Machine Learning List: Vol. 14, No. 7 Sunday, Sept 22, 2002 Contents Calls for Papers and Meeting Announcements CFP: CONTEXT'03, the 4th Intl Conference on Modeling and Using Context 2003 WSEAS Conferences -- NNA, FSFS, and EC evoBIO call for papers EvoIASP2003: CALL FOR PAPERS CFP: Workshop on Data Mining for Cyber Threat Analysis Jobs Post-doc Position in Computational Biology or Bioinformatic Dorothean Professor in Computer Science at the University of Vermont The Machine Learning List is moderated. Contributions should be relevant to the scientific study of machine learning. Please send submissions for distribution to: ml@isle.org. For requests to be added, removed, or to change your email address, send email to: ml-request@isle.org. In general, submissions should be no more than a few full-screens of text. For meeting announcements, highlight the conference or workshop web page and give a summary description of the goals of the event. Information such as the list of program committee members, talk schedules, and registration forms are unnecessary and should not be included. Job adds are usually no more than a few full-screens so they should fit naturally. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Roberta Ferrario" Subject: CONTEXT'03, 4th International Conference on Modeling and Using Context Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 18:52:09 +0200 Call for Papers CONTEXT'03 Fourth International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Modeling and Using Context Stanford, California (USA) June 18-20, 2003 (www.context.umcs.maine.edu/CONTEXT-03) The Fourth International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Modeling and Using Context (CONTEXT'03), will provide a high-quality forum for discussions about context among researchers active in artificial intelligence and other areas of computer science, cognitive science, linguistics, the organizational sciences, philosophy, and psychology. Context affects a wide range of activities in humans and animals as well as in artificial agents and other computer programs. The importance of context is widely acknowledged, and "context" has become an area of study in its own right, as evidenced by the numerous workshops, symposia, seminars, and conferences held recently. CONTEXT, the oldest conference series focusing on context, is unique due to its strong emphasis on interdisciplinary research. Previous CONTEXT conferences have been held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (CONTEXT'97), Trento, Italy (CONTEXT'99), and Dundee, Scotland (CONTEXT'01). Each of these brought together researchers in many disparate fields to discuss and report on research on context-related topics. The proceedings of CONTEXT'03 will be published in a Lecture Notes series (http://www.springer.de/comp/lnai) of Springer-Verlag, as were those of the previous CONTEXT conferences. TOPICS OF INTEREST To guide potential submissions, a representative sampling of topics of interest for CONTEXT'03 are as follows (in alphabetical order). This is not an exhaustive list, and other contributions are welcome, although all submissions must have a focus on context. Analogy and case-based reasoning Autonomous Agents & Agent-based Systems Cognitive Modeling Commonsense Reasoning Context Issues in Databases Context-aware Applications Contextual effects on language Contextual effects on problem-solving, understanding and production decision-making, and categorization Decision Support and Expert Systems Distributed Information Systems Formal Theories of Context Heterogeneous Information Integration Human-Computer Interaction Information Management Intelligent Tutoring Systems Intelligent/Semantic Web Systems Interagent Communication Knowledge Engineering and Management Knowledge Representation Machine Learning Multiagent Systems Natural Language Processing Neuroscience and context Organizational Theory and Design Philosophical Foundations SUBMISSION OF PAPERS Since CONTEXT'03 will be an interdisciplinary forum, all submissions, in addition to being evaluated for their technical merit, will be evaluated for their accessibility to an interdisciplinary audience. Works that transcend disciplinary boundaries are especially encouraged. Papers will be accepted either for oral presentation or for presentation at a poster session. Each submission will be evaluated by three referees. Complete formatting requirements and detailed instructions for authors can be found on the conference Web page. Note that papers cannot be longer than 14 pages. Papers must be submitted electronically--no hardcopy submissions will be accepted without prior approval from the Program Co-Chairs well in advance of the submission deadline. LaTeX and Word templates are available at the conference Web page. Papers must be in PDF format. See the conference Web page for instructions on converting to this format from