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[SIPTA] Re: AI and Computational Intelligence Conference in Vietnam: deadline extended to September 15
by Kreinovich Sept. 11, 2021

Sept. 11, 2021

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[SIPTA] Re: international econometric conference in Vietnam -- deadline extended to September 15
by Kreinovich Sept. 1, 2021

Sept. 1, 2021

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[SIPTA] Re: econometric conference in Thailand: deadline extended to September 15
by Kreinovich Sept. 1, 2021

Sept. 1, 2021

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[SIPTA] Re: deadline extended: Third International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Computational Intelligence
by Kreinovich Sept. 1, 2021

Sept. 1, 2021

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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 Sept. 1, 2021

Sept. 1, 2021

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

Aug. 30, 2021

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[SIPTA] [vacancy] PhD position in Robust Bayesian Uncertainty Quantification
by Erik Quaeghebeur Aug. 27, 2021

Aug. 27, 2021

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 Aug. 26, 2021

Aug. 26, 2021

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 Aug. 22, 2021

Aug. 22, 2021

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[SIPTA] FW: 8th World Conference on Soft Computing, please notice a new URL www.wconsc2021.com
by Kreinovich Aug. 21, 2021

Aug. 21, 2021

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[SIPTA] Fwd: [UAI] CFP Causal-ITALY International AIxIA Workshop on Causality, Deadline 24 Sept 2021
by Zaffalon Marco Aug. 3, 2021

Aug. 3, 2021

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[SIPTA] Post Doc at LSE: Decision Making under Severe Uncertainty
by Thomas Augustin LMU Aug. 2, 2021

Aug. 2, 2021

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 July 28, 2021

July 28, 2021

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

July 28, 2021

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[SIPTA] Re: IEEE SSCI 2021: Submission deadline extension to 20th August
by Kreinovich July 25, 2021

July 25, 2021

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[SIPTA] [news] Continual Semi-Supervised Learning @ IJCAI 2021 - Call for participation
by Fabio Cuzzolin July 23, 2021

July 23, 2021

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[SIPTA] [UAI] IUKM 2022 Call for Papers [Ishikawa, Japan, March 18-20, 2022]
by Van-Nam HUYNH July 15, 2021

July 15, 2021

[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 July 4, 2021

July 4, 2021

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[SIPTA] Re: SCAN2020 abstract submission deadline extended to July 14th
by Kreinovich July 1, 2021

July 1, 2021

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[SIPTA] ISIPTA 2021: Call for Virtual Participation
by Serafin Moral June 29, 2021

June 29, 2021

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[SIPTA] Re: SCAN2020 abstract submission reminder
by Kreinovich June 25, 2021

June 25, 2021

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[SIPTA] Re: CFP for AICI'2022
by Kreinovich June 22, 2021

June 22, 2021

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[SIPTA] Re: FnPIG, the Fuzzy & Possibility Interest Group
by Kreinovich June 19, 2021

June 19, 2021

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[SIPTA] Re: SC-AIS-2021 and MICAI 2021
by Kreinovich June 17, 2021

June 17, 2021

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[SIPTA] FW: 10th International Workshop on Reliable Engineering Computing REC 2023
by Kreinovich June 17, 2021

June 17, 2021

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[SIPTA] Final Call for Papers: NMR 2021
by Richard Booth June 17, 2021

June 17, 2021

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[SIPTA] SIPTA website - New blog post
by IGNACIO MONTES GUTIERREZ June 8, 2021

June 8, 2021

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[SIPTA] mark your calendars for 2023
by Kreinovich June 7, 2021

June 7, 2021

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[SIPTA] Re: CfP SCAN2020 online
by Kreinovich June 5, 2021

