************************************************************************* Machine Learning List: Volume 19, Number 2 Wednesday, March 21, 2007 *************************************************************************
Contents Call For Papers AI Magazine Special Issue on What Went Wrong and Why International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling Interface of Statistics and Computing Science Towards User Modelling and Adaptive Systems for All Machine Learning and Multimodal Interaction Bayesian Modelling Applications Workshop International Conference on Development and Learning International Conference on Advanced Data Mining and Applications International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference and Workshops EEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence International Conference on Inductive Logic Programming International Conference on Data Mining International Conference on Machine Learning and Cybernetics Innovative Applications of Data Mining in the Real World International Conference on Discovery Science International Conference on User Modeling Workshop on Meta-Learning Career Opportunities Research Position, Budapest Visiting Professorships, University of Cyprus Sr. Data Mining Applications Engineer, Sunnyvale, CA Graduate Programs PhD Studentship in Machine Learning at University of Bristol Internship Opportunities Computer-Aided Diagnosis Group, Siemens Medical Solutions, USA Call for Nominations Nominations of PAKDD distinguished contribution award ************************************************************************* The Machine Learning List is moderated. 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The ML List moderator reserves the right to omit/edit submissions to meet these criteria. ************************************************************************* Date: Jan 25, 2007 From: Daniel Shapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: AI Magazine Special Issue on What Went Wrong and Why Call for Anecdotes AI Magazine Special Issue on What Went Wrong and Why: Lessons from AI Research and Application AI Magazine will soon publish a special issue on the topic of learning from mistakes, dedicated to the proposition that insight often begins with unexpected results, and arrives in the response to apparent problems. We believe every person working in the field of Artificial Intelligence has experienced this effect, so we are collecting anecdotes for publication. Authors should submit 400 word descriptions of personal experiences that link problems to insights/lessons learned. Problems can include, but are not limited to: unusual observations, odd algorithm behavior, technology/application mismatch, risk to people, products, projects, or corporations, and physical systems failure. The lessons learned may be technical, methodological, commercial, or organizational in nature, and more. The ideal contribution will be crisp (possibly in the form of an "A-ha!" moment), of general interest, and related to some aspect of AI. Humor is a plus. Selected anecdotes will be published as sidebars in the special issue, alongside articles by Hewitt, Knoblock, Lenat, Tambe, and Veloso, among others. Please send contributions to Dan Shapiro ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) or Mehmet Goker ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) by March 1, 2007 in text, postscript, pdf, or MSWord format. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Jan 28, 2007 From: Adi Botea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling Call for Papers The International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling (ICAPS 2007) Providence, Rhode Island, USA, September 22-26, 2007 http://icaps07.icaps-conference.org Abstract Submission Deadline: April 13, 2007 Full Paper Deadline: April 18, 2007 Camera-ready Deadline: June 25, 2007 Call for Workshop Proposals Proposal Submission Deadline: March 2, 2007 Paper Submissions Deadline: June 15, 2007 Call for Tutorial Proposals Proposal Submission Deadline: March 30, 2007 Final Presentation Materials Deadline: July 13, 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Jan 29, 2007 From: Tim Hesterberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Interface of Statistics and Computing Science Call for Papers 39th Conference on Interface of Statistics and Computing Science (Interface 2007) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, May 23-26, 2007 http://sbm.temple.edu/interface07/ Paper Deadlines: To Be Announced ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Jan 31, 2007 From: Jesus Boticario <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Towards User Modelling and Adaptive Systems for All Call for Papers Towards User Modelling and Adaptive Systems for All (TUMAS-A 2007) http://adenu.ia.uned.es/workshops/um07/tumasa07/ In conjunction with 11th International Conference on User Modelling (UM2007) Corfu, Greece, June 25-29, 2007 http://www.iit.demokritos.gr/um2007/ Paper Submission Deadline: February 7, 2007 Camera-ready Deadline: May 1, 2007 Early Registration: