The ECSQARU conferences, held every two years since 1991, are a major forum for advances in the theory and practice of reasoning and decision making under uncertainty  in intelligent systems. The scope of ECSQARU includes, but is not limited to,  fundamental issues, representation, inference, learning, and decision making in qualitative and numeric paradigms. Submissions are now invited for  ECSQARU-2003, the seventh conference.

Topics of Interest (non-exclusive):

Foundations of uncertainty concepts Reasoning under uncertainty Decision making under uncertainty Bayesian networks Causal networks Decision theory  Decision graphs  Markov decision processes  Game theoretic agents  Belief functions Fuzzy sets  Rough sets  Possibility theory

Logics for reasoning under uncertainty  Default reasoning  Belief revision & inconsistency handling  Argumentation systems Learning for uncertainty formalisms  Automated planning & acting  Information fusion  Uncertainty & data mining  Classification & clustering Algorithms for uncertain inference  Empirical studies of algorithms  Implementation of uncertain systems  Applications

Paper Preparation and Submission:
The conference proceedings will be published by Springer Verlag as a volume in the LNCS/LNAI series. Hence authors are requested to prepare their papers in the LNCS/LNAI format. Each paper must not exceed 12 pages in length. Papers that are not in the stated format or that exceed the page limit will not be reviewed.

Paper submission and review will be managed using CyberChair, a web-based paper submission and reviewing system.  Authors are requested to submit their papers electronically through a web page, which can be accessed by a click on the "Paper submission" link.  The system accepts only postscript or PDF files. PDF files are preferred.

If you have difficulties adhering the format or the submission requirements, please contact the program co-chairs (ecsqaru@cs.auc.dk) so that special arrangements can be made.

Each submitted paper will be evaluated by three reviewers on the basis of originality, significance, technical soundness, and clarity of exposition.  All accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings. Authors of accepted papers are expected to attend the conference and make oral presentations about their work.

International Journal of Approximate Reasoning (IJAR) has agreed to publish high quality papers of ECSQARU-2003 in a special issue. Selected authors will be invited in due course to submit expanded versions of their papers for possible publication in the special issue.

Important Dates:

Submission of abstracts:  Midnight, Sunday, 16 February 2003
Submission of papers:      Midnight, Sunday, 23 February 2003
Acceptance notification:                              26 March 2003
Camera-ready copy due:   Midnight, Sunday, 13 April 2003

Conference Organization:

Finn V. Jensen, General Conference Chair
Department of Computer Science, Aalborg University
Fredrik Bajers Vej 7E, DK-9220 Aalborg East, Denmark
Phone: +45 9635 8903, Fax: +45 9815 9889
E-mail: fvj@cs.auc.dk
 

Thomas D. Nielsen, Program Co-chair Department of Computer Science, Aalborg University  Fredrik Bajers Vej 7E, DK-9220 Aalborg East,  Denmark  Phone: +45 9635 9854, Fax: +45 9815 9889  Email: tdn@cs.auc.dk

Nevin L. Zhang, Program Co-chair Department of Computer Science  Hong Kong University of Science and Technology  Clear Water Bay Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China  Phone: +852 2358 7015, Fax: +852 2358 1477  Email: lzhang@cs.ust.hk

Kristian G. Olesen, Chair of Organization Committee
Department of Computer Science, Aalborg University
Fredrik Bajers Vej 7E, DK-9220 Aalborg East,  Denmark
Phone: +45 9635 9852, Fax: +45 9815 9889
E-mail: kgo@cs.auc.dk

Anders L. Madsen, Demo Chair
Chief Technical Officer
Hugin Expert A/S
Niels Jernes Vej 10, DK-9220 Aalborg East,  Denmark
Phone: +45 9635 4568, Fax: +45 9635 4544
E-mail: anders.l.madsen@hugin.com