June 5, 2021

FYI, papers on verified computations related to imprecise probabilities are welcome too, especially papers that use interval techniques. -----Original Message----- From: Csendes Tibor <csendes(a)inf.u-szeged.hu> Sent: Saturday, June 5, 2021 9:18 AM The 19th International Symposium on Scientific Computing, Computer Arithmetic, and Verified Numerical Computations will be held online between the 13th and 17th of September 2021 (Monday to Friday). The five plenary speakers will be Jay Mireles James, Fabienne Jézéquel, Kazuaki Tanaka, and the two Moore Prize winners to be announced. Those interested in presenting a contribution are asked to submit a short abstract (1 to 2 pages in PDF-format) using the LaTeX template. Submission of the abstract should be done no later than June 30, 2021 by easychair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=scan2020 The accepted abstracts will be published in electronic form at the web-site of SCAN2020: http://www.inf.u-szeged.hu/scan2020/program and in a printed book of abstracts. At least one author of an accepted abstract must pay the registration fee to be published in the book of abstracts. The registration fee will be 100 Euro, that contains the volume of abstracts, the online conference environment, and other organization costs. We plan to have special issues of three scientific journals (among them Acta Cybernetica and Reliable Computing). Please share the information with your colleagues. We are looking forward to seeing you online! The Organizing Committee: Balázs Bánhelyi (chair), Tibor Csendes, Boglárka G.-Tóth, and Tamás Vinkó -- Dr. Csendes Tibor egyetemi tanár, Szegedi Tudományegyetem, Informatikai Intézet H-6701 Szeged, Pf. 652, Hungary csendes(a)inf.u-szeged.hu www.inf.u-szeged.hu/~csendes/ Tel.: +36 62 544 305, +36 30 314 1626, Fax: +36 62 546 397 Anagrammák: Consider best; Drei Cent Boss; Csend, esti bor...

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[SIPTA] [jobs] PhD studentships in Epistemic Artificial Intelligence @ Oxford Brookes
by Fabio Cuzzolin May 28, 2021

May 28, 2021

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[SIPTA] 2nd Call for Papers: NMR 2021
by Richard Booth May 26, 2021

May 26, 2021

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[SIPTA] International Workshop on Reliable Engineering Computing 2021 and 2023
by Kreinovich May 19, 2021

May 19, 2021

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[SIPTA] 1st Call for Papers: NMR 2021
by Richard Booth May 5, 2021

May 5, 2021

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[SIPTA] Organized Session CMStatistics 2021
by IGNACIO MONTES GUTIERREZ May 2, 2021

May 2, 2021

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[SIPTA] FW: A Request
by Kreinovich May 2, 2021

May 2, 2021

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[SIPTA] Reasoning Web Summer School 2021
by Ivan José Varzinczak May 1, 2021

May 1, 2021

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[SIPTA] BELIEF 2021 - last call for papers - final submission deadline
by frederic.pichon April 27, 2021

