, in-person lecture course, but the lectures will be recorded and made publicly available so, in principle, anyone who is interested can -- and is welcome to -- follow along or even participate in a non-credit-earning capacity. The course website, with some information about what I plan to do, is here https://wordpress-courses2223.wolfware.ncsu.edu/st-790-001-fall-2022/ This is where the lecture videos and other relevant materials will be posted. Please feel free to contact me if you have questions. Sincerely, Ryan Martin Professor Department of Statistics North Carolina State University Email: rgmarti3(a)ncsu.edu Web: https://www4.stat.ncsu.edu/~rmartin

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DA2PL 2022 - 2nd call for papers
by Sébastien Destercke Aug. 4, 2022

Aug. 4, 2022

*** please disseminate this information to possibly interested persons *** ===========C A L L F O R P A P E R S============ DA2PL 2022: From Multiple Criteria Decision Aid to Preference Learning Université de Technologie de Compiègne, France November 17-18, 2022 https://da2pl.pre.utc.fr/ ======== AIM ======== DA2PL 2022 (From Multiple Criteria Decision Aid to Preference Learning) aims to bring together researchers from decision analysis and machine learning. It provides a forum for discussing recent advances and identifying new research challenges in the intersection of both fields, thereby supporting a cross-fertilisation of these disciplines. Following the five previous editions of this workshop, which took place in Mons in 2012, Paris in 2014, Paderborn in 2016, Poznan in 2018, and Trento (virtually) in 2020, DA2PL 2022 will be held at the Université de Technologie de Compiègne, France, the 17 and 18 november. =================== Keynote SPEAKERS =================== We are delighted to announce that the following persons have accepted to give a keynote speech at the conference: * Denis Bouyssou, Université Paris Dauphine, LAMSADE * Nicolas Usunier, Facebook AI research * Thomas Augustin, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich =================== AMAI special issue =================== We are also happy to announce that, in partnership with the journal "Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence", we will propose to authors of selected papers to submit an extended version of their submission to an AMAI special issue focusing on recent advances of preference handling. ================= Important dates ================= May 1st: submissions open September 15th: paper submission deadline (extended and final) October 10th: author notification November 3rd: Camera-ready version of papers November 17-18: Conference ======================== DA2PL 2022 vs COVID-19 ======================== We expect DA2PL to be mainly a physical event. We will provide a virtual option for participants wishing to be there remotely, but will request at least one full registration per submitted paper. ======== TOPICS ======== DA2PL 2022 solicits contributions to the usage of theoretically supported preference models and formalisms in preference learning as well as communications devoted to innovative preference learning methods in decision analysis and multicriteria decision aiding. Specific topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - quantitative and qualitative approaches to modelling preferences, user feedback and training data; - preference representation in terms of graphical models, logical formalisms, and soft constraints; - dealing with incomplete and uncertain preferences; - preference aggregation and disaggregation; - learning utility functions using regression-based approaches; - preference elicitation and active learning; - preference learning in combinatorial domains; - learning relational preference models and related regression problems; - classification problems, such as ordinal and hierarchical classification; - inducing monotonic decision models for preference representation; - comparison of different preference learning paradigms (e.g., monolithic vs. decomposition); - ranking problems, such as object ranking, instance ranking and label ranking; - complementarity of preference models and hybrid methods; - explanation of recommendations; - applications of preference learning, such as web search, information retrieval, electronic commerce, games, personalization, recommender systems, … ============= Submissions ============= Submissions must be written in English and formatted according to the electronic template that is available at https://da2pl.pre.utc.fr/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2022/03/DA2PL22_templa… The page limit is 8 for full papers, although extended abstracts (maximum two pages) are welcome, too. As usual for DA2PL, submissions are NOT anonymous. According to the template, names of authors should be stated in the manuscript. All submissions will be reviewed by at least two referees. Submissions must be submitted through EasyChair at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=da2pl Following a successful experience from the latest editions, DA2PL will provide a special opportunity for doctoral students to explore and develop their research interests. A special session at the conference will be devoted to PhD students, for presenting and discussing their ongoing research work. Therefore, we specifically encourage young researchers to submit their work (as full paper or extended abstract, depending on the maturity of the PhD project); the submission site will provide the option to mark a submission as a student paper. =========================== Organization and contacts =========================== General chairs Khaled Belahcene, Université de Technologie de Compiègne (khaled.belahcene(a)hds.utc.fr) Sébastien Destercke, Université de Technologie de Compiègne (sebastien.destercke(a)utc.fr)

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Call for online participation: "Reasoning and uncertainty: probabilistic, logical, and psychological perspectives" (Aug. 9-10, 2022)
by Niki Pfeifer Aug. 2, 2022

Aug. 2, 2022

The aim of this interdisciplinary workshop is to bring together philosophers, probability theorists, logicians, artificial intelligence researchers, and psychologists to discuss selected problems in the broad domains of reasoning and uncertainty, including inferences about conditionals, inconsistency, and coherence, how to argue and make decisions rationally, and how to represent and manage uncertainty and incomplete knowledge. We also aim to discuss philosophical foundations and methodological questions concerning reasoning research. For example, whether and how combining conceptual, formal (like (non-classical) logic, (coherence-based) probability logic, artificial intelligence models), and empirical research methods may cross-fertilise reasoning research on normative and descriptive dimensions. Workshop website: https://go.ur.de/reasunc2022 Speakers Andrea Capotorti (University of Perugia, Italy) Nicole Cruz (University of Innsbruck, Austria) Chris Fermüller (TU Wien, Austria) Sabine Frittella (INSA Centre Val de Loire, France) Angelo Gilio (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy) Anthony Hunter (University College London, UK) Gianluigi Oliveri (University of Palermo, Italy) David Over (Durham University, UK) Romina Schmid (University of Regensburg, Germany) Leon Schöppl (University of Regensburg, Germany) Bart Verheij (University of Groningen, Netherlands) Organizers: Niki Pfeifer (University of Regensburg, Germany) Hans Rott (University of Regensburg, Germany) Giuseppe Sanfilippo (University of Palermo, Italy) The workshop will be held in presence. Because of COVID-19 restrictions, we offer the possibility for online participation. Please register (for free) here: https://forms.gle/B1iEiA8JGK8Y5v8M6 The Zoomlink for online participation will be sent to registered participants shortly before the workshop starts. --- Dr. Dr. Niki Pfeifer | Department of Philosophy, University of Regensburg | https://go.ur.de/np ---

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ECONVN'23: deadline extended to August 31, 2022
by Kreinovich, Vladik July 31, 2022

