REASON PARK
Third INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL on
"REASONing under PARtial Knowledge"
Foligno (Perugia), ITALY
3 - 13 September 2003
MOTIVATION
In the last decades, the treatment of partial knowledge has seen a
great expansion, giving rise to a number of different tools (such
as nonmonotonic logic, uncertainty measures, etc.) to perform automated
reasoning. The understanding of the basic methods and techniques has
undergone the development of a truly interdisciplinary research community
and of a parallel debate on the choice of the "best" relevant tools.
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AIMS
- to provide young researchers with a basic training in Reasoning
under Partial Knowledge and its application in various fields, including
Computer Science, Economics, Medicine, Biology, Engineering.
- to stimulate a critical attitude,
in particular towards routine application of standard techniques:
a particular care will be devoted to singling-out still unsolved
puzzling foundational and interpretation problems in this fascinating
and rapidly growing field
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The School offers 5 courses,
and is supplemented by a Seminar in which some hot topics
will be introduced by Chairmen and freely debated
- there will be no parallel sessions
- there will be ten days of classes (except Saturday afternoon and
Sunday)
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PROGRAM
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Courses
:
Soft computing and application (A. Di Nola, L. Godo)
Probabilistic
reasoning and application (G. Coletti, R. Scozzafava)
Data mining
(C. Borgelt, R. Kruse)
Decision
models (A. Chateauneuf)
Semantic
Web (A. Gangemi, A. Milani)
- Seminar
:
Epistemological problems
arising from the handling of partial knowledge
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GENERAL INFORMATION
- the number of participants is limited to a maximum of 25.
- Applicants should send a curriculum vitae and possibly a letter
of recommendation.
- the total fee, including also lodging, breakfast, lunch, coffee-breaks
and social events, is 400 Euro.
- thanks to the sponsoring Institutions, free admission can be granted
to 3 deserving (not CEE-resident) students.
Applicants must send an e-mail to : reasonpark@dipmat.unipg.it
and an ordinary mail to: Reasonpark, Dipartimento di Matematica
e Informatica, Università, 06123 PERUGIA (Italy)
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SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
P.Bonissone (USA), B.Bouchon-Meunier (France), G.Coletti (Italy),
A.Di Nola (Italy), D.Dubois (France), L.Godo (Spain),
P.Hajek (Czech Republic), R.Kruse (Germany),
D.Miller (UK), E. Pap (Serbia & Montenegro), R.Scozzafava (Italy),
P.Smets (Belgium), S.Termini (Italy), E.Trillas (Spain).
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
G.Coletti (University of Perugia),
A.Di Nola (University of Salerno),
P.Mingarelli (Lab. Scienze Sperimentali, Foligno),
R.Scozzafava (University "La Sapienza", Roma),
S.Termini (University of Palermo).
SUPPORTING INSTITUTIONS
Cassa di Risparmio S.p.a.
Comune
di Foligno
FondazioneCassa di Risparmio di Foligno
Progetica
s.r.l. - Milano
Provincia di Perugia
Regione Umbria
Sintesi Soluzioni Informatiche - Perugia
Universitá di Perugia
Universitá
"La Sapienza" - Roma
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VENUE
- Laboratorio di Scienze Sperimentali - Via Isolabella, 06034 FOLIGNO
(Italy), denoted on the map as "Laboratorio"
- All participants will be lodged downtown Foligno at Youth Hostel
in Palazzo Pierantoni (an old 16th century - recently restored -
building) Via Pierantoni 23
(at walking distance from the School), denoted on the map as "Ostello"
- Foligno was the Roman Fulginia located on the plain at the confluence
of two rivers. The ancient Umbrian center fell to the Romans in
295 BC, subsequently becoming first a Roman Municipium, then the
seat of the Prefecture, and finally the Statio principalis of imperial
traffic on the Via Flaminia
How to reach Foligno:
- From Perugia Airport (Sant'Egidio, km. 25)
- From Ancona Airport (Falconara, km. 130)
- From Rome Airport (Fiumicino, km. 165)-
By train: on the railway Roma - Ancona; or from Florence,
railway Terontola - Foligno
Two other magnificent cities, Assisi and Perugia,
are a few kilometers away from Foligno.
SOCIAL EVENTS
Evening music, visits to nearby towns, and mountain excursion on
Saturday afternoon and Sunday.
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Deadlines:
May 15 : Deadline for application, May 31: Notification
of acceptance, June 30: Deadline for fee's payement,
September 2: Welcome and registration, September 3:
School starts
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