April 27, 2021

========================================================================= 6th International Conference on Belief Functions (BELIEF 2021) Dates: October 15th-19th, 2021 Location: Shanghai, China (online participation also possible) Final submission deadline: May 9th, 2021 Notification: June 25th, 2021 Final version: July 15th, 2021 Further information: https://www.lgi2a.univ-artois.fr/events/belief2021/ ========================================================================= The theory of belief functions, also referred to as evidence theory or Dempster-Shafer theory, was first introduced by Arthur P. Dempster in the context of statistical inference, and was later developed by Glenn Shafer as a general framework for modelling epistemic uncertainty. These early contributions have been the starting points of many important developments, including the transferable belief model and the theory of hints. The theory of belief functions is now well established as a general framework for reasoning with uncertainty, and has well understood connections to other frameworks such as probability, possibility and imprecise probability theories. It has been applied in diverse areas such as machine learning, information fusion and risk analysis. The BELIEF conferences (sponsored by the Belief Functions and Applications Society https://www.bfasociety.org/) are dedicated to the confrontation of ideas, the reporting of recent achievements and the presentation of the wide range of applications of this theory. The first edition of this conference series was held in Brest, France, in 2010. Later editions were held in Compiègne, France in 2012, Oxford, UK in 2014, Prague, Czech Republic in 2016, and again in Compiègne, France in 2018. The Sixth International Conference on Belief Functions (BELIEF 2021) will be located in Shanghai, China, on October 15-19, 2021, together with the 2021 International Conference on Cognitive analytics, Granular computing, and Three-way decisions (CCGT). It will be held both onsite and online due to the COVID-19 situation (see Venue and Registration below for details). Submission and Proceedings ========================== The proceedings of the BELIEF 2021 conference will be published by Springer-Verlag in a volume of the Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNCS/LNAI) series and indexed by: ISI Web of Science; EI Engineering Index; ACM Digital Library; dblp; Google Scholar; IO-Port; MathSciNet; Scopus; Zentralblatt MATH. Previous BELIEF proceedings can be found on SpringerLink. Authors should consult Springer’s authors’ guidelines and use their proceedings templates, either for LaTeX or for Word, for the preparation of their papers. Springer encourages authors to include their ORCIDs in their papers. In addition, the corresponding author of each paper, acting on behalf of all of the authors of that paper, must complete and sign a Consent-to-Publish form. The corresponding author signing the copyright form should match the corresponding author marked on the paper. Once the files have been sent to Springer, changes relating to the authorship of the papers cannot be made. IJAR Special issue ================== Authors of selected papers from the BELIEF 2021 conference will be invited to submit extended versions of their papers for possible inclusion in a special issue of the International Journal of Approximate Reasoning (https://www.journals.elsevier.com/international-journal-of-approximate-reas…) IJAR Best Paper Award ===================== Thanks to the continued support of the International Journal of Approximate Reasoning, the best papers presented at the conference will be distinguished by the IJAR Best Paper Award. The prize will consist of a certificate and 1000 euros, which will be split between the winners. Invited speakers ================ We are very happy to announce that the following speakers have agreed to give an invited talk at the conference: - Associate Prof. Chunlai Zhou (Renmin University, China), title of the talk: "Basic Utility Theory for Belief Functions" - Prof. Deqiang Han (Xi'an Jiaotong University, China), title of the talk: "Learning-based Modelized Methods for Evidence Combination" - Prof. Zengjing Chen (Shandong University, China), title of the talk: "A Central Limit Theorem for Sets of Probability Measures" - Prof. Van-Nam Huynh (Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan), title of the talk: "Machine Learning coupled with Evidential Reasoning for User Preferences" Tutorials ========= The program of this edition of the BELIEF conference will include tutorials from experts on belief functions and their applications. Confirmed tutorials: - "Generalized Dempster-Shafer theory based on random fuzzy sets" (Prof. Thierry Denoeux, Université de technologie de Compiègne, France) - "Introduction to information fusion in belief function theory" (Prof. Frédéric Pichon, Université d’Artois, Béthune, France). Venue and Registration ====================== To accommodate for the uncertainties surrounding travel possibilities due to the COVID-19 pandemic, participants have two options to attend the conference: either online or onsite. The onsite event will take place at the Gu Cun Park Hotel (No.4788 Hu Tai Road, Baoshan District, Shanghai). The registration fee for the onsite participants will include the following items: - Full attendance to the two conferences (BELIEF/CCGT), including keynote talks and tutorials - Online BELIEF 2021 conference proceedings - Gala dinner - Welcome reception - Conference bag - Coffee breaks and lunches We expect most keynote talks to be given onsite (and tutorials to be given online). Online participants will be able to join and participate to the onsite event via an online platform. They will benefit from a discounted registration fee, which will include the following items: - Full attendance to the two conferences (BELIEF/CCGT), including keynote talks and tutorials - Online BELIEF 2021 conference proceedings Students (BFAS Grants) ====================== The onsite and online student registration fees will be reduced in comparison to the standard onsite and online registration fees. Furthermore, the Belief functions and Applications Society (BFAS) is offering a number of grants to allow students with limited funding opportunities to present their work at the conference. The grant covers the registration fee (online or onsite fee depending on the chosen mode of participation by the student). Candidates should send the following information: - CV - recommendation letter from supervisor - copy of paper accepted at BELIEF 2021 to the secretary of BFAS, Dr. Anne-Laure Jousselme (anne-laure.jousselme(a)cmre.nato.int) ============================================================ BELIEF-CCGT Conference co-chairs Thierry Denoeux (Université de Technologie de Compiègne, France), Duoqian Miao (Tongji University, Shanghai, China), Yiyu Yao (University of Regina, Canada). BELIEF 2021 Program Committee co-chairs Zhunga Liu (liuzhunga(a)nwpu.edu.cn, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xian, China), Frédéric Pichon (frederic.pichon(a)univ-artois.fr, Université d'Artois, Béthune, France). BELIEF 2021 Steering committee Eric Lefevre (Université d'Artois, France), Zhunga Liu (Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xian, China), David Mercier (Université d'Artois, France), Frédéric Pichon (Université d'Artois, France), Zhihua Wei (Tongji University, Shanghai, China), Xiaodong Yue (Shanghai University, China) BELIEF 2021 Organization chair Xiaodong Yue, Shanghai University, China The organizers would be grateful if you could inform potentially interested participants of this conference.

