Machine Learning List
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Machine Learning List: Vol. 14, No. 3
Saturday, Jun 8, 2002
Contents
Calls for Papers and Meeting Announcements
NIPS*2002 call for papers
NIPS*2002 call for workshops
NIPS*2002 call for demos
CFP: spec. issue, Evolutionary Computation on Memetic Algorithms
Submission Deadline Extension: FSKD'02-ICONIP'02-SEAL'02
Call for Tutorials (IEEE Data Mining 2002)
Submission Deadline Extension: CFP of PKAW 2002
CFP: Genetic & Evolutionary Comp. for Signal Proc. & Image Analysis
Call for Workshop Proposals (IEEE Data Mining 2002)
CFP, Special issue: IEEE TEC on DM & KD: evolutionary algorithms
CFP: Compuational Intelligence for Modelling, Control and Automation
Job Announcements
Research Studentship in Knowledge Discovery: Deadline May 20th
2 Open Positiosn: Informatics and Medical Informatics
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From: Zoubin Ghahramani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: NIPS*2002 call for papers
Date: Wed, 8 May 2002 03:21:30 +0100
CALL FOR PAPERS
Neural Information Processing Systems
Natural and Synthetic
Monday, December 9 -- Saturday December 14, 2002
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://nips.cc
Submissions are solicited for the sixteenth meeting of an
interdisciplinary conference, which brings together cognitive
scientists, computer scientists, engineers, neuroscientists,
physicists, statisticians, and mathematicians interested in all
aspects of neural and statistical processing and computation. The
conference will include invited talks as well as oral and poster
presentations of refereed papers. It is single track and highly
selective. Preceding the main conference will be one day of tutorial
presentations (Dec.9), and following it there will be two days of
focused workshops on topical issues at Whistler/Blackcomb ski resort
(Dec.13-14).
SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: NIPS accepts only electronic
submissions. Full submission instructions will be available at
the web site given below. NIPS accepts submissions in postscript
and PDF format. The electronic submission process will begin on
June 9, 2002.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
SUBMISSIONS MUST BE LOGGED BY MIDNIGHT JULY 1, 2002, PACIFIC
DAYLIGHT TIME.
The LaTeX style files, the electronic submission page, and other
conference information are available on the web at http://nips.cc
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From: Zoubin Ghahramani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: NIPS*2002 call for workshops
Date: Wed, 8 May 2002 04:09:15 +0100
CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS
Neural Information Processing Systems
Natural and Synthetic
Post-Conference Workshops
December 13 and 14, 2002
Whistler/Blackcomb Resort, BC, Canada
http://nips.cc
Following the regular program of the Neural Information Processing
Systems 2002 conference in Vancouver, BC, Canada, workshops on various
current topics in neural information processing will be held on
December 13 and 14, 2002, in Whistler, BC, Canada. We invite
researchers interested in chairing one of these workshops to submit
workshop proposals.
The goal of the workshops is to provide an informal forum for
researchers to discuss important research questions and challenges.
Controversial issues, open problems, and comparisons of competing
approaches are encouraged and preferred as workshop topics.
Representation of alternative viewpoints and panel-style discussions
are particularly encouraged. Workshop topics include, but are not
limited to, the following:
Active Learning, Attention, Audition, Bayesian Analysis, Bayesian
Networks, Benchmarking, Brain Imaging, Computational Complexity,
Computational Molecular Biology, Control, Genetic Algorithms,
Graphical Models, Hippocampus and Memory, Hybrid
Supervised/Unsupervised Learning, Hybrid HMM/ANN Systems,
Implementations, Independent Component Analysis, Mean-Field
Methods, Markov Chain Monte-Carlo Methods, Music, Network
Dynamics, Neural Coding, Neural Plasticity, On-Line Learning,
Optimization, Recurrent Nets, Robot Learning, Rule Extraction,
Self-Organization, Sensory Biophysics, Signal Processing, Spike
Timing, Support Vectors, Speech, Time Series, Topological Maps,
and Vision.
