REASONing under Partial Knowledge

REASON PARK

Second INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL on
"REASONing under PARtial Knowledge"

Foligno (Perugia), ITALY
Starting 26th August 2002

Sponsored by REGIONE UMBRIA.
(Lectures, lodging, breakfast, lunch, and a stipend - about 100 EUR - are granted to the participants)

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.

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.

The School is organized along three phases (the first and third will be residential: selected candidates will be supportedwith free lectures, lodging, breakfast and lunch, plus a stipend of about 100 EUR), in three different periods:

1st period: three weeks (26th August - 14th September 2002) with courses on the following (tentative) subjects:
· Decision models
· Probabilistic reasoning
· Programming languages for intelligent systems
· Soft computing and application
· Data mining
The participants must choose at least three of them; moreover, a Seminar is offered in which some hot topics will be introduced by chairmen and freely debated.
2nd period: autonomous work at home (with tutoring on line, open chat, …) by groups of 3-4 people, each involved in the preparation of prototypes of intelligent systems for decisions in some specific ambit.
3rd period: a week (to be scheduled) devoted to the presentation and discussion of the projects.

GENERAL INFORMATION
- the number of participants is limited to 25
- applications will be evaluated by a Committee on the basis of the submitted documentation
- applicants must hold (or expect to receive by May 31, 2002) an academic degree from a recognized University in one of the following subjects: Mathematics, Informatics (Computer Science), Physics, Engineering, Biology, Medicine, Economy (or any other similar subject)
- applicants should send their degree certificate containing the list of all exams with the relevant marks, a curriculum vitae and (possibly) a letter of recommendation
- an official Certificate will be issued to participants completing successfully the School

Persons wishing to attend should send an e-mail to:
reasonpark@dipmat.unipg.it
and an ordinary mail to:
Reasonpark, Dipartimento di Matematica e Informatica,Università, 06100 PERUGIA (Italy)
submitting the application form provided at the web site
www.labscienze.org

VENUE
- Laboratorio di Scienze Sperimentali - Via Isolabella 06034 FOLIGNO (Italy)
- All participants will be lodged downtown Foligno at Youth Hostel in Palazzo Pierantoni (an old 16th century - recently restored - building) - Via Pierantoni (at walking distance from the School).

- 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.

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
P.Bonissone (USA), B.Bouchon-Meunier (France), G.Coletti (Italy), A.Di Nola (Italy), D.Dubois (France), D.Gabbay (U.K), A.Gilio (Italy), L.Godo (Spain), P.Hajek (Czech Republic), R.Kruse (Germany), D.Miller (UK), J.Paris (UK), H.Prade (France), G.Sambin (Italy), 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).

SOCIAL EVENTS
Evening music, visits to nearby towns, excursions on Saturday afternoon and Sunday

May 31 : Deadline for application, June 30 : Notification of acceptance, August 25 : Welcome and registration, August 26 : School starts

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