CALL FOR PAPERS

Twelfth International Workshop on Non-Monotonic Reasoning,
Special Session on Foundations of NMR and Uncertainty

13 September to 15 September 2008, Sydney, Australia
http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~kr2008/NMR2008/fnu.html


AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
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The abilities to handle uncertain information and to reason
nonmonotonically from incomplete knowledge are crucial features of
intelligent behaviour in complex and dynamic environments. This is why
reasoning under uncertainty and nonmonotonic reasoning are major research
areas in Artificial Intelligence. The aim of this specialized workshop at
NMR-2008 is to bring together researchers working in the intersection of
both fields. This subworkshop will especially welcome papers that explore
the relationship between formalisms developed within the two fields and
that improve understanding and cross-fertilization between researchers
active in reasoning under uncertainty and nonmonotonic reasoning.


TOPICS
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The main focus of the meeting is in nonmonotonic aspects related to the
following topics:

-formalisms for reasoning under uncertainty (probabilistic, possibilistic,
belief, plausibility),
-qualitative versus numerical representations,
-independence and graphical representations,
-revision and update of uncertain knowledge,
-handling inconsistency in uncertain knowledge,
-fusion of uncertain knowledge,
-uncertainty in logic programming and databases,
-action and planning under uncertainty.

Some perspectives of interest are:

-theoretical foundations,
-combination of different approaches,
-comparison and relationship between different approaches,
-empirical studies,
-systems and implementations,
-algorithms and complexity,
-real-life applications,
-future challenges.


ORGANIZERS
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Alberto Finzi, University of Naples "Federico II" ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Frank Wolter, University of Liverpool ([EMAIL PROTECTED])


PROGRAM COMMITTEE
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Salem Benferhat, Université d'Artois, France
Marc Denecker, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Lluis Godo, Institut d'Investigación en Intelligència Artificial (IIIA),
Spain
Gabriele Kern-Isberner, University of Dortmund, Germany
Thomas Lukasiewicz, Oxford University, UK
Fiora Pirri, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy
Choh Man Teng, University of West Florida, USA
Leon Van der Torre, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Ronald R. Yager, Iona College, USA
Emil Weydert, Luxembourg University of Applied Sciences, Luxembourg
Mary Ann Williams, The University of Technology, Australia


IMPORTANT DEADLINES
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NMR submission of papers:  June 15, 2008
Acceptance decision by:  July 15, 2008
Camera ready copy due:  August 15, 2008
Conference dates:  September 13-15, 2008


SUBMISSION DETAILS
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All NMR-2008 sessions have the same submission requirements. Submissions
are are limited to 9 pages using the KR paper format. Please send a PDF
file of the submission to each of the organizers by e-mail.


SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
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Nine AAAI-style (= KR style) pages for final papers, as in
previous years.   We propose pdf files only (i.e. not postscript and
certainly not Word) for submissions.

There will be one set of proceedings for all six workshops.

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