Machine Learning List: Vol. 16, No. 11
Thursday, July 15, 2004
Contents
Calls for Papers/Participation
ECML/PKDD 2004 Workshops: deadlines approaching
KDD-2004: Early registration by July 16th
ECML/PKDD 2004: Call for Participation
FOGA 05
IUI 2005, Intelligent User Interfaces, CFP
SDM 2005: CFP and Workshop/Tutorial Proposals
CFP: Special Issue of Neural Networks
CFP: UM2005: 10th Int. Conf. on User Modeling
Career Opportunities
PhD Studentships in CBR and ML at RGU in Aberdeen
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From: ECML/PKDD 2004 Announcement <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ECML/PKDD 2004 Workshops: deadlines approaching
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 11:02:48 +0200
ECML/PKDD-2004 WORKSHOPS
CALL FOR PAPERS
http://ecmlpkdd.isti.cnr.it/workshops.html
Pisa, Italy, September 20 and 24, 2004
The 15th European Conference on Machine Learning (ECML) and the 8th
European Conference on Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery
in Databases (PKDD) will be co-located in Pisa, Italy, September 20-24,
2004. The combined event will comprise a wide program of workshops,
to be held on Monday and Friday, September 20 and 24, immediately
preceding and following the main ECML/PKDD-2004 conference.
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From: Gabor Melli (KDD-2004) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: KDD-2004: Early registration by July 16th
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 13:41:57 -0700 (PDT)
The Tenth ACM SIGKDD International Conference on Knowledge Discovery
and Data Mining will take place in Seattle, Washington, USA from
August 22 through 25, with an optional trip to Rainier National Park
on August 26.
Early registration deadline is July 16. After that date registration
fees increase by approximately $100.
Visit the conference web site at http://www.kdd2004.com or
http://www.acm.org/sigkdd/kdd2004/
KDD is the premier international conference on knowledge discovery and
data mining. The conference will provide a forum for academic
researchers and industry and government innovators to share in their
results and experience. The program will include keynote
presentations, oral paper presentations, poster presentations,
workshops, tutorials, and panels, as well as the KDD Cup competition.
CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS:
Technical papers
- Research track: 40 presentations and 45 posters
- Industry/Gov. track: 13 presentations and 13 posters
Tutorials (at no additional cost)
- Data Mining and Machine Learning in Time Series Databases
- Junk E-mail Filtering
- Mining Unstructured Data
- Online Mining Data Streams
- Graph structures in data mining
- Data quality and Data Cleaning: An Overview
Workshops
- 6th Workshop on Web Mining and Web Analysis (WebKDD 2004)
- 5th Workshop on Multimedia Data Mining (MDM/KDD 2004)
- 4th Workshop on Data Mining in Bioinformatics (BIOKDD 2004)
- 3rd Workshop on Mining Temporal and Sequential Data
- 3rd Workshop on Multi-Relational Data Mining (MRDM 2004)
- 3nd Workshop on Data Mining Standards (DM-SSP 2004)
- Link Discovery Workshop (LinkKDD 2004)
- Mining for and from the Semantic Web (MSW 2004)
CONFERENCE VENUE
Come and join us at KDD and enjoy your stay in Seattle WA.
The conference will take place at the Westin Hotel in downtown Seattle.
The city of Seattle is located beside an inlet to the Pacific Ocean,
and is particularly beautiful city in the summer. Some of the top
sightseeing activities near the conference site include: the Space
Needle, Pike Place Market, Pacific Science Center, Experience Music
Project, Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle Aquarium, Seattle Art Museum,
Pioneer Square, Boeing Tour, Ballard Locks, University of Washington
and the International District. A day trip to Mount Rainier is
available the day after the conference.
Please visit our web site for more details about the program.
http://www.acm.org/sigkdd/kdd2004/
The registration is on-line or by fax. The early-bird registration is
by Friday July 16, 2004.
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From: ECML/PKDD 2004 Announcement <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ECML/PKDD 2004: Call for Participation
Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 11:14:37 +0200
Call for Participation
ECML/PKDD-2004
Pisa, Italy, September 20-24, 2004
http://ecmlpkdd.isti.cnr.it
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
EARLY REGISTRATION DEADLINE: JULY 31st
REGISTRATION AND HOTEL ACCOMMODATION:
http://ecmlpkdd.isti.cnr.it/registration.html
The 15th European Conference on Machine Learning (ECML) and the 8th
European Conference on Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery
in Databases (PKDD) will be held co-located in PISA, ITALY, September
20-24, 2004.
ACCEPTED PAPERS, POSTERS AND DEMOS:
http://ecmlpkdd.isti.cnr.it/accepted.html
INVITED TALK ABSTRACTS:
http://ecmlpkdd.isti.cnr.it/invited.html
IMPORTANT DATES:
Early Registration Deadline July 31st, 2004
Conference Dates September 20-24, 2004
Workshops and Tutorials Dates September 19, 20 and 24, 2004
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From: Lothar Schmitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: FOGA 05 (second announcement)
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 20:34:41 +0900
Foundations of Genetic Algorithms 2005
(FOGA05: January 5-9, 2005)
http://www.foga05.org
The University of Aizu, Aizu-Wakamatsu City
Fukushima Prefecture 965-8580, Japan
Submission deadline: August 15, 2004
The eighth "Foundations of Genetic Algorithms Conference" will be held
in Aizu-Wakamatsu City, Japan, January 5-9, 2005.
