Tuesday, December 21, 2021

UQSay #40

The fortieth UQSay seminar on UQ, DACE and related topics will take place online on Thursday afternoon, January 6, 2022.

2–3 PM — Didier Dubois (CNRS, IRIT, Univ. Paul Sabatier) — [slides]


New uncertainty theories
(The limited expressiveness of single probability measures)

The variability of physical phenomena and partial ignorance about them motivated the development of probability theory in the two last centuries. However, the mathematical framework of probability theory, together with the Bayesian credo claiming the inevitability of unique probability measures for representing agents' beliefs, have blurred the distinction between variability and ignorance. Modern theories of uncertainty, by putting together probabilistic and set-valued representations of information, provide a better account of the various facets of uncertainty.

Organizing committee: Pierre Barbillon (MIA-Paris), Julien Bect (L2S), Nicolas Bousquet (EDF R&D), Amélie Fau (LMPS), Filippo Gatti (LMPS), Bertrand Iooss (EDF R&D), Alexandre Janon (LMO), Sidonie Lefebvre (DOTA), Didier Lucor (LISN), Emmanuel Vazquez (L2S).

Coordinator: Julien Bect (L2S).

Practical details: the seminar will be held online using Microsoft Teams.

If you want to attend this seminar (or any of the forthcoming online UQSay seminars), and if you do not already have access to the UQSay group on Teams, simply send an email and you will be invited. Please specify which email address the invitation must be sent to (this has to be the address associated with your Teams account).

You will find the link to the seminar on the "General" UQSay channel on Teams, approximately 15 minutes before the beginning.

The technical side of things: you can use Teams either directly from your web browser or using the "fat client", which is available for most platforms (Windows, Linux, Mac, Android & iOS). We strongly recommend the latter option whenever possible. Please give it a try before the seminar to anticipate potential problems.