[UAI] URSW 2009: Extended deadline
[Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message] CALL FOR PAPERS 5th International Workshop on Uncertainty Reasoning for the Semantic Web (URSW'09) http://c4i.gmu.edu/ursw/2009 In conjunction with the 8th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC'09) Washington, D.C. - USA October 26, 2009 NEW PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE: August 19, 2009 You are invited to participate in the upcoming International Workshop on Uncertainty Reasoning for the Semantic Web (URSW), to be held as part of the 8th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC) in October of 2009 at the Westfields Conference Center near Washington, D.C., USA. ISWC is a major international forum for presenting visionary research on all aspects of the Semantic Web. The Uncertainty Reasoning Workshop is an exciting opportunity for collaboration and cross-fertilization between the uncertainty reasoning community and the Semantic Web community. Effective methods for reasoning under uncertainty are vital for realizing many aspects of the Semantic Web vision, but the ability of current-generation web technology to handle uncertainty is extremely limited. Recently, there has been a groundswell of demand for uncertainty reasoning technology among Semantic Web researchers and developers. This surge of interest creates a unique opening to bring together two communities with a clear commonality of interest but little history of interaction. By capitalizing on this opportunity, URSW could spark dramatic progress toward realizing the Semantic Web vision. ** Audience ** The intended audience for this workshop includes the following: - Researchers in uncertainty reasoning technologies with interest in Semantic Web and Web-related technologies. - Semantic web developers and researchers. - People in the knowledge representation community with interest in the Semantic Web. - Ontology researchers and ontological engineers. - Web services researchers and developers with interest in the Semantic Web. - Developers of tools designed to support Semantic Web implementation, e.g., Jena developers, Protégé and Protégé-OWL developers. ** Topic List ** We intend to have an open discussion on any topic relevant to the general subject of uncertainty in the Semantic Web (including fuzzy theory, probability theory, and other approaches). Therefore, the following list should be just an initial guide. - Syntax and semantics for extensions to Semantic Web languages to enable representation of uncertainty - Logical formalisms to support uncertainty in Semantic Web languages - Probability theory as a means of assessing the likelihood that terms in different ontologies refer to the same or similar concepts - Architectures for applying plausible reasoning to the problem of ontology mapping - Using fuzzy approaches to deal with imprecise concepts within ontologies - The concept of a probabilistic ontology and its relevance to the Semantic Web - Best practices for representing uncertain, incomplete, ambiguous, or controversial information in the Semantic Web - The role of uncertainty as it relates to Web services - Interface protocols with support for uncertainty as a means to improve interoperability among Web services - Uncertainty reasoning techniques applied to trust issues in the Semantic Web - Existing implementations of uncertainty reasoning tools in the context of the Semantic Web - Issues and techniques for integrating tools for representing and reasoning with uncertainty - The future of uncertainty reasoning for the Semantic Web ** Important Dates ** August 19, 2009Paper submissions due (*** NEW DEADLINE ***) September 9, 2009 Paper acceptance notification September 30, 2009 Camera-ready papers due October 20, 2009 Presentations due October 26, 2009 5th Int'l Workshop on Uncertainty Reasoning for the Semantic Web ** Submission Details ** The URSW will be accepting submissions of technical papers and position papers. Each submission will be evaluated for acceptability by at least three members of the Program Committee. Decisions about acceptance will be based on relevance to the above topic list, originality, potential significance, topicality and clarity. Since all accepted papers will be presented at the workshop, we require that at least one of the submitting authors must be a registered participant at the ISWC 2009 Conference, and committed to attend the URSW Workshop. Submissions to the Workshop are only accepted in electronic format and should be sent via the workshop's submission site: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ursw2009 Papers must be formatted in the style of the Springer Publications format for Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS). This is the very same format adopted by the ISWC 2009. For complete details, see
[UAI] CFP Agent-Directed Simulation, April 12-15, 2010, Orlando, Florida
