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If you do not want to receive further information about ISIPTA '01, please send a short message saying so to [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have sent us such a message before, and keep receiving our mails, it's possible that you are a member of a mailing list to which our message is cross-posted. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ISIPTA '01 THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON IMPRECISE PROBABILITIES AND THEIR APPLICATIONS Cornell University Ithaca, NY, USA 26 - 29 June 2001 FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS: DEADLINE FOR PAPER SUBMISSION = 15 JANUARI 2001 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Encouraged by the success of the First International Symposium on Imprecise Probabilities and Their Applications (ISIPTA '99, Ghent, Belgium, 30 June - 2 July 1999, see the web site http://ippserv.rug.ac.be/~isipta99 for more detailed information; see http://decsai.ugr.es/~smc/isipta99/proc/proceedings.html for an electronic version of the proceedings), we have decided to create a biennial series of ISIPTA conferences on imprecise probabilities, each to take place at a different location. The Second International Symposium on Imprecise Probabilities and Their Applications (ISIPTA '01), will be held at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA, from 26 till 29 June 2001. Steering Committee ------------------ Gert de Cooman (Universiteit Gent, Belgium) Fabio G. Cozman (Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil) Terrence Fine (Cornell University, USA) Serafin Moral (Universidad de Granada, Spain) Program Committee ----------------- Board: Gert de Cooman (Belgium) Terrence Fine (USA) Teddy Seidenfeld (USA) Russell Almond (USA) Charles F. Manski (USA) Paul Anand (UK) Massimo Marinacci (Italy) Thomas Augustin (Germany) Serafin Moral (Spain) Salem Benferhat (France) Sujoy Mukerji (UK) Jean-Marc Bernard (France) Klaus Nehring (USA) David Budescu (USA) Robert Nau (USA) Fabio G. Cozman (Brazil) Endre Pap (Yugoslavia) Dieter Denneberg (Germany) Jeff Paris (UK) James M. Dickey (USA) David Pennock (USA) Didier Dubois (France) Henri Prade (France) Itzhak Gilboa (Israel) Giuliana Regoli (Italy) Angelo Gilio (Italy) Romano Scozzafava (Italy) Fernando Gomide (Brazil) Glenn Shafer (USA) Michel Grabisch (France) Philippe Smets (Belgium) Pierre Hanssen (Canada) Michael Smithson (Australia) David Harmanec (Czech Republic) Wynn Stirling (USA) Jean-Yves Jaffray (France) Milan Studeny (Czech Republic) Hugo Janssen (Belgium) Lev Utkin (Russia) Etienne Kerre (Belgium) Jirina Vejnarova (Czech Republic) George Klir (USA) Paolo Vicig (Italy) Henry Kyburg (USA) Frans Voorbraak (The Netherlands) Isaac Levi (USA) Kurt Weichselberger (Germany) Thomas Lukasiewicz (Austria) Nic Wilson (UK) Mark Machina (USA) Marco Zaffalon (Switzerland) What is imprecise probability? ------------------------------ Imprecise probability is a generic term for the many mathematical 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. Such 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. See the IPP web site <http://ippserv.rug.ac.be> for introductory articles about imprecise probabilities, an extensive bibliography, and a collection of survey articles on special types of imprecise probability models. Symposium language ------------------ The working language of the symposium will be English. No simultaneous translation in other languages will be available. Preregistration --------------- If you are planning to submit a paper or want to participate in the symposium, or if you want to receive more information ISIPTA '01, you can fill out the electronic preregistration form on the symposium web site (http://ippserv.rug.ac.be/~isipta01). How to submit a paper --------------------- Papers are encouraged on all aspects of imprecise probability and its applications. Those wishing to present a paper at the symposium should submit a short paper of 4-10 pages electronically, by 15 January 2001. LaTeX and Word style files will be made available on the symposium web site (http://ippserv.rug.ac.be/~isipta01) in the coming days. The Program Committee will decide which of these papers are accepted. The successful authors will then be invited to submit a final version of their paper, for publication in a volume of symposium proceedings (which will be available as a published book before the start of the symposium). Each accepted paper will be given the opportunity for both a brief oral presentation as well as a poster session. All the papers that are accepted for the symposium will also be made available on our web site (http://ippserv.rug.ac.be/~isipta01) well before the symposium. This will allow the participants to study the papers in some detail before they are actually presented. Symposium web site ------------------ All information relating to the symposium will in due course be published on the symposium web site: http://ippserv.rug.ac.be/~isipta01 Important dates ---------------- Paper submission deadline: 15 January 2001 Notification of acceptance: 9 March 2001 Deadline for revised papers: 30 March 2001 Symposium: 26 - 29 June 2001 Questions --------- If you have any questions about the symposium, please contact the Organising Committee, at the following address: Terrence Fine Director Center for Applied Mathematics Rhodes Hall 612 Cornell University Ithaca NY 14853 USA Tel: +1-607-255-4336/3643 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list and remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES are available at http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ =================================================================
