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Machine Learning List: Vol. 16, No. 5
Saturday, March 6, 2004
Contents
Calls for Papers/Participation
NASLLI Student Session CFP
ACM GIS 2004
BASYS'2004 - Track D: Machine learning and data mining in industry
Intl Wshp: Environmental Applications of Machine Learning
Other Meeting Announcements
CEC2004 registration now activated
KDD2004 Call for Panels
Symposium on Reasoning and Learning: CFParticipation
ECML/PKDD 2004 Discovery Challenge CfP
Career Opportunities
AI Opportunities with the MITRE Corporation
Research Scientist (Siemens Medical Solutions)
Miscellaneous Announcements
Intelligent Agents for Data Mining and Information Retrieval
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From: Greg Kobele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: NASLLI Student Session CFP
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 22:15:56 -0800
CALL FOR PAPERS
NASSLLI 2004 STUDENT SESSION
June 21-25, 2004
UCLA
Deadline: April 12, 2004
http://www.linguistics.ucla.edu/nassllii04/
MEETING DESCRIPTION:
The 3rd North American Summer School on Logic, Language, and
Information (NASSLLI) will be held June 21-25, 2004. It will again
feature a Student Session where students can network and get feedback
on their work -- both from faculty and student attendees. This CFP
solicits submissions to the student session. We invite submission of
anonymous abstracts for a 20-minute presentation plus 10-minute
discussion. Only one individual or joint abstract per author will be
accepted. All authors must be students (before receipt of PhD).
AREAS OF INTEREST
Logic -- including work on problems of mathematical or philosophical
interest
Language -- including descriptive or theoretical work in formal
linguistics
Language and Logic -- applications of logic to natural language
Language and Computation -- theoretical and empirical work in
computational linguistics
Logic and Computation -- automated theorem-proving and related fields
Computation -- artificial intelligence or related areas of computer
science
Work integrating several of these areas is of particular interest.
REQUIREMENTS
The Student Session papers should describe original, unpublished work
that has been completed. However, no previously published papers
should be submitted.
All authors must be at the pre-doctoral level; submissions co-authored
by non-students will be discarded.
FORMAT OF SUBMISSION
3 page extended abstracts are to be submitted by email as Adobe
Portable Document Files (PDF). This file must include a separate
identification page including the following pieces of information:
Title: title of the submission
First author: firstname lastname
Address: address of the first author
......
Last author: firstname lastname
Address: address of the last author
Short summary: abstract (5 lines)
Subject area (one or two of): Logic | Language | Computation
Other Conferences Submitted To:
Neither this identification page, nor any bibliography counts towards
the 3 page requirement.
Since reviewing will be blind, the body of the extended abstract
should omit author names and addresses. Furthermore, self-references
that reveal the author's identity (e.g., "We previously showed
(Hi-Mom, 1996)... ") should be avoided. It is possible to use instead
references like "Hi-Mom (1996) previously showed..."
The PDF of the paper is to be enclosed in an email duplicating the
information on the identification page. Use US Letter paper and LaTeX
if possible.
Please email submissions to Greg Kobele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> by
APRIL 12th 2004.
At least one author needs to register for NASSLLI '04 in order to be
in the student session. One of the authors will give a 20-minute talk
with up to 10 minutes for discussion.
DATES
Deadline for submission of 3 page abstracts : April 12th, 2004
Author notifications : May 1st, 2004
NASSLLI-2004 Student Session : June 21-25, 2004.
Please direct any questions about the NASSLI-04 student session to
Greg Kobele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: Robert Laurini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ACM GIS 2004
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 09:39:44 +0100
CALL FOR PAPERS
12th ACM International Symposium on Advances in
Geographic Information Systems
ACM GIS 2004
The 12th International Symposium of ACM GIS will take place in
Washington D.C. on November 12-13th, 2004. It is the twelfth of a
series of symposia/workshops that began in 1993 with the aim of
bringing together researchers, developers, users, and practitioners
carrying out research and development in novel systems based on
geo-spatial data and knowledge, and fostering interdisciplinary
discussions and research in all aspects of geographic information
systems. The symposium will provide a forum for original research
contributions and practical system design, implementation, and
applications of GIS. ACM GIS 2004 will be held in conjunction with the
13th International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management
(ACM CIKM 2004).
Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following:
- Computational geometry
- Middleware architectures
- Data mining
- Mobile and distributed computing
- Data modeling
- Multiple representations
- Data quality
- Novel and challenging applications
- Geosensor networks
- Performance evaluation and
- Geospatial data versioning Benchmarking
- Wireless networks
- Query processing and optimization
- Graphical aspects
- Real-time spatio-temporal applications
- Image databases
- Similarity search
- Interoperability and standards
- Spatial and spatiotemporal indexing (incl. metadata and ontologies)
- Spatial reasoning
- Languages for metadata management
- Traffic telematics
- Large-scale servers
- Virtual reality and 3D
- Location-based services
- Visual query languages
- Management of raster and vector data
- Web applications
Authors are invited to submit full papers (in English, not exceeding
5000 words) reporting original and unpublished research results on the
above and other related topics are solicited. All submitted papers
will be refereed for quality, originality and relevance by the Program
Committee. The acceptance/rejection of the papers will be based on the
review results. All questions should be addressed to the program
committee co-chairs.
The program committee co-chairs:
Isabel F. Cruz University of Chicago, USA ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Dieter Pfoser Computer Technology Institute, Athens, Greece ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Important dates (all deadlines are firm):
Abstract Submission: May 17, 2004
Full Paper Submission: May 24, 2004
Notification of Acceptance: August 10, 2004
Camera-ready version: September 1, 2004
Symposium Date: November 12-13, 2004
The official conference website at http://acmgis2004.cti.gr should be
referred to for further details.
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Lu=EDs_Seabra_Lopes?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: BASYS'2004 - Track D: Machine learning and data mining in industry
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 15:52:36 -0000
CALL FOR PAPERS
BASYS'04
6th IFIP International Conference on Information Technology for
BALANCED AUTOMATION SYSTEMS
in Manufacturing and Services
http://www.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/basys2004/
Track D: Machine learning and data mining in industry
Vienna, Austria
27-29 September 2004
SCOPE
BASYS'04 will address Information Technology for Balanced Automation
Systems in Manufacturing and Services. The focus of the conference
will be to explore new challenges faced by the integration of
Knowledge and Technology as major drivers for business changes
considering Product and Services Life Cycles. BASYS'04 is the 6th of a
series of conferences devoted to the advances of IT in the context of
balanced integration of automation and human involvement in
manufacturing and services. Creating appropriate frameworks for
exploring the best synergies between humans and automated systems
represents an enormous challenge in terms of processes
characterization, modelling, and development of adequate support
tools. Previous conferences took place in Victoria, Brazil (1995),
Lisbon, Portugal (1996), Prague, Czech Republic (1998), Berlin,
Germany (2000), and Cancun, Mexico (2002).
TRACK D TOPICS
Data mining and decision support
Text mining and link analysis
Processes and tools
Collaborative data mining
Pre-processing for machine learning and data mining
Machine learning in distributed environments
Application cases
DEADLINES
- Abstracts submission: 31 Jan 04
- Full paper submission: 5 Mar 04
- Acceptance notice: 31 Apr 04
- Camera ready submission: 21 May 04
Acceptance of papers is based on the full paper (up to 8 pages). Each
paper will be evaluated by three members of the International Program
Committee. However, prospective authors should submit a short abstract
in advance, in order to check if the proposed topic fits within the
conference scope.
Address for submission: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Proceedings will be published by Kluwer Academic Publishers.
TECHNICAL SPONSORS
IFIP WG 5.5 COVE
Austrian Computer Society
Holonic Manufacturing Systems Consortium
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From: Saso Dzeroski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Intl Wshp: Environmental Applications of Machine Learning
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2004 15:38:10 +0100
EAML-04, The Fourth International Workshop on Environmental
Applications of Machine Learning will take place in Bled, Slovenia,
September 27 - 29. The deadline for submitting two-page abstracts is
March 20. More information on the event can be found at the web site:
http://www-ai.ijs.si/SasoDzeroski/ECEMEAML04/eaml.html
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From: Eugene Eberbach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: CEC2004 registration now activated
Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2004 17:28:06 -0500
Colleagues:
You can now register for CEC2004. Just go to the main web page at
http://cec2004.org and follow the registration links. You can also
register for the hotel at the same time. Information is on the web
page for those needing an invitation letter to get a U.S. visa.
