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From: Inductive Learning Group on behalf of Sandra Zilles Sent: Tue 09/03/2010 20:05 To: [email protected] Subject: COLT 2010 open problems - deadline Mar 13 The 23rd Annual Conference on Learning Theory (COLT 2010) will include a session devoted to the presentation of open problems. A description of these problems will also appear in the COLT proceedings. The write-up of an open problem should include the following: 1. A clear, self-contained description of an open problem 2. Motivation for the study of this problem 3. The current state of understanding for this problem, including known partial solutions and citations of related published work We especially encourage people to propose descriptions of new interesting research directions in areas that are currently outside the scope of COLT, such as bioinformatics, privacy and security, and vision, to name a few. Ideally, your open problems or research directions should include well-defined mathematical questions, nontrivial, and explainable without requiring too much specialized background knowledge in a 5-10 minutes talk. Monetary rewards for solving an open problem are encouraged but not required. Format and submission: The open problems should be 1-2 pages long in the COLT proceedings format. Please submit them electronically to [email protected] with subject line "open problem for Colt2010". The submissions, in pdf or ps, should be attached to the email. Deadline: March 13, 2010. For more information on COLT 2010 see below. --------- The 23rd Annual Conference on Learning Theory (COLT 2010) will take place in Haifa, Israel, on June 27-29, 2010 and will be co-located with ICML 2010. We invite submissions of papers addressing theoretical aspects of machine learning and empirical inference. We strongly support a broad definition of learning theory, including: * Analysis of learning algorithms and their generalization ability * Computational complexity of learning * Bayesian analysis * Statistical mechanics of learning systems * Optimization procedures for learning * Kernel methods * Inductive inference * Boolean function learning * Unsupervised and semi-supervised learning and clustering * On-line learning and relative loss bounds * Learning in planning and control, including reinforcement learning * Learning in games, multi-agent learning * Mathematical analysis of learning in related fields, e.g., game theory, natural language processing, neuroscience, bioinformatics, privacy and security, machine vision, data mining, information retrieval We are also interested in papers that include viewpoints that are new to the COLT community. We welcome experimental and algorithmic papers provided they are relevant to the focus of the conference by elucidating theoretical results in learning. Also, while the primary focus of the conference is theoretical, papers can be strengthened by the inclusion of relevant experimental results. Papers that have previously appeared in journals or at other conferences, or that are being submitted to other conferences, are not appropriate for COLT. Papers that include work that has already been submitted for journal publication may be submitted to COLT, as long as the papers have not been accepted for publication by the COLT submission deadline (conditionally or otherwise) and that the paper is not expected to be published before the COLT conference (June 2010). Feedback on Review Quality There will be no rebuttal phase this year. However, authors will be given the opportunity to assess the quality of reviews and provide feedback to the reviewers, after the decisions have been made. These assessments will be used in particular to determine the Best Reviewer award (see below). Paper and Reviewer Awards This year, COLT will award both best paper and best student paper awards. Best student papers must be authored or coauthored by a student. Authors must indicate at submission time if they wish their paper to be eligible for a student award. This does not preclude the paper to be eligible for the best paper award. To further emphasize the importance of the reviewing quality, this year, COLT will also award a best reviewer award to the reviewer who has provided the most insightful and useful comments. Open Problems Session We also invite submission of open problems (see separate call). These should be constrained to two pages. There is a shorter reviewing period for the open problems. Accepted contributions will be allocated short presentation slots in a special open problems session and will be allowed two pages each in the proceedings. Paper Format and Electronic Submission Instructions Formatting and submission instructions will be available in early December at the conference website. Submissions should include the title, authors' names, and a 200-word summary of the paper suitable for the conference program. Papers should not exceed 13 pages (including bibliography) and should be formatted according to the following style file and sample LaTeX source (colt10e.sty, colt10-sample.tar.gz). Authors not using latex should ensure that their document complies with similar formatting (similar margins, 11pt font, single column). Shorter papers are strongly encouraged. Additional material beyond the 13 page limit can be placed in the appendix and might be read, at the discretion of the program committee. Important Dates Preliminary call for papers issued October 15, 2009 Electronic submission of papers (due by 5:59pm PST) February 19, 2010 Electronic submission of open problems March 13, 2010 Notice of acceptance or rejection May 07, 2010 Submission of final version May 21, 2010 Feedback on reviews due May 28, 2010 Joint ICML/COLT workshop day June 25, 2010 2010 COLT conference June 27-29, 2010 OrganizationProgram Co-chairs: * Adam Tauman Kalai (Microsoft Research) * Mehryar Mohri (Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Google Research) Program Committee: Shivani Agarwal Mikhail Belkin Shai Ben-David Nicolò Cesa-Bianchi Ofer Dekel Steve Hanneke Jeff Jackson Sham Kakade Vladimir Koltchinskii Katrina Ligett Phil Long Gabor Lugosi Ulrike von Luxburg Yishay Mansour Ryan O'Donnell Massimiliano Pontil Robert Schapire Rocco Servedio Shai Shalev-Shwartz John Shawe-Taylor Gilles Stoltz Ambuj Tewari Jenn Wortman Vaughan Santosh Vempala Manfred Warmuth Robert Williamson Thomas Zeugmann Tong Zhang Publicity Chair: * Sandra Zilles (University of Regina) Local Arrangements Chair: * Shai Fine (IBM Research Haifa)
