[UAI] Extended deadline: Dec, 23 IJAR Special Issue: Robustness in Probabilistic Graphical Models

[Denis Mauá]

Dear Colleagues,


Due to requests, we have extended the submission deadline to Dec, 23rd.
That is, this Sunday.

# Special Issue: Robustness in Probabilistic Graphical Models

Probabilistic Graphical Models (PGM) have become the de facto framework
for representing and manipulating probabilistic knowledge in the Machine
Learning and Artificial Intelligence communities. The specification of
the numerical parameters of these models relies either on estimates
obtained from data or on subjective knowledge elicited from experts. In
either case, such parameters are prone to imprecisions and inaccuracies
resulting from noisy, incomplete or scarce data, poor human judgment,
unaccounted factors, or a combination of these situations. Such issues
can be linked to a lack of model robustness, and addressing them is
crucial if such models are to be used to support scientific theories or
to automate tasks in a reliable manner.

# Description

This special issue aims at collecting papers concerned with achieving
robustness in probabilistic graphical models. Topics of interest
include, but are not limited to:

- Methods for sensitivity analysis in PGMs; 
- Empirical analysis of PGMs' robustness;
- Non-trivial robustness issues in PGMs (e.g. adversarial examples);
- Design of inference, learning, or decision making techniques that are
robust to perturbations and/or outliers in data, in elicited knowledge,
or in model parameters;
- Robust analysis and design of robustness measurements;
- Extensions of PGMs that account for imprecision and incompleteness in
data and knowledge;
- Reliable qualitative learning and reasoning;
- Robust treatment of missing data;
- Computational complexity of learning, inference and/or decision making 
with robust models.

# Instructions For Submission 

Submissions should be carried out through the EVISE system:

http://www.evise.com/evise/jrnl/IJA 

selecting "VSI:Robustness in PGMs". Submissions will follow the
standard reviewing process of IJAR. In order to guarantee an efficient
process, articles will enter the revision process as soon as they are
submitted, and be published in a Virtual Issue. The latter entails that
publication will occur as soon as an acceptance decision is reached.

Submissions should comply with the high-quality standards of IJAR, and
will be assessed by their originality, relevance and contribution to the
topic of this special issue. While there is no limit for the length of
manuscripts, typical articles contain between 20-40 pages in IJAR
format.

# Important Dates

Submission deadline: December 23rd, 2018. 

Publication: no later than September, 2019.

## Guest Editors

Denis D. Maua', University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, denis.m...@usp.br 

Cassio P. de Campos, Utrecht University, The Netherlands, c.decam...@uu.nl 


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[UAI] CFP : J.UCS Journal Special Issue on "New Trends in Logic Reasoning Approaches for Rational Decision Making"

[Liu, Jun]

Dear Colleagues,



Journal of Universal Computer Science is currently running a Special Issue 
entitled " New Trends in Logic Reasoning Approaches for Rational Decision 
Making" (http://www.jucs.org/ujs/jucs/info/special_issues/in_preparation.html). 
We would like to invite you to submit your research contribution to this 
special issue.



AIM AND SCOPE



Decision making is the crucial step in many real world applications such as 
organization management, financial planning, products evaluation, 
recommendation and cyber-physical system applications. Various methods and 
approaches have been explored from different viewpoints. Rational decision 
making becomes more and more important especially in the digital marketing 
industry nowadays because it leverages objective data, logic, and analysis 
instead of subjectivity and intuition to help solve a problem or achieve a 
goal. Accordingly rational decision making methods with the theoretical 
foundations to address the accuracy, reliability and precision of decision 
making have been hot research topic owing to their importance and effectiveness.



Essentially, the process of decision making can be interpreted as a reasoning 
process from provided information or domain knowledge to some conclusions. 
Reasoning provides a formal way and fundamental mechanism for problem 
representation and decision-making process. Logic serves as the foundations of 
reasoning mechanism, and it builds a bridge between theory and application. 
Therefore, this special issue focuses on the state-of-the-art research results 
on decision making from the viewpoint of logic reasoning based methods and 
techniques in its broadest sense, and aims at providing an opportunity for 
collecting some excellent work on the above common research areas including 
compiling the latest research, development and practical experiences as well as 
up-to-date issues; reviewing accomplishments, assessing future directions and 
challenges in the field.



THEME



Accordingly, this special issue welcomes contributions within one of the 
following research topics, which can be theoretical formalisms, methodologies; 
algorithms investigation or practical applications:



- Automated reasoning approaches for decision making

- Approximate reasoning approaches for decision making

- Logical specification of decision making problems

- Logical theories for decision making

- Applications of logic reasoning to policy making, service evaluation, system 
credibility verification, cyber-physical systems, etc.