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[SIPTA] [jobs] Research fellow in Epistemic Artificial Intelligence
by Fabio Cuzzolin April 22, 2021

April 22, 2021

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[SIPTA] ISIPTA 2021: Call for Posters (deadline 15 May)
by Serafin Moral April 21, 2021

April 21, 2021

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[SIPTA] IPMU 2022 Announcement
by Davide Elio Ciucci April 19, 2021

April 19, 2021

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[SIPTA] imprecise-probability tag at math.stackexchange
by Abrams April 10, 2021

April 10, 2021

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[SIPTA] BELIEF 2021 - call for papers - extended submission deadline
by frederic.pichon April 9, 2021

April 9, 2021

========================================================================= 6th International Conference on Belief Functions (BELIEF 2021) Dates: October 15th-19th, 2021 Location: Shanghai, China (online participation also possible) Extended submission deadline: April 30th, 2021 Notification: June 16th, 2021 Final version: July 7th, 2021 Further information: https://www.lgi2a.univ-artois.fr/events/belief2021/ ========================================================================= The theory of belief functions, also referred to as evidence theory or Dempster-Shafer theory, was first introduced by Arthur P. Dempster in the context of statistical inference, and was later developed by Glenn Shafer as a general framework for modelling epistemic uncertainty. These early contributions have been the starting points of many important developments, including the transferable belief model and the theory of hints. The theory of belief functions is now well established as a general framework for reasoning with uncertainty, and has well understood connections to other frameworks such as probability, possibility and imprecise probability theories. It has been applied in diverse areas such as machine learning, information fusion and risk analysis. The BELIEF conferences (sponsored by the Belief Functions and Applications Society https://www.bfasociety.org/) are dedicated to the confrontation of ideas, the reporting of recent achievements and the presentation of the wide range of applications of this theory. The first edition of this conference series was held in Brest, France, in 2010. Later editions were held in Compiègne, France in 2012, Oxford, UK in 2014, Prague, Czech Republic in 2016, and again in Compiègne, France in 2018. The Sixth International Conference on Belief Functions (BELIEF 2021) will be located in Shanghai, China, on October 15-19, 2021, together with the 2021 International Conference on Cognitive analytics, Granular computing, and Three-way decisions (CCGT). It will be held both onsite and online due to the COVID-19 situation (see Venue and Registration below for details). Submission and Proceedings ========================== The proceedings of the BELIEF 2021 conference will be published by Springer-Verlag in a volume of the Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNCS/LNAI) series and indexed by: ISI Web of Science; EI Engineering Index; ACM Digital Library; dblp; Google Scholar; IO-Port; MathSciNet; Scopus; Zentralblatt MATH. Previous BELIEF proceedings can be found on SpringerLink. Authors should consult Springer’s authors’ guidelines and use their proceedings templates, either for LaTeX or for Word, for the preparation of their papers. Springer encourages authors to include their ORCIDs in their papers. In addition, the corresponding author of each paper, acting on behalf of all of the authors of that paper, must complete and sign a Consent-to-Publish form. The corresponding author signing the copyright form should match the corresponding author marked on the paper. Once the files have been sent to Springer, changes relating to the authorship of the papers cannot be made. IJAR Special issue ================== Authors of selected papers from the BELIEF 2021 conference will be invited to submit extended versions of their papers for possible inclusion in a special issue of the International Journal of Approximate Reasoning (https://www.journals.elsevier.com/international-journal-of-approximate-reas…) IJAR