July 31, 2022

FYI, economics-related applications of imprecise probabilities are always welcome at this series of conferences *********************************************************** CALL FOR PAPERS The Sixth International Econometric Conference of Vietnam - ECONVN2023 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, January 9-11, 2023 https://hcm-hn.conference-econ-buh-bav-rist.vn/ Main theme: OPTIMAL TRANSPORT STATISTICS FOR ECONOMICS AND RELATED TOPICS The first Conference ECONVN2018 focused on the main theme "Econometrics for Financial Applications"; selected papers were published in the Springer Series in Computational Intelligence, # 760, 2018. The main theme of the second Conference ECONVN2019 was "Beyond Traditional Probabilistic Methods in Economics"; selected papers were published in the Springer series in Computational Intelligence, # 908, 2019. The main theme of the third Conference ECONVN2020 was "Data Science for Financial Econometrics"; selected papers were published in the Springer series in Computational Intelligence, # 898, 2020. The main theme of the fourth conference ECONVN2021 was "Prediction and Causality in Econometrics and Related Topics"; selected papers were published in the Springer series in Computational Intelligence, # 983, 2021 The main theme of the fifth conference ECONVN2022 was "Financial Econometrics: Bayesian Analysis, Quantum Uncertainty, and Related Topics"; selected papers will also appear in the new Springer series "Studies in Systems, Decision, and Control", 2022. The main theme of the sixth conference ECONVN2023 is "Optimal Transport Statistics for Economics and Related Topics". Selected papers will be published in the Springer series "Studies in Systems, Decision, and Control" (Scopus, DBLP, WTI Frankfurt eG, zbMATH, SCImago) and will be submitted for consideration in Web of Science (ISI). Venue: Banking University of Ho Chi Minh City, 36 Ton That Dam Street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Conference Date: January 9-11, 2023 Conference Website: hcm-hn.conference-econ-buh-bav-rist.vn Point of Contact: vietnam.buh.econvn(a)gmail.com<mailto:vietnam.buh.econvn@gmail.com> Tel: (84) 28.382.102.38 The Conference welcomes research contributions to all aspects of financial econometrics, with special emphasis on, but not limited to different techniques: * Optimal Transport Statistics * Bayesian Analysis; * Predictive Modeling; * Causal Inference; * Machine Learning; * Artificial Intelligence * Intelligent Data Analysis; * Big Data Techniques; and their applications to: * Economics and international economics; * Money market and capital market; * Public and corporate finance. Publications: Accepted papers must be presented at the Conference which will be published (few months after the conference dates) in the Springer Volume, Series: STUDIES IN SYSTEMS, DECISION AND CONTROL (Economics, Social and Life Science Classifications) Indexed by SCOPUS, SCImago (submitted for Web of Science) Important Dates: * Paper submission deadline: August 31, 2022. * Notification of acceptance: October 1, 2022. * Camera-Ready Manuscript: October 31, 2022. Instructions for Submissions: * Get your account on EasyChair (then click on Conferences, on ECONVN2023) and submit your PDF files to EasyChair. Link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=econvn2023 * Make sure your PDF files have Authors' EMAILS on them for correspondence. Registration Fee 1. Presenters * Presenter + publication USD 200 (non-residents)/VND 9,600,000 (residents) * Student + publication USD 100 (non-residents)/VND 4,800,000 (residents) 2. Participants: * General USD 100 (non-residents)/VND 2,300,000 (residents) * Student USD 30 (non-residents)/VND 1,000,000 (residents) Authors from Banking University of Ho Chi Minh City and Co-organizers are discounted by 50%. Plenary Invited Speakers (Tentative) * Bernadette Bouchon-Meunier (France) * Vladik Kreinovich (USA) * Hung T. Nguyen (USA & Thailand) * Tonghui Wang (USA) * John Harding (USA) * William Briggs (USA) * Mark Schaffer (UK) * Polina Khrennikova (UK) * Woraphon Yamaka (Thailand) * Daniel S. Hain (Denmark) * Katsuhiro Sugita (Japan) * Vyacheslav Yukalov (Russia) General Chair Doan Thanh Ha (Chair) Nguyen Duc Trung (Co-chair) Nguyen Tran Phuc Ha Thi Thieu Dao Organizing Committee CHAIR: NGUYEN NGOC THACH Secretary: Pham Thi Thuy Diem Scientific Committee CHAIR: HUNG T. NGUYEN (USA & THAILAND) Members: Vladik Kreinovich (USA) Nguyen Duc Trung (Vietnam) Nguyen Thi Canh (Vietnam) Nguyen Trong Hoai (Vietnam) Tonghui Wang (USA) William Briggs (USA) Mark Schaffer (UK) Janusz Kacprzyk (Poland) Emmanuel Haven (Canada) Polina Khrennikova (UK) Woraphon Yamaka (Thailand) Nguyen Ngoc Thach (Vietnam) Duan Jin-Chuan (Singapore) Poom Kumam (Thailand) Bernadette Bouchon-Meunier (France) John Harding (USA) Cathy Chen (Taiwan) Boris Choy (Australia) Ying Chen (Singapore) Akira Namatame (Japan) Marc Paolella (Switzerland) Michael Wolf (Switzerland) Sa-At Nipong (Thailand) Radim Jirousek (Czech Republic) Vilem Novak (Czech Republic) Irina Perfilieva (Czech Republic) Galit Shmueli (Taiwan) Michio Sugeno (Japan) David Trafimov (USA) Boualem Dejhiche (Sweden) Vyacheslav Yukalov (Russia) Niels Haldrup (Denmark) Daniel Schmidt (Australia) Michael Eichter (Netherlands) Daniel Hain (Denmark) Rakesh Gupta (Australia) Paulo Fraga Martins Maio (Finland) Asian Journal of Economics and Banking (AJEB)

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First post in a series of interviews on the SIPTA blog
by Alexander Erreygers July 8, 2022

July 8, 2022

Dear IP aficionados Do you know who in the SIPTA community would describe themselves as "jack of all trades, gamer and conversationalist" and has, to their own surprise, encountered the sequence of Pell numbers <http://oeis.org/A000129> in their research? Find out in SIPTA's latest blog post <https://sipta.org/blog/interview-sebastien/>, which is the first instalment in a new blog series of interviews with members of the SIPTA community on their career so far, their thoughts on imprecise probabilities, and more. The series is curated by our blog editors Henna Bains and Diego Estrada. Interested in writing a post for the SIPTA blog? Get in touch with Henna and Diego at blog(a)sipta.org. Every good wish Alexander Erreygers SIPTA's Executive Editor

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PhD student opportunity - Prognostics and Health Management solutions for Reliable Autonomous Systems
by Joxe Inaxio Aizpurua July 6, 2022

July 6, 2022

*Prognostics and Health Management solutions for* *Reliable Autonomous Systems* *Description* The revolution in robotics and autonomous systems (RAS) is unstoppable. The advance of autonomous system applications, such as autonomous transport [1, 2] and autonomous inspections [3], generate multiple benefits for the industry and society, including the improved driving security in autonomous transport, and improved reliability of critical and remote infrastructure through specialized robots and drones. However, the reliability assurance of RAS is a complex challenge, as it requires incorporating advanced intelligence that should evolve according to run-time operation [4]. The challenging yet exciting, operation context of RAS, hampers the reliability assurance of RAS, which decelerates the acceptance and everyday use of RAS. Different technological solutions have emerged to improve the design and reliability of RAS [5]. Most of the technological configurations include a combination of mechanical and electrical components, along with onboard software intelligence to adopt decisions without direct human intervention. In this context, using the ever-increasing prognostics and health management solutions, it is possible to develop a prognostics modelling approach for RAS health monitoring using reliability, machine learning, uncertainty modelling and optimization methods [6]. The project’s objective is to develop novel prognostics methods for RAS, which can accurately inform about the model’s confidence in the decisions in real-time and the way to mitigate the existing problem via optimization methods, and always, provide a worst-case estimate on its predictions by using a proper modelling and update of the different sources of uncertainty. In particular, the work will focus on the integration of uncertainties to make prognostic predictions robust, using concepts such as adversarial learning, combined with statistical learning and artificial intelligence methods. The models developed in this project will be validated with the data collected from industry partners that work with autonomous robots focusing on (i) autonomous remote inspections for renewable energy and (ii) automotive industry. The project will be developed in <https://www.mondragon.edu/en/home>Mondragon Unibertsitatea within the Electronics and Computer Science Department, in collaboration between the Data Analytics and Signal Processing and Communications groups. Throughout the thesis, the student will engage continuously with industry and stays at different universities and/or research centers will be pursued. Interested applicants, send your CV and a short motivation letter to: jiaizpurua(a)mondragon.edu and ezugasti(a)mondragon.edu Application deadline. Review of applications will begin July 1st and continue until the position is filled. *Requirements* - M.Sc. degree in telecommunications, electronics, computer science, mathematics, embedded systems or a related area. - Programming skills: Matlab, Python, R, or C++ (samples from prior projects or a GitHub repository are preferred) - Statistics/mathematics, data science/AI/ML - Knowledge/experience with autonomous systems is a plus. - Knowledge/experience with reliability and/or diagnostics/health management methods is a plus. - Experience with artificial intelligence / optimization methods is a plus. *References* [1] Feng, S., Yan, X., Sun, H. et al. Intelligent driving intelligence test for autonomous vehicles with naturalistic and adversarial environment. *Nature Communications* 12, 748 (2021). <https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21007-8> https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21007-8 [2] Ellefsen, A. L., Æsøy, V., Ushakov, S., & Zhang, H. (2019). A comprehensive survey of prognostics and health management based on deep learning for autonomous ships. IEEE Transactions on Reliability, 68(2), 720-740 [3] Floreano, D., & Wood, R. J. (2015). Science, technology and the future of small autonomous drones. *nature*, *521*(7553), 460-466. [4] Aslansefat, K., Kabir, S., Abdullatif, A., Vasudevan, V., & Papadopoulos, Y. (2021). Toward Improving Confidence in Autonomous Vehicle Software: A Study on Traffic Sign Recognition Systems. *Computer*, *54*(8), 66-76. [5] Elghazel, W., Bahi, J., Guyeux, C., Hakem, M., Medjaher, K., & Zerhouni, N. (2015). Dependability of wireless sensor networks for industrial prognostics and health management. Computers in Industry, 68, 1-15. [6] Aizpurua, J. I., Catterson, V. M., Papadopoulos, Y., Chiacchio, F., & Manno, G. (2017). Improved dynamic dependability assessment through integration with prognostics. *IEEE Transactions on Reliability*, *66*(3), 893-913. -- *Joxe Aizpurua.*

