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Program Details
08:30 - 08:45 Opening: Provost Mary Ann Swain, Seshu Desu (Watson School Dean)
Session 1, Chair: Radim Belohlavek
08:45 - 09:30

Lotfi A. Zadeh (University of California, Berkeley)

"Generalized Theory of Uncertainty-- A Tribute to Professor Klir"

09:30 - 10:15

Vladik Kreinovich (University of Texas, El Paso)

"Estimating Information Amount under Uncertainty: Algorithmic Solvability and Computational Complexity"
10:15 - 10:30 Coffee Break
Session 2, Chair: Hal Lewis
10:30 - 11:15

Dimitar Filev (Ford Motor Company, Dearborn)

"Fuzzy Systems: Industrial Perspective"
11:15 - 12:00

Janusz Kacprzyk (Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw)

"Intelligent Decision Support, Human Centric/Centered Computing Paradigms, and Computing with Words"
12:15 - 13:15 Lunch Break
Session 3, Chair: Doug Elias
13:30 - 14:15

Bilal Ayyub (University of Maryland, College Park)

"On Uncertainty in Information and Ignorance in Knowledge"
14:15 - 15:00

George J. Klir (Binghamton University - SUNY)

"Autobiographical Retrospectives"
15:00 - 15:15 Closing: President Lois B. DeFleur
15:30 - 16:30 Reception