Detailed descriptions of previous workshops may be found at
http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/Web/Groups/NIPS/NIPS2001/prevconf.html.
SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
Interested parties should submit a short proposal for a
workshop of interest via email by August 9, 2002.
Proposals should be emailed as plain text to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not use
attachments, Microsoft Word, postscript, html, or pdf files.
Questions may be addressed to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Information about the main conference and the workshop program
can be found at http://nips.cc/.
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From: Zoubin Ghahramani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: NIPS*2002 call for demos
Date: Wed, 8 May 2002 04:10:51 +0100
*** New at NIPS: Demonstrations Track ***
CALL FOR DEMONSTRATIONS
Neural Information Processing Systems
Natural and Synthetic
Monday, December 9 -- Saturday December 14, 2002
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://nips.cc
For the first time, the Neural Information Processing Systems
conference will include a separate track for demonstrations. The
demonstrations will take place in parallel with the poster sessions at
the NIPS*2002 conference. Example areas of interest for the
demonstrations track include but are by no means limited to the
following:
Analog and digital VLSI
Neuromorphic Engineering
Computational sensors and actuators
Robotics
bioMEMS (microelectromechanical systems)
Biomedical instrumentation
Neural prostheses
Photonics
Real-time multimedia systems
Large-scale neural emulators
Software demonstrations of novel algorithms
SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: All proposals for demonstrations will be
reviewed by the Demonstrations Co-Chairs. Interested parties should
submit a brief description of their proposed demonstration via email
by August 9, 2002. Proposals should include a title, description of
the device or system to be demonstrated, main results, novelty and
significance of the work, any related publications, and estimated
space requirements for the demonstration. Please include the name,
address, email address, phone and fax numbers for all co-authors on
the submmitted work, and indicate whether a related paper has also
been submitted to NIPS*2002.
Proposals should be emailed to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and should be in
plain ascii text, postscript or pdf.
Questions may be addressed to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Jim Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: CFP: spec. issue, Evolutionary Computation on Memetic Algorithms
Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 14:33:31 +0100
CALL FOR PAPERS
Evolutionary Computation Journal (MIT Press)
Special Issue on Memetic Evolutionary Algorithms
Guest Editors: William Hart, Natalio Krasnogor and Jim Smith
Memetic Evolutionary Algorithms (MEAs) are a class of meta-heuristics
that combine the population-based global search of evolutionary
algorithms with local search heuristics, usually (but not always)
applied to each member of the population as part of the evolutionary
cycle. A number of recent studies have shown that these hybrid
algorithms can produce results that eclipse either algorithm on its
own, whether in terms of solution quality or of time taken to reach
optimal solutions. Research into MEAs has also provided a means of
studying issues such as the roles of learning within an evolutionary
context, Baldwinian and Lamarkian models of adaptation and genotype to
phenotype mappings (i.e. development).
The purpose of this special issue is to highlight and explore some of
the recent theoretical and practical advances in this field. Original
high-quality papers are sought which address issues including, but not
restricted to:
- Theoretical methods and models for analysing and predicting the behaviour
of MEAs
- Local search as a model for "life-time learning" within the evolutionary
cycle
- Novel hybridisation methods
- The use of hybrid techniques within multi-objective or co-evolutionary
search
- Applications of MEAs and performance comparisons with other optimisation
techniques
The Deadline for submission of papers is 31st December 2002
PAPER SUBMISSION
Manuscripts should be approximately 8,000 to 12,000 words in length
and formatted for 8 1/2 x 11-inch paper, single-sided and
double-spaced. The first page should include the title, abstract, key
words, and author information (name, affiliation, mailing address,
telephone number, and e-mail address). The text of the paper should
begin on the second page and continue on consecutively numbered
pages. Papers should be no longer than 30 pages including references.
References should follow the APA format both in text and in the
reference list. Figures and tables should be mentioned in the text and
numbered consecutively along with a brief title. Colour figures are
not permitted. To ease the reviewing process, figures and tables
should be embedded in the text.