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Second SIPTA seminar: 29th of June, at 15:00 CEST, Ruobin Gong talking about "Imprecise probabilities in modern data science: challenges and opportunities"
by Sébastien Destercke June 17, 2022

June 17, 2022

Dear SIPTiAns and IP enthusiasts, We are delighted to announce our second 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. For this second seminar, we are very happy to have Ruobin Gong as our speaker. After a PhD at Harvard, she is now assistant professor at Rutgers, working at the crossroad of imprecise probabilities, statistics and data science. On the 29th of June, at 15:00 CEST (up to 17:00 CEST, with a talk duration of 45min/1h), she will talk about "Imprecise probabilities in modern data science: challenges and opportunities”. 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 will appear on that same page shortly before the event. So please mark your calendars on the 29th of June, 15:00 CEST, 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 now online at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPER8Dfil66KZCYlsK86XCQ/featured. See you at the seminar! Sébastien, Enrique and Jasper

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Looking for test cases for imprecise/conditional probabilistic satisfiability/coherence checking
by Quaeghebeur, Erik June 15, 2022

June 15, 2022

Dear SIPTA list, After having lain dormant, research on the CONEstrip algorithms [*] has awakened again. These algorithms are essentially meant for checking coherence of general sets of desirable gambles. This is very closely related to checking coherence of imprecise or conditional probability assessments and probabilistic satisfiability (PSAT). The classical CONEstrip algorithm assumes gambles are directly specified (as vectors); this corresponds to having an explicit description of the possibility space. The propositional CONEstrip algorithm assumes gambles are expressed as linear combinations of propositional sentences; this corresponds to specifying (imprecise/conditional) probabilities for events and relationships between events, but leaving the underlying possibility space implicit. A collaborator is working with my support on creating implementations and evaluating these. For the evaluation, we want to use realistic test cases. These are nontrivial to construct, certainly for the propositional context. Therefore, we are looking for such test cases. So I would like to ask you to send me any information you may have about existing test cases of this kind (or ones that are ‘close enough’). This can be in the form of pointers to papers with a description of one or more problems that may function as test cases or as pointers to files containing test cases encoded in some documented format. I am grateful for any input. Best regards, Erik [*] https://ac.erikquaeghebeur.name/?search=conestrip -- https://ac.erikquaeghebeur.name

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[UAI 2022] Call for Participation: Registration open & student scholarships available
by De Campos, Cassio June 7, 2022

June 7, 2022

Dear all, We are excited to announce that the 38th Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence (UAI 2022) will be held in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, on August 1-5, 2022. The conference accepted 36 papers for oral presentation and 194 for poster presentation and will be single-track. Below we would like to share with you some updates: 1. Registration for UAI 2022 is open: https://www.auai.org/uai2022/registration. The early bird registration deadline is June 21st. When you register, you can choose to sign up as a potential discussant for an oral presentation. Being a discussant is a great way to learn about papers and to engage with other people at the conference. For more information, please see https://www.auai.org/uai2022/discussants. 2. Students are encouraged to apply for UAI 2022 student scholarships. The deadline for this is June 15. For more information, please see https://www.auai.org/uai2022/student_scholarships. 3. We are delighted to have Danilo J. Rezende, Eric P. Xing, Finale Doshi-Velez, Mihaela van der Schaar, Peter Spirtes, and Zeynep Akata as our keynote speakers, who will share with you exciting advances in many directions pertinent to UAI. 4. We are delighted to announce that the UAI 2022 competition (https://www.auai.org/uai2022/uai2022_competition) is starting soon. We hope to see many of you at UAI 2022, either in-person or online! Best regards, Marloes Maathuis & Cassio de Campos UAI 2022 General Chairs and James Cussens & Kun Zhang UAI 2022 Program Chairs

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BELIEF2022 Call For Poster
by Sylvie Le-hegarat June 5, 2022

June 5, 2022

================================================================ 7th International Conference on Belief Functions (BELIEF 2022) Call For Participation The BELIEF 2022 Conference Committee is pleased to invite submissions of abstracts for poster presentations. The poster session aims to encourage discussions either around preliminary works or works in progress. For poster presentation, we also encourage the submission of abstracts corresponding to works in recent papers accepted or submitted elsewhere. The conference or journal where the paper was published or submitted must be specified at submission. Submissions should include a title and an abstract no longer than 250 words. If accepted, they will be presented at the conference in a special poster session but will not appear in the proceedings. The main objective of the poster session is to foster discussions around preliminary works, or to popularize newly published works, therefore poster presenters are required to participate on site to the conference. The deadline for submissions is: July 31, 2022. Poster presenters will be notified by August 8th. Conference website: [ http://hebergement.universite-paris-saclay.fr/belief2022/ | http://hebergement.universite-paris-saclay.fr/belief2022/ ] Dates: October 26th-28th, 2022 Location: Paris, France ================================================================ The organizers would be grateful if you could inform potentially interested participants of this conference. Sylvie LE HEGARAT-MASCLE professeur à POLYTECH PARIS-SACLAY laboratoire SATIE Bâtiment 660 (Digiteo-Shannon), rue Noetzlin 91405 Orsay Cedex

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Re: SUM 2022: deadline extended to June 13
by Kreinovich, Vladik May 26, 2022