We expect to have a really great conference. Over 460 papers were
submitted!
As we get closer to the conference, we will be adding additional
information (e.g., directions to the hotel). If you have any
questions, please feel free to contact me.
Don't forget early registration ends March 21st!
Regards,
Garry Greenwood
CEC2004 General Chair
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From: "Gabor Melli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: KDD2004 Call for Panels
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2004 23:39:23 -0800
CALL FOR PANEL PROPOSALS
KDD-2004
THE TENTH ACM SIGKDD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
ON KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY AND DATA MINING
August 22-25, 2004
Seattle, Washington, USA
http://www.acm.org/sigkdd/kdd2004
Panels Chair:
Raghu Ramakrishnan
University of Wisconsin-Madison
raghu [at] cs.wisc.edu
IMPORTANT DATES:
Panel proposals due: March 26, 2004
Notification of acceptance/rejection: May 21, 2004
Camera-ready panel description due: June 04, 2004
Panel submissions are invited for KDD-2004. KDD is the premiere event
for the data mining community, bringing together leading researchers
from academia and industry.
Panels offer an interactive forum that engages panelists and the
audience in lively discussion of important and often controversial
issues. Panels should be lively, interactive, informative and
relevant. Panels should not be a set of independent talks. The panel
chair should facilitate discussion. For example, the chair may
challenge panelists with questions after short opening statements.
Panel proposals should include:
-- Summary of the panel topic
-- Name, affiliation, and contact information for the panel chair
-- Names and affiliations of up to four panelists (in addition
to the panel
chair) who have made a commitment to participate
-- Brief biography of each participant
A mix of industry and academic panel members is encouraged.
Panel proposals should be submitted electronically in ASCII format to
the Panels Chair, Raghu Ramakrishnan, at raghu [at] cs.wisc.edu
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From: Seth Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2004, 18;25:23 -0800
Subject: Symposium on Reasoning and Learning: CFParticipation
Symposium on Reasoning and Learning in Cognitive Systems
Stanford, CA
March 20-21, 2004 (Just before the AAAI Spring Symposia)
Seth Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Pat Langley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Dear Colleague,
Over the past decade, the field of machine learning has made great
strides in developing computational methods for acquiring knowledge
from experience. Advances has focused on the problems of
classification, involving mainly supervised learning from labeled
training cases, and reactive control, dealing mostly with learning
from delayed reward. Both areas have seen steady progress on both the
theoretical and practical fronts, with many learning techniques now
being used regularly in commerce and industry.
Unfortunately, this emphasis on classification and control has meant
little effort has been devoted to other important facets of cognitive
systems. In particular, there has been relatively little work on
methods for acquiring knowledge to use in reasoning and problem
solving, despite the importance of these tasks to the construction of
intelligent systems. What distinguishes humans from animals is not
their ability to categorize objects or control actions, but their
capacity for chaining together knowledge elements to draw inferences
and generate plans.
We are holding a meeting that is intended to bring together work on
learning in domains that involve multi-step reasoning, such as
planning, problem solving, language understanding, design, game
playing, and diagnosis. There will be invited talks, a student poster
session, catered lunches, and an evening reception.
Besides the usual hotels, lodging may be available at the new SLAC
Guest House, which has a reasonable price and a shuttle to campus.
Please make arrangements yourself at
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/hds/SLAC/.
There will be no registration fee, thanks to support from NSF and ONR.
If you plan to participate, please send me a short description of your
interest in the topic.
For more information:
http://www.isle.org/symposia/reason/
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From: "Petr Berka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ECML/PKDD 2004 Discovery Challenge CfP
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 10:24:13 +0100
ECML/PKDD 2004 Discovery Challenge
Call for Contributions
The Discovery Challenge will be held as a workshop at the 15th ECML +
8th PKDD conference, September 20-24, 2004, Pisa, Italy. Three data
sets from medical domain (atherosclerosis, hepatitis, gene expression)
are available to prospective participants for download and
analysis. The deadline for submissions is June, 14.