Electronic submissions are strongly preferred. Submitted papers must
be either in postscript or in PDF and should be mailed to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] If hard copies are sent, please provide five (5)
copies (not faxes) for reviewing to:
Dr Jim Smith
Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences
University of the West of England
Bristol
BS16 1QY, UK
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Submission Deadline Extension: FSKD'02-ICONIP'02-SEAL'02
Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 10:41:38 +1000
International Conference on Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery
(FSKD'02)
9th International Conference on Neural Information Processing
(ICONIP'02)
4th Asia-Pacific Conference on Simulated Evolution And Learning
(SEAL'02)
November 18 - 22, 2002, Orchid Country Club, Singapore
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Home Page: http://www.ntu.edu.sg/home/nef
Mirror Page: http://www.cic.unb.br/~weigang/nef
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*** (NEW!) Submission Deadline: June 30, 2002 ***
FSKD'02, ICONIP'02, and SEAL'02 will be jointly held in Orchid Country
Club, Singapore from November 18 to 22, 2002. The conferences will not
only feature the most up-to-date research results in fuzzy sys- tems,
knowledge discovery, neural information processing, and evolu- tionary
computation, but also promote cross-fertilization over these exciting
and yet closely-related areas. Registration to any one of the
conferences will entitle a participant to the technical sessions and
the proceedings of all three conferences, as well as the conference
banquet, buffet lunches, and tours to two of the major attractions in
Singapore, i.e., Night Safari and Sentosa Resort Island. Many well-
known researchers will present keynote speeches, panel discussions,
invited lectures, and tutorials.
SUBMISSION OF PAPERS
Authors are invited to submit electronic files (postscript, pdf or
Word format) through the conference home page. Papers should be
double-column and use 10 pt Times Roman or similar fonts. The final
version of a paper should not exceed 5 pages in length. A selected
number of accepted papers will be expanded and revised for possible
inclusion in edited books and peer-reviewed journals, such as "Soft
Computing" and "Knowledge and Information Systems: An International
Journal" by Springer-Verlag.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Call for Tutorials (IEEE Data Mining 2002)
Date: Sat, 25 May 2002 22:06:15 +0900
ICDM '02: The 2002 IEEE International Conference on Data Mining
Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society
Maebashi TERRSA, Maebashi City, Japan
December, 9 - 12, 2002
Home Page: http://kis.maebashi-it.ac.jp/icdm02
Mirror Page: http://www.wi-lab.com/icdm02
IEEE ICDM 2002: Call for Tutorials
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The 2002 IEEE International Conference on Data Mining (ICDM '02) will
include tutorials providing in-depth background on specific subjects
in data mining. The recency of the data mining field, and the variety
of disciplines that are represented, lead to many possibilities for
good tutorials:
* End-to-end descriptions of the practical application of data
mining technology (i.e., applications that may be "typical" for a
paper, but provide an example of issues faced in a data mining
project that would generalize to problems faced by the conference
attendees) in emerging data mining application areas such as
bioinformatics, medical applications, electronic commerce, Web
Intelligence and Business Intelligence.
* Surveys of new and developing research areas in data
mining (e.g., areas of structured, textual, temporal, spatial,
multimedia, Web, distributed, scientific data mining, data pre-
processing, data reduction, data sampling, feature selection,
feature transformation, man-machine interaction in data mining
and visual data mining).
* Short courses on areas of machine learning, databases, or
statistics that may be "old hat" to specialists in that
discipline, but are new to a majority of the conference
attendees. (e.g., an introduction to Hidden Markov Models).
* An in-depth coverage of a past research breakthrough that is now
becoming a mature technology.
The topics of interest fall within those described in the conference
Call for Papers (Home Page: http://kis.maebashi-it.ac.jp/icdm02
Mirror Page: http://www.wi-lab.com/icdm02).
IMPORTANT DATES
June 30, 2002: Tutorial submissions.
July 31, 2002: Acceptance notices.
August 31, 2002: Camera-ready copy of tutorial handouts.
December 9, 2002: ICDM '02 tutorials.
