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	CMP'04: MULTIPLE PARTICIPANT DECISION MAKING
	Theory, algorithms, software and applications May 12--14, 2004 Prague, Czech Republic
Updated: 25^th June 2004 *NEW: PHOTOS...* *CMP'04 Proceedings (34 MB)* *List of participants and topics* *Workshop Programme (pdf version)*	Organized by
*How to reach UTIA from Ruzyne Airport*	Institute of Information Theory and Automation Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
	Supported by ESF: European Science Foundation (ESF)
	within the project TED: Towards Electronic Democracy: Internet-based Complex Decision Support

TED

The TED project aims to develop Bayesian support of societal decision making in order to enable a shift from e-administration towards true e-democracy. For detailed information please see http://bayes.escet.urjc.es/ted

CMP

CMP (Computer- Intensive Methods in Control and Data Processing) is the sixth in a series of workshops addressing the common problem known as "curse of dimensionality", namely the extreme dimensionality of computations connected with implementation of theoretically optimal mathematical procedures of inference and decision-making.

CMP'04 ~ TED & CMP

A principal concern of the TED project is multiple-participant decision making, relevant in business, management, medicine, investment, environmental issues, etc. The search for adequate problem formulations that lead to feasible solutions will be essential for future progress. The challenges include

partially pre-determined hierarchical structures;
differences in data, objectives and decision spaces;
complexity of some or all elements of the decision problem;
substantial extent of the uncertainties involved.

These issues (as well as other instances of the curse of dimensionality) are often solved using ad hoc simplifications at the cost of losing a lot from the theoretical properties of the optimal solution. However, there are powerful principles with wide applicability that can now be used to attack these complex problems. The key idea of the Workshop is that the generic nature of these problems offers the a chance to learn from each other across borders of disciplines.

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AIM

The aim of this TED Workshop is to bring together researchers and practitioners working in academia, government and industry in order to

formulate the complexity-influenced problems within areas of multiple-participant decision making, which should be addressed by the technology providers;
offer technique developed in disparate research and application areas that can be used in solving these problems.

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TOPICS

A considerable space will be given to invited lectures by leading specialists in various fields. This will create a firm backbone for this strongly inter-disciplinary Workshop. Several sessions of contributed papers, posters and computer demonstrations will complement them.

The topics relevant to the Workshop include:

Decision-making problems with multiple participants;
Models of complex dynamic systems;
Techniques of uncertainty management;
Design of decision strategies and optimization techniques;
Software and hardware issues;
Case studies and lessons learnt in real-life applications.

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PAPER SUBMISSION & REGISTRATION

All papers accepted for the Workshop will appear in the electronic Workshop preprints. The Workshop proceedings containing a selection of the best papers will be published. There will be an award for the best contributed paper presented at the Workshop.

Papers will be considered for inclusion in the Workshop, based on prior submission of a 16-page draft.
Electronic submissions in the .ps or .pdf formats will be accepted.
The author's package can be downloaded here. ATTENTION !!! Author's package has changed !!!
Submissions should be uploaded to http://utia.cas.cz/AS_dept/CMP04

Please register as soon as possible by filling in the REGISTRATION FORM.

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DEADLINES

Draft of the paper:	December 15, 2003
Notification of acceptance:	January 30, 2004
Receipt of the final paper:	April 15, 2004

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FEE

Before December 10, 2003

basic fee	150 Euros
student fee	75 Euros

After December 10, 2003

basic fee	225 Euros
student fee	100 Euros

The registration fee covers participation in regular, poster and computer sessions, one set of preprints, welcome party, conference dinner and three lunches.

Please pay the registration fee by direct bank transfer to the account of the ESF TED Workshop (CMP'04). The details are:

Bank:	CSOB -- Pobocka Praha 8
Address:	Ke stirce 50, Prague 8, Czech Republic
Phone:	+420 224 007 211
Account No:	131003527
Bank code:	0300
IBAN:	CZ22 0300 0000 0001 3100 3527
BIC / S.W.I.F.T. code:	CEKOCZPP
Variable symbol:	CMP04

Personal checks and bank drafts cannot be accepted.

CANCELLATION

If you cancel your registration before February 20, 2004,
you will be refunded 50 percent of the registration fee.

No refund can be made after this date.

The preprints will be sent by mail in all cases of cancellation.

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VENUE

The Workshop ISF-TED Workshop (CMP'04) will be held at the

Institute of Information Theory and Automation

Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic,

Pod vodarenskou vezi 4, 182 08 Prague 8.

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No parallel sessions are planned and sufficient space will be given to informal discussions.

WORKING LANGUAGE

The working language of the Workshop is English.

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INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE

D. Rios-Insua	Spain, Chairman
A. Conde	Spain
G. Cybenko	United States
R. Hamalainen	Finland
S. French	United Kingdom
R. Kulhavy	Czech Republic
F. Ruggeri	Italy
W. Polasek	Switzerland
A. Quinn	Ireland
S.P. Wilson	Spain
A. Guez	U.S.A.

NATIONAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

M. Karny	Chairman
I. Nagy
P. Nedoma
J. Andrysek
T.V.Guy
J. Kracik
R. Kytka

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ACCOMMODATION

This is the responsibility of each participant.
The organizers have reserved a block of accommodation until April 01, 2004

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ENQUIRIES

The ESF-TED Workshop (CMP'04)
Institute of Information Theory and Automation

Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

P.O. Box 18, 182 08 Prague 8, Czech Republic
Tel : +420 266052274
Fax : +420 266052068
E-mail : school@utia.cas.cz, kytka@utia.cas.cz

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Should you have any comments or problems, please contact us.

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CMP

CMP'04 ~ TED & CMP

PAPER SUBMISSION & REGISTRATION

CANCELLATION

WORKING LANGUAGE

NATIONAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

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