INSTRUCTION FOR SUBMISSION


Submitted papers should be submitted via E-mail to the guest editors, together 
with a cover letter, in which the authors should clearly state that the 
submission is for the J.UCS Special Issue on "New Trends in Logic Reasoning 
Approaches for Rational Decision Making". All submitted papers will be in the 
English language and the length of a paper may not exceed 20 pages. The papers 
can only be accepted for publication after a rigorous review process. Each 
paper must be reviewed by at least 3 reviewers. The papers should follow the 
format of the J.UCS journal. For more detailed submission information, please 
refer to the journal homepage at: 
http://www.jucs.org/ujs/jucs/info/special_issues/special_guidelines.html





IMPORTANT DATES



- Initial paper submission deadline: March 31, 2019

- 1st round review notification: June 30, 2019

- 1st revision deadline: August 31, 2019

- Final review notification: September 30, 2019

- Submission of final papers w.r.t. guidelines: October 31, 2019

- Submission of the special issue to the publisher: November 15, 2019



GUEST EDITORS



Shuwei Chen, Southwest Jiaotong University, China

Email: swc...@swjtu.edu.cn



Jun Liu, Ulster University, UK

Email: j@ulster.ac.uk



Vassilis Kaburlasos, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Institute of Technology, 
Greece

Email: vgk...@teiemt.gr


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[UAI] Call for Papers - MICRADS 2019, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Deadline: December 28

[ML]

* Proceedings by Springer



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MICRADS´19 - The 2019 Multidisciplinary International Conference of Research 
Applied to Defense and Security

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 8 - 10 May 2019

http://www.micrads.org/ 

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Scope

MICRADS´19 - The 2019 Multidisciplinary International Conference of Research 
Applied to Defense and Security, to be held at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 8 - 10 
May 2019, is an international forum for researchers and practitioners to 
present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, results, experiences 
and concerns in the several perspectives of Defense and Security.

We are pleased to invite you to submit your papers to MICRADS´19. They can be 
written in English, Spanish or Portuguese. All submissions will be reviewed on 
the basis of relevance, originality, importance and clarity.



Topics

Submitted papers should be related with one or more of the main themes proposed 
for the Conference:



Area A: Systems, Communication and Defense

A1) Information and Communication Technology in Education
A2) Simulation and computer vision in military applications
A3) Analysis and Signal Processing
A4) Cybersecurity and Cyberdefense
A5) Computer Networks, Mobility and Pervasive Systems



Area B: Strategy and political-administrative vision in Defense

B1) Safety and Maritime Protection
B2) Strategy, Geopolitics and Oceanopolitics
B3) Planning, economy and logistics applied to Defense
B4) Leadership and e-leadership
B5) Military Marketing
B6) Health informatics in military applications



Area C: Engineering and technologies applied to Defense

C1) Wearable Technology and Assistance Devices
C2) Military Naval Engineering
C3) Weapons and Combat Systems
C4) Chemical, Biological and Nuclear Defense
C5) Defense Engineering (General)



Submission and Decision

Submitted papers written in English (until 10-page limit) must comply with the 
format of Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies series (see Instructions 
for Authors at Springer Website 
),
 must not have been published before, not be under review for any other 
conference or publication and not include any information leading to the 
authors’ identification. Therefore, the authors’ names, affiliations and 
e-mails should not be included in the version for evaluation by the Scientific 
Committee. This information should only be included in the camera-ready 
version, saved in Word or Latex format and also in PDF format. These files must 
be accompanied by the Consent to Publish form 
 filled out, in a ZIP file, and uploaded at 
the conference management system.

Submitted papers written in Spanish or Portuguese (until 15-page limit) must 
comply with the format of RISTI  - Revista Ibérica de 
Sistemas e Tecnologias de Informação (download instructions/template for 
authors in Spanish  or Portuguese 
), must not have been published before, 
not be under review for any other conference or publication and not include any 
information leading to the authors’ identification. Therefore, the authors’ 
names, affiliations and e-mails should not be included in the version for 
evaluation by the Scientific Committee. This information should only be 
included in the camera-ready version, saved in Word. These file must be 
uploaded at the conference management system in a ZIP file.

All papers will be subjected to a “blind review” by at least two members of the 
Scientific Committee.

Based on Scientific Committee evaluation, a paper can be rejected or accepted 
by the Conference Chairs. In the later case, it can be accepted as paper or 
poster.

The authors of papers accepted as posters must build and print a poster to be 
exhibited during the Conference. This poster must follow an A1 or A2 vertical 
format. The Conference can includes Work Sessions where these posters are 
presented and orally discussed, with a 7 minute limit per poster.

The authors of accepted papers will have 15 minutes to present their work in a 
Conference Work Session; approximately 5 minutes of discussion will follow each 
presentation.



Publication and Indexing

To ensure that an accepted paper is published, at least one of the authors must 
be fully registered by the 11 of February 2019, and the paper must comply with 
the suggested layout and page-limit (until 10 pages). Additionally, all 
recommended changes must be addressed by the authors before they submit the 
camera-ready version.