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From: Hiroshi Motoda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Submission Deadline Extension: CFP of PKAW 2002
Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 20:04:17 +0900
Please note that the deadline of the paper submission for PKAW2002
has been extended to 14th June 2002.
Call for Papers
PKAW 2002: The 2002 Pacific Rim Knowledge Acquisition Workshop
in PRICAI 2002
August 18-19, 2002
National Center of Sciences, Tokyo, Japan
The objective of this workshop is to assemble theoreticians and
practitioners concerned with developing methods and systems that
assist the knowledge acquisition process and assessing the suitability
of such methods. Thus, the workshop includes all aspects of
eliciting, acquiring, discovering, modeling and managing knowledge,
and their role in the construction of knowledge-intensive
systems. Knowledge acquisition still remains the bottleneck for
building a knowledge-based system. Reuse and sharing of knowledge
bases are major issues and no satisfactory solutions have been agreed
upon yet. There is a wide range of research. Much of the work in this
field has been knowledge acquisition from human experts. The advent of
the age of digital information has brought the problem of data
overload. Our ability to analyze and understand massive datasets lags
far behind our ability to gather and store the data. A new generation
of computational techniques and tools are required to support the
acquisition of useful knowledge from the rapidly growing volume of
data. All of these are to be discussed in this workshop.
Topics of Interest:
Papers are invited in all aspects of knowledge acquisition for
knowledge-based systems, including (but not restricted to):
a.. Fundamental views on knowledge that affect the knowledge acquisition
process and the use of knowledge in knowledge engineering
b.. Algorithmic approaches to knowledge acquisition
c.. Tools and techniques for knowledge acquisition and knowledge
maintenance
d.. Evaluation of knowledge acquisition techniques, tools and methods
e.. Active mining (*)
f.. Knowledge discovery and machine learning
g.. Knowledge modeling and ontologies
h.. Methods and techniques for sharing and reusing knowledge
i.. Integration of knowledge acquisition techniques with wider information
systems or decision support systems
j.. Software agents for knowledge acquisition
k.. Distributed knowledge acquisition through infrastructures such as the
Internet
(*) The topic of active mining comes from a new project that is highly
related to knowledge acquisition: Active Mining Project, Grant-in-Aid for
Scientific Research in the Priority Area sponsored by the Japanese Ministry
of Education, Science, Sports and Culture that has started in 2001. This
project explores the mechanisms of 1) active information collection where
necessary information is effectively searched and preprocessed, 2)
user-centered active mining where various forms of information sources are
effectively mined, and 3) active user reaction where the mined knowledge is
easily accessed and prompt feedback is made possible.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR PAPER SUBMISSION:
We encourage submission in Springer Lecture Notes Series format. The
length of papers is recommended to be 10 to 15 pages long with this
format. (See the Springer LNCS home page:
http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html) For submission, authors
should send an e-mail to Takahira Yamaguchi with the paper title, name
of all authors and the paper body (as one of PDF, PS and Word
files). The subject should be: "PKAW2002 submission".
IMPORTANT DATES:
* June 14, 2002: Submission deadline of papers
* July 14, 2002: Notification of acceptance of papers.
* July 28, 2002: Deadline for camera-ready papers
* August 18-19, 2002: Workshop
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From: Stefano Cagnoni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: CFP: Genetic & Evolutionary Comp. for Signal Proc. & Image Analysis
Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 21:42:27 +0200
FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS
EURASIP Journal on Applied Signal Processing
Special Issue on:
Genetic and Evolutionary Computation for
Signal Processing and Image Analysis
Genetic and evolutionary computation has provided effective tools
(genetic algorithms, genetic programming, evolutionary strategies,
etc.) for the development of software or hardware solutions of complex
problems of high industrial and social relevance. Many applications,
ranging from design of low-level algorithms to design of specific
hardware for signal processing and image analysis have been shown to
benefit from evolutionary techniques.
The aim of this special issue is to bring together contributions about
the latest developments in evolutionary computation for signal
processing and image analysis, along with review papers and tutorials
on some of its aspects. The special issue will offer a broad overview
of the potential and the accomplishments of evolutionary computation
techniques in those fields.