=== CALL FOR PAPERS and POSTERS Agent-Directed Simulation Symposium (ADS'10) Orlando, Florida, USA April 12-15, 2010 http://www.site.uottawa.ca/~oren/conf-org/ADS_2010/ADS-CFP.htm Manuscript Submission: October 31, 2009. Sponsored by The Society for Modeling and Simulation International (SCS) in collaboration with ACM/SIGSIM. == As part of the 2010 Spring Simulation Multi-conference (SpringSim'10) http://www.scs.org/confernc/springsim/springsim10/cfp/SpringSim10CFP.pdf , the 2010 Agent-Directed Simulation Symposium is a premier platform to explore all three aspects of the synergy of simulation and agent technologies. Hence, it has a special place within simulation and agent conferences, including agent-based (social) simulation conferences. Therefore the ADS symposium fills a gap in the agent community as well as the simulation community. The purpose of the ADS symposium is to facilitate dissemination of the most recent advancements in the theory, methodology, application, and toolkits of agent-directed simulation. Agent-directed simulation is comprehensive in the integration of agent and simulation technologies, by including models that use agents to develop domain-specific simulations, i.e., agent simulation (this is often referred to as agent-based simulation -when other two important aspects are not considered), and by also including the use of agent technology to develop simulation techniques and toolkits that are subsequently applied, either with or without agents. Hence, agent-directed simulation consists of three distinct, yet related areas that can be grouped under two categories as follows: 1. Simulation for Agents (agent simulation): simulation of agent systems in engineering, human and social dynamics, military applications etc. 2. Agents for Simulation (which has two aspects): agent-supported simulation deals with the use of agents as a support facility to enable computer assistance in problem solving or enhancing cognitive capabilities; and agent-based simulation that focuses on the use of agents for the generation of model behavior in a simulation study. Through the theme of agent-directed simulation, the symposium will bring together agent technologies, tools, toolkits, platforms, languages, methodologies, and applications in a pragmatic manner. In this symposium, established researchers, educators, and students are encouraged to come together and discuss the benefits of agent technology in their use and application for simulation. It is a way for people to discuss why and how they have used agent technology in their simulations, and describe the benefit of having done so. The theme of ADS'10 is based on the observation of the following premises. * The growth of new advanced distributed computing standards along with the rapid rise of e-commerce are providing a new context that acts as a critical driver for the development of next generation systems. These standards revolve around service-oriented technologies, pervasive computing, web-services, Grid, autonomic computing, ambient intelligence etc. The supporting role that intelligent agents play in the development of such systems is becoming pervasive, and simulation plays a critical role in the analysis and design of such systems. * The use of emergent agent technologies at the organization, interaction (e.g., coordination, negotiation, communication) and agent levels (i.e. reasoning, autonomy) are expected to advance the state of the art in various application technologies is difficult. Using agent-supported simulation techniques for testing complex agent systems is up and coming field. * To facilitate bridging the gap between research and application, there is a need for tools, agent programming languages, and methodologies to analyze, design, and implement complex, non-trivial agent-based simulations. Existing agent-based simulation tools are still not mature enough to enable developing agents with varying degrees cognitive and reasoning capabilities. ADS 2010 will provide a leading forum to bring together researchers and practitioners from diverse simulation societies within computer science, social sciences, engineering, business, education, human factors, and systems engineering. The involvement of various agent-directed simulation groups will enable the cross-fertilization of ideas and development of new perspectives by fostering novel advanced solutions, as well as enabling technologies for agent-directed simulation AUTHOR GUIDE * Technical papers provide a longer format for presenting experience reports, research results, or descriptions of "work in progress". They are limited to 8 pages. * Short position papers are targeted at raising a question or framing an i
[UAI] Open Position :: Postdoc in Machine Learning for Computational Biology, Cambridge, UK