For more info about the Challenge, visit
http://lisp.vse.cz/challenge/ecmlpkdd2004
For more info about the ECML/PKDD2004, visit
http://ecmlpkdd.isti.cnr.it/index.shtml
Petr Berka & Bruno Cremilleux
Discovery Challenge co-chairs
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: AI Opportunities with the MITRE Corporation
Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2004 16:15:15 -0500
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Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 10:31:48 -0500
From: Wakefield-Perna Pat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Research Scientist (Siemens Medical Solutions)
RESEARCH SCIENTIST
Computer-Aided Diagnosis & Therapy Solutions (CAD) Group
Siemens Medical Solutions, Malvern, PA
The Computer-Aided Diagnosis & Therapy Solutions Group, Siemens
Medical Solutions, USA, Inc. is building a world-class R&D team with
researchers in machine learning and/or probabilistic inference. We
have hired several scientists and continue to grow with multiple,
immediate and ongoing, positions for Research Scientists (senior and
entry level).
Outstanding candidates with the ability to solve challenging medical
problems, while continuing to publish in leading journals and
conferences will find a stimulating and rewarding career in the CAD
Group. In this position, you will conduct leading-edge research in
reasoning from incomplete and structured medical patient data,
classification of patients/diseases, as well as machine learning for
automatically extracting patterns from large amounts of numeric,
imaging, text, and symbolic data, combine imaging, clinical, and
textual information, and other related areas.
Candidates must have significant research background in machine
learning (classification) and/or probabilistic inference, with
publications in leading conferences / journals.
Ideal candidates will have a Ph.D. in CS/EE/Statistics/Applied Math or
an engineering discipline with an inter-disciplinary background in
machine learning, probabilistic reasoning, and/or statistics, with a
proven record in research, innovative thinking, real world problem
solving, and fast prototyping. Database and/or medical experience is a
plus, but not required.
Primary areas of interest include:
a) All areas of probabilistic inference, Bayesian methods, temporal
reasoning & inference, probabilistic graphical models (e.g., Bayes
Nets), decision-making under uncertainty, and statistical learning.
b) Classification methods from machine learning and statistics, and/or
neural networks.
Additional areas of interest include feature extraction, mining large
databases, predictive modeling, pattern recognition, text mining,
databases, natural language processing, information retrieval,
time-series analysis and forecasting.
(Note: To be considered for this position, you must have a Ph.D., or
be graduating fairly soon with a Ph.D. - latest by summer/fall 2004.)
Siemens Medical Solutions is located in Malvern, PA. Malvern lies
within the Main Line area of the Philadelphia suburbs (with Philly
being less than a one hour drive away). We offer a competitive salary
and benefits package that reflects our leadership status.
For consideration, please follow the link below and apply online.
http://careers.peopleclick.com/jobposts/Client40_Siemens/BU1/External/221-10071.htm
Please also include a list of publications; recent Ph.D.'s or Ph.D.
candidates should also include their thesis abstract.
(Kindly indicate how you learned of this job when you reply)
Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Intelligent Agents for Data Mining and Information Retrieval
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 12:13:50 -0500
Intelligent Agents for Data Mining and Information Retrieval
Masoud Mohammadian, University of Canberra, Australia
ISBN: 1-59140-194-1; $79.95 h/c
ISBN: 1-59140-277-8; $64.95 s/c
eISBN: 1-59140-195-X
Publication Date: February, 2004
Imprint: Idea Group Publishing
Copyright 2004
There is a large increase in the amount of information available on
World Wide Web and also in number of online databases. This
information abundance increases the complexity of locating relevant
information. Such a complexity drives the need for improved and
intelligent systems for search and information retrieval. Intelligent
Agents are currently used to improve the search and retrieval
information on World Wide Web. The use of existing search and
retrieval engines with the addition of intelligent agents allows a
more comprehensive search with a performance that can be
measured. Intelligent Agents for Mining and Information Retrieval
discusses the foundation as well as the practical side of intelligent
agents and their theory and applications for web data mining and
information retrieval. The book can used for researchers at the
undergraduate and post-graduate levels as well as a reference of the
state-of-art for cutting edge researchers.
Please visit http://www.idea-group.com/books/details.asp?id=4283 to read
more about this scholarly publication and to view an excerpt of this
book.
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