21-23 July 2012
Sestri Levante, Italy
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MODEL-BASED REASONING IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Theoretical and Cognitive Issues
MBR'12_ITALY
(Sixth International MBR Conference)
Sestri Levante, Italy, June 21-23, 2012
Fondazione Mediaterraneo
http://www.mediaterraneo.org/english/
Chair: Lorenzo Magnani
http://www-3.unipv.it/webphilos_lab/mbr12.php
The Conference forms part of the Celebrations to mark the 650th Year since
the Foundation of the University of Pavia in 1361 http://650.unipv.it/
Sponsors: University of Pavia, University of Siena,
Funds MIUR-PRIN 2009
(Ministero dell'Università della Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica),
Italy (http://www.miur.it/)
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GENERAL INFORMATION
From Thursday 21 to Saturday 23 June 2012 (three days), the
International Conference MODEL-BASED REASONING IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
will be held at Fondazione Mediaterraneo in the town of Sestri Levante
(Province of Genoa),
Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea), Italy.
Conference Site:
FONDAZIONE MEDIATERRANEO
(EU, Comune di Sestri Levante, Provincia di Genova)
Convento dell?Annunziata
Via Portobello (Baia del Silenzio [Silence Bay])
16039 Sestri Levante (GE) Italy
Tel. +39 0185 458066
Fax +39 0185 42663
email: info@mediaterraneo.org
http://www.mediaterraneo.org/english/
map: http://liguria.angloinfo.com/maps/622/Sestri+Levante+Map.html
The conference derives from an international research cooperation which
is centered on the PRIN2009 Funds (Italian Ministry of University, MIUR)
and it is promoted by the Department of Philosophy of the University of
Pavia (Italy) and the Department of Philosophy and Social Sciences of
the University of Siena (Italy). It continues the topics and traditions
of past conferences "Model-Based Reasoning in Scientific Discovery"
MBR'98, "Model-Based Reasoning: Scientific Discovery, Technological
Innovation, and Values" MBR'01, "Model-Based Reasoning in Science and
Engineering: Abduction, Visualization, and Simulation" MBR'04, and
"Model-Based Reasoning in Science and Medicine", MBR06_CHINA,
"Model-Based Reasoning in Science and Technology. Abduction, Logic, and
Computational Discovery, MBR09_BRAZIL.
The previous volumes derived from those conferences are:
L. Magnani, N. J. Nersessian, and P. Thagard (eds.) (1999), Model-Based
Reasoning in Scientific Discovery,
Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New
York.http://www.wkap.nl/prod/b/0-306-46292-3
(Chinese edition, translated and edited by Q. Yu and T. Wang, China
Science and Technology Press, Beijing, 2000).
L. Magnani and N. J. Nersessian (eds.) (2002), Model-Based Reasoning.
Science, Technology, Values, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New
York. http://www.wkap.nl/prod/b/0-306-47244-9
L. Magnani, N. J. Nersessian, and C. Pizzi (eds.) (2002), Logical and
Computational Aspects of Model-Based Reasoning,
Kluwer Academic, Dordrecht. http://www.wkap.nl/prod/b/1-4020-0791-4
P. Li, X. Chen, Z. Zhang, and H. Zhang (eds.)(2004), Science, Cognition,
and Consciousness, JiangXi People's Press, Nanchang, China.
L. Magnani and Li. Ping (eds.) (2006), Philosophical Investigations from
a Perspective of Cognition, Guangdong People?s Publishing House,
Guangzhou, (published in Chinese).
L. Magnani (2006) (ed.), Model-Based Reasoning in Science and
Engineering. Cognitive Science, Epistemology, Logic, College
Publications, London.http://www.amazon.co.uk/Model-Based-Reasoning-Science-Engineering/dp/1904987230
L. Magnani and P. Li (eds.) (2007), Model-Based Reasoning in Science,
Technology, and Medicine, Series ?Studies in Computational
Intelligence?, Vol. 64, Springer, Berlin/New
York.http://www.springer.com/engineering/book/978-3-540-71985-4
L. Magnani, W. Carnielli, C. Pizzi (eds.) (2010) Model-Based Reasoning
in Science and Technology Abduction, Logic, and Computational Discovery,
Series ?Studies in Computational Intelligence?, Vol. 314, Springer,
Heidelberg/Berlin.
