Machine Learning List: Vol. 16, No. 1 Sunday, January 11, 2004 Contents Calls for Papers/Participation CEC2004 call for papers, see www.cec2004.org ITS 2004 - Call for papers Call for Papers and Session Proposals for IICAI-05 Workshop on Neutral Evolution in Evolutionary Computation CFP: Undergraduate Student Workshop at GECCO-2004 Call for Tutorial Proposals: KDD-2004 ICML-04 Call for Tutorial Proposals CFP: SDM 2004 Workshop on Data Mining in Resource Constrained Journal of IR: Special Issue on Web IR: CfP UAI 2004: Submission Date Changes and Workshop Details KDD-2004 Call for Industrial/Government Track Papers CFP: Combining Shallow and Deep Processing (NLP ESSLLI 2004 Workshop) Call for Papers -- First Conference on Email and Anti-Spam Complex Engineered Systems at the International Conference on Career Opportunities Research Assistantship in NLP ML PhD advert The Machine Learning List is moderated. Contributions should be relevant to the scientific study of machine learning. 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The Congress covers all topics in evolutionary computation, including but not limited to the following: * Multiobjective optimization * Numerical and combinatorial optimization * Machine learning * Evolvable hardware * Co-evolution and game theory * DNA, molecular and quantum computing * Bioinformatics * Artificial immune systems * Ant colony methods * Particle swarm methods * Theoretical analysis The Congress will also feature: - A tournament for Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma, for more information see www.prisoners-dilemma.com - Tutorials to take you to the current state-of-the-art on particular topis. So far there are 11 to choose from. - Special sessions and workshops on specialized topics, with the same review process as every other paper. - Keynote speeches by world-leading researchers. Student travel grants are available. The application deadline will be approximately one month after the otification of acceptance. So if you're a student there's an extra incentive to submit a paper. For more information please see www.cec2004.org ------------------------------ From: "ITS" Subject: ITS 2004 - Call for papers Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 14:56:59 -0500 The 7th international ITS conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems will hold in Maceio, Brasil, a wonderful place. Details of the call for papers can be consulted on the site: www.itsconference.org/2004 and will be progressively updated in the next few weeks. Take this opportunity to participate in the various research tracks available on the site and join us for the first time in South America. ------------------------------ From: "Dr Bhanu Prasad" Subject: Call for Papers and Session Proposals for IICAI-05 Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 16:50:20 -0500 The 2nd Indian International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IICAI-05) will be held in INDIA during December 20-22 2005. This conference focuses on all areas of Artificial Intelligence and related fields. We invite paper submissions and session proposals for this event. Please visit the website: www.iiconference.org for more information. Contact Address: B. Prasad Department of Computer and Information Sciences, Florida A &M University, Tallahassee, FL 32307, USA Email: bhanu.prasad@famu.edu ------------------------------ From: Gwoing Yu Subject: Workshop on Neutral Evolution in Evolutionary Computation Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2004 23:39:01 -0800 (PST) CALL FOR PAPERS Workshop on Neutral Evolution in Evolutionary Computation http://www.improvise.ws/Workshop.htm to be held as part of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO) Seattle, Washington USA June 26-30, 2004 (Saturday - Wednesday) http://www.isgec.org/gecco-2004/ DESCRIPTION OF THE WORKSHOP TOPIC: Kimura#58808; Neutral Theory of Evolution is founded on the premise that most mutations at the molecular level in evolution are caused by random genetic drift rather than by natural selection. This contrasts to Darwin#58808; Theory of Evolution, which considers selection acting on advantageous mutations as the driving force of evolution. With a strong Darwinian influence, most Evolutionary Computation (EC) systems adopt a selectionists?point of view to model evolution. It is only until recently when neutrality is considered in EC systems. However, as the implementation varies, the performance results are different from one to the other. Currently, there is no consensus of the advantages/disadvantages of neutrality in EC. The purpose of this workshop is to discuss different views of neutrality and to improve our understanding of evolutionary search process under neutrality. WORKSHOP FORMAT: The workshop will have two parts: a short paper presentation followed by a panel discussion. Relevant subjects include but not limited to: Different implementation of neutrality; Characteristics of the search process under neutrality; Experimental and theoretical results; Promising directions of future research; IMPORTANT DATES: March 1, 2004 Submission deadline March 26, 2004 Authors Notification April 15, 2004 Camera Ready June 27, 2004 Workshop Workshop Organizer: Tina Yu http://www.improvise.ws E-mail: gwoing_yu at yahoo.com; tinayu at addr.com ------------------------------ From: "Mark Meysenburg" Subject: CFP: Undergraduate Student Workshop at GECCO-2004 Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 08:39:50 -0600 GECCO 2004 Undergraduate Student Workshop to be held as part of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO) Seattle, Washington USA