Presentations
Conference and workshop presentations
The following lists all presentations of accepted papers and abstracts I gave at conferences and workshops. This list does not include presentations delivered by co-authors (see my publications page for all conference and workshop contributions), nor does it include invited/keynote lectures (see Invited presentations below).
- Relevance for robust Bayesian network MAP-explanations. International Conference on Probabilistic Graphical Models (PGM), 2022. (plenary oral presentation)
- Persuasive contrastive explanations. Workshop on Explainable Logic-based Knowledge Represenation (XLoKR), 2021. (online plenary oral presentation; co-located with KR 2021)
- Persuasive contrastive explanations for Bayesian networks. European Conference on Symbolic and Quantitative Approaches to Reasoning with Uncertainty (ECSQARU), 2021. (online plenary oral presentation)
- Building causal interaction models by recursive unfolding. International Conference on Probabilistic Graphical Models (PGM), 2020. (online plenary oral and poster presentation)
- On intercausal interactions in Probabilistic Relational Models. International Symposium on Imprecise Probabilities: Theories and Applications (ISIPTA), 2019. (plenary oral and poster presentation)
- Same-Decision Probability: threshold robustness and application to explanation. International Conference on Probabilistic Graphical Models (PGM), 2018. (plenary oral presentation)
- Structure-based categorisation of Bayesian network parameters. European Conference on Symbolic and Quantitative Approaches to Reasoning with Uncertainty (ECSQARU), 2017. (plenary oral presentation; including ISIPTA audience)
- Evidence evaluation: a study of likelihoods and independence. International Conference on Probabilistic Graphical Models (PGM), 2016. (plenary oral presentation)
- Relevance of Evidence in Bayesian Networks. European Conference on Symbolic and Quantitative Approaches to Reasoning with Uncertainty (ECSQARU), 2015. (oral presentation)
- Generalised co-variation for sensitivity analysis in Bayesian networks. European Workshop on Probabilistic Graphical Models (PGM), 2012. (plenary oral presentation and plenary poster presentation)
- Efficient sensitivity analysis in HMMs. Benelux Conference on Artificial Intelligence (BNAIC), 2011. (oral presentation)
- Bayesian network sensitivity to arc-removal. European Workshop on Probabilistic Graphical Models (PGM), 2010. (plenary oral presentation and plenary poster presentation)
- Efficient sensitivity analysis in hidden Markov models. European Workshop on Probabilistic Graphical Models (PGM), 2010. (plenary oral presentation and plenary poster presentation)
- When in doubt ... be indecisive. European Conference on Symbolic and Quantitative Approaches to Reasoning with Uncertainty (ECSQARU), 2009. (oral presentation)
- Discrimination and its sensitivity in probabilistic networks. Workshop on Probabilistic Graphical Models (PGM), 2008. (plenary oral presentation)
- Evidence and scenario sensitivities in naive Bayesian classifiers. Workshop on Probabilistic Graphical Models (PGM), 2006. (plenary oral presentation)
- Lattices for studying monotonicity of Bayesian networks. Workshop on Probabilistic Graphical Models (PGM), 2006. (plenary poster presentation)
- Exploiting evidence-dependent sensitivity bounds. Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence (UAI), 2005. (plenary poster presentation)
- On the sensitivity of probabilistic networks to test reliability. International Conference on Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-Based Systems (IPMU), 2004. (oral presentation)
- Forecast verification and the uncertain truth. Belgium-Netherlands Conference on Artificial Intelligence (BNAIC), 2004. (oral presentation)
- Using kappas as indicators of strength in qualitative probabilistic networks. European Conference on Symbolic and Quantitative Approaches to Reasoning with Uncertainty (ECSQARU), 2003. (oral presentation)
- Upgrading ambiguous signs in QPNs. Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence (UAI), 2003. (plenary oral presentation)
- Propagation of multiple observations in QPNs revisited. European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI), 2002. (oral presentation)
- From qualitative to quantitative probabilistic networks. Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence (UAI), 2002. (plenary poster presentation)
