============================= Call for Participation for BELIEF 2021 =============================
The 6th International Conference on Belief Functions October 15th-17th, 2021, Shanghai, China (online participation also possible) https://www.lgi2a.univ-artois.fr/events/belief2021/ <https://www.lgi2a.univ-artois.fr/events/belief2021/> =============== General information =============== The theory of belief functions, also referred to as evidence theory or Dempster-Shafer theory, was first introduced by Arthur P. Dempster in the context of statistical inference, and was later developed by Glenn Shafer as a general framework for modelling epistemic uncertainty. These early contributions have been the starting points of many important developments, including the transferable belief model and the theory of hints. The theory of belief functions is now well established as a general framework for reasoning with uncertainty, and has well understood connections to other frameworks such as probability, possibility and imprecise probability theories. It has been applied in diverse areas such as machine learning, information fusion and risk analysis. The BELIEF conferences (sponsored by the Belief Functions and Applications Society https://www.bfasociety.org/ <https://www.bfasociety.org/>) are dedicated to the confrontation of ideas, the reporting of recent achievements and the presentation of the wide range of applications of this theory. Previous BELIEF conferences have been held in Brest (2010), Compiègne (2012, 2018), Oxford (2014), and Prague (2016). This edition of the conference will be located in Shanghai, China, on October 15-17, 2021, together with the 2021 International Conference on Cognitive analytics, Granular computing, and Three-way decisions (CCGT). It will be held both onsite and online due to the COVID-19 situation. ============= Invited speakers ============= Chunlai Zhou, Renmin University, China Deqiang Han, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China Zengjing Chen, Shandong University, China Van-Nam Huynh, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan ======= Program ======= https://www.lgi2a.univ-artois.fr/events/belief2021/#program <https://www.lgi2a.univ-artois.fr/events/belief2021/#program> ======= Tutorials ======= Thierry Denoeux, Université de technologie de Compiègne, France Frédéric Pichon, Université d'Artois, France ================= Venue and registration ================= The BELIEF 2021 conference will be a hybrid event, with both on-site and on-line participants. See https://www.lgi2a.univ-artois.fr/events/belief2021/#venue <https://www.lgi2a.univ-artois.fr/events/belief2021/#venue> for more information. ========== Committees ========== Organization chair Xiaodong Yue (Shanghai University, China). Program committee co-chairs Zhunga Liu (Northwestern Polytechnical University, China), Frédéric Pichon (Université d'Artois, France). Program committee https://www.lgi2a.univ-artois.fr/events/belief2021/#committees <https://www.lgi2a.univ-artois.fr/events/belief2021/#committees> Steering committee Eric Lefevre (Université d'Artois, France), Zhunga Liu (Northwestern Polytechnical University, China), David Mercier (Université d'Artois, France), Frédéric Pichon (Université d'Artois, France), Zhihua Wei (Tongji University, China), Xiaodong Yue (Shanghai University, China). BELIEF-CCGT conference co-chairs Thierry Denoeux (Université de Technologie de Compiègne, France), Duoqian Miao (Tongji University, China), Yiyu Yao (University of Regina, Canada).
_______________________________________________ uai mailing list uai@engr.orst.edu https://it.engineering.oregonstate.edu/mailman/listinfo/uai