March 19, 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Feb 1, 2007 From: Andrei Popescu-Belis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Machine Learning and Multimodal Interaction Call for Papers 4th Joint Workshop on Machine Learning and Multimodal Interaction (MLMI'07) Brno, Czech Republic, 28-30 June 2007 http://www.mlmi07.org Submission Deadline for Full Papers: February 23, 2007 Submission Deadline for Extended Abstracts: March 23, 2007 Submission Deadline for Demonstration Proposals: March 23, 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Feb 2, 2007 From: Kathryn Blackmond Laskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Bayesian Modelling Applications Workshop Call for Contributions 5th Bayesian Modelling Applications Workshop at the 23rd Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence Vancouver, BC Canada, July 19-22, 2007 http://www.cs.duke.edu/uai07/ Paper Submission Deadline: April 6, 2007 Deadline for contributions to the Proceedings: June 8, 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Feb 10, 2007 From: Jochen Triesch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: International Conference on Development and Learning Call for Papers IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning 2007 London, UK, July 11-13, 2007 http://www.icdl07.org Paper Submission Deadline: April 2, 2007 (Extended) Camera-ready Deadline: June 11, 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Feb 10, 2007 From: Osmar Zaiane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: International Conference on Advanced Data Mining and Applications Call for Papers 3rd International Conference on Advanced Data Mining and Applications Harbin, China, August 6-8, 2007 http://db.cs.ualberta.ca/adma07/ Paper Submission Deadline: March 5, 2007 (Extended) Camera-Ready Deadline: May 27, 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Feb 10, 2007 From: Alexandra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks Second Call for Papers International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks (ICANN'07) Porto, Portugal, September 9-13, 2007 http://www.icann2007.org Special Session/Workshop Proposals Deadline: February 16,2007 Full Paper Submission Deadline: March 23, 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Feb 14, 2007 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks Call for Participation 15th European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks (ESSAN 07) Advances in Computational Intelligence and Learning Bruges, Belgium, April 25-27, 2007 http://www.dice.ucl.ac.be/esann/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Feb 14, 2007 From: Sevan Ficici <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference and Workshops Call for Papers Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO-2007) London, England, July 7-11, 2007 http://www.sigevo.org/gecco-2007/ Workshops: Evolutionary Computation and Multi-Agent Systems and Simulation Workshop (ECoMASS-2007) http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~sevan/ecomass07/ Paper Submission Deadline: MARCH 23, 2007 Workshop Date: July 8, 2007 10th International Workshop on Learning Classifier Systems http://www.psychologie.uni-wuerzburg.de/i3pages/butz/IWLCS2007/ Paper Submission Deadline: March 16, 2007 Workshop Date: July 8, 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Feb 16, 2007 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence Call for Papers 2007 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence (WI'07) collocated with IAT'07, BIBM'07 and GrC'07 Silicon Valley, California, USA, November 2-5, 2007 http://www.cs.sjsu.edu/wi07/wi/ Workshop Proposal Deadline: March 20, 2007 Paper Submission Deadline: June 1,2007 Tutorial Proposal Deadline: June 15, 2007 Camera-ready Deadline: August 17, 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Feb 20, 2007 From: Hendrik Blockeel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: International Conference on Inductive Logic Programming Call for Papers 17th International Conference on Inductive Logic Programming (ILP) Corvallis, Oregon, June 19-21, 2007 http://oregonstate.edu/conferences/ilp2007/ Paper Submission Deadline: April 12, 2007 Camera-ready Deadline: August 15, 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Feb 20, 2007 From: Prithviraj Dasgupta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: International Conference on Data Mining Call for Papers The 7th IEEE International Conference on Data Mining (ICDM 07) Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society Omaha, Nebraska, USA, October 28 - 31, 2007 http://www.ist.unomaha.edu/icdm2007/ Paper Submission Deadline: June 1, 2007 Camera-ready Deadline: August 13, 2007 Workshop Proposal Deadline: February 12, 2007 Tutorial Proposal Deadline: July 13, 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Feb 26, 2007 From: Stephanie Chow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: International Conference on Machine Learning and Cybernetics Call for Papers 6th International Conference on Machine Learning and