Word, LaTeX, etc. Submitted papers should be received by the Program Co-Chairs no later than January 6, 2003. The conference Web page contains instructions for submitting papers electronically. IMPORTANT DATES Paper submission deadline................January 6, 2003 Notification for all submissions.........March 6, 2003 Deadline for final versions papers.......April 6, 2003 Conference...............................June 18-20, 2003 ------------------------------ From: "Dear Colleagues" Subject: 2003 WSEAS Conferences -- NNA, FSFS, and EC Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 14:45:02 +0300 CALL FOR PAPERS After the impressive success of the previous conferences of WSEAS in Artificial (Computational) Intelligence in Tenerife, Mexico, New York, Switzerland, you are invited to submit a paper or to organize a session or a group of sessions for the following WSEAS conferences: 4th WSEAS Int.Conf. on NEURAL NETWORK AND APPLICATIONS (NNA '03) 4th WSEAS Int.Conf. on FUZZY SETS AND FUZZY SYSTEMS (FSFS '03) 4th WSEAS Int.Conf. on EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION (EC '03) Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain, February 13-15, 2003 (three conferences) SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Oct 31, 2002 Please, visit: http://www.wseas.org Papers will be published in the Proceedings and in WSEAS Journals and Books ------------------------------ From: Marchiori Elena Subject: evoBIO call for papers Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2002 11:18:18 +0200 EVOBIO 2003 1ST EUROPEAN WORKSHOP ON EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION AND BIOINFORMATICS University of Essex, April 14-16, 2003 http://www.cs.vu.nl/~evobio/evobio.html http://evonet.dcs.napier.ac.uk/eurogp2003/evobio.html EvoBIO is the first workshop of the newly formed EvoNet (European Network of Excellence in Evolutionary Computation) working group on bioinformatics. EvoBIO covers research in all aspects of computational intelligence in bioinformatics and computational biology. The emphasis is on algorithms based on evolutionary computation, on neural networks and on other novel optimisation and machine learning methods, that address important problems in molecular biology, genomics and genetics, that are computationally efficient, and that have been implemented and tested in simulations and on real datasets. The goal of the workshop is to present recent research results, including significant work-in-progress, and to identify and explore directions of future research, besides stimulating closer interaction between members of this scientific community working on Bioinformatics. The workshop is sponsored by EvoNet, the Network of Excellence in Evolutionary Computing, and will be held in conjunction with EuroGP2003, the European Conference on Genetic Programming (April 14-16). SUBMISSIONS To submit, send your manuscript (postscript or PDF, maximum length: 10 A4 pages) via email to evobio@cs.vu.nl no later than November 20, 2002. Formatting instructions can be found at http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/instruct/typeinst.pdf The papers will be peer reviewed by three members of the program committee. Authors will be notified via email on the results of the review by December 20, 2002. IMPORTANT DATES: Submission deadline: November 20, 2002 Notification of acceptance: December 20, 2002 Camera ready due: January 17, 2003 Workshop: April 14-16, 2003 ------------------------------ From: Stefano Cagnoni Subject: EvoIASP2003: CALL FOR PAPERS Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 18:18:36 +0200 CALL FOR PAPERS EVOIASP2003 Fifth European Workshop on Evolutionary Computation in Image Analysis and Signal Processing Essex, United Kingdom, April 14, 2003 EvoIASP is the first European event specifically dedicated to the applications of evolutionary computation (EC) to image analysis and signal processing (IASP) and gives European and non-European researchers in those fields, as well as people from industry, an opportunity to present their latest research and to discuss current developments and applications, besides fostering closer future interaction between members of the three scientific communities. The previous editions of the Workshop were held in Goteborg, Sweden (1999), Edinburgh, UK (2000), Como, Italy (2001), and Kinsale, Ireland (2002). The workshop is sponsored by EvoNet, the Network of Excellence in Evolutionary Computing, and is one of the activities of EvoIASP, the EvoNet working group on Evolutionary Computation for Image Analysis and Signal Processing. It will be part of EvoWorkshops2003 and will be held in conjunction with EuroGP2003, the European Conference on Genetic Programming. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: applications of evolutionary computation to real-life IASP problems, evolvable vision and signal processing hardware, evolutionary pattern recognition, hybrid architectures for machine vision and signal processing including evolutionary components, theoretical developments, comparisons between different evolutionary techniques and between evolutionary and non-evolutionary techniques in IASP applications, financial time series analysis by means of EC techniques. IMPORTANT DATES: Submission deadline: 20 November 2002 Notification of acceptance: 20 December 2002 Camera ready papers for workshop: 17 January 2003 Workshop: 14 April 2003 For full details about submissions and updated news about the workshop please visit the workshop web pages: http://evonet.dcs.napier.ac.uk/eurogp2003/evoiasp.html http://evonet.dcs.napier.ac.uk/eurogp2003/ ------------------------------ From: Aleksandar Lazarevic Subject: CFP: Workshop on Data Mining for Cyber Threat Analysis Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 15:27:38 -0500 (CDT) CALL FOR PAPERS Workshop on Data Mining for Cyber Threat Analysis in conjunction with IEEE International Conference on Data Mining December 9-12, 2002 Maebashi TERRSA, Maebashi City, Japan People have always depended upon information technology of some type, beginning with smoke signals in ancient days and turning into network based computer systems today. Information technology becomes an essential part of the way various organizations function. Nowadays, the computers control power, oil and gas delivery, communications, transportation, banking and financial services. They are used to store and exchange vital information, from publicly know facts to well kept secrets. Notwithstanding the tremendous benefits that the emergence of this technology brings, there is inevitably an escalation of "dark side of the force" in the form of cyber terrorism. As a form of convergence between cyberspace and terrorism, cyber terrorism "refers to unlawful attacks and threats of attack against computers, networks, and the information stored therein when done to intimidate or coerce a government or its people ..." As the cost of the information processing and Internet accessibility falls, more and more organizations will be vulnerable by potential cyber threats. According to a recent research survey, cyber attacks have increased by almost 80 percent over the last six months. This indicates that there is an urgent need to expand efforts in the battle against cyber terrorism. The key question is whether contemporary computer technologies such as artificial intelligence and data mining can contribute to this battle and further enhance defense mechanisms. The main aim of the workshop on cyber threat analysis is to bring together leading figures from academia, military, government and industry to assess the state-of-the-art in the area as well as to explore the applications of data mining to address the problem of cyber threat analysis. The format of the workshop will consists of one or two plenary talks by key people in the field and oral presentations by authors of selected papers followed by possible panel discussion comprising the best presenters. The workshop may vary in length with an expected duration from half a day up to one day. TOPICS OF INTEREST: - Methods to identify the most critical infrastructures - Methods to detect cyber terrorist attacks - Methods to protect against cyber terrorism - Information assurance - Intrusion detection and analysis via data mining - Data mining in forensic - Credit card fraud analysis - Economic espionage IMPORTANT DATES: September 27, 2002: Paper Submissions Due October 30, 2002: Acceptance Notification November 15, 2002: Camera Ready Copy Due December 9, 2002: Workshop Day PAPER FORMAT: Submissions on the related topics to data mining in cyber threat analysis are invited. We also encourage submissions, which present early stages of research work, military and government applications and solutions. Papers should not be more than 10 pages in 10 point font and single-spaced (excluding references), with one-inch margins on all sides. Contact author and email address should be specified on the title page. ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION: Electronic submission either in PDF or PS format are strongly encouraged. Please e-mail electronic submissions with subject "DMCTA2002" to: aleks@cs.umn.edu ------------------------------ From: Hiroshi Mamitsuka Subject: Post-doc Position in Computational Biology or Bioinformatic Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 12:30:24 +0900 A Post-doctoral Position in Computational Biology or Bioinformatics in Institute for Chemical Research Kyoto University, Japan A post-doctoral position in computational biology or bioinformatics is available at the Proteome Informatics Laboratory, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Japan. The laboratory was established in April 2002 with donations from Silicon Graphics Japan, Ltd. The main objective