June 26-30, 2004 (Saturday - Wednesday) http://www.isgec.org/gecco-2004/ Call for Papers Submission deadline: Friday, March 5, 2004 Acceptance notification: Friday, March 12, 2004 Camera ready deadline: Friday, April 30, 2004 Organizer Mark M. Meysenburg, Doane College mmeysenburg@doane.edu http://ist.doane.edu/meysenburg/gecco_ugws.htm Details The second annual Undergraduate Student Workshop at a GECCO conference (http://gal4.ge.uiuc.edu:8080/GECCO-2004/) will occur on June 26, 2004 in Seattle. The workshop will provide an opportunity for undergraduate students, and their faculty mentors, to present evolutionary computation projects they have completed as class projects or in conjunction with more in-depth undergraduate research activities. The workshop will be a half-day event, during which approximately eight undergraduate students will present their work to a panel of GECCO participants interested in undergraduate education. The panel will also include participating students' faculty mentors. Students should plan on 15-minute presentations, followed by five minutes of questions. The panel will provide feedback to the presenting students regarding their work and their presentation. Students invited to the workshop will also participate in the conference poster session. Students will display posters summarizing their work; this will allow the larger GECCO community to see what's being done by undergraduates in evolutionary computation. The poster session will also be a great opportunity for some networking! Goals of the Undergraduate Student Workshop include: (*) To provide a forum allowing undergraduate students to put a "capstone" on their undergraduate research activities, by presenting their work at an international conference (*) To encourage teaching faculty to consider undergraduate research opportunities for their students in the EC field (*) To help prepare undergraduate students for graduate work in EC areas (*) To encourage sharing and networking amongst teaching faculty with students participating in undergraduate research projects in EC (*) To provide networking opportunities for graduate school faculty and undergraduate students interested in pursuing advanced degrees, and (*) To encourage more emphasis on education at the GECCO conference Submissions Papers should be submitted by e-mail only, to Mark M. Meysenburg (mmeysenburg@doane.edu). Papers should be submitted in PDF format only. Please place the text "GECCO 2004 Undergraduate Workshop" in the subject line of your e-mail. More specific details on how to submit papers to the workshop can be found on the workshop web page: http://ist.doane.edu/meysenburg/gecco_ugws.htm=20 Faculty Participation Since many undergraduate students do not normally read the EC newsgroups and mailing lists, faculty participation is a key element for promoting this workshop. Faculty members who have taught undergraduate courses related to evolutionary computation, or who have supervised undergraduate research activities in the field, are encouraged to consider which of their outstanding students might wish to submit papers for the workshop. In addition, faculty members who are interested in undergraduate education can serve on the workshop panel. The panel will provide an=20 excellent opportunity for sharing project ideas and pedagogy related to evolutionary computation. Interested faculty members should contact Mark M. Meysenburg (mmeysenburg@doane.edu). Contact point Mark M. Meysenburg, Doane College mmeysenburg@doane.edu http://ist.doane.edu/meysenburg/gecco_ugws.htm For information about the annual Genetic and Evolutionary Computation=20 Conference (GECCO) to be held in Seattle on June 26-30, 2004=20 (Saturday - Wednesday), visit http://www.isgec.org/gecco-2004/ ------------------------------ From: "Gabor Melli" Subject: Call for Tutorial Proposals: KDD-2004 Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 22:43:12 -0800 Call for Tutorial Proposals KDD-2004 THE TENTH ACM SIGKDD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY AND DATA MINING August 22-25, 2004 Seattle, WA, USA http://www.acm.org/sigkdd/kdd2004 Tutorials Chair: Mihael Ankerst, The Boeing Company mihael.ankerst@boeing.com IMPORTANT DATES: Tutorial proposals due: March 5, 2004 Notification of acceptance/rejection: March 29, 2004 Camera-ready copy of tutorial notes due: June 4, 2004 The KDD-2004 organizing committee invites proposals for tutorials to be held in conjunction with the conference. Tutorials are an effective way to educate conference attendees about specific topics, or to provide background necessary to understand technical advances. For KDD-2004, we are seeking proposals for tutorials of 2.5 to 3 hours in duration. For examples of typical KDD tutorials, see the set of accepted tutorials at KDD-2003 KDD-2003 (http://www.acm.org/sigkdd/kdd2003/tutorials.html), KDD-2002 (http://www.acm.org/sigkdd/kdd2002/tutorials.html) or KDD-2001 (http://www.acm.org/sigkdd/kdd2001/Tutorials/tutorials.html). Proposals should be submitted electronically by March 5th to mihael.ankerst@boeing.com in PDF (preferred), Postscript, or Microsoft Word. Proposals should include the following: Basic information: Title, brief description, name and contact information for each tutor, length of the proposed tutorial. Also identify any other venues in which the tutorial has been or will be presented. Audience: Proposals must clearly identify the intended audience for the tutorial (e.g., novice users of statistical techniques, or expert researchers in text mining). What background will be required of the audience? Why is this topic important/interesting to the KDD community? What is