CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

First International Conference on
ALGORITHMIC DECISION THEORY (ADT 2009)

October 21-23, 2009, Venice, Italy
http://www.adt2009.org

*** Early registration deadline: July 18, 2009 ***
*** IMPORTANT: book your room as soon as possible ***
*** NEW: grants for participants from weak currency countries ***

The COST Action  IC0602 and the EURO Working  Group on Preferences are
proud  to announce  the  1st International  Conference on  Algorithmic
Decision Theory, a new unique event aiming to put together researchers
and  practitioners  coming  from  different fields  such  as  Decision
Theory,  Discrete   Mathematics,  Theoretical  Computer   Science  and
Artificial Intelligence  in order to  improve decision support  in the
presence  of  massive data  bases,  combinatorial structures,  partial
and/or uncertain information and distributed, possibly inter-operating
decision makers.   Such problems arise in  several real-world decision
making  problems such  as humanitarian  logistics,  epidemiology, risk
assessment and management,  e-government, electronic commerce, and the
implementation of recommender systems.

The 1st  International Conference on Algorithmic  Decision Theory (ADT
2009) intends to be an interdisciplinary forum on:
-- Uncertainty and Robustness in Decision Making
-- Preferences in Reasoning and Decision
-- Decision Theoretic Artificial Intelligence
-- Learning and Knowledge Extraction

Program: 
The program of the conference  will include  invited talks, tutorials, 
and oral presentations. The invited speakers are: 
-- Craig Boutilier, University of Toronto, Canada 
-- Jean-Christophe Culioli, AirFrance-KLM, France
-- Mike Trick, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
-- Peter Wakker, Erasmus University, The Netherlands

Location:
ADT 2009  will take place in the  Venice lagoon, in the  island of San
Servolo.   The  island  hosts  a  conference center  and  a  range  of
accomodation facilities.  To reach  the conference venue, it is enough
to arrive  in Venice, since the  island of San Servolo  is within easy
reach (10'  ferry boat)  from Piazza San  Marco. Venice can  be easily
reached  from all  over  the world  via  its airport,  which has  many
international  flights.   Besides the  accomodations  provided on  the
island, participants can  choose to stay in one of  the many hotels in
Venice.

Registration:
It is possible  to register online until October  10, paying either by
bank transfer or by credit card. On-site registration is only cash.
Registration fee: 
-- early (until July 18): 200 euros (full) and 80 euros (students)
-- late (after July 18): 350 euros (full) and 150 euros (students)
The fee (both full and student) includes:
-- the participation to the technical program and the tutorials,
-- the Springer proceedings,
-- the welcome reception on October 20,
-- breakfast, lunch, and coffee breaks for October 21-22-23. 

Conference banquet:
The conference  banquet will take place  on October 22  in Torcello, a
small island of the Venice laguna. The fee is 75 euros and can be paid
online with the registration.
The banquet fee includes:
-- a guided boat trip from the conference venue to the dinner site and
   back,
-- possibly a visit to the Torcello cathedral,
-- the dinner on the Torcello island. 

Accomodation:
It is  advised to  book a room  on the  San Servolo island,  where the
conference  will be  held. An  accomodation form  is available  on the
conference  web site.  A  block of  single and  double rooms  has been
guaranteed  until July  18.  However,  since there  may be  not enough
rooms for all participants, we strongly suggest to book a room as soon
as possible.

Grants:
There  will be  some money  to support  participants coming  from weak
currency countries. The amount given to each person will depend on the
number of requests.  People who  want to request such a support should
contact   as    soon   as   possible   Francesca    Rossi   by   email
([log in to unmask]). Requests will be accepted only until July 30.

Program Committee:
Ronen Brafman (Ben Gurion Univ.), Vincent Conitzer (Duke Univ.), James
Delgrande  (Simon  Fraser  Univ.),  Jon Doyle  (North  Carolina  State
Univ.),   Ulle   Endriss   (Univ.   of  Amsterdam),   Jose'   Figueira
(Tech.  Univ. of  Lisbon), Salvatore  Greco (Univ.  of  Catania), Judy
Goldsmith  (Univ.  of Kentucky),  Ulrich  Junker  (ILOG), Jerome  Lang
(LAMSADE, CNRS),  Werner Kiessling (Univ. of  Ausburg), Nicolas Maudet
(Univ. Paris  Dauphine), Barry  O'Sullivan (Univ. College  Cork), Sasa
Pekec (Duke Univ.), Patrice Perny (Univ. Pierre et Marie Curie), Eleni
Pratsini (IBM Zurich),  Pearl Pu (EPFL), David Rios  Insua (Univ.  Rey
Juan Carlos),  Fred Roberts  (DIMACS, Rutgers Univ.),  Francesca Rossi
(Univ.  di  Padova),  Ahti  Salo  (Helsinki  Univ.  of  Tech.),  Roman
Slowinski (Poznan Univ. of Tech.), Mike Trick (Carnegie Mellon Univ.),
Alexis Tsoukias (chair, LAMSADE, CNRS), Esko Turunen (Tampere Univ. of
Tech.), Toby Walsh (NICTA and UNSW).

Organizing Committee:
Mirco Gelain  (Univ. Padova),  Francesca Rossi (chair,  Univ. Padova),
Kristen Brent Venable (Univ. Padova)

Sponsors:
ADT  2009  is  sponsored   by  the  ACP  (Association  for  Constraint
Programming),  the COST Action  IC0602 (Algorithmic  Decision Theory),
the EURO (the Association  of European Operational Research Societies)
working group  on preferences, the  University of Paris  Dauphine, the
Department  of  Pure and  Applied  Mathematics  of  the University  of
Padova, and CNRS.