of the laboratory is to build novel computational approaches for analyzing a variety of subjects related to proteomes. Current application areas of the laboratory include protein-protein interaction, docking between a protein and its ligand, small-molecule similarity, and pathways. The laboratory uses a variety of computational techniques, including algorithmic/thoretical approaches such as approximation algorithms for combinatorial optimization problems as well as machine learning techniques such as active ensemble methods and probabilistic models like finite-mixture models, hidden Markov models, and stochastic grammars. The candidate should have a Ph.D. and solid technical experience in one of the above fields or another field in computer science or a similar quantitative area of study. The applicant should be enthusiastic and energetic in doing new research in proteome informatics and should have sufficient programming skills in C, C++ or Java. The laboratory is well funded, and an excellent research environment will be provided. The position is for one year but renewable, by mutual agreement, until as late as March 2005. Kyoto University's Institute for Chemical Research is located 10 miles south of downtown Kyoto and 25 miles north of the center of Nara, and thus convenient to Japan's two most famous historical cities. The location is ideal for you to both enjoy Japanese traditional beauty and to devote yourself to a new research field, proteome informatics. Please send your detailed curriculum vitae to: Dr. Hiroshi Mamitsuka Associate Professor Institute for Chemical Research Kyoto University Email: mami@kuicr.kyoto-u.ac.jp ------------------------------ From: Xindong Wu Subject: Dorothean Professor in Computer Science at the University of Vermont Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 16:44:23 -0400 (EDT) Dorothean Professor in Computer Science at the University of Vermont The College of Engineering and Mathematics at the University of Vermont invites applications for the Dorothean Professorship (at the Full Professor or Associate Professor level) in Computer Science, commencing with the 2003-04 academic year. Tenure will be sought at time of appointment. The University of Vermont, one of the top public national universities, is located in Burlington, Vermont. It offers a supportive research environment in a relatively small city that repeatedly has drawn national attention for offering a high quality of life. The greater Burlington area includes 125,000 people, and is situated on the shores of Lake Champlain between the Green Mountains of Vermont and the Adirondack Mountains of New York. Burlington and the surrounding area provide an environment rich in cultural and recreational activities. The Department of Computer Science offers programs in the College of Engineering and Mathematics and the College of Arts and Sciences, as well as a joint program with the School of Business Administration. Our existing faculty in Computer Science are involved in the forefront of research in knowledge and data engineering (such as data mining, database systems, pattern recognition, and knowledge-based systems), software engineering and verification (including programming languages), and computational sciences (including computational biology, discrete modeling, and numerical methods). We are seeking to complement and further strengthen our existing research and teaching activities in these areas. Candidates in these areas are most sought, and candidates in any other area of computer science will also be considered seriously. Candidates should have a distinguished research record, hold a doctorate in Computer Science or a closely related field, and have broad teaching abilities and interests. The successful applicant is expected to (1) play a major role in departmental research initiatives and the graduate program coordination, (2) strengthen and build interdisciplinary bridges between the Department of Computer Science and other departments within the University, and (3) take an active role in teaching computer science courses. Please send a letter of interest, a curriculum vitae, a statement of teaching experience and interests, a statement of research interests and aspirations to, and arrange for at least three letters of reference to be sent to Chair, Dorothean Professor Search Committee, Department of Computer Science, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405. Complete applications received by January 20, 2003 will be fully considered. For more information about the Department and the College please see http://www.cs.uvm.edu or email to cssearch@emba.uvm.edu. The University of Vermont is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer and encourages applications from women and members of minority groups. ------------------------------ End of ML-LIST Digest Vol 14, No. 7 ***********************************