the benefit to participants? Provide some informal evidence that people would attend (e.g., related workshops). Coverage: Enough material should be included to provide a sense of both the scope of material to be covered and the depth to which it will be covered. The more details that can be provided, the better (up to and including links to the actual slides). Note that the tutors should NOT focus mainly on their own research results. A KDD tutorial is not a forum for promoting one''s research or product. If, for certain parts of the tutorial, the material comes directly from the tutors'' own research or product, please indicate this in the proposal. Bios: Brief biographical information on each tutor (including qualifications with respect to the tutorial''s topic). Special equipment (if any): Please indicate any additional equipment needed (if any). The standard equipment includes a LCD projector, an overhead projector, a single projection screen and cordless microphones. For further information, please contact Mihael Ankerst (mihael.ankerst@boeing.com). ------------------------------ From: Johannes Fuernkranz Subject: ICML-04 Call for Tutorial Proposals Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 15:40:21 +0100 The 21st International Conference On Machine Learning (ICML-04) July 4-8, 2004, Banff, Alberta, Canada Call For Tutorial Proposals The ICML-2004 Organizing Committee invites proposals for tutorials to be held at the 21st International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML-2004), which will take place July 4-8, 2004, in Banff, Alberta, Canada. ICML-2004 will be co-located with the Computational Learning Theory (COLT-04) and Uncertainty in AI (UAI-04) conferences (see ). The tutorials will be held on July 4th, in parallel with joint COLT and ICML sessions on kernel-based methods (Kernel Day). We made reservations for two larger (< 150 participants) and two smaller rooms (40 and 80 participants), so we can host up to 4 full-day or up to 8 half-day tutorials. We seek tutorial proposals on core techniques and areas of knowledge that should be broadly known within the machine learning community. We are interested in tutorials on established or emerging research topics within the field itself, but we also welcome tutorials from related research fields or application areas provided that they are of sufficient interest to the machine learning community. Proposals that aim at a cross-fertilization between Machine Learning and one of the topics of the co-located conferences are particularly welcome. The ideal tutorial should attract a wide audience. It should be broad enough to provide a gentle introduction to the chosen research area, but it should also cover the most important works in depth. Proposals that exclusively focus on the presenters' own work or commercial presentations are not eligible. Presenters are expected to prepare tutorial notes prior to the conference, so that they can be made available in time. How to Propose a Tutorial Proposals should provide sufficient information to evaluate the quality and importance of the topic, the likely quality of the presentation materials, and the speakers' teaching ability. We encourage tutorials taught by two-person teams because the added perspective of a second presenter can provide richer, more balanced coverage of an area. When proposing a tutorial, please provide (at least) the following information: * /Topic --/ What will the tutorial be about? Why do you believe this is an interesting and significant subject for the machine learning community at large? * /Intended audience --/ From which areas do you expect potential participants to come? Which prior knowledge, if any, do you expect from the audience? What will the participants learn? How many participants do you expect? * /Content --/ Provide a detailed outline of the topics to be presented, including estimates for the time that will be devoted to each subject. If possible, provide samples of past tutorial slides or teaching materials. In case of multiple presenters, specify how you will distribute the work. * /Format --/ How will you present the material? Will there be multi-media parts of the presentation? Do you plan software demonstrations? Specify any extraordinary technical equipment that you would need. Will the tutorial be full-day or half-day? * /Presenters --/ Please include the name, postal address, phone number, e-mail address, and webpage of all presenters. In addition, indicate the presenters' background and a list of publications in the tutorial area. Proposals should be submitted in electronic form to: Johannes Fuernkranz E-mail: juffi@oefai.at Important Dates Feb 13, 2004 Proposal deadline Feb 25, 2004 Acceptance notification Mar 5, 2004 Tutorial Abstracts due May 7, 2004 Tutorial notes due URL . ------------------------------ From: Aleksandar Lazarevic Subject: CFP: SDM 2004 Workshop on Data Mining in Resource Constrained Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 18:05:51 -0600 (CST) CALL FOR PAPERS: Data Mining in Resource Constrained Environments A Workshop at the Fourth SIAM International Conference on Data Mining (SDM 2004) Hilton in the Walt Disney World Resort 1751 Hotel Plaza Blvd. Lake Buena Vista, Florida http://ic.arc.nasa.gov/siam The goal of this workshop is to stimulate, focus, and present recent research findings in data mining and machine learning in resource constrained environments. Resource constraints could refer to CPU and RAM constraints, or computational time constraints. Industry and academia have recognized these as important areas for development and a more coordinated discussion and exchange of