Open Position :: Postdoc in Machine Learning for Computational Biology The genetics lab of Prof. Sir Bruce Ponder and the computational biology lab of Dr. Florian Markowetz at the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute offer a joint position for a postdoctoral researcher interested in statistical and computational approaches to systems genetics in cancer. The recent whole-genome scan for breast cancer [1] has identified five novel susceptibility loci. In follow-up work the strongest locus has been narrowed down to two SNPs in the intronic region of the FGFR2 gene [2]. However, a detailed understanding of the disease mechanism is still missing. This project will use a systems biology approach to elucidate the functional roles of FGFR2 and other cancer susceptibility genes. We will integrate diverse genomic data sources (including gene expression, SNPs, copy number variants and others) using statistical network methods [3]. The resulting networks will be used to identify key drivers of disease and their functional mechanisms. The methods developed in breast cancer will also be applied to other cancer types, e.g. lung cancer. The position bridges between an experimental and a computational lab and is ideal if you are interested in data analysis and method development motivated by close collaborations with experimentalists. The ideal applicant has a strong background in data analysis and statistical modelling (including knowledge of R or Matlab). Experience in medical or biological research is desireable. If you are highly motivated to work in an interdisciplinary and very collaborative environment at an internationally recognized research institute, apply by sending your CV to Florian Markowetz at florian.markow...@cancer.org.uk. For more information please visit http://www.markowetzlab.org References 1. DF Easton, ..., BAJ Ponder Nature 2007. PMID 17529967 2. KB Meyer, ... , BAJ Ponder PLoS Biology 2008. PMID 18462018 3. F Markowetz and R Spang, BMC Bioinf, 2007.PMID 17903286 -- Florian Markowetz Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute Li Ka Shing Centre Robinson Way, Cambridge, CB2 0RE, UK phone: +44 (0) 1223 40 4315 email: florian.markow...@cancer.org.uk web : http://www.markowetzlab.org skype: florian.markowetz This communication is from Cancer Research UK. Our website is at www.cancerresearchuk.org. We are a charity registered under number 1089464 and a company limited by guarantee registered in England & Wales under number 4325234. Our registered address is 61 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PX. Our central telephone number is 020 7242 0200. This communication and any attachments contain information which is confidential and may also be privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient(s) please note that any form of disclosure, distribution, copying or use of this communication or the information in it or in any attachments is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender and delete the email and destroy any copies of it. E-mail communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error free, as information could be intercepted, corrupted, amended, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. We do not accept liability for any such matters or their consequences. Anyone who communicates with us by e-mail is taken to accept the risks in doing so. -- End Forwarded Message -- -- ICG Campbell, Engineering Mathematics c.campb...@bristol.ac.uk ___ uai mailing list uai@ENGR.ORST.EDU https://secure.engr.oregonstate.edu/mailman/listinfo/uai
[UAI] OR Book reviews for JORS
The Journal of the Operational Research Society (JORS) is currently looking for some book reviewers. You do not have to be a member of the OR Society or subscribe to JORS to take part, as long as you are otherwise suitably qualified (e.g. through industrial or academic experience) The current list of available books can be found here: http://www.orsoc.org.uk/bookreviews/ If you are interested I will send you the book which is yours to keep for free in return for a short (500-800 words) review of it. Please use the online form for all further correspondence. Many thanks, Uwe Aickelin -- Professor Uwe Aickelin School of Computer Science The University of Nottingham Jubilee Campus, Wollaton Road Nottingham, NG8 1BB, UK. tel: +44 (0)115 95 14215 e-mail: uwe.aicke...@nottingham.ac.uk web: http://www.aickelin.com This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses, which could damage your computer system: you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation. ___ uai mailing list uai@ENGR.ORST.EDU https://secure.engr.oregonstate.edu/mailman/listinfo/uai
[UAI] PhD positions in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