The whole spectrum of signal processing/image analysis applications
will be addressed, from low-level 1-D signal processing to high-level
image or multi-dimensional signal analysis. Therefore, topics of
interest for the issue include (but are not limited to):
- reviews and tutorials on any aspects of signal processing and image
analysis by means of evolutionary computation techniques,
- applications of evolutionary computation to real-life problems
involving signal analysis and processing,
- evolvable image analysis and signal processing hardware,
- evolutionary pattern recognition,
- hybrid architectures for machine vision and signal processing
including evolutionary components,
- comparisons between different evolutionary techniques and between
evolutionary and non-evolutionary techniques in image analysis and
signal processing,
- time series analysis by means of evolutionary computation
techniques.
Authors should follow the EURASIP JASP manuscript format described at
the Journal site http://asp.hindawi.com/. Prospective authors should
submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the
EURASIP JASP web submission system at http://asp.hindawi.com,
according to the following timetable.
Manuscript due: June 30, 2002
Acceptance notification: December 31, 2002
Final Manuscript due: March 15, 2003
Publication date: 2nd Quarter, 2003
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Call for Workshop Proposals (IEEE Data Mining 2002)
Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 23:54:23 +0900
ICDM '02: The 2002 IEEE International Conference on Data Mining
Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society
Maebashi TERRSA, Maebashi City, Japan
December, 9 - 12, 2002
Web Page: http://kis.maebashi-it.ac.jp/icdm02/
Mirror Page: http://www.wi-lab.com/icdm02/
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IEEE ICDM 2002: Call for Workshop Proposals
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As an important part of the 2002 IEEE International Conference on Data
Mining (ICDM '02), the ICDM '02 workshops program will focus on new
research challenges and initiatives in data mining. It will provide a
venue for several topical workshops on specific data mining research
and/or application problems. ICDM '02 workshops will foster the
discussion of exciting research directions and works in progress
through paper presentations, round table and panel discussions, and
invited talks. Suggested topics for workshops include, but are not
limited to, the following:
o Data Mining for Bioinformatics/Medicine
o Second Generation Methods/Systems in Data Mining
o Data Mining in Electronic Commerce
o Data Mining for Web/Business Intelligence
o Multimedia Data Mining
o Preprocessing/Postprocessing Techniques
o Management/Refinement of Discovered Knowledge
o Performance Evaluation in Data Mining
o Security and Privacy Issues in Data Mining
o Scientific Discovery
Workshop chairs define the focus and structure of each workshop.
Responsibilities include (1) writing the call for papers and
publicizing it, (2) selecting the workshop organizing and program
committees, (3) deciding the workshop program content, and (4)
coordinating the production and distribution of the workshop notes.
IMPORTANT DATES:
June 30, 2002: Workshop proposals are due.
July 15, 2002: Notification of workshop proposal acceptance.
A workshop proposal should include the following information:
(1) Workshop title
(2) Workshop organizers with full contact information
(3) Description of the workshop including objectives, content, and
format of the workshop
(4) List of potential attendees
(5) List of potential authors of workshop contributions
Suggested Timeline for Workshop Chairs
July 26, 2002: Workshop call for papers has been sent out.
September 13, 2002: Workshop paper submissions due.
October 11, 2002: Workshop paper acceptance notices.
October 25, 2002: Camera-ready version of workshop papers due.
December 9, 2002: Workshop takes place.
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From: "Dr. Ashish Ghosh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: CFP, Special issue: IEEE TEC on DM & KD: evolutionary algorithms
Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2002 12:34:06 +0530
Call For Papers
Special Issue of IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation on Data
Mining and Knowledge Discovery with Evolutionary Algorithms
Data mining (DM) consists of extracting interesting knowledge from
real-world, large & complex data sets; and is the core step of a broader
process, called the knowledge discovery from databases (KDD) process. In
addition to the DM step, which actually extracts knowledge from data,
the KDD process includes several preprocessing (or data preparation) and
post-processing (or knowledge refinement) steps. The goal of data
preprocessing methods is to transform the data to facilitate the
application of a (or several) given DM algorithm(s), whereas the goal of
knowledge refinement methods is to validate and refine discovered
knowledge. Ideally, discovered knowledge should be not only accurate,
but also comprehensible and interesting for the user. The total process
is highly computation intensive.