ideas is highly desirable. This workshop aims to fill this gap by providing a forum for sharing the research experience and results of leading researchers from both industry and academia. Some of the specific areas of interest include but not restricted to: + Data mining in onboard settings, such as satellites, air transportation systems + Integration of sensor technology and data mining + Data mining in embedded and mobile devices + Data mining and machine learning schemes that are suited for environments with restricted CPU cycles, RAM, disk space, and/or real-time operating systems + Data mining and machine learning techniques that are effective with incomplete or uncalibrated data + Feature selection and other data reduction methods + Representative application areas with discussion of problems and solutions + Technical challenges for computationally constrained environments + Verification and validation methods + Assessment of performance and risk + Scientific applications of such methods. Format The one day workshop will achieve its objectives by creating an active discussion session for the exchange of ideas. To do so an invited talk will be followed by a series of 15 minute presentation followed with 5 minutes for questions and answer session. At the end of the day there will be a panel discussion, which will cover opportunities and major issues that need to be addressed in the next few years in these areas. Registration Attendees are required to register for SDM 2004, but no separate registration is needed for this workshop. Submission Requirements + Please send a brief note of intent to submit to Workshop Chair by January 15, 2004 to assist in planning purposes. + Original previously unpublished papers should be submitted electronically in PDF format to Ashok N. Srivastava, Ph.D. (ashok@email.arc.nasa.gov). Submission of work in progress is also encouraged. + The paper must not excceed 12 pages and the the font size should be at least in 10 point font. To guarantee consideration, manuscripts must be received by January 21, 2004. + In your email, please include the title, authors and abstract of the paper in plain ASCII format (no HTML-tags please). + All accepted papers whose camera-ready copies are received by the March 15, 2004 deadline (see below) will be distributed as photocopied proceedings available at the conference for purchase by attendees. Important Dates Papers Due: Jan 21, 2004 Notification of Acceptance: Feb 20, 2004 Camera ready: Mar 15, 2004 Workshop: Apr 24, 2004 ------------------------------ From: Melucci Massimo Subject: Journal of IR: Special Issue on Web IR: CfP Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 12:22:44 +0100 Call for Papers Kluwer Academic Publishers Journal of Information Retrieval Special Issue Web Information Retrieval Abstract due: February 8, 2004 Full paper due: March 28, 2004 http://www.dei.unipd.it/~melo/web-retrieval-special-issue/ ------------------------------ From: "Max Chickering" Subject: UAI 2004: Submission Date Changes and Workshop Details Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 16:38:32 -0800 SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN DATES The new UAI publisher is able to give us fast turnaround on the proceedings, and we are therefore able to give authors almost an extra month to submit papers. Paper abstracts are now due March 9, which is closer to what the standard UAI submission time has been. Please see the revised "Key Dates" section below. We hope this makes it easier for people to submit. Applications Workshop We have added details about the Applications Workshop that will be held on July 7. Please see the "Applications Workshop" section below. Book as early as you can!!! UAI 2004 coincides with the Calgary Stampede Days, so we advise attendees to book flights, hotels, and car rentals as early as possible. 20th Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence UAI-2004 July 7-11, 2004 http://research.microsoft.com/uai2004 Conference Details: Since 1985, the Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence (UAI) has been the primary international forum for presenting new results on the use of principled methods for reasoning under uncertainty within intelligent systems. The scope of UAI is wide, including, but not limited to, representation, automated reasoning, learning, decision making and knowledge acquisition under uncertainty. We encourage submissions that report on advances in these core areas as well as submissions describing interesting and novel systems that utilize techniques from these core areas. The UAI 2004 conference will be held in Banff, Canada. The main technical session will be on July 9-11, and will be preceded by an applications workshop on July 7 and an advanced tutorial program on July 8th. The conference is collocated with and follows both the Computational Learning Theory (COLT) conference, which will be held July 1 through July 4, and the International Conference on Machine learning (ICML), which will be held July 4 through July 8. UAI 2004 coincides with the Calgary Stampede Days, so we advise attendees to book flights, hotels, and car rentals as early as possible. Applications Workshop: Following the experience from last year, UAI will hold a full day Bayesian Applications Modeling Workshop on July 7 (the day before the tutorials). The focus will be in the areas of diagnostics modeling, models combining knowledge and learning, and models for extracting semantic meaning from text. A call for workshop participation will be posted at a later time at http://www.intel.com/research/events/bayesian2004. Paper Submission: We encourage submissions