A number of PhD scholarships are available in the area Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, broadly understood, at the Australian National University and the National ICT of Australia. Their research interests include but are not limited to: o Document Analysis and Understanding o Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition o Reinforcement Learning and Planning o Kernel Methods and Statistics o Sequential Prediction and Information Theory o Learning Theory Please have a look at the following page for details: http://sml.nicta.com.au/ Students should have an honor's or master's degree in physics, mathematics, computer sciences, engineering, or related field. The PhD will be awarded by the Australian National University. Scholarships will be from the ANU or NICTA or jointly. The total value of scholarships is typically $20'000-$30'000 per year, plus fee waiver. The PhD program is 3-4 years. For further information and application forms, see: * general graduate study at the college http://cecs.anu.edu.au/students/future/graduate * summary of scholarships available http://www.anu.edu.au/graduate/scholarships/all.php#_ANU_PHD * NICTA PhD program at ANU http://nicta.com.au/education/scholarships/canberra_research_lab Closing Dates for - International PhD students: 31 August 2009 - Australian PhD students:31 October 2009 For administrative questions, please contact student.servi...@cecs.anu.edu.au or call +61 2 6125 067. For questions regarding PhD topic and supervision, please contact marcus.hut...@anu.edu.au or wray.bunt...@nicta.com.au. We are looking forward to your application, Marcus Hutter and Wray Buntine __ Australian National University National ICT of Australia Canberra ACT 0200, Australia --- ABOUT ANU. The Australian National University (ANU) is located in the city of Canberra, the Federal Capital of Australia. The ANU consistently ranks top among all Universities in the southern hemisphere, third in the Asia/Pacific region, and in the top 50 worldwide. ABOUT NICTA. The National ICT (Information & Communication Technology) Australia with about 300 researchers across the country plays a major role in the Australian Government's policy to promote science and innovation. It is capitalizing on Australia's and international extensive ICT talent through world-class research, commercialization, education, and industry collaboration. ABOUT CANBERRA. With a population of about 300'000, Canberra is a very clean and quiet city, surrounded by bush land and parks, and with Lake Burley Griffin in its geographical centre. It is a three-hour drive from Sydney, surfing beaches, and Australia's ski resorts. ___ uai mailing list uai@ENGR.ORST.EDU https://secure.engr.oregonstate.edu/mailman/listinfo/uai
[UAI] Call for Papers - 8th International Heinz Nixdorf Symposium
Call for Papers - 8th International Heinz Nixdorf Symposium *** Apologies for cross-postings *** 8th International Heinz Nixdorf Symposium "Advanced Manufacturing and Sustainable Logistics" April 21-22, 2010 Paderborn, Germany http://wwwhni.uni-paderborn.de/symposium2010 CALL FOR PAPERS We are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the 8th International Heinz Nixdorf Symposium "Advanced Manufacturing and Sustainable Logistics". Current research and innovative approaches from industry regarding issues of production logistics will be in the focus of the two-day symposium. Furthermore, we plan to examine selected special topics from production logistics more closely. Feel free to forward this information to your colleagues. CONFERENCE The Heinz Nixdorf Symposium is an established biannual event of the Heinz Nixdorf Institute during which researchers and practitioners come together to present challenges from industry, discuss contributions from research institutions and develop novel solution approaches. The 8th International Heinz Nixdorf Symposium will take place on April 2122 in Paderborn, Germany. On April 21, distinguished professors and senior executives from large manufacturing and logistics companies will deliver invited speeches. On April 22, contributions are invited from both researchers and practitioners in the fields of manufacturing, logistics and supply chain management. Papers can be submitted to any of the six conference tracks. TRACKS Topics can include but are not limited to: Track 1: Production Logistics I (Chair: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Egon Müller): Design of dynamic production and logistics networks, Integrated design of products and production systems, Late product differentiation, Lean supply chain management, Mobile network structures, Optimization of procurement and customer service level Track 2: Production Logistics II (Chair: Prof. Dr. Dirk Van Oudheusden) Artificial intelligence and multi-agent systems, Autonomous decentralized schedule execution, Hierarchical agent-based control, Integration of production and in-bound logistics, Supply chain event and risk management, Uncertainties in production and logistics processes, Ontologies for productions and logistics Track 3: Industrial Engineering (Chair: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gert Zülch) Knowledge management in supply chains, Rapid