Cybernetics New Conference Theme on "Service Intelligence and Service Science" Hong Kong, China, August 19-22, 2007 http://www.icmlc.com/welcome.htm Paper Submission Deadline: March 1, 2007 Camera-ready Deadline: June 1, 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Feb 27, 2007 From: Deborah Ribeiro Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Innovative Applications of Data Mining in the Real World Call for papers 7th International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications (ISDA-07) Workshop on Innovative Applications of Data Mining in the Real World Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 22-24, 2007 http://www.isda07.eng.uerj.br/submission/ Paper Submission Deadline: April 15, 2007 Final Paper Submission Deadline: June 15, 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mar 1, 2007 From: Einoshin Suzuki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: International Conference on Discovery Science Call for Papers 10th International Conference on Discovery Science (DS'07) collocated with the 18th International Conference on Algorithmic Learning Theory (ALT'07) Sendai, Japan, October 1-4, 2007 http://www.i.kyushu-u.ac.jp/~ds07/ Paper Submission Deadline: May 18, 2007 Camera-ready Deadline: July 20, 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mar 2, 2007 From: George Paliouras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: International Conference on User Modeling Call for Participation 11th International Conference on User Modeling Corfu, Greece, June 25-29, 2007 http://www.iit.demokritos.gr/um2007 Early Registration Deadline: March 19, 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mar 8, 2007 From: Christophe Giraud-Carrier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Workshop on Meta-Learning Call for Papers 20th International Joint Conference on Neural Networks Workshop on Meta-Learning Orlando, Florida, USA, August 12-17, 2007 http://dml.cs.byu.edu/~cgc/ijcnn07-ws/CFP.html Paper Submission Deadline: May 25, 2007 Camera-ready Deadline: July 20, 2007 Workshop: August 18, 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Jan 24, 2007 From: Csaba Szepesvari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Research Position, Budapest The Hungarian Branch Office of GusGus AB is seeking a Research Scientist with a PhD both at the senior and junior level. The candidate is expected to carry out work on the research and development of the company's proprietary Automated Stock Trading System. The company is located in Budapest. http://www.escapeartist.com/efam9/Living_In_Budapest.html This is an exciting opportunity to join the team at the right time! The team has already built a fully functional trading system, which is now trading on-line. The job of the candidate will be to advance the existing algorithms and create new ones. The work environment is extremely friendly, loaded with terabytes of data and the company's own high performance cluster. The successful candidate should have the following skills: -Strong background in machine learning, probability and statistics -Good level of C/C++ knowledge -Good interpersonal and communication skills -Creativity and a self-starter attitude Preference will be given to candidates with skills/knowledge in: -Experience with trading, stock markets, and financial data -Reinforcement learning -Control theory, time-series prediction, signal processing, and system identification -Bayesian techniques Salary is commensurate with the candidate's experience. The job also comes with an attractive bonus scheme! Curriculum vita, sample research publications and cover letter with motivations and research statement should be sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Feb 1, 2007 From: George Papadopoulos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Visiting Professorships, University of Cyprus The Department of Computer Science at the University of Cyprus has a number of vacancies for Visiting Professors at the ranks of Lecturer, Assistant, Associate, and Full Professor. ALL areas of Computer Science will be considered. A visiting appointment is usually for one semester (Spring semester: Jan-June; Winter semester: Sept-Dec), but it can be renewed for up to four semesters. Applicants should hold a Ph.D. in a relevant subject, have post Ph.D. experience, and BE FLUENT IN GREEK (both are mandatory). Annual salaries for these positions (including the 13th salary) are: Professor (Scale A15) CYP 34.754 Associate Professor (Scale A14) CYP 30.654 Assistant Professor (Scale A13) CYP 28.599 Lecturer (Scale A12) CYP 24.152 (At present CYP 1 = 1.7 Euro, CYP 1 = 1.2 sterling and CYP 1 = 2.2 U.S. dollars). Presently, the Department is seeking applications for the winter and spring semesters of the academic year 2007-2008. The processing of applications has started and will continue until all the available positions have been filled. Anyone wishing to apply should send a full CV to the following address: (the deadline for receiving applications is March 31, 2007): The Chairperson Department of Computer Science University