Selected papers of the previous conferences were published in
international journals (Philosophia, Foundations of Science, The Logic
Journal of the IGPL).
PROGRAM
The conference will deal with the logical, epistemological, and
cognitive aspects of modeling practices employed in science, technology,
and cognitive science, including logical and computational models of
such practices. We solicit papers that examine the role of abduction,
visualization, simulation, and other aspects in model-based reasoning
from philosophical, logical, epistemological, historical, sociological,
psychological, or computational perspectives. The conference is also
devoted to examine the impact of Model-Based Reasoning research in the
enhancement of various kinds of human cognitive skills, mental, hybrid,
manipulative, etc.
RELEVANT RESEARCH AREAS
We call for papers that cover topics pertaining to
model-based reasoning in science and human cognition from the following
list:
- general theoretical and cognitive issues
- models as fictions, distortions, credible worlds
- models and games of make-believe
- ontology of models
- affordances, artifacts, and model-based reasoning
- brain, neuroscience, and model-based reasoning
- abduction
- logical analyses related to model-based reasoning
- visual, spatial, imagistic modeling and reasoning
- simulative modeling
- the role of diagrammatic representations
- computational models of visual and simulative reasoning
- causal and counterfactual reasoning in model construction
- visual analogy
- thought experimenting
- manipulative reasoning
- distributed model-based reasoning
- distributed cognition, embodiment, and model-based reasoning
- model-based reasoning in scientific discovery and conceptual change
- model-based reasoning and ethics
- model-based reasoning and semiotics
- model-based reasoning in scientific explanation
- model-based medical diagnosis
- model-based reasoning in engineering and robotics
- model-based reasoning and technological artifacts
- model-based reasoning and knowledge management
- model-based reasoning and information technology
- the role of models in scientific and technological thinking
THE CONFERENCE IS SPONSORED BY
- University of Pavia, Department of Philosophy, Italy
(http://www.unipv.it/)
- University of Siena, Department of Philosophy and Social Sciences,
Italy (http://www.unisi.it/ )
- RESEARCH FUNDS PRIN2009 MIUR (Ministero dell'Università della Ricerca
Scientifica e Tecnologica), Italy (http://www.miur.it/): National
Coordinator, L. Magnani (UNIT of the University of Pavia), RESEARCH
UNITS: University of Siena (C. Pizzi), University of Rome la Sapienza
(M. Capozzi),
University of Bologna (. R. Lupacchini), University of Salerno (M.
Frixione),
University of Chieti/Pescara (C. Casadio).
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
- Atocha Aliseda, Instituto de Investigaciones Filosoficas, Universidad
Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM)
- Emanuele Bardone, Department of Philosophy & Computational Philosophy
Laboratory, University of Pavia, ITALY, and Institute of Informatics,
University of Tallinn, ESTONIA
- Silvana Borutti, Department of Philosophy, University of Pavia, ITALY
- Otávio Bueno, Department of Philosophy, University of Miami, Coral
Gables, USA
- Mirella Capozzi, Department of Philosophy, University of Rome 'La
Sapienza', Rome, ITALY
- Walter Carnielli, Department of Philosophy, Institute of Philosophy
and Human Sciences, State University of Campinas, BRAZIL
- Claudia Casadio, Department of Psychology, Università di
Chieti-Pescara, Italy
- Carlo Cellucci, Department of Philosophy, University of Rome 'La
Sapienza', Rome, ITALY
- Sanjay Chandrasekharan, School of Interactive Computing, Georgia
Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA
- Roberto Cordeschi, Department of Philosophy, University of Rome "La
Sapienza", Rome, ITALY
- Roberto Feltrero, Department of Logic, History and Philosophy of
Science at UNED (Spanish Open University), Madrid, SPAIN
- Steven French, Dept. of Philosophy, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
- Marcello Frixione, Department of Communication Sciences, University of
Salerno, ITALY
- Dov Gabbay, Department of Computer Science, King's College, London, UK
- Marcello Guarini, Department of Philosophy, University of Windsor, CANADA
- Ricardo Gudwin, Department of Computer Engineering and Industrial
Automation, the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,
State University of Campinas, BRAZIL
- Viorel Guliciuc, Stefan cel Mare University, Suceava, ROMANIA
- Albrecht Heeffer, Centre for History of Science, Ghent University,
BELGIUM.
