CFP: MBR015_ITALY - MODEL-BASED REASONING IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Models and Inferences: Logical, Epistemological, and Cognitive Issues

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            MODEL-BASED REASONING IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
 
  Models and Inferences: Logical, Epistemological, and Cognitive Issues

                     Chair: Lorenzo Magnani       

              Sestri Levante, Italy,  June 25-27, 2015

                      Fondazione Mediaterraneo
                 http://www.mediaterraneo.org/english/
                             MBR'15_ITALY
               (Seventh International MBR Conference)

http://www-3.unipv.it/webphilos_lab/cpl/index.php?page=conferences&subpage=mbr015_italy
          http://www-3.unipv.it/webphilos_lab/courses/progra6.html                            
                                Sponsors:
                           University of Pavia,
                       University of Chieti/Pescara,
                          Funds MIUR-PRIN 2012
           Ministero dell'Università della Ricerca Scientifica e
               Tecnologica, Italy (http://www.miur.it/
         Italian Society of Logic and Philosophy of Science (SILFS)
          
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                      MBR COMMUNITY WEB SITE
               http://www.unipv.it/webphilos_lab/cpl2/

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GENERAL INFORMATION


From Thursday 25 to Saturday 27 of June 2015 (three days), the International Conference MODEL-BASED REASONING IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY will be held at Centro Congressi Mediaterraneo in the town of Sestri Levante (Province of Genoa),
Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea), Italy. The conference is promoted by the Department of Humanities, Philosophy Section of the University of Pavia - IT (Scient. Ref Prof. Lorenzo Magnani),
and by the Department of Philosophical, Pedagogical and Economic-Quantitative Sciences of the University of Chieti/Pescara - IT (Scient. Ref. Prof. Claudia Casadio)

PROCEEDINGS

Proceedings will be published by Springer (series "SAPERE'' http://www.springer.com/series/10087)
Selected technical papers will be published in a special issue of an international journal

Final papers............................due..  September 30, 2015

INSTRUCTIONS

Previously unpublished papers in English should be sent  in LaTex  (preferably LaTeX2e)
or DOC to the Chair (DOC and LATEX styles can be found clicking on author instructions at SAPERE web page)
MAX 18/20 pages.

In case LATEX is preferred, the use of BIBTEX is encouraged.
We encourage to prepare LaTeXed technical papers, that will be probably addressed to a Journal Special
Issue(s)



CONFERENCE SITE

Mediaterraneo Servizi srl,
CENTRO CONGRESSI MEDIATERRANEO
(sponsored by EU, Comune di Sestri Levante, Provincia di Genova)
Via Portobello - Convento dell’Annunziata  - Baia del Silenzio [Silence Bay]
16039 Sestri Levante (GE)  Italy
Tel. +39 0185 458066
Fax  +39 0185 42663
email: [email protected]
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 PRIN2012 Funds (Italian Ministry of University, MIUR) and it is promoted by the Department of Humanities, Philosophy Section of the University of Pavia (Italy)and by the Department of Philosophical, Pedagogical and Economic-Quantitative Sciences of the University of Chieti/Pescara (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,  "Model-Based Reasoning in Science and Technology. Theoretical and Cognitive Issues, MBR12_ITALY

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.

L. Magnani (ed.) (2014) Model-Based Reasoning in Science and Technology. Theoretical and Cognitive Issues, Series “Sapere”, Vol. 8, 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 as presented in 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
    - inferences, interaction and duality in logic and language    
    - 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 experiments
    - manipulative reasoning
    - distributed model-based reasoning
    - distributed cognition, embodiment, and model-based reasoning
    - models of rationality and inference patterns in decision making    
    - 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 Chieti/Pescara, Department of Philosophical, Pedagogical and Economic-Quantitative Sciences, Italy (http://http:/www.unich.it/ )
- RESEARCH FUNDS PRIN2012, MIUR (Ministero dell'Università della Ricerca Scientifica
  e Tecnologica), Italy (http://www.miur.it/): National Coordinator, L. Magnani (Unit of the University of Pavia),
  10 Research Units - University of: Pavia, Rome La Sapienza, Rome 3, Milan Cattolica, Chieti/Pescara, Pisa, Cagliari,   Macerata, Trieste, Sassari.
- Italian Society of Logic and Philosophy of Science (SILFS)


PROGRAM COMMITTEE

- Atocha Aliseda, Instituto de Investigaciones Filosoficas, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM)
- Tommaso Bertolotti, Department of Humanities, Philosophy Section, University of Pavia, ITALY
- 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 Philosophy, Education and Economical-Quantitative Sciences, Università di Chieti-Pescara, ITALY
- Carlo Cellucci, Department of Philosophy, University of Rome 'La Sapienza', Rome, ITALY
- Sanjay Chandrasekharan, Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, INDIA
-  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
- 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
- Ping Li, Department of Philosophy, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, P.R. CHINA
- Giuseppe Longo, CREA, CNRS and Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, FRANCE and Department of Integrative Physiology and Pathobiology,  Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, USA
- 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
- Luís Moniz Pereira, Departamento de Informática, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
- Woosuk Park, Humanities & Social Sciences, KAIST, Guseong-dong, Yuseong-gu Daejeon, SOUTH KOREA
- 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   
- Colin Schmidt, Le Mans University & ENSAM-ParisTech, FRANCE
- Gerhard Schurz, Institute for Philosophy, Heinrich-Heine University, Frankfurt, GERMANY
- Cameron Shelley, Department of Philosophy, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, CANADA
- Nik Swoboda, Departamento de Inteligencia Artificial, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrd, SPAIN
- Paul Thagard, Department 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
- Riccardo Viale,  Scuola Nazionale dell’Amministrazione, Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri, Roma, ITALY and Fondazione Rosselli, Torino, ITALY
- John Woods, Department of Philosophy, University of British Columbia, CANADA