The idea of automatically discovering knowledge from databases is a
very attractive and challenging task, both for academia and for
industry. Hence, there has been a growing interest in data mining in
several AI-related areas, including evolutionary algorithms (EAs). The
main motivation for applying EAs to KDD tasks is that they are robust
and adaptive search methods, which perform a global search in the
space of candidate solutions (for instance, rules or another form of
knowledge representation). Intuitively, the global search performed by
EAs can more effectively discover interesting patterns that would have
been missed by the greedy search performed by many KDD methods.
The EA community has been publishing KDD-related articles in a
relatively scattered manner in journals dedicated to knowledge
discovery and data mining or evolutionary computing. The objective of
this issue is to assemble a set of high-quality original contributions
that reflect and advance the state-of-the-art in the area of Data
Mining and Knowledge Discovery with Evolutionary Algorithms. The
special issue will emphasize the utility of different evolutionary
computing tools to various facets of KDD, ranging from theoretical
analysis to real-life applications.
Manuscripts should be prepared as per the format of the journal
available at its web site
(http://www.ewh.ieee.org/tc/nnc/pubs/tec/). Submission should be made
to the guest editors (electronic submissions in postscript or PDF are
preferred) at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED]
All submissions will be peer reviewed as per the norm of the IEEE Tr.
on Evolutionary Computation.
If the submission is sent by regular mail, authors are requested to send
six copies of their manuscripts to one of the following address:
http://www.isical.ac.in/~ash
http://www.ppgia.pucpr.br/~alex
Important dates:
a.. Manuscript submission: August 31, 2002
b.. Notification of review reports for revision (if any): December 31, 2002
c.. Final version submission: February 28, 2003
d.. Publication of the issue: as per IEEE-TEC schedule=
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From: CIMCA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: CFP: Compuational Intelligence for Modelling, Control and Automation
Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2002 22:39:54 +1000
CALL FOR PAPERS
International Conference on Computational Intelligence for Modelling,
Control and Automation
12-14 February 2003
Vienna, Austria
http://www.ise.canberra.edu.au/conferences/cimca03/index.htm
Jointly with
International Conference on Intelligent Agents, Web Technologies
and Internet Commerce
http://www.ise.canberra.edu.au/conferences/iawtic03/index.htm
The international conference on computational intelligence for modelling,
control and automation will be held in Vienna, Austria on 12-14 February
2003. The conference provides a medium for the exchange of ideas between
theoreticians and practitioners to address the important issues in
computational intelligence, modelling, control and automation.
The conference will consist of both plenary sessions and contributory
sessions, focusing on theory, implementation and applications of
computational intelligence techniques to modelling, control and
automation. For contributory sessions, draft papers (4 pages or more)
are being solicited. Several well-known keynote speakers will address
the conference. Topics of the conference include, but are not limited
to, the following areas:
PAPER SUBMISSION
Papers will be selected based on their originality, significance,
correctness, and clarity of presentation. Extended draft papers
(4 pages or more) should be submitted to the following e-mail or
the following address:
CIMCA'2003 Secretariat
School of Computing
University of Canberra
Canberra, 2601, ACT, Australia
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
E-mail submission is preferred. Extended draft papers should present
original work, which has not been published or being reviewed for other
conferences.
IMPORTANT DATES
20 September 2002 Submission of draft papers
28 October 2002 Notification of acceptance
22 November 2002 Deadline for camera-ready copies of accepted papers
12-14 February 2003 Conference sessions
SPECIAL SESSIONS AND TUTORIALS
Special sessions and tutorials will be organised at the conference.
The conference is calling for special sessions and tutorial proposals.