- Michael Hoffmann, School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of
Technology, Atlanta, USA
- Decio Krause, Departamento de Filosofia, Universidade Federal de Santa
Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, BRAZIL
- Michael Leyton, Psychology Department, and DIMACS Center for Discrete
Mathematics, & Theoretical Computer Science, Rutgers University, USA
- Ping Li, Department of Philosophy, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou,
P.R. CHINA
- Giuseppe Longo, CREA, CNRS and Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, FRANCE
- Angelo Loula, Department of Exact Sciences, State University of Feira
de Santana, BRAZIL
- Shangmin Luan, Institute of Software, The Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Beijing, P.R. CHINA
- Rossella Lupacchini, Università di Bologna, Bologna, ITALY
- Lorenzo Magnani, Department of Philosophy & Computational Philosophy
Laboratory, University of Pavia, ITALY
- Joke Meheus, Vakgroep Wijsbegeerte, Universiteit Gent, Gent, BELGIUM
- Woosuk Park, Humanities & Social Sciences, KAIST, Guseong-dong,
Yuseong-gu Daejeon, SOUTH KOREA
- Claudio Pizzi, Department of Philosophy and Social Sciences,
University of Siena, Siena, ITALY
- Demetris Portides, Department of Classics and Philosophy, University
of Cyprus, Nicosia, CYPRUS
- Joao Queiroz, Institute of Arts and Design, Federal University of Juiz
de Fora, BRAZIL
- Shahid Rahman, U.F.R. de Philosophie, Université Lille 3, Villeneuve
d'Ascq, FRANCE
- Oliver Ray, Department of Computer Science, University of Bristol,
Bristol, UNITED KINGDOM
- Chris Sinha, Centre for Cognitive Semiotics, Lund University, Lund, SWEDEN
- Cameron Shelley, Department of Philosophy, University of Waterloo,
Waterloo, CANADA
- Gerhard Schurz, Institute for Philosophy, Heinrich-Heine University,
GERMANY
- Nik Swoboda, Departamento de Inteligencia Artificial, Universidad
Politécnica de Madrid, Madrd, SPAIN
- Colin Schmidt, Institut d'Informatique Claude Chappe, University of Le
Mans, FRANCE
- Paul Thagard, Departemnt of Philosophy, University of Waterloo,
Waterloo, CANADA
- Ryan D. Tweney, Emeritus Professor of Psychology, Bowling Green State
University, Bowling Green, USA
- Barbara Tversky, Department of Psychology, Stanford University and
Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, USA
- Riccardo Viale, Department of Sociology and Social Research,
University of Milan-Bicocca, Milan, ITALY and Italian Cultural Institute
of New York (Director), USA
- John Woods, Department of Philosophy, University of British Columbia,
CANADA
INVITED SPEAKERS AND PLENARY PRESENTATIONS (to be completed)
- Atocha Aliseda, Instituto de Investigaciones Filosoficas, Universidad
Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM)
- Lorenzo Magnani, Department of Philosophy & Computational Philosophy
Laboratory, University of Pavia, ITALY
- Claudio Pizzi, Department of Philosophy and Social Sciences,
University of Siena, Siena, ITALY
- Paul Thagard, Departemnt of Philosophy, University of Waterloo,
Waterloo, CANADA
- Barbara Tversky, Department of Psychology, Stanford University and
Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, USA
- Ryan D. Tweney, Emeritus Professor of Psychology, Bowling Green State
University, Bowling Green, USA
- John Woods, Department of Philosophy, University of British Columbia,
CANADA....
SUBMISSIONS OF PAPERS AND SYMPOSIA PROPOSALS
All submitted extended abstracts will be carefully refereed. The precise
format of the conference will be fixed after we have an idea of the
number of accepted papers. We expect approximately 60 contributed
presentations some 60 contributed presentations some of 40 and others of
20 minutes.
