[UAI] ICML2000 Call for Workshop Proposals

From: Andrea Danyluk (andrea@cs.williams.edu)
Date: Sun Oct 29 2000 - 19:45:30 PST

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    Call for Workshop Proposals
    International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML-2001)

    The ICML-2001 Organizing Committee invites proposals for
    workshops to be held at the Eighteenth International
    Conference on Machine Learning (ICML-2001). ICML-2001
    workshops will be held on the first day of the conference,
    June 28, at Williams College, the scenic site of all
    ICML-2001 events. Workshop proposals should be submitted as
    outlined below.

    ICML workshops provide organizers and participants with an
    opportunity to focus intensively on a specific topic within
    machine learning. Often, workshops concentrate on an
    emerging topic of technical interest (e.g., hierarchical
    reinforcement learning), a unique area of application for
    machine learning technologies (e.g., machine learning for
    genetics), or a community-wide issue that deserves
    specialized attention (e.g., machine learning and privacy).

    Proposals

    Workshop proposals should provide sufficient information to
    evaluate the quality and importance of the topic, the goals
    of the workshop, and the size of the interested community.
    Proposals should identify one or more chairs and several
    other individuals willing to serve on an organizing
    committee and assist with publicity and reviewing.

    Proposals should be 2-4 pages and contain at least the
    following information:

      - Description: What will the workshop be about? Why is
        the topic best addressed in an ICML workshop, as
        opposed to a workshop at another conference or papers
        in an ICML technical session?

      - Goals: What do you expect will come out of the workshop?
        How will the workshop change participants' understanding
        of the area?

      - Format: How will the workshop sessions be scheduled?
        How much time will be used for discussion, panel
        discussions, paper presentations, invited talks, or
        other methods for encouraging communication and
        consensus? Organizers are encouraged to focus on
        mechanisms other than traditional paper presentations
        and to differentiate themselves clearly from typical
        conference sessions.

      - Publicity: How do you intend to publicize the workshop?
        How will you reach the most interested and appropriate
        participants?

      - Potential participants: Who are potential participants
        in the workshop?

      - Organizers: Please include the name, postal address,
        phone number, e-mail address, and webpage of each chair
        and each member of the organizing committee. In
        addition, indicate the chairs' background in the
        workshop area.

    Important Dates

        Proposals due: Dec. 11, 2000
        Notification: Dec. 18, 2000
        Publicity material due: Jan. 15, 2001
        Written materials due: Mar. 26, 2001
        Notification to participants: Apr. 09, 2001
        Working notes due: May. 14, 2001
        Workshop held: Jun. 28, 2001

    Proposals will be reviewed by the workshop chair and members
    of the organizing committee. Please submit three hard
    copies or an electronic copy (plain text or PostScript) to
    the workshop chair. Proposals should be submitted to:

        David Jensen
        Department of Computer Science
        140 Governor's Drive
        University of Massachusetts
        Amherst, MA 01003
        Tel: 413-545-9677
        Fax: 413-545-1249
        jensen@cs.umass.edu

    Additional Information

    For additional information, see the web site for the
    conference:

         http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/icml2001/

    which will provide additional details as they become
    available. If you have questions about ICML-2001, please
    send electronic mail to icml2001@ecn.purdue.edu.



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