Authors are invited to submit full research papers on theoretical
aspects of evolutionary computation, including genetic algorithms,
genetic programming, evolution strategies, and other evolutionary
computation paradigms.
Important dates:
Paper due: August 15, 2004
Notification of acceptance: October 25, 2004
Request for attendance: November 5, 2004
Revised paper due: December 5, 2004
FOGA Workshop: January 5-9, 2005
Paper submission guidelines and publication:
- Paper submission period: August 5-15, 2004
- The maximum length is 20 pages. Style is Springer LNCS-style.
http://www.springeronline.com
- Papers can be submitted via email as attachments in pdf-format.
A submission must, in principle, have the following format:
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cc:
Subject: FOGA05 [first/second/third... submitted version]
Content-Type: text/plain
Authors:
Title:
Former title, change in author's information, if appropriate.
Content-Type: application/pdf
Paper as pdf-attachment.
- Accepted papers will be published in the following way:
(1) As a proceedings volume in Springer-LNCS which will
be available for free to conference participants.
(2) Selected papers will also be published in a special volume
of "Theoretical Computer Science".
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From: Eric Schwarzkopf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: IUI 2005, Intelligent User Interfaces, CFP
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 17:51:53 +0200
Call for Papers and Proposals
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTELLIGENT USER INTERFACES (IUI 2005)
January 9-12, 2005
Catamaran Resort Hotel, San Diego, California, USA
This call is also available via the conference web site:
http://www.iuiconf.org
WHY SUBMIT TO IUI 2005?
The series of annual conferences on Intelligent User Interfaces is
the principal international forum for the presentation and discussion
of outstanding research and applications involving intelligent user
interfaces. Its proceedings, which are available both as hard copy
and via the ACM Digital Library, are widely read and cited. The central
track of the technical program comprises plenary presentations of
full-length papers, which are selected by the program committee after
in-depth analysis and discussion. A complementary set of short paper
presentations and demos stimulates discussion on work in progress.
TOPICS
Topics of interest for IUI 2005 include all aspects of intelligent
user interfaces. Successful submissions will include aspects of both
intelligence and interface. The programs of previous IUI conferences,
with links to the papers presented, are available via the conference
web site (see http://iuiconf.org/library.html). IUI 2005 encourages
submissions from those who have done relevant work but who have not
previously submitted to an IUI conference. In case of doubt about the
relevance of your work, contact the relevant chair(s) for advice.
LONG AND SHORT PAPERS
LONG PAPER submissions should report on substantial contributions
of lasting value. The maximum length is 8 pages in the two-column
ACM conference format.
SHORT PAPER submissions typically discuss exciting new work that is
not yet mature enough for a long paper. The maximum length is 3 pages.
Accepted papers from both categories will be included in the
conference proceedings, to be published in hard copy by the ACM Press
and electronically in the ACM Digital Library. Further information,
including detailed instructions about the format and the submission
procedure, will be made available on the conference web site.
Time line for long and short papers:
Monday, 20 September 2004: Submission of manuscripts for review
Monday, 1 November 2004: Notification about acceptance or rejection
Monday, 22 November 2004: Submission of camera-ready accepted papers
WORKSHOPS AND TUTORIALS
Time line for workshop and tutorial proposal submissions:
Monday, 16 August 2004: Submission of proposal
Monday, 30 August 2004: Notification about acceptance or rejection
Monday, 6 September 2004: Submission of CFP or tutorial description
Further information about the submission of workshop and tutorial
proposals will be made available on the conference web site.
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From: Philip Chan
Subject: SDM 2005: CFP and Workshop/Tutorial Proposals
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 00:30:38 -0700
CALL FOR PAPERS and
WORKSHOP/TUTORIAL PROPOSALS
Fifth SIAM International Conference on Data Mining
http//www.siam.org/meetings/sdm05
Newport Beach, California, USA
April 21-23, 2005
The Fifth SIAM International Conference on Data Mining will provide
a forum for the presentation of peer-reviewed recent results in all
aspects of data mining. The conference program will also include
keynote talks and tutorials by leading experts, as well as several
workshops on topics of current interest.
Proceedings of the conference will be available both online at the
SIAM Web site and in hard copy form. The online proceedings of the
last SIAM data mining conference, which was held in Orlando, FL, is
available at: http://www.siam.org/meetings/sdm04.