that report on theoretical or methodological advances in representation, automated reasoning, learning, decision making and knowledge acquisition under uncertainty. We also encourage submissions that report on systems that utilize techniques from these core areas. Submitted papers will be carefully evaluated on the basis of originality, significance, technical soundness, and clarity of exposition. Papers submitted for review should represent original, previously unpublished work. At the time the full paper is submitted to UAI-2004, and for the entire review period, the paper should not be under review by any other conference or scientific journal. UAI-2004 requires electronic submission of papers and abstracts according to instructions posted at the conference home page. If authors have special circumstances that prevent electronic submission, arrangements can be made directly with the program co-chairs listed below. Authors are required to submit a title and a short abstract a week before the paper submission deadline. Submitted papers must be prepared according to the UAI-2004 proceedings format and must be no more than eight (8) pages long, including figures and bibliography. Papers that deviate from these guidelines will be rejected without review. The conference home page will contain format information and provides access to style files and templates. Papers may be accepted for presentation in plenary or poster sessions. All accepted papers will be included in the Proceedings of the Twentieth Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence. The program committee will select papers for special distinction in two categories at UAI-2004: a "Best Paper" award, and an "Outstanding Student Paper" award. The conference home page will contain instructions for certifying student status with regards to the latter award. Key Dates: Tuesday March 9, noon PST: Abstract submission Tuesday March 16, noon PST: Full paper submission Tuesday March 16, noon PST: Student paper certification Tuesday May 4: Author notification of accepted papers Monday May 24, noon PST: Camera ready copy of accepted papers These deadlines will be strictly enforced. Conference Organization: Please direct general inquiries to the General Conference Chair at meek@microsoft.com. Inquiries about the conference program and submission requirements should be directed to the Program Co-Chairs at uai04-pchairs@cs.cornell.edu. Inquiries about the workshop should be directed to Oscar Kipersztok at oscar.kipersztok@boeing.com. ------------------------------ From: "Gabor Melli" Subject: KDD-2004 Call for Industrial/Government Track Papers Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 01:17:54 -0800 KDD-2004 Call for Industrial/Government Track Papers, deadline February 20, 2004 KDD-2004 THE TENTH ACM SIGKDD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY AND DATA MINING August 22-25, 2004 Seattle, WA, USA http://www.acm.org/sigkdd/kdd2004 Paper Deadlines Electronic abstracts due: February 20, 2004 (12 noon PST) Electronic paper submissions due: February 27, 2004 (12 noon PST) Notification of acceptance/rejection: May 21, 2004 Camera-ready papers due: June 4, 2004 Areas Of Interest The Industrial/Government Track of the Tenth ACM SIGKDD International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining will highlight successful applications of KDD technology; explore issues, methods, and lessons learned in the development and deployment of KDD applications; and promote the exchange of ideas between basic and applied data mining. The KDD-2004 Industrial/Government (I/G) Track seeks to: (1) provide a forum for exchanging ideas between KDD practitioners, researchers, companies, and government organizations; and (2) help commercial and government organizations understand successful KDD applications. The I/G Track solicits papers from practitioners and companies that have KDD products and solutions relevant to commercial or government challenges. The I/G Track will consist of competitively-selected contributed papers - presented in oral and poster form - as well as invited talks and panel discussions. (The full conference will also feature keynote presentations, workshops, tutorials, research track papers, and the KDD Cup competition.) We envision submissions along three sub-areas: (1) emerging applications, technology, and issues; (2) deployed KDD case studies; and (3) Products. Emerging application, technology, and issue papers discuss prototype applications, tools for focused domains or tasks, useful techniques or methods, project "war stories", useful system architectures, scalability enablers, tool evaluations, or integration of KDD and other technologies. Case studies describe deployed projects with measurable benefits that include KDD technology. Product submissions clearly describe KDD technology embedded in commercial products (without otherwise being a product advertisement). Submitters are encouraged (but not required) to select one (or more) of these sub-areas for their papers. In their submission, authors are encouraged to explain why the application is important, the specific need for KDD technology to solve the problem (including why other methods may fall short), and any innovations or lessons learned in the solution. We understand that reasons of confidentiality have often discouraged practitioners from submitting papers. When possible, we encourage authors to abstract any such specifics into a more general problem that may be presented, while explaining how the abstracted challenge is important for KDD. Guidelines Abstracts must be submitted on or before February 20, 2004, at 12 noon PST (Pacific Standard Time). An abstract may not contain more than 250 words. No paper will be considered without having the abstract submitted on time. Full papers must be submitted on or before February 27, 2004, at 12 noon PST. Papers must be no more than 10 pages in length, including all figures, tables, references and appendixes. Papers should be submitted as PDF files in ACM proceedings format (two columns, 9pt font, ~1 inch margins). Templates are available at http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html Authors are solely responsible for ensuring that their submissions display and print properly. Detailed submission instructions appear on the conference website (http://www.acm.org/sigkdd/kdd2004/). Papers should describe original work that has not been published before, is not under review elsewhere, and will not be submitted elsewhere during KDD-2004's review period (unless at a specialized workshop with a limited audience). Reviewers may assign research track submissions to the industrial/government track and vice-versa, if they feel this to be more appropriate. Calls for workshop, tutorial and panel proposals can also be found at the conference Web site. Awards The KDD-2004 Best Paper awards recognize the best paper in two categories: fundamental research and applications/applied research. Fundamental research papers are judged by the significance and originality of their contribution. Applications/applied research papers are judged by the practical impact and current or potential usefulness of the work. In both cases, the clarity and quality of presentation are also considered. KDD-2004 will also award scholarships to selected students to help defray the cost of participating in the conference. Details will appear on the conference Web site. Conference details (including the full cfp's for the Research Track and for the Industrial/Govt Track) may be found at: www.acm.org/sigkdd/kdd2004 ------------------------------ From: Subject: CFP: Combining Shallow and Deep Processing (NLP ESSLLI 2004 Workshop) Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 10:15:13 +0200 ESSLLI 2004 Workshop on Combining Shallow and Deep Processing for NLP http://www.bultreebank.org/ComShaDeP 9th to 13th of August, 2004 A workshop held as part of the Sixteenth European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information (ESSLLI-2004) http://esslli2004.loria.fr 9th to 20th of August, Nancy, France Workshop Organizers: Erhard Hinrichs (University of Tuebingen) and Kiril Simov (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences) Workshop Purpose: Up until recently shallow and deep approaches to natural language processing were largely considered complementary, if not rival, paradigms in computational linguistics, serving different purposes and each facing their own limitations. Due to recent advances in statistical methods and machine learning approaches for NLP and in efficient processing algorithms for high-level grammar formalisms, there are now highly promising attempts to combine shallow and deep processing techniques: e.g. using part-of-speech tagging and/or chunk parsing as pre-processing steps for constraint-based parsing or for memory-based parsing. The workshop aims to provide a forum for advanced PhD students and researchers to present and discuss their work with colleagues and researchers who work in the broad subject areas represented at ESSLLI. While papers can be submitted by researchers at any rank, we particularly encourage submissions by junior researchers and PhD students. Workshop Topics: - language models for deep robust processing; - architecture for combining shallow and deep processing; - machine learning techniques for deep language processing; - definition of the connection between the levels of processing; - language resources for deep language processing; - software systems for implementation of hybrid architecture for language processing; - applications Submissions: Authors are invited to submit a full paper. Papers should describe existing research connected to the topics of the workshop. Submissions should not exceed 10 A4 pages. The following format are accepted: PDF, PS, MS Word, ASCII text. Each submission should provide the following information: title; author(s); affiliation(s); and contact author's e-mail address, postal address. The papers should be sent electronically to: Kiril Simov Email: kivs@bultreebank.org by the deadline listed below. The submissions will be reviewed by the workshop's programme committee. The accepted papers will appear in the workshop proceedings published by ESSLLI. The format of the final versions will be PDF, PS. Workshop Format: The workshop is part of ESSLLI and is open to all ESSLLI participants. It will consist of five 90-minute sessions held over five consecutive days in the first week of ESSLLI. The presentation at the workshop will be 45 minutes long (35 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for questions and discussion). Important dates Deadline for the workshop abstract submission: 5th March 2004 Notification of acceptance 19th April 2004 Final version of the papers for the workshop proceedings 15th May 2004 Local Arrangements: All workshop participants including the presenters will be required to register for ESSLLI. The registration fee for authors presenting a paper will correspond to the early student/workshop speaker registration fee. Moreover, a number of additional fee waiver grants will be made available by the OC on a competitive basis and workshop participants are eligible to apply for those. There will be no reimbursement for travel costs and accommodation. Workshop