There will be several invited presentations of 1 hour. A selected subset
of accepted papers will be invited for inclusion (subject to additional
refereeing) in a book, which will constitute an advanced handbook for
researchers in this area. The book will be published will be published by
Springer (Series "SAPERE" http://www.springer.com/series/10087). Moreover
another selected subset of papers will be invited for inclusion (subject
to additional refereeing) in special issues of suitable international
journals like for example Logic Journal of the IGPS and Foundations of
Science, which already hosted articles presented at MBR98, MBR01, MBR04,
MBR04, MBR06_CHINA, MBR09_BRAZIL.
To participate to the conference authors must submit an electronic version
- formatted in Microsoft Word or .RTF, or .PDF (in this last case please
include source - .DOC, .TEX or other file) - of an extended abstract
(total word count approximately 1000-1200). The file must also contain a
300 WORDS abstract that will be used for the conference web site/booklet.
No later than
Jan 2, 2012
please send electronically the extended abstract
to Prof. Lorenzo Magnani
lmagnani@unipv.it
SYMPOSIA PROPOSALS
No later than Jan 17, 2012. Please send electronically a two pages
symposium proposal (3-5 presentations) to Prof. Lorenzo Magnani
lmagnani@unipv.it
STUDENT GRANTS
Students and other participants are encouraged to submit, besides the
extended abstract, an application for a grant to attend the conference.
There will be some available grants for participants in the amount of 300
euros each one. The only condition in order to get the grant is to prove
that without it, his or her participation is impossible. Applications for
grants should contain name, affiliation, position and the reason why the
grant is important for the participant. It should be sent to
lmagnani@unipv.it by January 31, 2012
REGISTRATION FEES:
Before March 30, 2012:
Standard: Euro 250,00 (to participate in all the
activities of the Conference Social Dinner included)
PhD Students: Euro 150,00
Master Students and Undergraduates: Euro 60
After March 30, 2012:
Standard: Euro 300,00 (to participate in all the
activities of the Conference Social Dinner Included)
PhD Students: Euro 200,00
Master Students and Undergraduates: Euro 75
One day only: Euro 100,00
No refunds will be granted after May 15th.
Terms & Conditions: an administration fee of Euro 75,00 will be charged
for cancellations confirmed in writing by May 15th.
METHOD OF PAYMENT:
I: SWIFT TRANSFER
Bank (Swift) Transfer to BANCA REGIONALE EUROPEA S.p.A
Branch Pavia - Sede
Banca Regiornale Europea
Strada Nuova 61 C ?27100 ?Pavia- Italy
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Please ask your BANK to clearly indicate in the order of payment
your first and last NAME.
In case of problems please contact Pino Capuano, Local Administrator
email: emdip14@unipv.it.
If you prefer, you can mail an international check to
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE MBR12_ITALY,
Dipartimento di Filosofia, Piazza Botta 6, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
II: CREDIT CARD:
details will be added to the next call for papers and in the conference
web site
ACCOMMODATION
To book a reservation please fill the accommodation form
http://www-3.unipv.it/webphilos_lab/courses/accommodation_MBR012.doc
(see also conference website) and fax
it to +39018542663 or email it to info@mediaterraneo.org
You will receive an mail confirmation of the hotel booking
from the booking office, Mrs. Camilla Capozzi - Fondazione Mediaterraneo
BEFORE March 1, 2012 (even if, considering that Sestri Levante is a
touristic town, we "strongly" recommend to make the reservation before
February the 1st)
IMPORTANT DATES
Submission deadline........................Jan 2, 2012
Notification of acceptance............... Jan 15, 2012
Conference.................................June 21-23, 2012
Final papers (LaTex Version)...............due.. September 30, 2012
PROGRAM CHAIR
Lorenzo MAGNANI
Director of Graduate and Postgraduate Studies in Philosophy
Director, Computational Philosophy
Laboratory<http://www.unipv.it/webphilos_lab/>
<http://www.unipv.it/webphilos_lab/>
Department of Philosophy,
University of Pavia,
Piazza Botta 6, 27100 Pavia, Italy
Author's Webpage:<http://www.unipv.it/magnani> <http://www.unipv.it/magnani>
Office: +39-0382-506283, Home: +39-0383-371067
Fax: +39-0382-23215
Email: lmagnani@unipv.it
LOCAL ORGANIZATION COORDINATOR (Italy)
Dr. Elena GANDINI
Managing Director
Across Events
Via Olevano 136, 27100 Pavia (Italy)
Tel +39 0382 576634, Fax +39 0382 469316
Cell. +39 345 4982784, email: e.gandini@acrossevents.com
skype elegandi
LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEES
Lorenzo Magnani (University of Pavia)
Emanuele Bardone (University of Pavia)
Tommaso Bertolotti (University of Pavia)
Elena Gandini (Across Events)
HOW TO REACH Sestri Levante
From LINATE Airport (MILAN): www.sea-aeroportimilano.it/linate
People arriving by plane at LINATE should take the bus to the CENTRAL
STATION of Milan.