manufacturing and workforce involvement, Reorganization of work structures at variant diversity, Resilient logistics and production planning, Working time models under volatile demand Track 4: Operations Research Techniques (Chair: Prof. Dr. Leena Suhl) Green strategies, Online planning / optimization with rolling horizon, Optimization in large networks Robustness and flexibility of transport schedules, Sustainable supply chain management Track 5: Simulation (Chair: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Sigrid Wenzel) Graphical parameter interfaces, Integration of mathematical programming and simulation, Online integration in production environments, Simulation as training tool set, Simulation-based decentralized real-time control Track 6: Humanitarian Logistics (Chair: Alexander Blecken) Operations research and humanitarian logistics, Performance measurement, Collaboration and coordination of actors, Modeling humanitarian operations, Supply chain planning in humanitarian supply chains SUBMISSIONS Authors should submit papers that have not yet been submitted for publication elsewhere. All papers are subject to double-blind reviews. Submitted papers (up to 12 pages) may be accepted as full or short papers. All accepted papers will be published in the Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing (LNBIP) series of Springer Verlag. Please follow carefully the instructions provided on our website. Further information can be found on the LNBIP authors website. All submissions need to be made through our online conference management system. If you have any questions or need assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us. DEADLINES Submission of Papers: November 15, 2009 Notification of Acceptance: December 22, 2009 Submission of Camera-Ready Version: February 7, 2010 8th International Heinz Nixdorf Symposium: April 2122, 2010 ORGANIZATION Heinz Nixdorf Institute Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Wilhelm Dangelmaier Fuerstenallee 11 33102 Paderborn, Germany Further information about the symposium and instructions for authors can be found at: http://wwwhni.upb.de/symposium2010 E-mail: sympos...@hni.upb.de Phone: +49 5251 60 64 79 / 64 84 ___ uai mailing list uai@ENGR.ORST.EDU https://secure.engr.oregonstate.edu/mailman/listinfo/uai
[UAI] OAEI-2009: Call for ontology matching systems participation
Apologies for cross-postings +++ Call for ontology matching systems participation +++ OAEI-2009 Ontology Alignment Evaluation Initiative in cooperation with the ISWC Ontology Matching workshop October 25, 2009 - Chantilly, near Washington DC., USA http://oaei.ontologymatching.org/2009/ +++ BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ontology matching is an important task for semantic system interoperability. Yet it is not easy to assess the respective qualities of available matching systems. The Ontology Alignment Evaluation Initiative (OAEI) is a coordinated international initiative set up for evaluating ontology matching systems. OAEI campaigns consist of applying matching systems to ontology pairs and evaluating their results. OAEI-2009 is the sixth OAEI campaign. It will consist of five tracks gathering elleven test cases and different evaluation modalities. The tracks cover: (i) comparison track; (ii) expressive ontologies; (iii) directories and thesauri; (iv) oriented matching; (v) instance matching. Anyone developing ontology matchers can participate by evaluating their systems and sending the results to the organizers. Tools for evaluating results and preliminary test bench tuning are available. Final results of the campaign will be presented at the Ontology Matching workshop and published in the proceedings. IMPORTANT DATES June 1st, 2009: First publication of test cases June 22nd, 2009: Comments on test cases (any time before that date) July 6th, 2009: Final publication of test cases Sept. 1st, 2009: Preliminary results due (for interoperability-checking) Sept. 28st, 2009: Participants send final results and supporting papers Oct. 5th, 2009: Organizers publish results for comments Oct. 25th, 2009: OM-2009 workshop + OAEI-2009 final results ready. More about OAEI-2009: http://oaei.ontologymatching.org/2009/ More about OAEI: http://oaei.ontologymatching.org/ More about OM-2009: http://om2009.ontologymatching.org/ OM-2009 submission deadline is approaching - 11.08.2009. More about ontology matching: http://www.ontologymatching.org/; --- Download the OM-2009 flyer: http://om2009.ontologymatching.org/Pictures/CfP_OM2009_flyer.pdf --- Cheers, Pavel --- Pavel Shvaiko, Ph.D. Innovation and Research Project Manager TasLab - Informatica Trentina S.p.A. Via G. Gilli, 2 38100 Trento - Italy ___ uai mailing list uai@ENGR.ORST.EDU https://secure.engr.oregonstate.edu/mailman/listinfo/uai
[UAI] PhD positions in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
