Twelfth Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence


Reed College

Portland, Oregon, USA




UAI-96 Conference Program




Wednesday, July 31, 1996

Conference and Course Registration 8:00-8:30am

Full-Day Course on Uncertain Reasoning 8:35-5:30pm





Thursday, August 1, 1996


Main Conference Registration 8:00-8:40am

Plenary Session I: Perspectives on Inference
8:45-10:15am


Break 10:15-10:30am


Plenary Session II: Applications of Uncertain Reasoning
10:30-12:00am


Panel Discussion: Reports from the front:
Real-world experiences with uncertain reasoning systems 12:00-12:45pm


Lunch 12:45-2:00pm


Plenary Session III: Representation and Independence
2:00-3:40pm



Poster Session I: Overview Presentations
3:40-4:00pm

Poster Session I
4:00-6:00pm


UAI-96 Meeting on Bayes Net Interchange Format
7:30-9:30pm







Friday, August 2, 1996


Plenary Session IV: Time, Persistence, and Causality
8:45-10:15am


Break 10:15-10:30am


Plenary Session V: Planning and Action under Uncertainty
10:30-12:00pm


Panel Discussion: "Automated construction of models: Why, How, When?"
12:00-12:45pm


Lunch 12:45-2:00pm


Plenary Session VI: Qualitative Reasoning and Abstraction of Probability
2:00-3:30pm



Poster Session II: Overview Presentations
3:40-4:00pm


Poster Session II
4:00-6:00pm



UAI-96 Reception and Invited Talk
7:15-9:30pm


Failing and Succeeding at Real-World Reasoning under Uncertainty: Reflections on Three Decades of Work
Peter Hart



Saturday, August 3, 1996


Plenary Session VII: Developments in Belief and Possibility
8:45-10:00am


Break 10:00-10:15am


Plenary Session VIII: Learning and Uncertainty
10:15-11:45pm


Panel Discussion: "Learning and Uncertainty: The Next Steps"
11:45-12:30pm


Lunch 12:30-2:00pm


Plenary Session IX: Advances in Approximate Inference
2:00-3:45pm


Break 3:45-4:00pm


Panel Discussion: "UAI by 2005: Reflections on critical problems, directions, and likely achievements for the next decade"
4:00-5:00pm


Report on the Bayes Net Interchange Format Meeting
5:00-5:20


UAI Planning Meeting
5:30-6:00




Sunday, August 4, 1996

UAI-KDD Special Joint Sessions
Oregon Convention Center

Selected talks on learning graphical models from the UAI and KDD proceedings.
UAI badges will be honored at the Oregon Convention Center for the joint session.

Plenary Session X: Learning, Probability, and Graphical Models I
8:30-12:00pm

Break 9:45-10:05am


Plenary Session XI: Learning, Probability, and Graphical Models II
10:05-12:00pm



If you have questions or comments about the UAI-96 program, contact the UAI-96 Program Chairs: Eric Horvitz and Finn Jensen. For conference arrangements information, please contact Steve Hanks.