- Using kappas as indicators of strength in QPNs. Belgium-Netherlands Conference on Artificial Intelligence (BNAIC), 2002. (oral presentation)
- Analysing sensitivity data from probabilistic networks. Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence (UAI), 2001. (plenary poster presentation)
- Context-specific sign-propagation in qualitative probabilistic networks. International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI), 2001. (oral presentation)
- Evaluation scores for probabilistic networks. Belgium-Netherlands Conference on Artificial Intelligence (BNAIC), 2001. (oral presentation)
- A verbal-numerical probability scale. SPUDM (Subjective Probability, Utility and Decision Making) 2001. (oral presentation)
- Propagation of multiple observations in qualitative probabilistic networks. Belgium-Netherlands Conference on Artificial Intelligence (BNAIC), 2000. (oral presentation)
- Zooming in on trade-offs in qualitative probabilistic networks. International FLAIRS Conference, 2000 (oral presentation)
- Pivotal pruning of trade-offs in QPNs. Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence (UAI), 2000. (plenary poster presentation)
- Exploiting non-monotonic influences in qualitative belief networks. Belgium-Netherlands Conference on Artificial Intelligence (BNAIC), 1999. (oral presentation)
- How to elicit many probabilities. Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence (UAI), 1999. (plenary oral presentation)
- Enhancing QPNs for trade-off resolution. Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence (UAI), 1999. (plenary poster presentation)
- Beslissen op basis van verbale en numerieke waarschijnlijkheden. Abstract in het supplement Zevende NVP Wintercongres, 1999. (oral presentation)
- Decision making in qualitative influence diagrams. International FLAIRS Conference, 1998. (oral presentation)
- Decision making in qualitative influence diagrams. Dutch Conference on Artificial Intelligence (NAIC), 1997. (oral presentation)
Invited presentations
- At the Nordic Probabilistic AI School, June 17 2024 in Copenhagen, Denmark: module Introduction to Probabilistic Models
- At the RAIL Lab workshop on Human Computer Interaction, March 22 in 'de Inktpot' in Utrecht: Explainable AI and the user: the perspective of a typical(?) computer scientist
- At the Nordic Probabilistic AI School, June 12 2023 in Trondheim, Norway: module Introduction to Probabilistic Models
- At the 10th Annual BayesiaLab conference, October 2022 (online): Persuasive contrastive explanations for Bayesian networks 🎦 >
- At the 15th International SUM conference, October 2022 in Paris: Surfing the waves of explanation
- At BNAIC/BENELEARN 2019, Brussel, November 7, 2019: Explainable AI: explain what to whom? (FACts-presentation: FACulty focusing on the FACts of Artificial Intelligence (TED-like))
- At SIKS course on Knowledge Representation and Reasoning: Foundations and Applications, Mitland Hotel, Utrecht, April 10, 2018: Bayesian networks for reasoning under uncertainty
- At Methodology and Statistics Data Science Lab meeting, Social Sciences, Utrecht University, May 11, 2017: Bayesian Networks and Sensitivity Analysis
- At Workshop Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Scenarios and Bayesian Networks for Analyzing Forensic Evidence, October 27, 2016: Beyond a reasonable doubt...within a margin of error?
- At Workshop Forensische relevantie van Bayesiaanse netwerken, April 17, 2015: Bayesian Network Basics
- At FUGRO Intersite, March 27, 2014: Intelligent Systems at a Glance
- At SYSTeMS, Ghent University, June 12, 2013: Co-variation for Sensitivity Analysis in Bayesian Networks: properties, consequences and alternatives
- At SNN Adaptive Intelligence, Radboud University Nijmegen, November 28, 2001: Probability Elicitation for Probabilistic Networks
- At the Department of Electronic Engineering, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London, June 28, 1999: Enrichments of Qualitative Probabilistic Networks
Other presentations
- Numerous presentations at internal seminars, colloquia and research days.
- Presentations about research for high school students (Rectors League)
- Presentation From Qualitative to Quantitative Probabilistic Networks for NWO-EW in the context of a site visit, April 2, 2003.
- Guest lectures in Technical AI courses 'Caleidoscoop TKI' and 'Inleiding TKI', 1998/1999 and 2001/2002.
- Presentation for the Board of SIKS in the context of a site visit, June 12, 1997.