A number of PhD scholarships are available in the area Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, broadly understood, at the Australian National University and the National ICT of Australia. Their research interests include but are not limited to: o Document Analysis and Understanding o Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition o Reinforcement Learning and Planning o Kernel Methods and Statistics o Sequential Prediction and Information Theory o Learning Theory Please have a look at the following page for details: http://sml.nicta.com.au/ Students should have an honor's or master's degree in physics, mathematics, computer sciences, engineering, or related field. The PhD will be awarded by the Australian National University. Scholarships will be from the ANU or NICTA or jointly. The total value of scholarships is typically $20'000-$30'000 per year, plus fee waiver. The PhD program is 3-4 years. For further information and application forms, see: * general graduate study at the college http://cecs.anu.edu.au/students/future/graduate * summary of scholarships available http://www.anu.edu.au/graduate/scholarships/all.php#_ANU_PHD * NICTA PhD program at ANU http://nicta.com.au/education/scholarships/canberra_research_lab Closing Dates for - International PhD students: 31 August 2009 - Australian PhD students:31 October 2009 For administrative questions, please contact student.servi...@cecs.anu.edu.au or call +61 2 6125 067. For questions regarding PhD topic and supervision, please contact marcus.hut...@anu.edu.au or wray.bunt...@nicta.com.au. We are looking forward to your application, Marcus Hutter and Wray Buntine __ Australian National University National ICT of Australia Canberra ACT 0200, Australia --- ABOUT ANU. The Australian National University (ANU) is located in the city of Canberra, the Federal Capital of Australia. The ANU consistently ranks top among all Universities in the southern hemisphere, third in the Asia/Pacific region, and in the top 50 worldwide. ABOUT NICTA. The National ICT (Information & Communication Technology) Australia with about 300 researchers across the country plays a major role in the Australian Government's policy to promote science and innovation. It is capitalizing on Australia's and international extensive ICT talent through world-class research, commercialization, education, and industry collaboration. ABOUT CANBERRA. With a population of about 300'000, Canberra is a very clean and quiet city, surrounded by bush land and parks, and with Lake Burley Griffin in its geographical centre. It is a three-hour drive from Sydney, surfing beaches, and Australia's ski resorts. ___ uai mailing list uai@ENGR.ORST.EDU https://secure.engr.oregonstate.edu/mailman/listinfo/uai
[UAI] NEW BOOK on relational Markov decision processes, reinforcement learning, and decision-theoretic planning
Dear colleagues, Learning and acting in large, probabilistic, relational worlds is investigated in research fields such as machine learning, intelligent agents, knowledge representation and optimization. This research has been ongoing for many years, and below follows an *announcement* for the first *book* that describes and surveys these developments in a unified manner. It starts with 'learning sequential decision making problems under uncertainty' and surveys important developments related to knowledge representation, generalization and abstraction. The core of the book is a detailed and complete study of 'relational representations' in this field. In addition to introducing several new methodological, technical and algorithmic advances, the book contains complete surveys of relational reinforcement learning, first-order decision-theoretic planning, and matters related to world models, hierarchies and knowledge transfer. The book provides a complete and self-contained reference work, and is aimed at (PhD) students and researchers working on matters related to learning and acting in large, probabilistic, (relational) worlds. Best regards, Martijn van Otterlo -- Book Announcement -- THE LOGIC OF ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR: Knowledge Representation and Algorithms for Adaptive Sequential Decision Making under Uncertainty in First-Order and Relational Domains by Martijn van Otterlo 2009 -- IOS Press, Amsterdam, Berlin, Oxford, Tokyo, Washington D.C. ISBN 978-1-58603-969-1 Hardcover, 500+pp, 800++refs (also available in electronic version) --- See for more information: http://www.iospress.nl/html/9781586039691.php --- Preface and TOC: (Online) http://www.booksonline.iospress.nl/Content/View.aspx?piid=11738 Contents: Chapter 1: Introduction / Chapter 2: Markov decision processes: concepts and algorithms / Chapter 3: Generalization and abstraction in MDPs / Chapter 4: Reasoning, learning and acting in first-order worlds / Chapter 5: Model-free algorithms for relational MDPs / Chapter 6: Model-based algorithms for relational MDPs / Chapter 7: Sapience, models and hierarchy / Chapter 8: Conclusions and future directions - Back Cover text: - Learning and reasoning in large, structured, probabilistic worlds is at the heart of artificial intelligence. Markov decision processes have become the de facto standard in modeling and solving sequential decision making problems under uncertainty. Many efficient reinforcement learning and dynamic programming techniques exist that can solve such problems. Until recently, the representational state-of-the-art in this field was based on propositional representations. However, it is hard to imagine a truly general, intelligent system that does not conceive of the world in terms of objects and their properties and relations to other objects. To this end, this book studies lifting Markov decision processes, reinforcement learning and dynamic programming to the first-order (or, relational) setting. Based on an extensive analysis of propositional representations and techniques, a methodological translation is constructed from the propositional to the relational setting. Furthermore, this book provides a thorough and complete description of the state-of-the-art, it surveys vital, related historical developments and it contains extensive descriptions of several new model-free and model-based solution techniques. -- Dr. Ir. Martijn van Otterlo Department of Computer Science Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Celestijnenlaan 200A B3001 Heverlee, Belgium. TeLePhOnE ... +32 +16 32 7741 WeB ... http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/~martijn eMaIl ... Martijn.vanOtterlo at cs.kuleuven.be -- Disclaimer: http://www.kuleuven.be/cwis/email_disclaimer.htm ___ uai mailing list uai@ENGR.ORST.EDU https://secure.engr.oregonstate.edu/mailman/listinfo/uai
[UAI] Last CFP: The 3rd International Workshop on Mining Multiple Information Sources (MMIS)
=== Call for Papers The 3rd International Workshop on Mining Multiple Information Sources (MMIS) http://www.cse.fau.edu/~xqzhu/mmis/mmis-09/mmis09.html -- --- The aim of this workshop is to bring together data mining experts to advance research on pattern discovery from multiple information sources, and identify current needs for such purposes. Representative issues to be addressed include but are not limited to: Machine Learning in Multi-source Environments +Multi-view learning, multi-task learning, transfer learning +Ensemble learning and ensemble clustering Harnessing Complex Data Relationship +Database similarity assessment +Automatic schema mapping and relationship discovery +New mapping framework for multiple information sources +Data source classification and clustering +Data cleansing, data preparation, data/pattern selection, conflict and inconsistency resolution Integrative and Cooperative Mining +Model integration for heterogeneous information sources +Mode transferring across different data domains +Incremental and scalable data mining algorithms Differentiation and Correlation +Local pattern analysis and fusion +Global pattern synthesizing and assessment +Merging local rules for global pattern discovery +Pattern summarization from multiple datasets +Multi-dimensional pattern search and comparison +Pattern comparison across multiple data sources +Inter pattern discovery from complex data sources Stream data mining algorithms +Clustering and classification of data of changing distributions +Data stream processing, storage, and retrieval systems +Sensor networking Interactive data mining systems +Query languages for mining multiple information sources +Query optimization for distributed data mining +Distributed data mining operators in supporting interactive data mining queries Paper Types We solicit two types of papers: Research paper and Application paper (8 pages for all submissions inclusive of all references and figures). Research papers should focus on new designs, algorithms, and solutions for mining multiple information sources, whereas Application papers may provide frameworks and systems related to real-world multi-source mining applications. Alternatively, the authors can submit a data track application paper (2 pages) which purely discusses real-world multi-source data and related research topics. A copy of multi-source data must be submitted (through email) for verification. If there is any copyright issue related to the submitted data, the authors should clearly mention this issue in the submission. Important Dates August 8, 2009: Submission Due Date (Late submission can be directly sent to the workshop co-chairs) Sept. 8, 2009: Author notification Sept. 28, 2009: Submission of Camera-ready papers Dec. 6, 2009: Workshop in Miami, FL Workshop Co-Chairs Ruoming Jin Kent State University, USA Xingquan Zhu University of Technology, Sydney, Australia Florida Atlantic University, USA Haixun Wang Microsoft Research Asia, China ___ uai mailing list uai@ENGR.ORST.EDU https://secure.engr.oregonstate.edu/mailman/listinfo/uai