May 26, 2022

FYI, papers related to imprecise probabilities are welcome at this series of conferences From: Lluis Godo Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2022 12:15 AM *** 15th International Conference on Scalable Uncertainty Management (SUM 2022) *** *** Paris, France, October 17-19, 2022 *** Dear colleague, Apologies if you receive multiple copies. Please forward this call to interested parties. We have extended the submission deadline for SUM 2022 to **June 13, 2022** (no need to submit an abstract). We are happy to announce that the following talks and tutorials have been confirmed so far: _Invited Talks:_ - Silja Renooij - TBA - Francesca Toni - TBA _Tutorials____(there will be other tutorials):_ - Christophe Gonzales - Decision under Uncertainty - Denis Bouyssou - Preference Modelling - Diedrich Wolter - Geometric and Logic Commitments in Knowledge Graph - Jean-Guy Mailly - Constrained Incomplete Argumentation Frameworks - Jeremy Rohmer - Dealing with Imperfect Knowledge in Natural Hazard Assessments: Beyond Classical Probabilities and Challenges - Michael Poss - Robustness in Optimisation - Tanya Braun - Statistical Relational Learning **** We want to reassure authors that we are monitoring the coronavirus situation and exploring contingency plans for a virtual conference should a physical conference not be possible. Regardless, the proceedings will go ahead and will be published this year. **** Best regards Florence, Meltem, Nico ======================================================================== Call for Papers ======================================================================== The 15th International Conference on Scalable Uncertainty Management (SUM 2022) will be held in Paris, France from October 17-19, 2022. See: https://sum2022.sciencesconf.org ======================================================================== Description ======================================================================== Established in 2007, the SUM conferences are annual events which aim to gather researchers with a common interest in managing and analyzing imperfect information from a wide range of fields, such as Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Databases, Information Retrieval and Data Mining, the Semantic Web and Risk Analysis, and with the aim of fostering collaboration and cross-fertilization of ideas from the different communities. An originality of the SUM conferences is their care for dedicating a large space of their program to tutorials covering a wide range of topics related to uncertainty management. Each tutorial provides a survey of one of the research areas in the scope of the conference. ======================================================================== Topics of Interest ======================================================================== We solicit papers on the management of large amounts of complex kinds of uncertain, incomplete, or inconsistent information. We are particularly interested in papers that focus on bridging gaps, for instance between different communities, between numerical and symbolic approaches, or between theory and practice. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): Imperfect information in databases - Methods for modeling, indexing, and querying uncertain databases - Top-k queries, skyline query processing, and ranking - Approximate, fuzzy query processing - Uncertainty in data integration and exchange - Uncertainty and imprecision in geographic information systems - Probabilistic databases and possibilistic databases - Data provenance and trust - Data summarization - Very large datasets Imperfect information in information retrieval and semantic web applications - Approximate schema and ontology matching - Uncertainty in description logics and logic programming - Learning to rank, personalization, and user preferences - Probabilistic language models - Combining vector-space models with symbolic representations - Inductive reasoning for the semantic web Imperfect information in artificial intelligence - Statistical relational learning, graphical models, probabilistic inference - Argumentation, defeasible reasoning, belief revision - Weighted logics for managing uncertainty - Reasoning with imprecise probability, Dempster-Shafer theory, possibility theory - Approximate reasoning, similarity-based reasoning, analogical reasoning - Planning under uncertainty, reasoning about actions, spatial and temporal reasoning - Incomplete preference specifications - Learning from data Risk analysis - Aleatory vs. epistemic uncertainty - Uncertainty elicitation methods - Uncertainty propagation methods - Decision analysis methods - Tools for synthesizing results ======================================================================== Submission Guidelines ======================================================================== SUM 2022 solicits original papers in the following three categories: - Long papers (14 pages): technical papers reporting original research or survey papers - Short papers (8 pages): papers reporting promising work-in-progress, system descriptions, position papers on controversial issues, or survey papers providing a synthesis of some current research trends - Extended abstracts (2 pages) of recently published work in a relevant journal or top-tier conference All SUM submissions must be formatted according to the LNCS/LNAI guidelines:https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-pro… Papers should be submitted via EasyChair:https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sum2022 ======================================================================= Dates ======================================================================= All Deadlines are 23:59 Central European Time. Submission deadline: June 13, 2022 Notification: July 18, 2022 Camera-ready copies due: August 8, 2022 Conference: Oct. 17-19, 2022 ======================================================================= Publication ======================================================================= Accepted papers will be published by Springer in the Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI) series. Authors of an accepted paper will be expected to sign copyright release forms, and one author is expected to give a presentation at the conference. ======================================================================== Organization ======================================================================== Meltem Öztürk-Escoffier (Université Paris-Dauphine - PSL), General Chair Florence Dupin de Saint-Cyr (IRIT, Université Toulouse 3), PC Co Chair Nico Potyka (Imperial College London), PC Co Chair ======================================================================== PC Members ======================================================================== Leila Amgoud, IRIT - CNRS Alessandro Antonucci, IDSIA Nahla Ben Amor, Institut Supérieur de Gestion de Tunis Salem Benferhat, Cril, CNRS UMR8188, Université d'Artois Leopoldo Bertossi, Universidad Adolfo Ibanez, Santiago, Chile & Skema Business School, Montreal, Canada Fernando Bobillo, University of Zaragoza Imen Boukhris, LARODEC - Université de Tunis- ISG Tunis Rafika Boutalbi, University of Stuttgart Tanya Braun, University of Münster Davide Ciucci, Università di Milano-Bicocca Fabio Cozman, University of São Paulo Thierry Denoeux, Universite de Technologie de Compiegne Sylvie Doutre, University of Toulouse 1 - IRIT Zied Elouedi, Université de Tunis Lluis Godo, Artificial Intelligence Research Institute, IIIA - CSIC Manuel Gómez-Olmedo, Univ. de Granada Christophe Gonzales, Aix-Marseille Université, LIS, France John Grant, Towson University Arjen Hommersom, Open University of the Netherlands Eric Lefevre, LGI2A Université d'Artois Philippe Leray, LINA/DUKe - Nantes University Thomas Lukasiewicz, University of Oxford Francesca Mangili, IDSIA Silviu Maniu, Universite Paris-Sud Thomas Meyer, University of Cape Town and CAIR Serafin Moral, University of Granada Francesco Parisi, DIMES - University of Calabria Henri Prade, IRIT - CNRS Andrea Pugliese, University of Calabria Benjamin Quost, HeuDiaSyC laboratory, University of Technology of Compiègne Steven Schockaert, Cardiff University Umberto Straccia, ISTI-CNR Andrea Tettamanzi, Univ. Nice Sophia Antipolis Matthias Thimm, FernUniversität in Hagen Maurice van Keulen, University of Twente Barbara Vantaggi, Sapienza --

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First sipta seminar: it's monday, 15:00 CEST
by Sébastien Destercke May 25, 2022

May 25, 2022

Dear IP enthusiasts, This is a small mesage to remind you all that the very first SIPTA seminar will take place this monday. To say that we are very much looking forward to it would be an understatement. Here are some key information: Speaker: Gert de Cooman Title: Imprecision, not as a problem, but as part of the solution Zoom link: https://utc-fr.zoom.us/j/84038691673 Abstract: Imprecision in probability theory is often considered to be unfortunate, something to be tolerated, and then only if there is no other way out. In this talk, I will argue that imprecision also has strongly positive sides, and that it can allow us to look at, approach and deal with existing problems in novel ways. I will provide a number of examples to corroborate for this thesis, based on my research experience in a number of fields: inference and decision making, stochastic processes, algorithmic randomness, game-theoretic probability, functional analysis, ... Be sure to take a look at https://sipta.org/events/sipta-seminars/ where you can find additional information. See you on monday! Sébastien, Enrique and Jasper

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FW: date change for NAFIPS'2024 conference
by Kreinovich, Vladik May 18, 2022

May 18, 2022

FYI, papers related to imprecise probabilities are always welcome at this series of conferences. ************************************************** Dear Friends, There was a minor change in dates for the 2024 Annual Conference of the North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society – that will be on South Padre Island, Texas, in May 2024. The new dates are May 27-29, mark your calendars! ************************************************** From: Barnabas Bede mailto:bbedeb@gmail.com At the convention center on San Padre Island the only dates available for May 2024 are May 27 - 29 that is Monday through Wednesday.

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FW: IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence for Engineering Solutions: CFP
by Kreinovich, Vladik May 10, 2022

May 10, 2022

FYI, papers related to imprecise probabilities are very welcome ************************************************** IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence for Engineering Solutions (IEEE CIES) https://www.ieeessci2022.org/symposia_cies.html Part of IEEE Series of Symposia on Computational Intelligence, Singapore, December 4-7, 2022, https://www.ieeessci2022.org/ Developments in Engineering are characterized by a growing complexity, which is balanced by an extensive utilization of computational resources. This complexity is not only a feature of engineering systems, processes and products, it is primarily a key attribute of the respective algorithms for analysis, control and decision-making to develop those engineering solutions. To cope with complexity in this broad spectrum of demands, Computational Intelligence is implemented increasingly in virtually all engineering disciplines. This emerging approach provides a basis for developments of a new quality. This Symposium is focused on the utilization of Computational Intelligence in this context in the entire field of engineering. Examples concern the control of processes of various kinds and for various purposes, monitoring with sensors, smart sensing, system identification, decision-support and assistance systems, visualization methods, prediction schemes, the solution of classification problems, response surface approximations, the formulation of surrogate models, etc. The engineering application fields may comprise, for example, bioengineering with prostheses design and control, civil and mechanical engineering processes, systems and structures concerned with vehicles, aircraft or bridges, industrial and systems engineering with design and control of power systems, electrical and computer engineering with developments in robotics, etc. All kinds of approaches from the field of Computational Intelligence are welcome. As a part of the Symposium special attention is paid to sustainable engineering solutions to address current and future challenges of environmental changes and uncertainty. This includes developments dealing with climate change, environmental processes, disaster warning and management, infrastructure security, lifecycle analysis and design, etc. Events, disasters and issues under consideration may be natural such as earthquakes or tsunamis, man-made such as human failure or terrorist attacks, or a combination thereof including secondary effects such as failures in nuclear power plants, which may be critical for systems, the environment and the society. Developments which include a comprehensive consideration of uncertainty and techniques of reliable computing are explicitly invited. These may involve probabilistic including Bayesian approaches, interval methods, fuzzy methods, imprecise probabilities and further concepts. In this context robust design is of particular interest with all its facets as a basic concept to develop sustainable engineering solutions. ********************************************************************* Topics Complex engineering systems, structures and processes Intelligent analysis, control and decision-making Management and processing of uncertainties Problem solution in uncertain and noisy environments Reliable computing Sustainable solutions Infrastructure security Climate change Environmental processes Disaster warning and management Lifecycle analysis and design Automotive systems Monitoring Smart sensing System identification Decision-support and assistance systems Visualization methods Prediction schemes Classification methods, cluster analysis Response surface approximations and surrogate models Sensitivity analysis Robust design, reliability-based design, performance-based design Risk analysis, hazard analysis, risk and hazard mitigation Optimization methods, evolutionary concepts Probabilistic and statistical methods Simulation methods, Monte-Carlo and quasi Monte-Carlo Bayesian approaches / networks Artificial Neural Networks Imprecise probabilities Evidence theory p-box approach Fuzzy probability theory Interval methods Fuzzy methods Convex modeling Information gap theory ********************************************************************* Symposium Chairs Michael Beer Leibniz University Hannover Vladik Kreinovich University of Texas at El Paso Rudolf Kruse Otto-von-Guericke University ********************************************************************* Important dates: Paper Submission: Friday, 1st July 2022 Paper Acceptance: Thursday, 1st September 2022 Full Manuscript Submission: Monday. 19th September 2022 Early Registration: Monday, 26th September 2022 Conference Dates: 4th - 7th December 2022 ********************************************************************** Submission logistics: see https://www.ieeessci2022.org/

