| 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.
 | 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
 | 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
 
 | 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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