INVITED SPEAKERS AND PLENARY PRESENTATIONS

- V. Michele ABRUSCI, Department of Mathematics and Physics, University Roma Tre, Rome, ITALY
- Otávio BUENO, Department of Philosophy, University of Miami, Coral Gables, USA
- Claudia CASADIO, Dept. of Philosophy, Education and Economical-Quantitative Sciences , Univ. of Chieti-Pescara, ITALY
- Carlo CELLUCCI, Department of Philosophy, SAPIENZA, University, Rome , ITALY
- Sanjay CHANDRASEKHARAN, Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, Tata Inst. of Fundamental Research, INDIA
- Dov GABBAY, Department of Computer Science, King's College,  London, UK
- Giuseppe LONGO, CREA, CNRS and Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, FRANCE and Department of Integrative Physiology and Pathobiology,  Tufts University School of  Medicine, Boston,     USA
- Lorenzo MAGNANI, Department of Philosophy & Computational Philosophy Laboratory, University of Pavia, ITALY
- Michael MOORTGAT, Utrecht University, Institute of Linguistics (OTS), Utrecht, THE NETHERLANDS
- Gerhard SCHURZ, Institute for Philosophy, Heinrich-Heine University, Frankfurt, GERMANY
- Sonja SMETS, Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC), University of Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS
- Leon VAN DER TORRE, Computer Science and Communication Lab, Université du Luxenbourg, LUXENBOURG









 

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 60/80 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, MBR015_ITALY.

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
January 21, 2015
please send electronically the extended abstract
to Prof. Lorenzo Magnani
[email protected]



SYMPOSIA PROPOSALS

No later than January 15, 2015. Please send electronically a two pages symposium proposal
(3-5 presentations)
to Prof. Lorenzo Magnani
[email protected]



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

[email protected]

by January 31, 2015




REGISTRATION FEES:

Before March  30, 2015:
          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, 2015:
          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
SWIFT BLOPIT22XXX
Bank Code 06906.11301
CIN K                                
Acc. n. ????? COMITATO CONVEGNO INTERNAZIONALE MBR015_ITALY
IBAN:  SOON AVAILABLE
please indicate  CONVEGNO INTERNAZIONALE MBR015
The wire has to be effected with charge "OUR".
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: [email protected].
If you prefer, you can mail an international check to
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE  MBR12_ITALY,
Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici, Sezione 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_MBR015.doc

(see also conference website) and fax
it to +39018542663 or email it to [email protected]
You will receive an mail confirmation of the hotel booking
from the booking office, Mrs. Camilla Capozzi - Mediaterraneo Servizi srl,
Centro Congressi Mediaterraneo

BEFORE March 31, 2015 (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 21, 2015
Notification of acceptance.................March 10, 2015
Conference.................................June 25-27, 2015
Final papers (LaTex Version)...............due.. September 30, 2015



PROGRAM CHAIR

Lorenzo MAGNANI
Director of Graduate and Postgraduate Studies in Philosophy
Director, Computational Philosophy Laboratory

Department of Humanities, Philosophy Section
University of Pavia,
Piazza Botta 6, 27100 Pavia, Italy
Author's Webpage:

Office: +39-0382-986283/279, Home: +39-0383-371067
Fax: +39-0382-23215
Email: [email protected]


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: [email protected]
skype elegandi


LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEES


Lorenzo Magnani (University of Pavia)
Selene Arfini (University of Pavia)
Tommaso Bertolotti (University of Pavia)
Elena Gandini (Across Events)


HOW TO REACH Sestri Levante

Considering EXPO Milan 2015 we suggest to book the flight reservation as soon as possible

PEOPLE ARRIVING FROM MILAN

From LINATE Airport (MILAN): http://www.milanolinate-airport.com/en
People arriving by plane at LINATE should take the bus to the CENTRAL STATION of Milan.

From MALPENSA TERMINAL and MALPENSA TERMINAL (MILAN): http://www.milanomalpensa-airport.com/en
(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 have the following options for reaching Milan Central Station:
- Bus (Malpensa Shuttle) to Milan Central Station
- Train to Milan Central Station
- Train to Milan Cadorna Station and then Underground to Central Station.
While the Bus leaves from both Terminals 1 and 2, Malpensa Train Station is located in Terminal 1 (there is a free shuttle connecting the two terminals)
From Milan Central Station several trains leave daily for Sestri Levante (mainly on the MILAN-LA SPEZIA or MILAN-SESTRI LEVANTE routes): for times and fares refer to Trenitalia’s English webpage (click on "PASSES") http://www.trenitalia.com/cms/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=4ddd1a035296f310VgnVCM1000005817f90aRCRD.
The train journey from Milano to Sestri Levante takes from 2 to 3 hours (depending on whether the train is an Intercity, Regional etc).


PEOPLE ARRIVING FROM GENOA

For people landing in GENOA, the best option is to take the VOLABUS bus service from the CRISTOFORO COLOMBO airport to BRIGNOLE train station.

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

Once in GENOA, there are frequent trains (also local) from GENOA (Porta Principe or Stazione Brignole train station, mostly from the latter) to SESTRI LEVANTE
and vice versa www.trenitalia.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 its two bays
is to get off at the station and then walk towards the beaches.