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[SIPTA] FYI: workshop on Constraint Programming and Decision Making
by Kreinovich 02 Jan '22

02 Jan '22

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[SIPTA] Re: LAST CfP: IEEE Intelligent Systems - Special Issue on Reasoning with Inconsistent, Incomplete, and Uncertain Knowledge
by Kreinovich 16 Dec '21

16 Dec '21

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[SIPTA] FW: IEEE Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics
by Kreinovich 13 Dec '21

13 Dec '21

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[SIPTA] Re: BELIEF 2022 (Call For Participation)
by Kreinovich 23 Nov '21

23 Nov '21

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[SIPTA] BELIEF 2022 (Call For Participation)
by Kreinovich 23 Nov '21

23 Nov '21

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[SIPTA] Call for papers: special session at IPMU'22 on interval uncertainty
by Kreinovich 22 Nov '21

22 Nov '21

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[SIPTA] Possible feedbacks on graphical model package (including credal networks)?
by Sébastien Destercke 22 Nov '21

22 Nov '21

Dear Siptians, Some time ago, we (mainly Pierre-Henri Wuillemin and Matthieu Hourbrack) added some credal network possibilities to AGRUM (https://agrum.gitlab.io/) a general package to work with graph-based models that is quite successful (~150.000 downloads last year). In his last survey (preparing an upcoming user day), Pierre-Henri was happily surprised to see that credal networks was one of the most used feature by users. He therefore wonders if anyone from the community was using it, or had useful feedbacks to provide. Just let me or Pierre-Henri know if this is the case, and if not you can always give AGRUM a try to put a little zest in your day! Cheers 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] CFP Special Session on Machine Learning for Partially Labeled Data, IPMU 2022
by LUCIANO SANCHEZ RAMOS 17 Nov '21

17 Nov '21

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[SIPTA] FW: FSTA 2022 - Abstract Submission Deadline Extended
by Kreinovich 14 Nov '21

14 Nov '21

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[SIPTA] IPMU 2022 - Call for papers and special sessions
by Davide Elio Ciucci 08 Nov '21

08 Nov '21

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[SIPTA] Position opportunity: CNRS applications to open soon
by Sébastien Destercke 05 Nov '21

05 Nov '21

Dear colleagues, This is just a message to advertise that, as every year, the CNRS will soon consider applications to become a CNRS permanent researcher, usually with an application deadline around the beginning of january. The application process is competitive, with positions offering a lot of freedom in terms of research, and not coming with any teaching duties (although some can be taken). Speaking french is also optional (but helps in every day life). Applicants are required to provide a research statement of their past activities as well as a research project, and can apply to any CNRS-related laboratory in France (UMR CNRS). There are a number of such laboratories/team in which some researchers focus on uncertainty modelling with an imprecise/ambiguity component, including teams focusing on computer science (CID in Heudiasyc, CRIL, ADRIA in IRIT), economy (GREGHEC at HEC Paris), cognitive psychology (L.P.C. Aix-Marseille Université), and probably others I do not know. While announcements about this year application process have not been done yet, prospective/interested applicants should already contact laboratories they would like to join, in order to prepare the applications. Information regarding last year process can be found here: https://www.dgdr.cnrs.fr/drhchercheurs/concoursch/default-en.htm In case you are interested and need more information, just let me know. 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] [UR '22 @ FLAIRS 35] First Call For Papers
by Antonucci Alessandro 29 Oct '21

29 Oct '21

*** Apologies for multiple postings *** [UR @ FLAIRS 35] FIRST 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: January 24, 2022 Conference website: www.flairs-35.info Track website: https://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 their work.

