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Carlotta Piscopo

Visiting PhD Student

IRIDIA - CP 194/6
Université Libre de Bruxelles
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1050 Brussels - Belgium

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piscopo@iridia.ulb.ac.be

I am a visiting PhD student at IRIDIA. The senior scientists in charge of my research are Dr. Mauro Birattari and Prof. Marco Dorigo.

Research Interests

My research work is in epistemology, philosopy of science, and in the philosophical foundations of artificial intelligence. In particular, my research interest concerns the realism/anti-realism debate in the philosophy of science and the debate on the adequacy of probability for dealing with uncertainty in artificial intelligence. I investigate the issues related with the construction and the selection of scientific models on the basis of empirical evidence, the problem of induction, the question of the status of empirical theories, and the relation between metaphysics and science.

Publications

Peer-reviewed Publications:
- C. Piscopo and M. Birattari (2012). Invention vs. Discovery, In E.G. Carayannis (Ed.): Encyclopedia of Creativity, Invention, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship. Springer, Berlin, Germany. In press.
- C. Piscopo and M. Birattari (2010). A critique of the constitutive role of truthlikeness in the similarity approach. Erkenntnis: An International Journal of Analytic Philosophy, vol 72, no. 3, pp. 379-386. DOI: 10.1007/s10670-010-9218-2
- C. Piscopo and M. Birattari (2008). The metaphysical character of the criticisms raised against the use of probability for dealing with uncertainty in artificial intelligence. Minds and Machines: Journal for Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy and Cognitive Science, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 273-288. DOI: 10.1007/s11023-008-9097-3
- C. Piscopo and M. Birattari (2002). Invention vs. Discovery. A critical discussion. In S. Lange, K. Satoh, C. H. Smith (Eds.): Discovery Science. 5th International Conference, DS 2002, LNCS 2534, pp. 457-462. Springer, Berlin, Germany. DOI: 10.1007/3-540-36182-0_49
Thesis:
- C. Piscopo. (2000) Un Punto di Vista Filosofico sul Trattamento dell'Incertezza in Intelligenza Artificiale. Tesi di Laurea, Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia, Università degli Studi di Milano. Milan, Italy. Supervisor: Prof. Corrado Mangione.
Technical Reports and drafts submitted for publication:
- C. Piscopo and M. Birattari. (2009) On the role of correspondence in the similarity approach. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2009-003. IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
- C. Piscopo and M. Birattari. (2008) The explanation of the success of science. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2008-013. IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
- C. Piscopo and M. Birattari. (2007) On the use of probability in artificial intelligence: The metaphysical character of the non-adequacy claim. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2007-018. IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
- C. Piscopo and M. Birattari. (2007) Philippe Smets and the Transferable Belief Model: An epistemological perspective Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2007-001. IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
- C. Piscopo and M. Birattari. (2003) Metaphysical arguments in artificial intelligence: A case study. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2003-26. IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
- C. Piscopo and M. Birattari. (2002) Probabilistic models in artificial intelligence. An epistemological analysis of the debate on their adequacy. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2002-26. IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
- C. Piscopo and M. Birattari. (2002) Invention vs. Discovery. A critical discussion, Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2002-13.2. IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
- C. Piscopo and M. Birattari (2002) Probability theory and intrinsically non-stochastic phenomena in AI: How to reject a metaphysical issue, Technical Report AIDA-2002-04. Intellektik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany.
- C. Piscopo, M. Birattari, and A. Saffiotti. (2001) Some philosophical issues about the treatment of uncertainty in artificial intelligence, Technical Report No. 3 in Studies from the Department of Technology at Örebro University, ISSN 1404-7225. Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.
- C. Piscopo. (2000) Some philosophical considerations on the treatment of uncertainty in artificial intelligence, Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2000-33. IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.

Memberships

Member of the Belgian Society for Logic and Philosophy of Science

Member of the British Society for the Philosophy of Science

Organisational Activities

Member of the organizing committee of the 6th International Conference on Ant Colony Optimization and Swarm Intelligence, ANTS 2008 (Brussels, 22-24 September 2008) as responsible of the local arrangements.

Member of of the organizing committee of the Workshop Engineering Stochastic Local Search Algorithms, SLS 2007 (Brussels, 6-8 September 2007) as responsible of the local arrangements.

Member of the of the organizing committee of 5th International Workshop on Ant Colony Optimization and Swarm Intelligence, ANTS 2006 (Brussels, 4-7 September 2006) as responsible of the local arrangements.

Member of the organizing committee of the 4th International Workshop on Ant Colony Optimization and Swarm Intelligence, ANTS 2004 (Brussels, 5-8 September 2004) as responsible of the local arrangements.

Last update: 6 April 2012.