Best Paper Award ===================== Thanks to the continued support of the International Journal of Approximate Reasoning, the best papers presented at the conference will be distinguished by the IJAR Best Paper Award. The prize will consist of a certificate and 1000 euros, which will be split between the winners. Invited speakers ================ We are very happy to announce that the following speakers have agreed to give an invited talk at the conference: - Associate Prof. Chunlai Zhou (Renmin University, China), title of the talk: "Basic Utility Theory for Belief Functions" - Prof. Deqiang Han (Xi'an Jiaotong University, China), title of the talk: "Learning-based Modelized Methods for Evidence Combination" - Prof. Zengjing Chen (Shandong University, China), title of the talk: "A Central Limit Theorem for Sets of Probability Measures" - Prof. Van-Nam Huynh (Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan), title of the talk: "Machine Learning coupled with Evidential Reasoning for User Preferences" Tutorials ========= The program of this edition of the BELIEF conference will include tutorials from experts on belief functions and their applications. Confirmed tutorials: - "Generalized Dempster-Shafer theory based on random fuzzy sets" (Prof. Thierry Denoeux, Université de technologie de Compiègne, France) - "Introduction to information fusion in belief function theory" (Prof. Frédéric Pichon, Université d’Artois, Béthune, France). Venue and Registration ====================== To accommodate for the uncertainties surrounding travel possibilities due to the COVID-19 pandemic, participants have two options to attend the conference: either online or onsite. The onsite event will take place at the Gu Cun Park Hotel (No.4788 Hu Tai Road, Baoshan District, Shanghai). The registration fee for the onsite participants will include the following items: - Full attendance to the two conferences (BELIEF/CCGT), including keynote talks and tutorials - Online BELIEF 2021 conference proceedings - Gala dinner - Welcome reception - Conference bag - Coffee breaks and lunches We expect most keynote talks to be given onsite (and tutorials to be given online). Online participants will be able to join and participate to the onsite event via an online platform. They will benefit from a discounted registration fee, which will include the following items: - Full attendance to the two conferences (BELIEF/CCGT), including keynote talks and tutorials - Online BELIEF 2021 conference proceedings Students (BFAS Grants) ====================== The onsite and online student registration fees will be reduced in comparison to the standard onsite and online registration fees. Furthermore, the Belief functions and Applications Society (BFAS) is offering a number of grants to allow students with limited funding opportunities to present their work at the conference. The grant covers the registration fee (online or onsite fee depending on the chosen mode of participation by the student). Candidates should send the following information: - CV - recommendation letter from supervisor - copy of paper accepted at BELIEF 2021 to the secretary of BFAS, Dr. Anne-Laure Jousselme (anne-laure.jousselme(a)cmre.nato.int) ============================================================ BELIEF-CCGT Conference co-chairs Thierry Denoeux (Université de Technologie de Compiègne, France), Duoqian Miao (Tongji University, Shanghai, China), Yiyu Yao (University of Regina, Canada). BELIEF 2021 Program Committee co-chairs Zhunga Liu (liuzhunga(a)nwpu.edu.cn, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xian, China), Frédéric Pichon (frederic.pichon(a)univ-artois.fr, Université d'Artois, Béthune, France). BELIEF 2021 Steering committee Eric Lefevre (Université d'Artois, France), Zhunga Liu (Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xian, China), David Mercier (Université d'Artois, France), Frédéric Pichon (Université d'Artois, France), Zhihua Wei (Tongji University, Shanghai, China), Xiaodong Yue (Shanghai University, China) BELIEF 2021 Organization chair Xiaodong Yue, Shanghai University, China The organizers would be grateful if you could inform potentially interested participants of this conference.