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[SIPTA] special session on imprecise probabilities at IPMU'2022
by Enrique Miranda 26 Oct '21

26 Oct '21

Call for papers Special Session on "THEORETICAL AND APPLIED ASPECTS OF IMPRECISE PROBABILITIES" to be held at the 19th International Conference on Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-Based Systems (IPMU 2022) https://ipmu2022.disco.unimib.it/submission/ Milan (Italy), July 11-15, 2022 Session topic and goal This session is devoted to Imprecise Probability Theory. This theory involves all the mathematical models that can be used as more flexible tools than usual Probability Theory when the available information is scarce, vague or incomplete. It includes lower previsions, n-monotone capacities, belief functions, possibility measures, or non-additive measures, among others. This special session aims to include papers related to Imprecise Probabilities that either present a significant advance in the foundations or show potential applications in real problems. In addition, papers where the connection between imprecise probability theories and other fields such as fuzzy sets or game theory is emphasized are also welcome. Theoretical topics of interest include (but are not limited to): * (coherent) uncertainty models * non-additive set-functions * qualitative reasoning about uncertainty * limit laws for imprecise probabilities * philosophical foundations * elicitation and inference * robust statistics * decision making * algorithmic issues Applications include (but are not limited to): * data mining * classification and machine learning * risk and reliability analysis * finance * life sciences * system control and design Dates Paper submission: January 14, 2022 Notification of Acceptance: March 1, 2022 Conference: July 11-15, 2022 Organizers We would be obliged if you would let us know in case you intend to submit a paper to this session, at your earliest convenience. Any questions or remarks can be addressed to: Enrique Miranda (mirandaenrique(a)uniovi.es), University of Oviedo (Spain) Ignacio Montes (imontes(a)uniovi.es), University of Oviedo (Spain)

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[SIPTA] IPMU22 - Call for Special Sessions - extended deadline
by Davide Elio Ciucci 21 Oct '21

21 Oct '21

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[SIPTA] Reminder: the EPIMP Inaugural Conference starts tomorrow!
by Arthur Van Camp 19 Oct '21

19 Oct '21

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[SIPTA] Ph.D. Position @ Idsia in the area of Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning
by Antonucci Alessandro 18 Oct '21

18 Oct '21

Ph.D. Position @Idsia in the area of Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning Deadline: 15th November 2021 The Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence (IDSIA) has an open position for a Ph.D. student. This is a full time (100%) position for a student working in the area of multi-agent deep reinforcement learning. The position, granted by the center of technology of the Swiss Department of Defense (armasuisse S+T), is part of a program for the automatic control of flight simulation environments in multi-agent setups. The successful candidate holds a Master degree in Engineering or another STEM field (obtained or close to be obtained). Experience with Pytorch, proficiency in Python and C++, and interests in aviation and simulators (e.g., JSBSim and FlightGear) are optional but desirable skills. The starting date is February 2022 (or as can be arranged by mutual agreement). For further information, please contact Alessandro Antonucci (alessandro(a)idsia.ch). Useful links: https://www.supsi.ch/home_en/supsi/lavora-con-noi/2021-11-15-bando909.html (Call) https://form-ru.app.supsi.ch/view.php?id=579784 (Application Form) https://www.idsia.ch (IDSIA) https://www.ar.admin.ch/en/armasuisse-wissenschaft-und-technologie-w-t/cybe… (armasuisse S+T) ------------------- University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence IDSIA USI-SUPSI Alessandro Antonucci Senior Lecturer-Researcher Polo universitario Lugano Via la Santa 1 CH – 6962 Lugano-Viganello alessandro(a)idsia.ch idsia.ch/~alessandro +41586666579 alessandro.antonucci (skype) alessandro.antonucci(a)supsi.ch (teams)

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[SIPTA] IPMU 2022 -- CALL FOR SPECIAL SESSION PROPOSALS
by Davide Elio Ciucci 04 Oct '21

04 Oct '21

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[SIPTA] BELIEF 2021 : Call for Participation
by frederic.pichon 30 Sep '21

30 Sep '21

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[SIPTA] Virtual conference: EPIMP Inaugural Conference 21 and 22 October 2021
by Arthur Van Camp 30 Sep '21

30 Sep '21

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[SIPTA] {Spam?} [jobs] PhD studentship in Epistemic Artificial Intelligence - Oct 10
by Fabio Cuzzolin 30 Sep '21

30 Sep '21

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[SIPTA] Re: The Sixteenth International Conference on Fuzzy Set Theory and Applications, Liptovsky Jan, Slovak Republic, January 30 - February 4, 2022
by Kreinovich 26 Sep '21

26 Sep '21

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[SIPTA] Re: AI and Computational Intelligence Conference in Vietnam: deadline extended
by Kreinovich 17 Sep '21

