About PGM

The International Conference on Probabilistic Graphical Models (PGM) is a biennial meeting that brings together researchers interested in all aspects of graphical models for probabilistic reasoning, decision making, and learning.

PGM 2018 is the ninth edition of the meeting.

Previous meetings in the series were held in:

• Lugano, Switzerland (2016);
• Utrecht, The Netherlands (2014);
• Granada, Spain (2012);
• Helsinki, Finland (2010);
• Hirtshals, Denmark (2008);
• Prague, Czech Republic (2006);
• Leiden, The Netherlands (2004);
• Cuenca, Spain (2002).

The 2018 edition will be held in Prague (Czech Republic) from September 11 to September 14. The program chair is Milan Studený. The conference is organized by the Institute of Information Theory and Automation of The Czech Academy of Sciences. Feel free to send us an email to pgm2018@utia.cas.cz for further information.

Keynote Speaker - Steffen Lauritzen

Steffen Lauritzen is Professor of Statistics at the University of Copenhagen, Emeritus Professor of Statistics at the Department of Statistics of the University of Oxford, UK, Emeritus Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford, and Adjunct Professor of Statistics at Aalborg University. Steffen Lauritzen is the author of the monograph Graphical Models published in 1996 by Clarendon Press in Oxford. He is one of the founders of Hugin - a leading provider of advanced decision support software based on probabilistic graphical models. His main research interests evolve around graphical models and their applications.

IJAR Special Issue

After the conference, a virtual special issue with a selection of extended versions of papers presented at the conference will be published in International Journal of Approximate Reasoning.

Abstracts and papers must be submitted electronically through EasyChair.

Important dates

• May 25, 2018
  Abstract submission
• June 3, 2018
  Paper submission
• July 6, 2018
  Notification of acceptance
• August 7, 2018
  Final version submission
  Early registration deadline
• August 28, 2018
  Late registration deadline
• September 11-14, 2018
  Conference

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