IMPORTANT DATES:
Technical Paper Deadline: October 4, 2004
Workshops & Tutorials Proposals Deadline: September 3, 2004
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From: Alessandro Sperduti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: CFP: Special Issue of Neural Networks
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 11:17:39 +0200 (CEST)
C A L L F O R P A P E R S
Special Issue of Neural Networks
on Neural Networks and Kernel Methods for Structured Domains
Co-editors: Barbara Hammer, Craig Saunders, Alessandro Sperduti
(http://www.informatik.uni-osnabrueck.de/barbara/specialNN/)
In recent years several researchers have started to consider the
adaptive processing of structured data. This interest is motivated by
two main reasons:
i) several very important computational problems in Bioinformatics,
Chemistry, and document classification and filtering require the use
of some machine learning procedure to be properly treated because
their complexity does not allow a formal and precise definition of the
problem and thus no algorithmic solution to the problem is known; on
the other hand experimental data is available and usable by a machine
learning approach;
ii) in many of the above problems, the objects of interest are more
naturally represented via varying-size structured representations, such
as sequences, strings, trees, directed or undirected graphs. Moreover,
it is commonly believed that any computational process representing
these objects via flat fixed-size vectorial representations, risks to
discard structural information relevant for solving the task at hand.
The aim of the special issue is to bring together recent works developed
mainly into the fields of recurrent and recursive neural networks,
and kernel methods, with the hope to function as a conceptual support
for the improvement of current technologies and the growth of new
integrated methodologies for learning in structured domains.
TOPICS: Recurrent and recursive neural networks, Self-organizing maps
for structures, Support vector machines and kernel methods for
structured domains, Fisher kernels, Probabilistic models for
structured domains, Applications of the above methods to structured
domains, other relevant topics.
I M P O R T A N T D A T E S
Deadline for submission October 11, 2004
Notification of acceptance: March 14, 2005
Deadline for final paper: June 6, 2005
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From: Ardissono Liliana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: CFP: UM2005: 10th Int. Conf. on User Modeling
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 16:43:03 +0200
10th International Conference on User Modeling (UM'05)
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, 24-30 July, 2005
http://gate.ac.uk/conferences/um2005/
Call for Papers
The recognition and management of individual user preferences and
needs plays a key role in the development of usable services and
products. The International User Modeling Conferences represent the
central forum for the discussion and presentation of research and
industry results in the development of personalized systems, as well
as basic research about personalization. In the last 25 years, the
field of user modeling has produced significant new theories and
methods to analyze and model computer users in short and long-term
interactions. Moreover, methods for personalizing human-computer
interaction based on user models have been successfully developed,
applied and evaluated in a number of domains, such as information
filtering, e-commerce, adaptive natural language and adaptive
educational systems. Previous successes in User Modeling research
reflect the cooperation of researchers in different fields, including
artificial intelligence, human-computer interaction, education,
cognitive psychology and linguistics. New trends in HCI create new
and interesting challenges for user modeling. While consolidating
results in traditional domains of interest, the User Modeling field
now also addresses problems of personalized interaction in mobile,
ubiquitous and context-aware computing and in user interactions with
embodied, autonomous agents. It also considers adaptation to user
attitudes and affective states. Furthermore, the user modeling
research is being influenced by interdisciplinary fields, such as
customer relationship management, and could benefit from new emerging
technologies for the communication in the Web, such as, for instance,
web services and the semantic web.
UM'05 invites submissions in following categories: * Papers and
posters * Workshops * Tutorials * Doctoral Consortium
All submissions will be reviewed on the basis of relevance,
originality, significance, soundness and clarity. Three referees
will review each submission.
DEADLINES:
Preliminary workshop proposals November 15, 2004
Papers and posters November 22, 2004
Tutorial proposals, final workshop proposals December 6, 2004
Doctoral Consortium Papers January 28, 2005
Papers/Posters Notification January 28, 2005
Camera-Ready Versions Submission February 28, 2005
Workshop Papers Submission March 7, 2005
Conference July 24-30, 2005
FORMATS: The proceedings of the conference will be published by
Springer-Verlag in Lecture Notes in Computer Science
(http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/index.html) under the title "UM2005
User Modeling: Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference".
For camera-ready format instructions, please see "For Authors"
instructions at http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html. The
page limit is 10 pages for papers, 5 pages for posters, and 3 pages
for the Doctoral Consortium submissions.
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From: Susan Craw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PhD Studentships in CBR and ML at RGU in Aberdeen
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 12:14:30 +0100
School of Computing
Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen
PhD Research Studentships
Funding opportunities exist for Computing PhD studentships for the
following projects:
KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS: Case-based design of a customised SmartHome
for the elderly/disabled
MACHINE LEARNING/IR: Learning to forget for up-to-date information
delivery
HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION: Computer mediated creativity in design
Successful candidates will have a first or upper second class honours
degree (or equivalent) in computer science or a degree with significant
computing content. The studentship offers a tax-free living allowance,
plus tuition fees will be covered for UK/EU and overseas students.
Further information about the studentships and further details on the
projects are available at
http://www.comp.rgu.ac.uk/vacancies/studentships.shtml
Application forms are available from
http://www.rgu.ac.uk/research/degrees/ or by emailing
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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