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CaNew'2002
3rd Bayesian and Causal Networks Workshop: from inference to data mining
July 23, 2002
Lyon, France, European Union
A workshop held in conjunction with the
Fifthteenth Biennial European Conference on
Artificial Intelligence (ECAI 2002)
July 21th-26th, 2000, Lyon, France, European Union
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What the Workshop is About
The workshop will focus on several topics on the area of Bayesian
and Causal Networks. Special emphasis will be places on the properties
of networks related to inference, conditional independence, semantics,
and equivalence condition for structures using alternative uncertainty
calculi. In a similar vein, important topics will be on innovation
learning methods, specially those integrating various forms of prior
knowledge or departing from the traditional algorithms, i.e.,
incremental methods or scalabe algorithms (in the sense of being able
to cope with large number of variables o big volumes of data).
Applications are also welcome as well as methodological papers.
Participants are encouraged to submit descriptions of work in progress
on all areas. Selected papers will be published in The International
Journal of Approximate Reasoning after the workshop and following a
second review phase.
Topics:
Properties and expressiveness of Bayesian and causal networks
Conditional Independency relationships in networks
New inference methods
Relation to other formalisms for example:
Causal theories
Default Logics
Expression in other formalisms uncertainty formalisms
Possibilistic Networks
Learning methods
Identifying Causal Parameters
Dependence-based methods
Information-based methods
Hybrid methods
Learning in the presence of noise, hidden variables and
incomplete data
Comparative studies
Practical applications
Scaling up to large volumes of data
Data Mining applications
Applications to industry and services
Applications in web mining and user modelling
New or improved techniques or methods, as well as innovative
applications are welcome. Presentations of the current state of
ongoing research projects or applications, and contributions
emphasizing integration of various technologies or paradigms are
especially welcome.
Important Dates
April 10, 2002- Deadline for submission of papers
May 5, 2002 - Notification of acceptance/rejection
May 31, 2002 - Final revised camera-ready copies
July 22, 2002 - Workshop
Workshop Committee
Co-chairs
Ulises Cort�s, Artificial Intelligence section, Technical
University of Catalonia, Catalonia ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Ramon Sang�esa, Artificial Intelligence section, Technical
University of Catalonia, Catalonia ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (Contact
person)
Simon Parsons, Department of Computer Science at the University of
Liverpool. UK. ([EMAIL PROTECTED] )
Committee
Lu�s M. De Campos, Departamento de Ciencias de la Computaci�n e I.
A., E.T.S. Ingenier�a Inform�tica, University of Granada, 18071 Granada
(Spain) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Hector Geffner, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, (Spain).
Serafin Moral. Departamento de Ciencias de la Computaci�n e I. A.,
E.T.S. Ingenier�a Inform�tica, University of Granada, 18071 Granada
(Spain)
Juan F. Huete, Departamento de Ciencias de la Computaci�n e I. A.,
E.T.S. Ingenier�a Inform�tica, University of Granada, (Spain)
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Arno Siebes, Computer Science, University of Utrech. Utrech. (The
Netherlands). ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Marco Ramoni, Knowledge Media Institute, The Open University,
Walton Hall, Milton Keynes , (United Kindgdom) MK7 6AA
([EMAIL PROTECTED]).
Address for Submissions and Further Information
FORMAT: Please use the ECAI format for papers that can be found at:
http://ecai2002.univ-lyon1.fr/show_en.pl?page=en/cfp/style.html#format
To ease the acceptation process proposals have to be submitted
electronically (Word for Windows or Unix compatible postscript) to
both co-chairs Ramon Sang�esa and Ulises Cort�s, at the following
address:
Ulises Cort�s / Ramon Sang�esa
Artificial Intelligence section
Dept. of Software
Technical University of Catalonia
Campus Nord - Edifici C5
Jordi Girona 1-3
E-08034 Barcelona
Catalonia, Spain
Voice: + 34 93 401 70 16 / + 34 93 401 73 34
Fax: + 34 93 401 70 14
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Further information on ECAI 2002 is available at the ECAI 2002 home
page.
The URL of this Workshop home page is
http://www.lsi.upc.es/~sanguesa/CaNew2002.html