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[SIPTA] FW: Information Update Regarding IEEE SSCI 2021
by Kreinovich April 3, 2021

April 3, 2021

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[SIPTA] [jobs] Research fellow in Epistemic Artificial Intelligence - May 3
by Fabio Cuzzolin March 31, 2021

March 31, 2021

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[SIPTA] Re: Call for papers: Symposium on “Optimization, Uncertainty and Probability”, IMECE2021- International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Virtual Conference, November 1-4, 2021
by Kreinovich March 16, 2021

March 16, 2021

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[SIPTA] BELIEF 2021 - Third call for papers
by frederic.pichon March 16, 2021

March 16, 2021

========================================================================= 6th International Conference on Belief Functions (BELIEF 2021) Dates: October 15th-19th, 2021 Location: Shanghai, China (online participation also possible) Submission deadline: April 15th, 2021 Notification: May 31st, 2021 Final version: June 30th, 2021 Further information: https://www.lgi2a.univ-artois.fr/events/belief2021/ ========================================================================= The theory of belief functions, also referred to as evidence theory or Dempster-Shafer theory, was first introduced by Arthur P. Dempster in the context of statistical inference, and was later developed by Glenn Shafer as a general framework for modelling epistemic uncertainty. These early contributions have been the starting points of many important developments, including the transferable belief model and the theory of hints. The theory of belief functions is now well established as a general framework for reasoning with uncertainty, and has well understood connections to other frameworks such as probability, possibility and imprecise probability theories. It has been applied in diverse areas such as machine learning, information fusion and risk analysis. The BELIEF conferences (sponsored by the Belief Functions and Applications Society https://www.bfasociety.org/) are dedicated to the confrontation of ideas, the reporting of recent achievements and the presentation of the wide range of applications of this theory. The first edition of this conference series was held in Brest, France, in 2010. Later editions were held in Compiègne, France in 2012, Oxford, UK in 2014, Prague, Czech Republic in 2016, and again in Compiègne, France in 2018. The Sixth International Conference on Belief Functions (BELIEF 2021) will be located in Shanghai, China, on October 15-19, 2021, together with the 2021 International Conference on Cognitive analytics, Granular computing, and Three-way decisions (CCGT). It will be held both onsite and online due to the COVID-19 situation (see Venue and Registration below for details). Submission and Proceedings ========================== The proceedings of the BELIEF 2021 conference will be published by Springer-Verlag in a volume of the Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNCS/LNAI) series and indexed by: ISI Web of Science; EI Engineering Index; ACM Digital Library; dblp; Google Scholar; IO-Port; MathSciNet; Scopus; Zentralblatt MATH. Previous BELIEF proceedings can be found on SpringerLink. Authors should consult Springer’s authors’ guidelines and use their proceedings templates, either for LaTeX or for Word, for the preparation of their papers. Springer encourages authors to include their ORCIDs in their papers. In addition, the corresponding author of each paper, acting on behalf of all of the authors of that paper, must complete and sign a Consent-to-Publish form. The corresponding author signing the copyright form should match the corresponding author marked on the paper. Once the files have been sent to Springer, changes relating to the authorship of the papers cannot be made. IJAR Special issue ================== Authors of selected papers from the BELIEF 2021 conference will be invited to submit extended versions of their papers for possible inclusion in a special issue of the International Journal of Approximate Reasoning (https://www.journals.elsevier.com/international-journal-of-approximate-reas…) Invited speakers ================ We are very happy to announce that the following speakers have agreed to give an invited talk at the conference: - Associate Prof. Chunlai Zhou (Renmin University, China), title of the talk: "Basic Utility Theory for Belief Functions" - Prof. Deqiang Han (Xi'an Jiaotong University, China), title of the talk: "Learning-based Modelized Methods for Evidence Combination" - Prof. Zengjing Chen (Shandong University, China), title of the talk to be announced - Prof. Van-Nam Huynh (Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan), title of the talk to be announced Tutorials ========= The program of this edition of the BELIEF conference will include tutorials from experts on belief functions and their applications. Confirmed tutorials: - "Generalized Dempster-Shafer theory based on random fuzzy sets" (Prof. Thierry Denoeux, Université de technologie de Compiègne, France) - "Introduction to information fusion in belief function theory" (Prof. Frédéric Pichon, Université d’Artois, Béthune, France). Venue and Registration ====================== To accommodate for the uncertainties surrounding travel possibilities due to the COVID-19 pandemic, participants have two options to attend the conference: either online or onsite. The onsite event will take place at the Gu Cun Park Hotel (No.4788 Hu Tai Road, Baoshan District, Shanghai). The registration fee for the onsite participants will include the following items: - Full attendance to the two conferences (BELIEF/CCGT), including keynote talks and tutorials - Online BELIEF 2021 conference proceedings - Gala dinner - Welcome reception - Conference bag - Coffee breaks and lunches We expect most keynote talks to be given onsite (and tutorials to be given online). Online participants will be able to join and participate to the onsite event via an online platform. They will benefit from a discounted registration fee, which will include the following items: - Full attendance to the two conferences (BELIEF/CCGT), including keynote talks and tutorials - Online BELIEF 2021 conference proceedings Students ======== The onsite and online student registration fees will be reduced in comparison to the standard onsite and online registration fees. Furthermore, the Belief functions and Applications Society (BFAS) is offering a number of grants to allow students with limited funding opportunities to present their work at the conference. The grant covers the registration fee (online or onsite fee depending on the chosen mode of participation by the student). Candidates should send the following information: - CV - recommendation letter from supervisor - copy of paper accepted at BELIEF 2021 to the secretary of BFAS, Dr. Anne-Laure Jousselme (anne-laure.jousselme(a)cmre.nato.int) ============================================================ BELIEF-CCGT Conference co-chairs Thierry Denoeux (Université de Technologie de Compiègne, France), Duoqian Miao (Tongji University, Shanghai, China), Yiyu Yao (University of Regina, Canada). BELIEF 2021 Program Committee co-chairs Zhunga Liu (liuzhunga(a)nwpu.edu.cn, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xian, China), Frédéric Pichon (frederic.pichon(a)univ-artois.fr, Université d'Artois, Béthune, France). BELIEF 2021 Steering committee Eric Lefevre (Université d'Artois, France), Zhunga Liu (Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xian, China), David Mercier (Université d'Artois, France), Frédéric Pichon (Université d'Artois, France), Zhihua Wei (Tongji University, Shanghai, China), Xiaodong Yue (Shanghai University, China) BELIEF 2021 Organization chair Xiaodong Yue, Shanghai University, China The organizers would be grateful if you could inform potentially interested participants of this conference.

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