All proposals should be sent to the conference chair on or before
22nd October 2002. CIMCA'03 will also include a special poster session
devoted to recent work and work-in-progress. Abstracts are solicited
for this session. Abstracts (3 pages limit) may be submitted up to
30 days before the conference date.
FURTHER INFORMATION
For further information either contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
or see the conference homepage at:
http://www.ise.canberra.edu.au/conferences/cimca03/index.htm
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From: Max Bramer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Research Studentship in Knowledge Discovery: Deadline May 20th
Date: Sat, 11 May 2002 18:44:16 +0100
UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH
SCHOOL OF COMPUTING AND MATHEMATICS
RESEARCH STUDENTSHIP IN KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY
Applications are invited for a research studentship in Knowledge
Discovery in the School of Computing and Mathematics. This is an
internally-funded post available for three years from September
2002. Nationality restrictions do not apply to this post.
The successful candidate will receive an annual maintenance grant
equivalent to the EPSRC 'home student' rate, in addition to the
payment of the University's tuition fees.
The project will be supervised by Max Bramer, Professor of
Information Technology (http://www.btinternet.com/~max.bramer).
Projects may potentially be in any area of Knowledge Discovery,
but some topics of particular interest are:
1. Generating Predictive Models for Rare Classes
2. Constructive Induction
3. Automatic Discretisation of Continuous Attributes
4. Hybrid Classifiers
5. Combining symbolic and sub-symbolic techniques for Data Mining
6. Text/Web Mining
Applicants should normally have a first or upper second class
honours degree or the equivalent in Computer Science or other
relevant subject. They should send a brief CV plus an outline of
their proposed project by email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to arrive
by Monday May 20th at the latest. Please give any dates when
you would not be available for interview in Portsmouth up to mid-
June.
Max Bramer
Professor of Information Technology, University of Portsmouth,UK
http://www.btinternet.com/~max.bramer
http://www.bcs-sges.org
Email (preferred address): [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Silvia Miksch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 2 Open Positiosn: Informatics and Medical Informatics
Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2002 21:06:04 +0200
Open Postdoctoral and PhD Researcher Positions
Available
in Vienna, Austria
We kindly invite researchers who are interested in Medical
Informatics, in particular in Temporal Data Abstraction,
Protocol-Based Care, Process Modeling, Intensive Care and Neonatology
to apply for two granted research positions, which are available at
Vienna University of Technology, Austria.
These two positions will enlarge the Asgaard group located at the
Institute of Software Technology and Interactive Systems. The new
granted project is part of the research field dealing with
Task-Specific Problem-Solving Methods for Medical Plan Management:
>From Plan Design to Information Visualization
To get more Information about the Institute of Software Technology and
Interactive Systems visit http://www.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/.
To get more Information about the Asgaard group visit
http://www.asgaard.tuwien.ac.at/.
The two positions available are planned to be filled for >*three*<
years - these three years are already guaranteed - with two fully
employed persons at the Postdoctoral or/and PhD Researcher Positions'
level. The income for a PhD Researcher is 26.750 including tax each
year (approx. 15.429, 29 after tax reduction) and the income for
Postdoctoral Researcher 44.270 including tax each year
(approx. 23.141,36 after tax reduction)
Due to the interdisciplinary nature of the project, one person should
have a computer science background while the other should have a
medical background. Each of them must be acquainted to the other field
too, since the computer scientist has to closely cooperate with
physicians and the medical person has to run complex computer
experiments and encode knowledge in Asbru.
To apply for one of these positions, you should have:
* graduated in Computer Science, Medical Informatics,
Medicine focusing on Intensive Care and Neonatology
(or similar fields),
* intend to do a PhD research.
* speak and write fluently English; German is appreciated, but
not required.
If you are interested in one of these positions, please apply via
email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Silvia Miksch).
Your application you should include:
* Curriculum vitae
* Publication list, including talks, diploma thesis, etc.
* A personal statement, why you in fact apply for this position
* Contact information (Email, URL, street address, phone, etc.)
* URLs to places you have previously worked.
Further information is available from Silvia Miksch, e-mail:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Closing date: 20 June 2002
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