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SMPS 2016

8th International Conference on Soft Methods in Probability and Statistics

September 12 - 14, 2016

Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

http://www.sbai.uniroma1.it/smps2016

=========================================================== VENUE ===========================================================

SMPS 2016 will be held in Rome, Italy. The conference venue will be San Pietro in Vincoli (Via Eudossiana, 18), in the historic centre of Rome, directly overlooking the Coliseum and next to the ancient Basilica of San Pietro in Vincoli, home to Michelangelo’s statue of Moses.

=========================================================== SCOPE and TOPICS ===========================================================

The scope of SMPS 2016 is to bring together experts working on and with Soft Methods in Probability and Statistics.

SMPS 2016 invites submissions of papers dealing with a variety of topics in soft methods in probability and statistics, which include, but are not limited to:

- Analysis of Censored Data - Analysis of Fuzzy Data - Random Sets - Fuzzy Random Variables - Fuzzy Regression Methods - Triangular Norms and Copulas - Imprecise Probabilities - Dempster-Shafer Theory - Robust Methods - Clustering and Classification - Graphical Models - Machine Learning - Heuristic Optimization - Soft Computing and Statistics - Statistical Software for Imprecise Data - Applications in Biology, Economics etc.

=========================================================== PROCEEDINGS ===========================================================

Papers accepted for presentation will be published in an edited volume of the series Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing from Springer-Verlag.

Full papers of 5-8 pages written in English and fulfilling the instructions for authors should be submitted not later than February 15, 2016, camera-ready versions of the accepted papers not later than April 30, 2016 (tentative). For accepted contributions to be included in the sessions and proceedings of the conference, the payment of the conference fees should be made not later than May 20, 2016.

After the Conference there will be a SPECIAL ISSUE of International Journal of Approximate Reasoning (IJAR) dedicated to SMPS 2016. For this, all the selected papers will have to pass a regular reviewing process.

=========================================================== PLENARY SPEAKERS ===========================================================

Ana Colubi (University of Oviedo, Spain)

Thierry Denoeux (University of Technology of Compiègne, France)

Massimo Marinacci (Bocconi University, Italy)

=========================================================== IMPORTANT DATES ===========================================================

Proposal for organized sessions: December 15, 2015

Acceptance for organized sessions: January 10, 2016

Paper submission deadline: February 15, 2016

Notification of paper acceptance: April 10, 2016

Revised paper due: April 30, 2016

Early registration deadline: May 20, 2016

=========================================================== ORGANIZATION ===========================================================

General Chairs: - Maria Brigida Ferraro (Rome, Italy) - Paolo Giordani (Rome, Italy) - Barbara Vantaggi (Rome, Italy)

Executive Board: - María Ángeles Gil (Oviedo, Spain) - Przemyslaw Grzegorzewski (Warsaw, Poland) - Olgierd Hryniewicz (Warsaw, Poland)

Best regards, Maria Brigida Ferraro, Paolo Giordani, Barbara Vantaggi SMPS 2016 Chairs – Sapienza University of Rome

=========================================================== http://www.sbai.uniroma1.it/smps2016 ===========================================================