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ISIPTA '03
3rd International Symposium on Imprecise Probabilities and Their Applications
First Call for Papers
July 14-17, 2003
Lugano, Switzerland
http://www.sipta.org/~isipta03
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The ISIPTA meetings are one of the primary international forums to present
and discuss new results on the theory and applications of imprecise
probabilities. Imprecise probability has a wide scope, being a generic term
for the many mathematical or statistical models which measure chance or
uncertainty without sharp numerical probabilities. These models include
belief functions, Choquet capacities, comparative probability orderings,
convex sets of probability measures, fuzzy measures, interval-valued
probabilities, possibility measures, plausibility measures, and upper and
lower expectations or previsions. Imprecise probability models are needed
in inference problems where the relevant information is scarce, vague or
conflicting, and in decision problems where preferences may also be
incomplete.
Themes of the symposium
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Although the third symposium will be open to contributions on all aspects
of imprecise probability, three main themes will be emphasised. Papers will
be encouraged that report advances in the following subjects:
- Inference (e.g., statistical inference, machine learning).
- Algorithms and computational complexity (e.g., exact and approximate
inference algorithms, optimisation procedures to compute bounds on lower
and upper expectations/probabilities, complexity analyses).
- Real applications (e.g., artificial intelligence and expert systems,
economics, engineering, environmental modeling, experimental psychology,
medicine, reliability, robotics, statistics, systems and control).
Location
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ISIPTA '03 will be held at the University of Lugano, Switzerland. The
symposium sessions will be held from July 15 till July 17, and they will be
preceded by tutorials on July 14.
Lugano (http://www.lugano-tourism.com) is a beautiful city on the shores of
Lake Lugano, in the southern part of Switzerland. Lugano is close to Zurich
(3 hours by train), Milan (1 hour by train) and Venice (4 hours by train).
How to submit a paper
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Those wishing to present a contribution at the symposium should
electronically submit a paper, no more than 10 pages long, by February
the 1st, 2003. Style files will be made available on the symposium web site.
The Program Committee will decide which of these papers are accepted, by
carefully evaluating their originality, significance, technical soundness,
and clarity of exposition. The successful authors will be invited to submit
a final version of their paper, for publication in a volume of symposium
proceedings. Each accepted paper will be given the opportunity for both a
brief oral presentation as well as a poster session.
Important dates
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Paper submission deadline: 1 February 2003
Notification of acceptance: 1 April 2003
Deadline for revised papers: 1 May 2003
Tutorial day: 14 July 2003
Symposium: 15-17 July 2003
Program Board
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Jean-Marc Bernard (Université Paris 5, France)
Teddy Seidenfeld (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)
Marco Zaffalon (IDSIA, Switzerland)
Steering Committee
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Gert de Cooman (Universiteit Gent, Belgium)
Serafin Moral (Universidad de Granada, Spain)
Questions
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If you have any questions about the symposium, please contact the
Organising Committee, at the following address:
Marco Zaffalon
IDSIA
Galleria 2
CH-6928 Manno
Switzerland
phone +41 91 610 8665
fax +41 91 610 8661
e-mail zaffalon@idsia.ch
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