of Cyprus 75 Kallipoleos Street P.O. Box 20537, CY-1678 Nicosia, CYPRUS For more details and other information, interested individuals may contact the Chairperson of the Department of Computer Science: Professor George A. Papadopoulos Tel: +357-22-892700 Fax: +357-22-892701 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Feb 19, 2007 From: Rene Sedivy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Sr. Data Mining Applications Engineer, Sunnyvale, CA We need a Sr. Data Mining Applications Engineer in Sunnyvale, CA. We are a Master Vendor at Yahoo, this is a long-term on-going contract with a possibility of becoming a full-time employee if desired. This is a contract with Yahoo and all consultants must be on W2. Sorry no corp to corp 1099 on this contract. We can do a VISA transfer if needed. Title: 449 Sr. Data Mining Applications Engineer Job Location: Sunnyvale, CA Job Type: (W2 Contract only. we can do a Visa Transfer) Skills: Data Mining, Machine Learning, C++, PERL, UNIX, Cross-Platform Environment, Automation, XML Additional Skills: Data Mining and modeling methodologies, Collaborative Filtering. Job Description: Please note that data mining (machine learning) experience required, specifically in the area of collaborative filtering, associations, Apriori, sequential patterns, probability theory and such. Data Driven Applications Group is a part of Strategic Data Solutions and is chartered to rapidly spread the power of data mining to business centers to help generate brand and top-line growth by being able to target users with personalized advertisements and content. Essential Job Functions: Architect and design different applications that are standards-based and which integrate into the offerings of the various business units. Determine which data mining technology combinations to use to solve specific business problems. Assume ownership of data mining modeling strategy, delivery and success. Develop extensible, scalable, reliable software. Interact with other teams to define interfaces and understand dependencies. Write detailed technical documents. Understand and affect the product direction. Requirements: Background in computer science (MS/PhD preferred). Data Mining, Machine Learning technologies, modeling, tuning, testing and interfaces expertise. Experience working on systems used to provide customer relationship management or targeting functions * Familiarity and experience in different phases of software development life cycle. Structured thinker, effective communicator, team player with ability to work with dynamic teams. Good understanding of algorithms, data structures, performance optimization techniques, and object-oriented programming. Good programming skills in C++, PERL in a UNIX environment. Database access methodologies experience. Integration Standards (XML-centric) experience. NOTE: Due to high volume of resumes please include your salary and/or hourly rate, resident status, current location, and Contact number along with your resume. Only candidates with proper information will be considered. Thank you Rene Sedivy ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Vitrix Technologies 415-776-8199 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Feb 12, 2007 From: Peter Flach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: PhD Studentship in Machine Learning at University of Bristol PhD Studentship in Machine Learning at University of Bristol Applications are invited for a 3-year PhD research studentship in the Machine Learning and Biological Computation Group at the University of Bristol. The studentship forms part of an EPSRC-funded project aimed at learning the rules for morphological analysis of synthetic (morphologically complex) languages, including Russian, Turkish and isiZulu. The PhD student will develop a Machine Learning approach in order to efficiently induce morphological rules (or grammars) both for regular and context-free languages, with a particular emphasis on isiZulu, a tonal Bantu language with 10 million speakers in Southern Africa. During the course of the project, the student will have the opportunity to conduct part of the research with our project partners in Pretoria, South Africa. More information about the project is available at http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/Research/MachineLearning/morph/index.html. This position is available from April 2007. The funding will cover EU tuition fees and an annual stipend, currently GBP 12,300. (The funding will not cover non-EU tuition fees, so candidates from outside the EU must find alternative means to fund the difference between EU and non-EU tuition fees.) The successful candidate has a strong background in artificial intelligence and machine learning and excellent analytical skills. Previous experience with computational linguistics is preferred but not essential. Due to the international context of the project, excellent communication skills in English are required, as well as the ability to work in a team. Applicants should send a full CV, with accompanying letter and name and email address of two referees, to Professor Peter Flach ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) or Dr. Ksenia Shalonova ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). Further details regarding the studentship are available on request. The closing date for applications is Friday March 9, 2007. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Feb 19, 2007 From: Shipeng Yu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Computer-Aided Diagnosis Group, Siemens Medical Solutions, USA The Computer-Aided Diagnosis Group at Siemens Medical Solutions USA is looking for summer interns. We are specifically interested in motivated Ph.D. students in diverse areas of machine learning, data mining and natural language processing. Siemens Medical Solutions is one of the largest global suppliers of healthcare equipment, renowned for innovative products, services and solutions including diagnostic imaging systems, therapy equipment, electro medicine, and IT solutions to optimize workflow and increase efficiency in the healthcare industry. The CAD group is committed to building a world-class R&D team in machine learning and data mining. As an intern, you will join CAD's team of scientists in solving exciting and challenging research problems in the medical field. Our research is motivated by decision-support and data processing problems arising in the medical domain and related health areas; experience or interest in these areas is a plus. Our team currently conducts research in Bayesian methods, probabilistic inference, statistical learning theory, optimization, statistics, natural language processing, data mining and works closely with a team of image processing scientists. You will be expected to spend at least 10-12 weeks; however there is much flexibility in the starting and finishing dates (non-summer and longer internships are also considered). We provide competitive salaries and also strongly encourage all interns to publish. In order to apply, please follow these steps: 1. Email your CV to the address below 2. Request one letter of recommendation (preferably from your advisor) to be emailed to us 3. Briefly (e.g., in half a page) tell us about what research and application areas you would prefer to work on and during what dates you wish to join Email the above to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject "CAD ML Internships". Please also send emails if you need further information about the internships. We are located in Malvern, PA, approximately one hour from Center City Philadelphia, on the suburban Main Line area. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Jan 30, 2007 From: Hiroshi Motoda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Nominations of PAKDD distinguished contribution award Call for Nominations Pacific-Asia Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining Conference (PAKDD) Call for nominations PAKDD Distinguished Contribution Awards (2007) Nomination Submittal Deadline: 15 March 2007. Purpose: To recognize and honor an individual who has made significant and continued contributions in research and services to the advancement of the PAKDD conferences. Eligibility: Any individual whose research work has been published through the PAKDD conferences and who has made significant and continued contributions to the PAKDD community through sustained participation in the organization of the PAKDD conferences. Award Criteria: Nominations shall be reviewed and evaluated based on: 1.Contributions to the advancement of the research in knowledge discovery and data mining at large with continuing involvement to the technical programs of the PAKDD conferences 2.Contributions to the advancement of the PAKDD conferences through persistent services by active participation in the organization of the PAKDD conferences. 3.Contributions are significant and have had positive impact on the PAKDD conferences and community Nomination Procedures: A person can be nominated by one (1) and up to three (3) individuals. When there is more than one person submitting a nomination, the Lead Nominator is responsible for assembling supporting documentation and submitting the nomination by email to the Award Selection Committee appointed by the Steering Committee. (Email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Subject: PAKDD Distinguished Contribution Awards). The Award Selection Committee will review the nominations and make recommendations to the Steering Committee according to the Award criteria. The final decision will be made by the Steering Committee. The Steering Committee reserves the right not to select any recipient for a particular year if no nominations meet the Award criteria. The presentation of the Distinguished Contribution Award will be made at the annual PAKDD conference. Award Selection Committee (2007): Hiroshi Motoda, Chair ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Huan Liu ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Ming-Syan Chen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ------------------------ End of ML-LIST Digest Vol 19, No. 2