The 23rd International Conference on Algorithmic Learning Theory
Universite Lumiere Lyon 2, Lyon, France
29-31 October, 2012
*** CALL FOR PAPERS - ALT 2012 ***
The 23rd International Conference on Algorithmic Learning Theory (ALT
2012) will be held in Lyon, France, at Universite Lumiere Lyon 2, on
October 29-31, 2012. The conference is on the theoretical foundations
of machine learning. The conference will be co-located with the 15th
International Conference on Discovery Science (DS 2012).
The website of these conferences is:
http://eric.univ-lyon2.fr/alt-ds-2012/
Topics of Interest: We invite submissions that make a wide variety of
contributions to the theory of learning, including the following:
* Comparison of the strength of learning models and the design and
evaluation of novel algorithms for learning problems in
established learning-theoretic settings such as
o statistical learning theory,
o on-line learning,
o inductive inference,
o query models,
o unsupervised, semi-supervised and active learning.
* Analysis of the theoretical properties of existing algorithms:
o families of algorithms could include
+ boosting,
+ kernel-based methods, SVM,
+ Bayesian networks,
+ methods for reinforcement learning or learning in
repeated games,
+ graph- and/or manifold-based methods,
+ methods for latent-variable estimation and/or clustering,
+ MDL,
+ decision tree methods,
+ information-based methods,
o analyses could include generalization, convergence or
computational efficiency.
* Definition and analysis of new learning models. Models might
o identify and formalize classes of learning problems
inadequately addressed by existing theory or
o capture salient properties of important concrete applications.
Submission
Authors can submit their papers electronically.
Detailed instructions are available on the conference web page.
Important Dates
* Submission deadline: May 17, 2012 (you may submit as long as
it is May 17, 2011 somewhere in the world)
* Notification of acceptance or rejection will be emailed to the
submitting author by July 8, 2012.
* The camera-ready copy of accepted papers will be due July 20, 2012.
Format
The submitted paper should be no longer than 15 pages in the
standard format for Springer-Verlag's Lecture Notes in Artificial
Intelligence series. The 15 page limit includes title, abstract,
acknowledgments, references, illustrations and any other parts of the
paper; appendices bypassing the page limit are not allowed.
Policy
Each submitted paper will be reviewed by the members of the
program committee and be judged on clarity, significance and
originality. Joint submissions to other conferences with published
proceedings are not allowed. Papers that have appeared in journals or
other conferences are not appropriate for ALT 2012.
Proceedings
All accepted papers will be published as a volume in the
Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, Springer-Verlag, and will be
available at the conference. Full versions of selected papers of ALT
2012 will be invited to a special issue of the journal Theoretical
Computer Science.
E.M. Gold Award
One scholarship will be awarded to a student author
of an excellent paper (please mark student submissions on the title
page).
Invited Talks
Shai Shalev-Shwartz, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Pascal Massart, UniversitÈ Paris-Sud, France (tutorial talk)
Luc De Raedt, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium (invited
jointly with DS 2012)
Conference Chair
Nicolas Vayatis, Ecole Normale SupÈrieure de Cachan, France
PC co-chairs
Nader Bshouty, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Gilles Stoltz, Ecole normale supÈrieure, Paris
PC members
Jake Abernethy, University of Pennsylvania
Andras Antos, MTA SZTAKI
Shai Ben-David, University of Waterloo
Avrim Blum, Carnegie Mellon University
Koby Crammer, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Sanjoy Dasgupta, UC San Diego
Vitaly Feldman, IBM Research
Claudio Gentile, Universita' dell'Insubria, Varese
Timo Koetzing, Max-Planck-Institut fuer Informatik
Wouter M. Koolen, Royal Holloway, University of London
Phil Long, Google
Claire Monteleoni, George Washington University
Lev Reyzin, Georgia Institute of Technology
Steven de Rooij, CWI Amsterdam
Daniil Ryabko, INRIA
Rocco Servedio, Columbia University
Hans Ulrich Simon, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum
Frank Stephan, National University of Singapore
Csaba Szepesvari, University of Alberta
Eiji Takimoto, Kyushu University
Ambuj Tewari, University of Texas at Austin
Vladimir Vovk, Royal Holloway, University of London
Bob Williamson, Australian National University
Sandra Zilles, University of Regina
Local Arrangement Chair
Fabrice Muhlenbach, Universite Jean Monnet de Saint-Etienne, France
