Mappa di Foligno

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

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)


PROGRAM

- 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)


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.

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