No more than one paper per registration will be published. An extra fee must be 
paid for publication of additional papers, with a maximum of one additional 
paper 

[UAI] CONFERENCE - 1st UK Workshop on Probabilistic Reasoning using Chain Event Graphs

[Manuele Leonelli]

1st UK Workshop on Probabilistic Reasoning using Chain Event Graphs, 7-8th of 
February, University of Glasgow.

Apologies for cross-posting. I am happy to announce the first UK meeting on 
chain event graphs and statistical modelling using these graphical models. The 
event has the following confirmed speakers:

Manuele Leonelli – University of Glasgow

Eva Riccomagno – University of Genova

Jim Q. Smith – University of Warwick

Peter Thwaites – University of Leeds

The event also includes a contributed talks session, a round-table discussion 
and a small reception on the evening of the 7th of February. All details can be 
found at the website 

https://tinyurl.com/y7j979y7 
There is no registration fee, but please communicate to the organizers your 
intention to attend. The event is supported by the London Mathematical Society 
via the Celebrating New Appointments scheme, by the School of Mathematics and 
Statistics of the University of Glasgow and by the Department of Mathematics of 
the University of Genoa. There are a few travel bursaries available for early 
career researchers.

 Enquires can be sent to manuele.leone...@glasgow.ac.uk 

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[UAI] 4 PhD/PostDoc Positions in “Machine Learning for Estimation and Control” at ISAS@KIT, Germany

[Hanebeck, Uwe (IAR)]

Four (4) full-time, fully paid PhD/PostDoc positions in “Machine Learning for 
Estimation and Control”

at the Intelligent Sensor-Actuator-Systems Laboratory (ISAS), Karlsruhe 
Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany

 

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT): 

KIT combines its three core tasks: research, higher education, and innovation 
within one mission. With about 9,400 employees and 25,000 students, KIT is one 
of the big institutions of research and higher education in natural sciences 
and engineering in Europe. KIT is located in Germany in the medium-sized city 
of Karlsruhe with a very high quality of life.

 

Chair for Intelligent Sensor-Actuator-Systems (ISAS):

ISAS (http://isas.iar.kit.edu/) works on modern machine learning methods for 
estimation and control with applications to

*   Optimization of industrial processes, e.g., optical sorting machines,
*   Traffic management for air traffic control and pedestrian simulation,
*   Development of assistive functions in telepresence systems and in 
medical engineering,
*   Sensor data processing in networks, e.g., industrial process automation 
and monitoring, and
*   Measuring, processing, and visualizing spatially distributed data in 
large environments.

 

Description of Positions: 

We are seeking to fill four (4) PhD/PostDoc positions with excellent 
candidates, who will work closely together in the following areas: 

• Multi-sensor data fusion in industrial applications in close 
collaboration with Trumpf & Co. KG.

• Secure remote monitoring using data fusion with homomorphic 
encryption.

• Estimation and AR/VR visualization of spatial distributions for toxic 
pollutants.

• Optical belt sorting under dynamic conditions.

 

All positions offer the possibility to cooperate with our network of partners 
from industry and academia on a national and international basis.

 

We offer intensive mentoring and a quick path to the PhD degree (≤ 3 years). 
Besides research, the supervision of bachelor/master theses and participation 
in teaching is expected.

 

Personal Qualifications: 

• Master's degree (or equivalent) or PhD in computer science, 
electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, mathematics, or a related 
subject.

• Very good mathematical knowledge.

• Moderate proficiency in programming.

• Know-how in stochastics and signal processing (are advantageous, but 
not a prerequisite).

• High self-motivation, team working skills, and readiness for 
interdisciplinary work.

• Proficiency in the English language (spoken and written).

• Commitment to publish research results.

• Willingness to travel internationally (conferences, research stays, 
...).

 

Payment: 

The positions are full-time, fully paid researcher positions according to 
"Vergütungsgruppe des Tarifvertrages des öffentlichen Dienstes" TV-L E 13. This 
may increase depending on experience.

 

Contact:   

Submit applications including cover letter, CV, and academic transcripts by 
January 30, 2019 in electronic form to:

 

Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Uwe D. Hanebeck

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Department of Informatics

Institute for Anthropomatics and Robotics (IAR)

Chair for Intelligent Sensor-Actuator-Systems (ISAS)

Adenauerring 2

D-76131 Karlsruhe

Germany

 

E-Mail: mailto:uwe.haneb...@kit.edu

 

KIT is pursuing a gender equality policy and encourages women to apply. 

Furthermore, in case of equal qualification, preference is given to applicants 
with disabilities.

 

 

 

 



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[UAI] Student travel support grants for ACM IUI 2019

[Axel Soto]

Applications for student travel support grants for attending IUI 2019 are  
now open!