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MPREF Final Call for Papers
by Paolo Viappiani May 10, 2022

May 10, 2022

(apologies for multiple receptions) papers dealing with imprecise probabilities and preferences are well accepted! ======================================================== M-PREF13: FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS (DEADLINE EXTENDED) 13th Multidisciplinary Workshop on Advances in Preference Handling July 23, Vienna, Austria, in conjunction with IJCAI-ECAI2022 ======================================================== Workshop website: https://sites.google.com/view/m-pref2022/ INVITED TALKS * Rudolf Vetschera, University of Wien * Haris Aziz, UNSW Sydney * Andrea Passerini, University of Trento IMPORTANT DATES * Friday, May 20, 2022: Workshop paper submission deadline (recently extended). * Monday, June 8, 2022: Notification on workshop paper submissions. * Friday, June 17, 2022: Camera-ready copy due to organizers. * July 23, 2022: M-PREF’13 Workshop. SUBMISSION Researchers interested in preference handling from AI, OR, CS or other computational fields may submit a paper (7 + 1 pages in PDF, formatted in IJCAI style) via Easy Chair system: Easy Chair : https://www.easychair.org/login.cgi?conf=mpref2022 TOPICS The workshop on Advances in Preference Handling addresses all computational aspects of preference handling. This includes methods for the elicitation, learning, modeling, representation, aggregation, and management of preferences and for reasoning about preferences. The workshop studies the usage of preferences in computational tasks from decision making, database querying, web search, personalized human-computer interaction, personalized recommender systems, e-commerce, multi-agent systems, game theory, social choice, combinatorial optimization, planning and robotics, automated problem solving, perception and natural language understanding and other computational tasks involving choices. The workshop seeks to improve the overall understanding of and best methodologies for preferences in order to realize their benefits in the multiplicity of tasks for which they are used. Another important goal is to provide cross-fertilization between the numerous sub-fields that work with preferences. * Preference handling in artificial intelligence * Preference handling in database systems * Preference handling in multiagent/multicriteria systems * Preference aggregation * Reasoning with preferences * Explaining preferences * Applications of preferences * Preference elicitation, statistical learning of preferences * Preference representation and modeling * Properties and semantics of preferences * Uncertainty in preferences * Practical preferences WORKSHOP CHAIRS * Meltem Ozturk, LAMSADE, PSL-Université Paris Dauphine * Christophe Labreuche, Thales * Paolo Viappiani, LAMSADE, PSL-Université Paris Dauphine * Sébastien Destercke, Heudiasyc, Université de Technologie de Compiègne

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(Deadline 15 May) Tenth SIPTA School on Imprecise Probabilities
by Arthur Van Camp May 10, 2022

May 10, 2022

(Deadline 15 May) Tenth SIPTA School on Imprecise Probabilities This is just a reminder that the deadline for registration is 15 May (Sunday). More details and registration information can be found below. https://ep-imp.gitlab.io/sipta-summer-school-2022/ Tenth SIPTA School The tenth SIPTA School will take place in Bristol, UK, from 15 to 19 of August 2022. It will introduce the main theoretical aspects of imprecise probability models, decision making using such models, statistics in imprecise probability theory, the use and applications of imprecise probabilities in artificial intelligence, and evaluating imprecise forecasts. Leading experts in these topics will lecture on the main concepts and techniques associated with their area of expertise, in a friendly environment favouring interaction between participants. Tentative schedule: * Monday, 15 August, first session (1 hour): "Why imprecise probabilities” by Ben Levinstein * Monday, 15 August, second session (all day except first hour): “Introduction to imprecise probabilities” by Gert de Cooman * Tuesday, 16 August (all day): “Decision making” by Teddy Seidenfeld * Wednesday, 17 August (morning): “Statistics and imprecise probabilities” by Thomas Augustin * Wednesday, 17 August (afternoon): excursion * Thursday, 18 August (all day): “Imprecise probabilities in artificial intelligence” by Alessandro Antonucci, Cassio de Campos and Fabio Cozman * Friday, 19 August (all day): “Accuracy for imprecise probabilities” by Jason Konek and Ben Levinstein Scholarship/Bursaries If you are a student who would like to attend but would find the cost to be a hardship, we would like to help. In addition to waiving the fee for registration, we may be able to defray travel expenses. When filling out the registration form, please take care to: (1) indicate that you are a student, and (2) check the box expressing interest in being considered. Participation and registration We have a limited number of seats remaining for in-person attendance (~25), but virtually unlimited virtual capacity. The fee for virtual registration will be £25. We have two options for in-person attendance: Room and Board (£250) and Lunch Only (£25). * attending virtually: £25 * attending in-person Room and Board: £250 * attending in-person Lunch Only: £25 To register, please fill out this registration form<https://forms.gle/ZbKExcw7GKCGNq9Z7> by 15 May 2022. You will need a small statement explaining your research interests (in text format) and a short CV (as a pdf or document file). Accommodation and meals For in-person participants, we have two registration options: Room and Board: the fee is £250. This includes student accommodation at Goldney Hall<https://goo.gl/maps/rqPF142xbiXhitpN9> for the nights of 14 – 19 August (i.e., ending the morning of the 20th). Breakfast will be included (at Goldney Hall), and we will also cater lunch every day of the summer school. Lunch Only: the fee is £25. This option includes the same daily catered lunches as the Room and Board option, but no accommodation or breakfast. Note on Accommodation at Goldney Hall: Not all of the available rooms have an en suite bathroom; some rooms will share a communal bathroom. If you need a private bathroom, please indicate this on the form and give a brief explanation of why. We will do our best to assign rooms to accommodate everyone who has a compelling need. Important dates The registration via this form<https://forms.gle/ZbKExcw7GKCGNq9Z7> closes 15 May 2022. The registration fee should be paid before 1 June 2022. We will send out payment instructions to registered participants in due course. We are looking forward to a great summer school! Kind regards, Jason Konek, chair Fabio Cozman, external advisor Kevin Blackwell Catrin Campbell-Moore Giacomo Molinari Richard Pettigrew Arthur Van Camp

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Re: CFP MICAI-2022, Artificial Intelligence, Monterrey, Mexico, October, Springer+journals
by Kreinovich, Vladik May 8, 2022

May 8, 2022

FYI, papers related to imprecise probabilities are always welcome at this series of conferences -----Original Message----- From: micai2022(a)smia.mx [mailto:micai2022@smia.mx] MICAI-2022 21th Mexican International Conference on Artificial Intelligence October 24 to 29, 2022, on-site (virtual presentations are possible), Monterrey, Mexico Publication: Springer LNAI (WoS, Scopus, EI), journals (including ISI JCR / Scopus) Submission: June 20: Abstract (Draft / Expression of Interest) / June 30: Full text www.micai.org/2022 == GENERAL INFORMATION Topics: All areas of Artificial Intelligence, Computational Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Mining, Fuzzy Systems, as research as applications. Workshops. Tutorials. Doctoral Consortium. Best papers awards. == KEYNOTES To be announced: five world-class experts in AI; see the webpage. == PROCEEDINGS Springer LNAI (WoS, Scopus, EI); Special issues of journals (ISI JCR / WoS, Scopus: anticipated). Workshops: See the respective calls for papers on the webpage. == MODALITY, VENUE, AND TOURS Modality: on-site, virtual for those who prefers not to travel. Venue: ITESM, Monterrey, Mexico. Tours: Fundidora park and more. == DEADLINES June 20, 2022: Abstract (draft / expression of interest: just a general idea of what your paper will be about). Why not submitting it right now? You can change it later if needed. June 30, 2022: Full text for double-blind review. August 15, 2022: Notification of acceptance. August 26, 2022: Camera-ready and payment deadline. == CALL FOR WORKSHOPS and TUTORIALS Submit your workshop or tutorial proposal, see the calls on the webpage. PLEASE CIRCULATE this CFP among your colleagues and students. We apologize if you receive multiple copies.