17 Sep '21

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[SIPTA] {Spam?} [jobs] PhD studentship in Epistemic Artificial Intelligence
by Fabio Cuzzolin 15 Sep '21

15 Sep '21

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[SIPTA] Re: AI and Computational Intelligence Conference in Vietnam: deadline extended to September 15
by Kreinovich 11 Sep '21

11 Sep '21

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[SIPTA] Re: international econometric conference in Vietnam -- deadline extended to September 15
by Kreinovich 01 Sep '21

01 Sep '21

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[SIPTA] Re: econometric conference in Thailand: deadline extended to September 15
by Kreinovich 01 Sep '21

01 Sep '21

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[SIPTA] Re: deadline extended: Third International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Computational Intelligence
by Kreinovich 01 Sep '21

01 Sep '21

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[SIPTA] Re: Extended deadline: Call for Papers: 8th International Symposium on Reliability Engineering and Risk Management (ISRERM), Hannover, Germany, 4-7 Sept 2022
by Kreinovich 01 Sep '21

01 Sep '21

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[SIPTA] [IEEE DSS-2021] Call for Papers | Hybrid | Submission deadline: 15 Sep 2021
by Arnaud Martin 30 Aug '21

30 Aug '21

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[SIPTA] [vacancy] PhD position in Robust Bayesian Uncertainty Quantification
by Erik Quaeghebeur 27 Aug '21

27 Aug '21

Dear colleagues, We have an opening for a PhD position in Robust Bayesian Uncertainty Quantification at Eindhoven University of Technology: https://jobs.tue.nl/en/vacancy/phd-candidate-on-eaisi-%E2%80%93-damocles-ro… It is part of a multidisciplinary project that focuses on the modeling of physical systems (constitutive relations, to be more precise) using various approaches in the white box–black box spectrum. Our work package will approach the problem from a Bayesian modeling perspective and build in robustness using techniques developed in the imprecise probability field. Please disseminate to promising candidates in your neighborhood! Best regards, Erik -- https://ac.erikquaeghebeur.name

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[SIPTA] Causal expectation maximisation
by Marco Zaffalon 26 Aug '21

26 Aug '21

Dear Friends and Colleagues, We have a report showing that we can solve causal inference in very general terms, albeit approximately, via expectation maximisation. We have made it publicly available here, if you are interested: https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.02912. *** I would also like to share some information on causality-related events for those of you who may be interested (thanks to Alessandro Antonucci for helping to collect them): - CLeaR (deadline Oct. 22) https://www.cclear.cc/2022 - Why 2021 (deadline Sept. 18) https://why21.causalai.net - SI IEEE (deadline Oct. 22) https://cis.ieee.org/images/files/Publications/TNNLS/special-issues/CFP_TNN…. *** Finally, someone might be interested in this recent PhD thesis that proposes nice statistical tools to consider omitted variable bias in common regression valuation metrics + sensitivity analysis tools in linear models: https://escholarship.org/content/qt5bv3x35d/qt5bv3x35d.pdf. Wishing a happy and productive re-start of work to all, Marco

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[SIPTA] Call for participation: Reasoning Web Summer School (RW) 2021
by Ivan José Varzinczak 22 Aug '21

22 Aug '21

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[SIPTA] FW: 8th World Conference on Soft Computing, please notice a new URL www.wconsc2021.com
by Kreinovich 21 Aug '21

21 Aug '21

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[SIPTA] Fwd: [UAI] CFP Causal-ITALY International AIxIA Workshop on Causality, Deadline 24 Sept 2021
by Zaffalon Marco 03 Aug '21

03 Aug '21

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[SIPTA] Post Doc at LSE: Decision Making under Severe Uncertainty
by Thomas Augustin LMU 02 Aug '21

02 Aug '21

Dear Sipta-Followers, Let me bring your attention to an exciting post doc position in London at LSE. Details are available from https://jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/2076/0/308482/15539/research-officer-in-… Best wishes, Thomas

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[SIPTA] FW: another econometric conference: deadline extended
by Kreinovich 28 Jul '21

28 Jul '21

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[SIPTA] FW: Econometrics conference, deadline extended to August 31, 2021
by Kreinovich 28 Jul '21

