FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS
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European Conference on
Symbolic and Quantitative Approaches
to Reasoning with Uncertainty
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ECSQARU'99
5-9 July 1999
UCL, London, UK
http://www.cs.ucl.ac.uk/staff/a.hunter/ecsqaru
AIMS AND SCOPE
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Uncertainty is in an increasingly important research topic in many
areas of computer science. Many formalisms are being developed,
with much interest at the theory level directed at developing a better
understanding of the formalisms and identifying relationships between
formalisms, and at the technology level directed at developing software
tools for formalisms and applications of formalisms.
The main European forum for the subject is the European Conference
on Symbolic and Quantitative Approaches to Reasoning and Uncertainty
(ECSQARU). These have been held in Marsellies (1991), Granada (1993),
Fribourg (1995), and Bonn (1997). The next in the series is ECSQARU'99
to be held in London in July 1999.
AREAS FOR CONTRIBUTION (not exclusive)
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Default reasoning
Belief revision
Logics for reasoning with uncertainty
Paraconsistent logics
Belief functions
Bayesian networks
Probabilistic reasoning
Fuzzy systems
Aggregation of arguments
Inconsistency handling
Decision systems
Fusion systems
Argumentation systems
Applications of uncertainty formalisms
Automated reasoning systems for uncertainty
Machine learning for uncertainty
Theoretical results, algorithms, and applications that address the
the unification and integration of different approaches are
especially encouraged.
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
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Tony Hunter (London) - Program chair
Henri Prade (Toulouse) - Data fusion
Finn Jensen (Aalborg) - Bayesian networks
Torsten Schaub (Potsdam) - Default systems
Philippe Smets (Bruxelles) - Belief functions
Dov Gabbay (London) - Logics
Rudolf Kruse (Magdeburg) - Fuzzy methods
SUBMISSION OF PAPERS
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Please limit submissions to a maximum of 10 pages, preferrably
in LNCS format. Details on the LNCS format, including a Latex .sty
file, can be obtained from
www.springer.de/comp/lncs/index.html
To submit a paper, please send it as a postscript file by email, or
post four copies of it, to Tony Hunter at the following address:
Tony Hunter
Department of Computer Science
University College London
Gower Street
London WC1E 6BT
UK
Email: a.hunter@cs.ucl.ac.uk
Phone: +44 171 380 7295
Fax: +44 171 387 1397
PUBLICATION OF PROCEEDINGS
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The proceedings will be published in the Lecture Notes in Computer
Science Series, as with all the previous ECSQARU conference
proceedings.
IMPORTANT DATES
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Submission deadline 31 January 1999
Notification of acceptance 12 March 1999
CRC for accepted papers 16 April 1999
Workshops and tutorials 5-6 July 1999
Main conference 7-9 July 1999
WORKSHOPS AND TUTORIALS
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Additional workshops include:
- Fusion in data and knowledge
- Agents in an uncertain world
- Logic, uncertainty, and information retrieval
One-day introductory tutorials include:
- Bayesian networks
- Belief functions
- Default reasoning
If you are interested in adding to the workshop or tutorial programme,
please contact Simon Parsons (s.d.parsons@qmw.ac.uk).
FURTHER INFO
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For any other queries concerning the conference, please consult the
conference web page (www.cs.ucl.ac.uk/staff/a.hunter/ecsqaru)
or contact Tony Hunter.
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