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First SIPTA seminar: 30th of May, at 15:00 CEST, Gert de Cooman talking about "Imprecision, not as a problem, but as part of the solution"
by Sébastien Destercke May 4, 2022

May 4, 2022

Dear SIPTiAns and IP enthusiasts, We are thrilled to announce that SIPTA will soon host its very first online seminar on imprecise probabilities (IP); the start of what will hopefully be a long series of engaging talks on IP and its applications. 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. For our first seminar, we are very happy to have Gert de Cooman as our inaugural speaker. He has been a strong advocate of IP for over 20 years, was a founding member and the first president of SIPTA, and contributed to the foundations of IP ever since. On the 30th of May, at 15:00 CEST, he will open our series with a talk on “Imprecision, not as a problem, but as part of the solution”. 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 will appear on that same page shortly before the event. So please mark your calendars on the 30th of May, 15:00 CEST, and join us in opening this series with a bang. See you at the seminar! Sébastien, Enrique and Jasper

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[SIPTA-News] FW: IEEE SMC 2022 Conference: Deadline postponed to May 8, 2022
by Kreinovich, Vladik April 29, 2022

April 29, 2022

FYI, papers using imprecise probabilities are always welcome at this series of conferences From: Marik, Vladimir [mailto:Vladimir.Marik@cvut.cz] Sent: Friday, April 29, 2022 4:38 AM Dear colleagues, Based on many requests from the authors, the organizers decided to postpone the deadline for submission of papers for the 2022 International IEEE Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics IEEE SMC'2022<http://www.ieeesmc2022.org/>, Prague, Czech Republic (October 9-12, 2022) conference to May 8th, 2022; see https://ieeesmc2022.org/ for more details. This conference is, in principle, face-to-face scientific meeting, but for the authors of accepted papers from the countries with pandemic travel restrictions will be enabled to present their contributions in a videoconference mode. On behalf of the organizers Vladimir Marik, Conference General Chair Thomas Strasser, Conference Program Committee Chair

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[SIPTA-News] CFP: 11th International Conference on Probabilistic Graphical Models (PGM'2022)
by Cabañas de Paz Rafael April 27, 2022

April 27, 2022

11th International Conference on Probabilistic Graphical Models (PGM’2022) Almería, Spain October 5-7, 2022 https://www2.ual.es/pgm2022/ ----------------------------------- PGM 2022 is the eleventh edition of the International Conference on Probabilistic Graphical Models. It will take place in Almería (Spain, EU) between the 5th and the 7th of October 2022. The conference welcomes contributions on all aspects of probabilistic graphical models, including but not limited to: * Principles of Bayesian (belief) networks, chain graphs, decision networks influence diagrams, probabilistic relational models, and other probabilistic graphical models (PGMs). * Information processing in PGMs (exact and approximate inference). * Learning and data mining in the context of PGMs: machine learning approaches, statistical testing and search methods, MCMC simulation. * Exploitation for the construction of PGMs of results from related disciplines such as statistics, information theory, optimization, deep learning, and decision making under uncertainty. * Software systems based on PGMs. * Application of PGMs to real-world problems. Both theoretical and applied contributions are welcome. Papers submitted for review should report on original, previously unpublished work. The deadline for abstract submissions is June 3rd, 2022 and the deadline for paper submissions is June 10th, 2022. All papers should be submitted through Easychair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=pgm2022 Accepted papers will be published electronically in a volume of the Proceedings of Machine Learning Research. Submission instructions and the author’s kit are available at the conference’s homepage. Each submission will go through a standard reviewing process. Papers will be accepted for either plenary or poster presentation, but, in the proceedings, no distinction is made between the two. At least one author of each accepted paper is required to register for the conference. Selected papers will be invited to be extended and then submitted to a special issue of the International Journal of Approximate Reasoning (IJAR). Deadlines: June 3, 2022: Abstract submission deadline June 10 , 2022: Paper submission deadline July 25, 2022: Author notification September 5, 2022: Camera-ready copy due October 5-7, 2022: Conference ----------------------------------- Contact: pgm2022(a)ual.es<mailto:pgm2022@ual.es> Antonio Salmerón and Rafael Rumí PGM’2022 co-chairs

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[SIPTA-News] New blog post on imprecise probabilities and quantum mechanics
by Jasper De Bock April 27, 2022

April 27, 2022

Dear fellow IP enthusiasts, Are you curious about the link between imprecise probabilities and quantum mechanics? Then you might enjoy SIPTA's latest blog post on the topic, written by Alessio Benavoli and edited by Ignacio Montes: http://sipta.org/blog/quantum-mechanics In this post, Alessio takes us along on his research journey with Alessandro Facchini and Marco Zaffalon, in which they set out to derive the main axioms of quantum mechanics using the gambling (desirability) foundation of probability theory (à la de Finetti or Williams-Walley). Interested in writing a blogpost for the imprecise probabilities community yourself? Get in touch with our new blog editors, Henna Bains and Diego Estrada, at blog(a)sipta.org. Best wishes, Jasper De Bock SIPTA's president

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[SIPTA-News] PhD position (uncertainty in combinatorial optimisation)
by Sébastien Destercke April 19, 2022

April 19, 2022

Dear colleagues, We are looking for a potential PhD candidate, on the topic of handling uncertainty and conflicting information in combinatorial optimisation problems. The details can be found there: https://www.hds.utc.fr/~sdesterc/dokuwiki/_media/inc_imp_combi_en.pdf The thesis is funded by the Sorbonne Center of Artificial Intelligence, and will be co-supervised by colleagues from the LIP6 laboratory (Sorbonne computer science laboratory). If you know of any potentially interested strong candidate, please let them know (application deadline is soon: 26 April). Best wishes 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 ====================================

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[SIPTA] SIPTA Twitter account & new address for the SIPTA mailing list
by Alexander Erreygers April 18, 2022

April 18, 2022

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[SIPTA] {Spam?} [jobs] PhD studentship in Epistemic AI
by Fabio Cuzzolin April 13, 2022

April 13, 2022

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[SIPTA] Re: [IFSA Societies: 0047] Re: Submission deadlines for IEEE SMC 2022 shifted to April 30, 2022
by Kreinovich April 10, 2022

April 10, 2022

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[SIPTA] IPMU 2022 - Call for Abstracts
by Davide Elio Ciucci April 5, 2022

April 5, 2022

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[SIPTA] Fwd: CfP: The First International Conference on Foundations, Applications, and Theory of Inductive Logic (FATIL'22)
by Sébastien Destercke April 4, 2022