From MALPENSA TERMINAL and MALPENSA TERMINAL
(MILAN):www.sea-aeroportimilano.it/malpensa
(usually international flights arrive to Malpensa Terminal 1 and not to
MALPENSA Terminal 2, which is mainly used by low-cost
carriers such as EasyJet): People arriving by plane ay MALPENSA TERMINAL
1 or at MALPENSA TERMINAL 2 should take the bus to the CENTRAL STATION
of Milan. There is also a bus AND a shuttle TRAIN (Malpensa Express)
from Malpensa 2000 to the CADORNA STATION (Piazzale Cadorna, NORTH
STATION) of Milan: in this case from Cadorna Station you will have to
take the underground MM2 (green line) to the Central Raylway Station:
trains to Sestri Levante. Trains run from MILAN (Central Raylway
Station) to SESTRI LEVANTE (and back) quite frequently www.trenitalia.it
[English websitehttp://www.trenitalia.com/cms/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=ad1ce14114bc9110VgnVCM10000080a3e90aRCRD]
(routes: MILAN-LA SPEZIA; MILAN-SESTRI LEVANTE).
There are frequent trains (also local) from GENOA (Stazione Porta
Principe or Stazione Brignole) to SESTRI LEVANTE
and vice versa www.trenitalia.it (routes: MILAN-LA SPEZIA; MILAN-SESTRI
LEVANTE). The train journey from Milano to Sestri Levante takes from 2
to 3 hours (depending on whether the train is an Intercity, Regional etc).
GENOA airport http://www.airport.genova.it/v2/index.php?lang=en
VOLABUS
TIMETABLE FROM APRIL 11, 2011
Rides from Brignole Railway Station to Cristoforo Colombo Airport
05.20 - 05.50 - 06.30 - 07.10 - 08.10 - 09.10 - 09.55 - 10.50 - 11.10 -
11.40 - 12.25 - 12.50 - 13.15 - 14.00 -
14.45 - 15.30 - 16.20 - 17.10 - 17.35 - 18.15 - 19.00 -
19.55 - 20.40 - 21.15 - 22.10
Rides from Cristoforo Colombo Airport to Brignole Station
06.00 - 06.30 - 07.15 - 08.15 - 09.00 - 10.05 - 10.45 - 11.35 - 12.05 -
12.30 - 13.15 - 13.40 - 14.00 - 14.45 -
15.30 - 16.25 - 17.25 - 18.10 - 18.35 - 19.20 - 19.55 -
20.35 - 21.35 - 22.10 - 23.30
WHERE TO BUY TICKETS
? Aboard the VOLABUS
? At the airport, by the AMT automatic ticket reseller or by the Tourist
Information Center (IAT)
? At the AMT stores in Via d'Annunzio 8 (downtown), via Avio 9R
(Sampierdarena), via Bobbio 250R (Marassi).
Monday-Friday, 08.15-15.45
? At the Tourist Information Centers downtown (Piazza De Ferrari and via
Garibaldi)
? At any AMT automatic ticket reseller
? At some authorized resellers by the bus stops
? Online on www.amt.genova.it
Sestri Levante is about 35 minutes from
Genoa Railway Station.
In Sestri Levante there is only one rail station. The town is relatively
small. The easiest way to reach the center of the town and the two bays is
to get off at the station and then walk towards the beaches.