See https://iui.acm.org/2019/student_grants.html for details.

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ACM IUI 2019 (https://iui.acm.org/2019/) is the 24th annual meeting of the  
intelligent interfaces community and serves as a premier international  
forum for reporting outstanding research and development on intelligent  
user interfaces. ACM IUI is where the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)  
community meets the Artificial Intelligence (AI) community.

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[UAI] The 27th ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (UMAP 2019): Fourth Call for Papers

[George Angelos Papadopoulos]

*** FOURTH CALL FOR PAPERS *** 

27th ACM International Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation
and Personalization (ACM UMAP 2019)

“Making Personalization Transparent: Giving control back to the User"

Golden Bay Beach Hotel 5*, Larnaca, Cyprus, June 9-12, 2019

https://www.um.org/umap2019/


Abstracts due:  January 25, 2019 (mandatory)
Papers due: February 1, 2019



BACKGROUND AND SCOPE

ACM UMAP, "User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization", is the premier
international conference for researchers and practitioners working on
systems that adapt to individual users, to groups of users, and that collect,
represent, and model user information. ACM UMAP is sponsored by ACM
SIGCHI and SIGWEB. The proceedings are published by ACM and will be part
of the ACM Digital Library.

ACM UMAP covers a wide variety of research areas where personalization
and adaptation may be applied. This include (but is in no way limited to) a
number of domains in which researchers are engendering significant
innovations based on advances in user modeling and adaptation,
recommender systems, adaptive educational systems, intelligent user
interfaces, e-commerce, advertising, digital humanities, social networks,
personalized health, entertainment, and many more. 

This year the conference hosts three new tracks, one on privacy and
fairness, one on personalized music access, and one on personalized health.


CONFIRMED INVITED SPEAKERS

• Marios Avraamides, University of Cyprus
• Judith Masthoff, Utrecht University
• Mounia Lalmas-Roelleke, Spotify London


CONFERENCE TRACKS

Track 1 - Personalized Recommender Systems

Chairs:
Marko Tkalcic, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, marko.tkal...@unibz.it
Alan Said, University of Skövde, alans...@acm.org

Personalized, computer-generated recommendations have become a
pervasive feature of today’s online world. The underlying recommender
systems are designed to help users and providers in a number of ways.
From a user’s viewpoint, for example, these systems assist consumers in
finding relevant things within large item collections. On the other hand,
from a provider’s perspective, recommenders have also shown to be
valuable tools to steer consumer behavior. From a technical perspective,
the design of such systems requires the careful consideration of various
aspects, including the choice of the user modeling approach, the underlying
recommendation algorithm, and the user interface. This track aims to provide
a forum for researchers and practitioners to discuss open challenges, latest
solutions and novel research approaches in the field of recommender
systems. Besides the above-mentioned technical aspects, works are also
particularly welcome that address questions related to the user perception
and the business value of recommender systems.

Topics include (but are not limited to):

• Recommendation algorithms
• Recommender and personalization system evaluation
• User modeling and preference elicitation
• Users’ perception of recommender systems
• Business value of recommendation systems and multi-stakeholder
environments
• Explanations and trust
• Context-aware recommendation algorithms
• Recommending to groups of users
• Case studies of real-world implementations
• Novel, Psychology-informed User- and Item-modeling

Track 2 - Adaptive Hypermedia And The Semantic Web

Chairs:
Liliana Ardissono, University of Torino, liliana.ardiss...@unito.it
Katrien Verbert, KU Leuven, katrien.verb...@cs.kuleuven.be

Adaptive hypermedia and adaptive web explore alternatives to the traditional
“one-size-fits-all” approach in the development of web and hypermedia
systems. Adaptive hypermedia and adaptive web systems build a model of
the interests, preferences and knowledge of each individual user, and use
this model in order to adapt the behavior of hypermedia and web systems to
the needs of that user. Semantic web frequently serves as an infrastructure
to enable adaptive and personalized Web systems. Semantic web technology
targets the use of explicit semantics and metadata to help web systems
perform the desired functionality: this implies the use of linked data from
the web, the use of ontologies in models, or the use of metadata in user
interfaces, as well as the use of ontologies for information integration. This
track aims to provide a forum to researchers to discuss open research
problems, solid solutions, latest challenges, novel applications and innovative
research approaches in adaptive hypermedia and semantic web.

Topics include (but are not limited to):

• Web user profiles
• Adaptive navigation support
• Personalized search
• Web content adaptation
• Analytics of web user data
• Adaptive web sites and portals
• Adaptive books and textbooks
• Social navigation and social search
• Navigation support in continuous media and virtual environments
• Usability engineering for adaptive hypermedia and web systems
• Novel methodologies for evaluating adaptive hypermedia and web systems
• Semantic