speakers who have difficulty in finding funding should contact the local organizing committee to ask for the possibilities for a grant. About the workshop: http://www.bultreebank.org/ComShaDeP About ESSLLI: http://esslli2004.loria.fr ------------------------------ From: "David Heckerman" Subject: Call for Papers -- First Conference on Email and Anti-Spam Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 16:21:25 -0800 The First Conference on Email and Anti-Spam (CEAS) Preliminary Call for Papers July 30, 31 and August 1, 2004 Mountain View, CA Immediately Follows AAAI 2004 http://www.ceas.cc In Cooperation with AAAI and IEEE Technical Committee on Security and Privacy General Conference Chair: David Heckerman (Microsoft Research) Program Co-Chairs: Tom Berson (Anagram Laboratories) Joshua Goodman (Microsoft Research) Andrew Ng (Stanford University) The Conference on Email and Anti-Spam invites the submission of papers for its first meeting, held in cooperation with AAAI (the American Association for Artificial Intelligence). Papers are invited on all aspects of email and spam, including research papers, industry reports, and law and policy papers. Research: Computer science oriented academic-style research Industry: Descriptions of important or innovative products Law and Policy: Legal and policy papers Research papers include experimental or theoretical, academic-style papers on all aspects of email and spam, including but not limited to: Techniques for stopping spam, including Machine learning techniques Postage techniques (HIPs or computation,=20 possibly in response to a challenge) Disposable email addresses Protocols for sender authentication and verification Digital signatures Proof of group membership Role and significance of spam as a malware vector Spam traceback New features for email systems Automatic foldering Sorting, clustering, or searching email,=20 including both machine learning techniques=20 and user interface research. Advanced calendaring and scheduling Digital rights management research as applied to email Public Key Infrastructure in an email environment Industry papers describe products or systems (commercial or open source) and matters of commercial or practical interest. Papers claiming excellent results should include good experimental or theoretical evidence supporting the claims. Example topics include Industry cooperation for stopping spam New standards and interoperability=20 For spam For calendaring and scheduling Public key infrastructure for encryption and identity Digital rights management New products, especially those with novel features Legal and policy papers focus on topics such as What new laws or social institutions are most appropriate=20 for spam or other email topics Legal strategies for stopping spam The CAN-SPAM act and potential FTC regulations International legal approaches What can/should be done about Phisher scams=20 and other email scams The economics of spam Email and identity: who should control it? Email and privacy, email at work. In all three areas, submissions closely related to email, such as instant messaging, chat rooms, usenet groups, and mailing lists will also be given full consideration. KEY DATES: Paper Submission Deadline: April 16 Notification of acceptance: June 1 Final camera-ready version of papers: July 1 Main Conference: July 30 and 31 Workshops: August 1 REQUIREMENTS: Papers may be of one of two types: extended abstracts (two pages) or full papers (at most 8 pages, including appendices and bibliography). Work may not have been previously published in any conference or journal, and simultaneous submissions are not allowed. Papers will be reviewed by a committee from academic and industrial research centers. Papers should be 11 point in single column format. Accepted papers will be made freely available on the web, and will be published on CD-ROM. Authors will retain copyright of their work. A call for workshop proposals will follow this call for papers. Suggestions for panel discussions are also welcome, and should be sent to the Program Chairs at information@ceas.cc. CONTACT: information@ceas.cc For more information, visit http://www.ceas.cc ------------------------------ From: ICCS Conference Organizers Subject: Complex Engineered Systems at the International Conference on Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2004 15:49:00 -0500 Complex Engineered Systems at the International Conference on Complex Systems Boston, MA May 16-21, 2004 Announcement, Including Call for Papers Complex Engineered Systems (CES) topics of interest: -- Characteristics of Complex Engineered Systems: Modularity and industrial evolution; Non-linear and chaotic dynamics of engineered systems; Robustness, vulnerability and failure in CES; Self-similarity, critical phenomena, and power laws in CES -- Networks in Complex Engineered Systems: Network dynamics in CES; Scale-free and small-world networks; Effect of connectivity on CES performance; Robustness and vulnerability in networked complex systems -- CES Paradigms Based on Natural Systems: Biomorphic networks (Neural nets, artificial immune systems, etc.); Evolutionary approaches; Collective intelligence; Amorphous computing; Swarm robotics; Self-configuring robots, Animats/biomorphic robots; Self-organized sensor networks -- CES Paradigms Based on Human Systems: Game-theoretic paradigms; Economic paradigms; Social paradigms. -- Product Design and Development Complexity-related methodologies in product development; Cooperative workgroups for collaborative product design -- Managing Complex Engineered Systems: Emergent/self-organized control methods for CES; Human-Computer