Our first call for papers teasingly stated that
"There's more to uncertainty than probabilities"
and set out to convince you that ISIPTA 2019 is a good place for discussing
such matters. If you did not receive our first call, or are still undecided
about submitting a paper or a poster, then let the features below convince you.
We would like to highlight the paper submission deadline (1 March), the
availability of grants for attendees with limited funding, and the announcement
of our three keynote speakers: Thomas Dietterich, Vladimir Vovk and Aharon
Ben-Tal.
Basic info: ISIPTA 2019 is the 20-year anniversary edition of the world's main
forum on imprecise probabilities. It takes place in Ghent, Belgium, from 3 to 6
July 2019. All details are available at http://isipta2019.ugent.be.
Scope: The ISIPTA conferences are devoted to robustness and imprecision in
uncertainty modelling, inference and decision making, focusing in particular on
uncertainty frameworks that extend or replace the probabilistic one.
Invited speakers: ISIPTA 2019 will feature keynote talks by Thomas Dietterich,
Vladimir Vovk and Aharon Ben-Tal, respectively on robust AI, game-theoretic
probability and robust optimization, and how these relate to imprecise
probabilities. Additionally, on the occasion of ISIPTA's 20-year anniversary,
four former presidents of the Society for Imprecise Probability will give
invited talks on topics close to their hearts.
Concept: Each accepted contribution is presented and discussed, in two separate
sessions. Presentations are short and always plenary. Detailed explanations and
discussions are face-to-face, typically with the aid of a poster, a flipchart,
or some other medium of your choice.
Atmosphere: ISIPTA conferences are characterised by a friendly and cooperative
style, a strong emphasis on in-depth discussion and openness to new ideas. We
hope that you too will enjoy and contribute to this unique atmosphere.
Venue: Ghent has been called "Belgium's best kept secret" by the Lonely Planet
travel guide and a "medieval masterpiece" by The Guardian. The conference
itself takes place in an old Augustinian monastery, situated in its historic
city centre.
Social programme: In order to blow off the accumulated academic steam, the
programme also features several social activities, such as an opening reception
at the town hall, a guided boat trip along the city centre canals, and a
conference dinner with regional specialties, including some of our excellent
Belgian beers.
Types of contributions: We accept long papers, short papers and poster
abstracts. Papers are published in a volume of PMLR, unless explicitly
preferred otherwise by their authors. In order to give you some leeway, we have
moved the paper submission deadline back by two weeks: the final and hard
deadline is the 1st of March. Poster abstracts, however, can be submitted until
a couple of weeks before the conference, but will not appear in PMLR.
Grants: For researchers who would like to attend ISIPTA 2019, but are unable to
do so due to budget constraints, we now have grants available to cover (part
of) the costs. Preference will be given to PhD students, but the grants are
also open to more senior researchers. Information on how to apply is available
on our website.
We look forward to receiving your contribution and to seeing you in Ghent.
The ISIPTA 2019 Steering Committee
F. Cozman (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil)
J. De Bock (Ghent University, Belgium)
G. de Cooman (Ghent University, Belgium)
C. de Campos (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
E. Quaeghebeur (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)
T. Seidenfeld (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)
G. Wheeler (Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, Germany)
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