28 Jul '21

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[SIPTA] Re: IEEE SSCI 2021: Submission deadline extension to 20th August
by Kreinovich 25 Jul '21

25 Jul '21

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[SIPTA] [news] Continual Semi-Supervised Learning @ IJCAI 2021 - Call for participation
by Fabio Cuzzolin 23 Jul '21

23 Jul '21

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[SIPTA] [UAI] IUKM 2022 Call for Papers [Ishikawa, Japan, March 18-20, 2022]
by Van-Nam HUYNH 15 Jul '21

15 Jul '21

[Apologies for cross-posting. Your help in circulating this call for papers to potentially interested parties is highly appreciated.] ———————————————————————————————————————————————————— CALL FOR PAPERS ———————————————————————————————————————————————————— IUKM 2022: The Ninth International Symposium on INTEGRATED UNCERTAINTY in KNOWLEDGE MODELLING and DECISION MAKING Ishikawa, JAPAN, March 18-20, 2022 Conference website: https://www.jaist.ac.jp/IUKM/IUKM2022/ Submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iukm2022 Submission deadline: October 25, 2021 ———————————————————————————————————————————————————— 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. The Ninth International Symposium on Integrated Uncertainty in Knowledge Modelling and Decision Making (IUKM 2022) will be held in a hybrid mode of both in-person and online during 18-20 March, 2022, and be jointly organized by Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) and Osaka University, Japan. Submission Guidelines: All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The authors are invited to submit their full papers by October 25, 2021. The submissions will be peer-reviewed for originality and scientific quality. Authors are requested to prepare their papers in the Springer format. Submissions should not exceed 12 pages and must be submitted as PDF electronically through the conference's Easychair submission page. List of Topics Relevant topics for the IUKM 2022 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 Modelling uncertainty and inconsistency in big data Learning and reasoning with uncertainty Logics for reasoning under uncertainty Uncertainty modelling in deep learning Information fusion and knowledge integration in uncertain environments Decision making under various types of uncertainty Aggregation operators for decision making Copulas for dependence modelling Granular and soft computing Computational intelligence — Application Data mining and knowledge discovery Ontology engineering and Semantic Web Intelligent data analysis and modelling Agents and argumentation Natural language processing Medical informatics and bioinformatics Ranking and recommendation systems Big data and cloud computing Social network analysis and mining Sensor fusion System identification and modelling Diagnosis and reliability Decision support systems Kansei/affective engineering Service computing Engineering management Supply chain management Environmental management Economics and econometrics Statistics and Applications --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Publication As done in previous editions, the proceedings of IUKM 2022 will be published by Springer-Verlag in the Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence series, and be available at the Conference. _______________________________________________ General Chair: Masahiro Inuiguchi (Osaka University, Japan) Program Chair: Katsuhiro Honda (Osaka Prefecture University, Japan) Local Arrangements Co-Chairs: Van-Nam Huynh (Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan) Hideomi Gokon (Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan)

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[SIPTA] See you soon at ISIPTA 2021?
by Jasper De Bock 04 Jul '21

04 Jul '21

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[SIPTA] Re: SCAN2020 abstract submission deadline extended to July 14th
by Kreinovich 01 Jul '21

01 Jul '21

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[SIPTA] ISIPTA 2021: Call for Virtual Participation
by Serafin Moral 29 Jun '21

29 Jun '21

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[SIPTA] Re: SCAN2020 abstract submission reminder
by Kreinovich 25 Jun '21

25 Jun '21

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[SIPTA] Re: CFP for AICI'2022
by Kreinovich 22 Jun '21

22 Jun '21

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[SIPTA] Re: FnPIG, the Fuzzy & Possibility Interest Group
by Kreinovich 19 Jun '21

19 Jun '21

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[SIPTA] Re: SC-AIS-2021 and MICAI 2021
by Kreinovich 17 Jun '21

17 Jun '21

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[SIPTA] FW: 10th International Workshop on Reliable Engineering Computing REC 2023
by Kreinovich 17 Jun '21

17 Jun '21

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[SIPTA] Final Call for Papers: NMR 2021
by Richard Booth 17 Jun '21

17 Jun '21

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[SIPTA] SIPTA website - New blog post
by IGNACIO MONTES GUTIERREZ 08 Jun '21

08 Jun '21

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