Interactions; Managing the risk of CES accidents; Managing the risk of vulnerability to targeted attack -- Ethical, Social, Economic and Political Dimensions of CES: Accountability and responsibility in self-organized, decentralized systems; Dissociation of ownership and control in CES; Security in networked complex systems; Effect of CES paradigms on classical socioeconomic and political models; Resource utilization and costs in=20 CES; Potential hazards of autonomous, adaptive complex systems to human society -- Specific Complex Engineering Systems: Ecology of the World Wide Web, Collaborating Distributed Micro-satellites, Smart Materials and Structures, Smart Retailing and Warehousing Environments, Intelligent Traffic Networks, Tissue Engineering REGISTRATION: Conference attendance is limited to about 500 participants. Applications will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis from those active or interested in becoming active in the study of complex systems. Application should be done through the web at http://necsi.net/events/iccs/OpenConf/ If you do not have web access and are interested in presenting a paper or simply attending the conference, please apply to iccs@necsi.net and provide the following information: Name Affiliation Address Telephone number E-mail address AND (if you wish to present a paper) -- an abstract (no more than 500 words) of a presentation to be given at the conference OR (if you do not wish to present a paper) -- a description of your interests. APPLICATION DEADLINE IS JANUARY 15, 2004 PROCEEDINGS AND JOURNAL PUBLICATION OF ARTICLES Authors whose submissions are accepted for presentation should plan to submit full papers by the Registration deadline (Feb 29). These will be reviewed and, if accepted, published in the peer reviewed on-line journal InterJournal and as a conference proceedings volume. Formatting instructions for the papers will be made available and should be followed carefully. Submission of papers is not a requirement for presentation at the conference. DATES: Applications Due: January 15 Early Registration: January 15 Registration: February 29 Paper submission: March 31 Conference: May 16-21 For more details, visit http://necsi.net/events/iccs/iccscover.html ------------------------------ From: Subject: Research Assistantship in NLP Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 10:22:36 -0600 (CST) RESEARCH ASSISTANTSHIP NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING UNIVERSITY of MINNESOTA, DULUTH DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE I am currently seeking a research assistant to work with me on corpus based approaches to natural language processing. In particular, we will focus on discovering word senses in very large corpora and from the web. You can get a very good introduction to the type of research you might carry out by checking into some of the work done by my current and previous students (http://www.d.umn.edu/~tpederse/students.html). This position requires that you will have earned a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, and that you be admitted to the M.S. program in Computer Science at the University of Minnesota, Duluth. Find out more about the program and its admissions requirements at: http://www.d.umn.edu/cs/degr/grad/mscs/ Interested candidates should submit their applications to the M.S. program as soon as possible, certainly no later than March 1, 2004. This position starts in August 2004 and extends until May 2005, and is renewable for a second year (August 2005-May 2006). It provides a stipend of approximately $11,000 (US) per academic year, and includes a tuition waiver and health insurance. There is also the possibility of summer employment in 2005 and 2006. In your statement of educational and/or career objectives, please clearly mention your interest in this position, and also detail (as specifically as you can) why you feel both qualified and motivated to carry out corpus based research in Natural Language Processing. Send a copy of your statement to me via email (tpederse@d.umn.edu) as soon as possible. (Please remember that you must also include a copy of this in your application.) Please feel free to contact me if you need additional information. Cordially, Ted Pedersen -- # Ted Pedersen http://www.umn.edu/~tpederse # # Department of Computer Science tpederse@umn.edu # # University of Minnesota, Duluth # # Duluth, MN 55812 (218) 726-8770 # ------------------------------ From: Chris Bryant Subject: ML PhD advert Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 10:50:10 GMT PhD Research Studentships Project: Automated Cost-effective Scientific Knowledge Discovery http://www.comp.rgu.ac.uk/vacancies/activelearning.htm Research interests: scientific knowledge discovery, machine learning, inductive logic programming, active learning, bioinformatics Two fully funded studentships are available within the School of Computing at the Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen. Successful candidates will have a tax free living allowance of £9500 (which is £500 above the normal stipend) per annum. Depending on eligibility, non-UK/EU students will need to contribute £500 per annum towards their Overseas tuition fees. Further information about the School's research and these studentships is available from: http://www.comp.rgu.ac.uk/vacancies/studentships.shtml Informal enquiries to: phd-enquiry@comp.rgu.ac.uk Application forms and further details available from: http://www.rgu.ac.uk/research/degrees/ Closing Date: 23rd January 2004 ------------------------------ End of ML-LIST Digest Vol 16, No. 1 ***********************************