April 4, 2022

Forwarding an interesting call for siptians interested in logic and inductive logic in particular. ---------- Forwarded message --------- De : Matthias Thimm <matthias.thimm(a)fernuni-hagen.de> Date: lun. 4 avr. 2022 à 11:43 Subject: Re: CfP: The First International Conference on Foundations, Applications, and Theory of Inductive Logic (FATIL'22) To: Matthias Thimm <matthias.thimm(a)fernuni-hagen.de> [Apologies if you receive multiple copies. Please forward this call to interested parties.] =========================================================================================== Second Call for Papers =========================================================================================== FATIL2022 The First International Conference on Foundations, Applications, and Theory of Inductive Logic http://fatil2022.krportal.org/index.html October 12-14, 2022 Description =========================================================================================== Inductive reasoning is one of the most important reasoning techniques for humans and formalises the intuitive notion of “reasoning from experience”. It has thus influenced both theoretical work on the formalisation of rational models of thought in Philosophy as well as practical applications in the areas of Artificial Intelligence and, in particular, Machine Learning. The First International Conference on Foundations, Applications, and Theory of Inductive Logic (FATIL2022) aims at bringing together experts from all fields concerned with inductive reasoning. This includes in particular the following aspects: - Foundations of many of our best theories crucially depend on inductive logic and more widely induction. Uncertainty is ubiquitous in our lives and the philosophical problem arises to make sense of probabilities and to act sensibly in the face of uncertainties. General philosophy of science is much interested in (the reconstruction of) rational inference in general and in science, in particular, in cases with inconclusive evidence. - Theory of inductive inference can be developed within several traditions such as pure inductive logic or inductive logic based on the maximum entropy principle. - Applications have sprung from foundational thinking on induction in computer and data science. This includes aspects such as knowledge representation in multi-agent settings and machine learning approaches (such as inductive logic programming). This conference welcomes contributions in all areas dealing with inductive reasoning. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Foundational works about inductive reasoning, inductive logic, and induction, in particular critical examinations of existing principles. * Computational approaches to inductive reasoning, in particular non-monotonic and other non-classical logics. * Computational approaches to reasoning under uncertainty. * Machine learning approaches taking inductive reasoning into account such as inductive logic programming. The conference specifically welcomes preliminary works and discussion papers on the above topics as well as interdisciplinary works. FATIL2022 is organised by the DFG Research Network “Foundations, Applications, and Theory of Inductive Logic” and will take place in Munich, Germany, October 12-14 2022. The proceedings of FATIL2022 will be published at CEUR-WS. Authors of accepted papers will be invited to submit an extended version of their contribution for a special issue to be published in the Journal of Applied Logics. Keynote Speakers =========================================================================================== * Salem Benferhat (Artois University, France) * Luc De Raedt (KU Leuven, Belgium) * Dov Gabbay (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg) * Henri Prade (IRIT, CNRS and University Paul Sabatier, France) * Wolfgang Spohn (University of Konstanz, Germany) * Sandy Zabell (Northwestern University, USA) Important Dates =========================================================================================== Paper submission deadline: May 13, 2022 Notification of acceptance: June 27, 2022 Camera-ready version: July 22, 2022 Conference: Oct 12-14, 2022 Submission =========================================================================================== We invite papers, which have to be in English and formatted according to the Springer LNCS style (template), in the following two categories: * Full papers (12 pages max., including references) are expected to report on new research that makes a substantial contribution to the field. Additional details may be included in an appendix, which, however, will be read at the discretion of the PC. * Extended abstracts (2 pages max., including references) can report on research in progress or other issues of interest. Submissions are handled through the EasyChair conference management system (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=fatil2022) All papers will be subject to blind peer review based on the standard criteria of relevance, significance of results, originality of ideas, soundness, and quality of the presentation. All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings via CEUR-WS, and will be presented at the conference. At least one author of each accepted paper must register for the conference and present the contribution. Authors of accepted papers will be invited to submit an extended version of their contribution for a special issue to be published in the Journal of Applied Logics. Organizers =========================================================================================== General Chair: Matthias Thimm (University of Hagen, Germany) Local Chair: Jürgen Landes (Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, Germany) Publicity Chair: Kenneth Skiba (University of Hagen, Germany) Program Committee =========================================================================================== Martin Adamcik Christoph Beierle Salem Benferhat Federico Cerutti Sébastien Destercke Andreas Herzig Hykel Hosni Simon Huttegger Gabriele Kern-Isberner Kristian Kersting Jens Lemanski John D. Norton Nico Potyka Henri Prade Tjitze Rienstra Jan-Willem Romeijn Tom Sterkenburg Jon Williamson Francesca Zaffora Blando =========================================================================================== ******************************************************************************** Prof. Dr. Matthias Thimm Artificial Intelligence Group University of Hagen, Germany Tel.: +49 (0)2331 987-3004 https://www.fernuni-hagen.de/aig - http://www.mthimm.de -- ==================================== Sebastien Destercke, Ph. D. CNRS researcher in computer science. Université de Technologie de Compiegne U.M.R. C.N.R.S. 7253 Heudiasyc Avenue de Landshut F-60205 Compiegne Cedex FRANCE Tel: +33 (0)3 44 23 79 85 Fax: +33 (0)3 44 23 44 77 ====================================

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[SIPTA] Special session on imprecise probabilities at SMPS 2022: submission deadline extension
by Arthur Van Camp April 1, 2022

April 1, 2022

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[SIPTA] REMINDER: Tenth SIPTA School on Imprecise Probabilities (15-19 August 2022, University of Bristol)
by Arthur Van Camp April 1, 2022

April 1, 2022

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[SIPTA] [CFP] DA2PL (From decision aid to preference learning) - First call for paper
by Sébastien Destercke March 29, 2022

March 29, 2022

**** Please distribute to relevant sources of information **** ===========C A L L F O R P A P E R S============ DA2PL 2022: From Multiple Criteria Decision Aid to Preference Learning Université de Technologie de Compiègne, France November 17-18, 2022 https://da2pl.pre.utc.fr/ ======== AIM ======== DA2PL 2022 (From Multiple Criteria Decision Aid to Preference Learning) aims to bring together researchers from decision analysis and machine learning. It provides a forum for discussing recent advances and identifying new research challenges in the intersection of both fields, thereby supporting a cross-fertilisation of these disciplines. Following the five previous editions of this workshop, which took place in Mons in 2012, Paris in 2014, Paderborn in 2016, Poznan in 2018, and Trento (virtually) in 2020, DA2PL 2022 will be held at the Université de Technologie de Compiègne, France, the 17 and 18 november. ======================== DA2PL 2022 vs COVID-19 ======================== We expect DA2PL to be mainly a physical event. We will provide a virtual option for participants wishing to be there remotely, but will request at least one full registration per submitted paper. ======== TOPICS ======== DA2PL 2022 solicits contributions to the usage of theoretically supported preference models and formalisms in preference learning as well as communications devoted to innovative preference learning methods in decision analysis and multicriteria decision aiding. Specific topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - quantitative and qualitative approaches to modelling preferences, user feedback and training data; - preference representation in terms of graphical models, logicalformalisms, and soft constraints; - dealing with incomplete and uncertain preferences; - preference aggregation and disaggregation; - learning utility functions using regression-based approaches; - preference elicitation and active learning; - preference learning in combinatorial domains; - learning relational preference models and related regression problems; - classification problems, such as ordinal and hierarchical classification; - inducing monotonic decision models for preference representation; - comparison of different preference learning paradigms (e.g., monolithic vs. decomposition); - ranking problems, such as object ranking, instance ranking and label ranking; - complementarity of preference models and hybrid methods; - explanation of recommendations; - applications of preference learning, such as web search, information retrieval, electronic commerce, games, personalization, recommender systems, … ============= Submissions ============= Submissions must be written in English and formatted according to the electronic template that is available at https://da2pl.pre.utc.fr/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2022/03/DA2PL22_templa… The page limit is 8 for full papers, although extended abstracts (maximum two pages) are welcome, too. As usual for DA2PL, submissions are NOT anonymous. According to the template, names of authors should be stated in the manuscript. All submissions will be reviewed by at least two referees. Submissions must be submitted through EasyChair at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=da2pl Following a successful experience from the latest editions, DA2PL will provide a special opportunity for doctoral students to explore and develop their research interests. A special session at the conference will be devoted to PhD students, for presenting and discussing their ongoing research work. Therefore, we specifically encourage young researchers to submit their work (as full paper or extended abstract, depending on the maturity of the PhD project); the submission site will provide the option to mark a submission as a student paper. ================= Important dates ================= May 1st: submissions open September 1st: paper submission deadline September 30th: author notification November 3rd: Camera-ready version of papers November 17-18: Conference =========================== Organization and contacts =========================== General chairs Khaled Belahcene, Université de Technologie de Compiègne (khaled.belahcene(a)hds.utc.fr) Sébastien Destercke, Université de Technologie de Compiègne (sebastien.destercke(a)utc.fr)

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[SIPTA] 2 PhD positions at the Chair for Reliability Engineering
by Faes March 24, 2022

March 24, 2022

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[SIPTA] BELIEF 2022 3rd CFP
by Sylvie Le-hegarat March 23, 2022

March 23, 2022

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[SIPTA] Lecturer position in Compiègne
by Sébastien Destercke March 19, 2022

March 19, 2022

Dear colleagues, We will open a lecturer position in Compiègne this year, to join our AI team. While we are primarily seeking research profiles in statistical and machine learning, strong applicants whose focus is on reasoning under uncertainty (for learning or other tasks) are very welcome. The profile (written in french and english) can be found there: https://www.galaxie.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr/ensup/ListesPostesPub…. Speaking french is not mandatory, as the courses can be given in english, although a reasonable grasp of french is certainly a plus in the short term (and a necessary condition for long-term survival in France), for instance to deal with the application website (french only). Just let me know if you're interested and please advertise to any possibly interested candidate. 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 ====================================

