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First
SIPTA School on Imprecise Probabilities
July 27-31, 2004
Lugano, Switzerland
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Contents
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General information
Confirmed speakers
Schedule and topics
How to participate
Organization and location
Local contact
General information
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Imprecise probability
is a generic term for the many mathematical or statistical models which measure
chance or uncertainty without sharp numerical probabilities. These models
include belief functions, Choquet capacities, comparative probability orderings,
convex sets of probability measures, fuzzy measures, interval-valued probabilities,
possibility measures, plausibility measures, and upper and lower expectations
or previsions. Imprecise probability models are needed in inference problems
where the relevant information is scarce, vague or conflicting, and in decision
problems where preferences may also be incomplete.
The school is intended as a wide and
deep introduction to imprecise probability topics, both theoretical and applied.
In particular, the school will focus on coherent lower previsions and their
behavioral interpretation, decision theory, robust statistics, risk analysis,
imprecise probability methods for artificial intelligence and knowledge discovery.
Applications will include case studies from environmental science, statistical
classification, and medical diagnosis. It will be an aim of the school to
connect the mentioned topics into an overall picture within the framework
of imprecise probabilities.
The school will be held in room
A-11 at the University of Lugano (USI),
located in the centre of
Lugano, on July 27-31, 2004. Each of the 5 days will be made of 4 hours
of theory and 4 hours of exercises.
This event is organized by the Society for Imprecise Probability Theories
and Applications (SIPTA) and by
the Istituto Dalle Molle
di Studi sull'Intelligenza Artificiale (IDSIA).
Advanced master or Ph.D. students,
postdocs, junior researchers, and
others interested in participating can officially apply for this event by
following the instructions.
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Sponsors
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Confirmed speakers
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Thomas Augustin (Munich
University,
Germany)
Gert de Cooman (Gent
University, Belgium)
Scott Ferson (Applied Biomathematics,
USA)
Serafín Moral (Granada
University,
Spain)
Teddy Seidenfeld
(Carnegie Mellon University,
USA)
Marco
Zaffalon (IDSIA, Switzerland)
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How to participate
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Participation is open to all
qualified applicants, but the number of participants will be limited to a
maximum of about 50. The participation fee will be 50 CHFs (Swiss Francs),
to be paid on site. Students willing to participate in the school should send
an application letter with curriculum vitae (stating also their previous knowledge
in fields related to the theme of the school) and a brief letter of reference
by a university professor to the following address no later than
May 31, 2004:
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Marco Zaffalon
IDSIA
Galleria 2
CH-6928 Manno (Lugano)
Switzerland
Phone: +41 (0)91 610 8665
Fax: +41 (0)91 610 8661
E-mail: zaffalon@idsia.ch
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Organization and location
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Location: The school will be held
in room A-11 at the USI, located in the
centre of Lugano,
a beautiful
city on the shores of Lake Lugano, in the Ticino
Canton, the southern part of Switzerland. Lugano is close to Zurich (3 hours
by train, 20 minutes by plane), to Milan (1 hour by train) and to Venice (4
hours by train).� A
map of the campus is available. Room A-11 is in Buffi street; see the
old Ospedale street in the map (the street name recently changed from Ospedale
to Buffi!). The school building is red. Signs will be put to indicate the
school venue.
Lunches:
If enough people are interested,
it will possible to have lunches, at
the special price of about 13 CHFs each, at
the restaurant of the Lugano 1 high school, in the middle of the beautiful
Ciani park. The restaurant is about 15 minutes walk from the school venue.
Please indicate this request in your application to participate.
The
Lugano 1 high school.
Accommodation:
Lugano is popular with tourists and the summer is a busy period, so you
are recommended to book the hotel as soon as possible. Here you have a list
of hotels located in the city center of Lugano and close to the school.
You can also visit the site of Swiss
Hotels Association to book online your accommodation.
If you plan to extend your stay
in
Switzerland,
please visit the web site of
Ticino Tourism and Switzerland
Tourism where you will find useful information on touring
Switzerland.
How to get to
Lugano: you
can get to Lugano by train, car or plane.
By plane: Lugano Agno (LUG) is the airport of Lugano. Swiss is the
main operator of the airport and there are direct flights with major European
cities. There are also two major international hubs, Zurich (ZHR) and Milano
Malpensa (MPX) which are relatively close to Lugano. Zurich is connected to
Lugano every hour by train (see below) and the travel time is 3.5 hours (return
ticket ~108 CHFs). Milano is connected by a shuttle
bus that takes 70 minutes to cover the distance (return ticket ~50 CHFs).
By train: The Swiss federal railways provide an interactive
timetable which can help you in planning your rail trip to Lugano.
By car: Lugano is placed on the A2 autobahn which crosses Switzerland
along the north-south axis. Traffic conditions can be checked on the Touring
Club Suisse website (follow the "inforoute" link).
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Local contact information
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Marco Zaffalon
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