Call for Tutorial Proposals
International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML-2001)
The ICML-2001 Organizing Committee invites proposals for tutorials to be
presented at the Eighteenth International Conference on Machine Learning
(ICML-2001). ICML-2001 tutorials will be held on the first day of the
conference, June 28, at Williams College, the site of all ICML events.
Anyone interested in presenting a tutorial at the conference should
submit a proposal as outlined below.
ICML tutorials will provide conference participants with an opportunity
to learn about important advances in the science and practice of machine
learning. Tutorials will cover both recent advances that are of broad
interest, and more mature topics that may be unfamiliar to a significant
portion of the field. Tutorials are included in the registration fees
of
all participants, and will be an integral part of the conference. Each
tutorial will last two hours.
Topics
We seek tutorial proposals on core techniques and areas of knowledge
that
should be broadly known within the machine learning community. We are
interested in tutorials that summarize recent technical advances in a
core area of machine learning (e.g., support vector machines, recent
approaches to evaluating machine learning techniques such as
bias-variance analysis) or that summarize techniques recently introduced
from other fields (e.g., expectation-maximization). We are
also interested in tutorials that educate the community about more
mature
techniques from machine learning and statistics that are still
unfamiliar
to part of the community (e.g., time series analysis, a review of
commercial data mining tools). Finally, we are interested in tutorials
that present basic knowledge necessary to bridge the gap between machine
learning and another field of science that could offer unique technical
insights or opportunities for innovative applications of machine
learning
(e.g., information retrieval, genetic analysis, or social network
analysis).
Proposals
Proposals should provide sufficient information to evaluate the quality
and importance of the topic, the likely quality of the presentation
materials, and the speakers� teaching ability. We encourage tutorials
taught by two-person teams because the added perspective of a second
presenter can provide richer, more balanced coverage of an area.
Proposals should be 3-5 pages long and contain at least the following
information:
- Description: A short paragraph summarizing the topic of the
tutorial.
- Goal: Who is the target audience? What will the audience
learn? Why do they need to know it?
- Prerequisites: What knowledge are audience members assumed
to have before entering the tutorial?
- Content: Detailed outline of the topics to be presented.
If possible, provide samples of past tutorial slides or
teaching materials.
- Presenters: The name, mailing address, phone number, e-mail
address, and webpage of each presenter. In addition,
indicate presenters' background in the tutorial area.
Important Dates
Feb 12, 2001 Proposals due
Feb 26, 2001 Notification of acceptance
Mar 12, 2001 Abstracts due
May 14, 2001 Tutorial notes due
Proposals will be reviewed by the tutorial chair and members of the
organizing committee. Please submit either two hard copies of proposals
or electronic submissions in text, PostScript, or PDF. Proposals should
be mailed to:
David Jensen
Department of Computer Science
140 Governor's Drive
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003
Tel: 413-545-9677
Fax: 413-545-1249
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Additional Information
For additional information, see the conference web site:
http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/icml2001/
which will provide additional details as they become available. If you
have questions about ICML-2001, please send electronic mail to
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