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[SIPTA] {Spam?} [jobs] 2 Research fellows in Epistemic Artificial Intelligence - ***March 13***
by Fabio Cuzzolin March 10, 2022

March 10, 2022

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[SIPTA] PhD Position at Leibniz University Hannover
by Philipp Otto March 4, 2022

March 4, 2022

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[SIPTA] IPMU 2022 - Call for Abstracts
by Davide Elio Ciucci March 3, 2022

March 3, 2022

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[SIPTA] Special session on imprecise probabilities at SMPS 2022
by Arthur Van Camp Feb. 28, 2022

Feb. 28, 2022

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[SIPTA] {Spam?} PhD studentship in epistemic artificial intelligence: March 10
by Fabio Cuzzolin Feb. 25, 2022

Feb. 25, 2022

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[SIPTA] IPMU 2022 - one week extension
by Davide Elio Ciucci Feb. 19, 2022

Feb. 19, 2022

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[SIPTA] {Spam?} [jobs] 2 Research fellows in Epistemic Artificial Intelligence - Deadline extended
by Fabio Cuzzolin Feb. 16, 2022

Feb. 16, 2022

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[SIPTA] Tenth SIPTA School on Imprecise Probabilities in Bristol, UK, August 15 – 19, 2022
by Arthur Van Camp Feb. 15, 2022

Feb. 15, 2022

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[SIPTA] final deadline for the special session on imprecise probabilities at IPMU'2022
by ENRIQUE MIRANDA MENENDEZ Feb. 14, 2022

Feb. 14, 2022

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[SIPTA] BELIEF 2022
by Sylvie Le-hegarat Feb. 11, 2022

Feb. 11, 2022

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[SIPTA] IPMU 2022 - deadline approaching
by Davide Elio Ciucci Feb. 3, 2022

Feb. 3, 2022

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[SIPTA] {Spam?} [jobs] Research fellow in Epistemic Artificial Intelligence - Feb 13
by Fabio Cuzzolin Jan. 31, 2022

Jan. 31, 2022

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[SIPTA] [UR @ FLAIRS 35] Call for Papers
by Antonucci Alessandro Jan. 22, 2022

Jan. 22, 2022

*** Apologies for multiple postings *** UR @ FLAIRS 35 - Call for Papers Special Track on Uncertain Reasoning at the 35th Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society Conference (FLAIRS-35) May 15-18, 2022 - Hutchinson Island, Jensen Beach, Florida (US) Paper submission deadline: February 14, 2022 (abstracts on February 7, 2022) Conference website: www.flairs-35.info Track website: ur-flairs.github.io/2022 ::: Call for Papers ::: Many problems in AI (in reasoning, planning, learning, perception and robotics) require the agent to operate with incomplete or uncertain information. The objective of this track is to present and discuss a broad and diverse range of current work on uncertain reasoning, including theoretical and applied research based on different paradigms. We hope that the variety and richness of this track will help to promote cross fertilisation among the different approaches for uncertain reasoning, and in turn foster the development of new ideas and paradigms. The Special Track on Uncertain Reasoning (UR) is the oldest track in FLAIRS conferences, running annually since 1996. The UR'22 Special Track at the 35th International Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society Conference (FLAIRS-33) is the 25th in the series. As in the past years, UR'20 track seeks to bring together researchers working on broad issues related to reasoning under uncertainty. Papers on all aspects of uncertain reasoning are invited. Papers of particular interest include, but are not limited to: - Uncertain reasoning formalisms, calculi and methodologies - Reasoning with probability, possibility, fuzzy logic, belief functions, vagueness, granularity, rough sets, and probability logics - Modelling and reasoning using imprecise and indeterminate information, such as: Choquet capacities, comparative orderings, convex sets of measures, and interval-valued probabilities - Exact, approximate and qualitative uncertain reasoning - Inference and learning with graphical models of uncertainty (e.g., Bayesian networks) - Multi-agent uncertain reasoning and decision making - Decision-theoretic planning and Markov decision processes - Temporal reasoning and uncertainty, non-monotonic reasoning, similarity-based reasoning - Conditional logics, description logic, logic programming - Argumentation - Belief change and merging - Construction of models from elicitation, data mining and knowledge discovery - Uncertain reasoning in information retrieval, filtering, fusion, diagnosis, prediction, situation assessment - Uncertain reasoning in data management - Practical applications of uncertain reasoning (e.g., machine learning, computer vision and animation) ::: Program Committee ::: : Track Chairs : - Alessandro Antonucci (IDSIA, Switzerland) - Yang Xiang (University of Guelph, Canada) : PC Members : - Mohand Said Allili (Université du Québec en Outaouais) - Ofer Arieli (The Academic College of Tel-Aviv, Israel) - Salem Benferhat (University of Artois, France) - Ameur Bensefia (Higher Colleges of Technology, United Arab Emirates) - Stefano Bistarelli (University of Perugia, Italy) - Nizar Bouguila (Concordia University, Canada) - Cory Butz (University of Regina, Canada) - Martine Ceberio (University of Texas at El Paso, US) - Sébastien Destercke (University of Technology of Compiègne, France) - Love Ekenberg (Stockholm University, Sweden) - Lluis Godo (Spanish National Research Council, Spain) - Christophe Gonzales (LIS, France) - Pooyan Jamshidi (University of South Caroline, US) - Mohammad Ali Javidian (Purdue University, US) - Gabriele Kern-Isberner (University of Technology Dortmund, Germany) - Vladik Kreinovich (University of Texas at El Paso, US) - Philippe Leray (University of Nantes, France) - Nicholas Mattei (Tulane University, US) - Rafael Peñaloza (University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy) - Kamal Premaratne (University of Miami, US) - Eugene Santos (Dartmouth College, US) - Dilip Sarkar (University of Miami, US) - Kari Sentz (Los Alamos National Laboratory, US) - Karim Tabia (Artois University, France) - Carlo Taticchi (Univerity of Perugia, Italy - Choh Man Teng (Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, US) ::: Other Information ::: FLAIRS-35 is planned to run as a mild-hybrid conference. We will have a safe physical conference to the extent possible, but provide an option for online presentation for those who cannot attend the physical conference. Additional information on the venue can be found at www.flairs-35.info. Feel free to contact the organizers for any further information about the UR’22 special track. ::: Submission ::: Papers are due by January 24, 2022 (abstracts by January 17, 2022). Submissions of all papers to FLAIRS-35 is done through the EasyChair conference system: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=flairs35 When submitting your paper, select the Uncertain Reasoning track. Double-blind reviewing is used for research papers, so submitted papers must not reveal authors identify (for example, use your paper ID from EasyChair instead of author name in your paper). Do NOT use a fake name for your EasyChair login; your EasyChair account information is hidden from reviewers. Authors should indicate the special track "Uncertain Reasoning" for submissions. There are three kinds of submissions: * full paper - a paper of high quality, which will be published in the proceedings (up to 6 pages) and will be presented by the author in a corresponding track (20 minute oral presentation); * short paper - a paper that shows some novelty and general interest, but is more preliminary or in the early stages of development, which also get published in the proceedings (up to 4 pages) and the author presents the work in a poster session; and * poster abstract, which will be published as abstract only (up to 250 words; please follow this format for the final camera-ready poster abstract) and the author presents the work in a poster session. Rejected full papers may still be accepted as short papers or poster abstracts, if reviewers found interest in the idea, but the paper quality was not sufficient to be published in full length. There will also be a separate abstract only submission for authors who want to submit just an abstract and present it in a poster session. For each accepted paper (full, short, or poster abstract), there must be an accompanying AUTHOR REGISTRATION. A single author may have up to a maximum of two papers per AUTHOR REGISTRATION. Author names may be changed or re-ordered after reviewing; however, for budgetary reasons, registration fees will be based on the details at the time of submission and review. The accepted papers in the track will be published in the proceedings of FLAIRS-35 published by the FloridaOJ. Authors are expected to make a reasonable effort to address reviewers’ comments prior to the submission of the camera ready paper. Where such expectations have been flouted, actions may be taken to preserve the quality of the conference and the expectations of conference goers. In order for a paper to be published in the proceedings, the paper must be accompanied by at least one AUTHOR REGISTRATION. It is also expected that for a full (i.e., maximum 6-page) paper, at least one of the authors will attend the conference to present the work.

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[SIPTA] FW: Fourth International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Computational Intelligence AICI 2023
by Kreinovich Jan. 15, 2022

Jan. 15, 2022

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