CALL FOR PAPERS
Conference On Learning Theory (COLT 04)
Banff, Canada
July 1 - 4, 2004
http://learningtheory.org/colt2004
The Seventeenth Annual COLT (Conference on Learning Theory,
formerly Workshop on Computational Learning Theory) will be
held with ICML and UAI in Banff, Canada (see http://www.banff04.org).
We invite submissions of papers addressing the theoretical modeling
and analysis of all aspects of 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, optimisation procedures for learning,
inductive inference, Boolean function learning, inductive logic
programming, learning in planning and control, on-line learning and
relative loss bounds. We welcome theoretical papers about learning
that do not fit into the above categories. We are particularly
interested in papers that include viewpoints that are new to
the COLT community. While the primary focus of the conference is
theoretical, papers can be strengthened by the inclusion of relevant
experimental results. We also welcome experimental and algorithmic
papers provided they are relevant to the focus of the conference
by elucidating theoretical results in learning.
The last morning of the conference will be reserved for a kernel
methods session, linking with a similar session that will start
the ICML conference on the afternoon of the same day. Papers making
contributions in the area of kernel methods are welcomed: the choice
of conference should be made according to the suitability of the
paper. Authors should indicate if their paper is intended for the
kernel methods session.
All papers will appear in the proceedings, to be published in
the Springer Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence series (see
http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/index.html). The proceedings
will appear both as a printed book and in a full-text electronic
version, thus we require electronic submissions. All papers
will receive the same amount of space in the proceedings.
Papers that have previously appeared in journals or at other
conferences, or that are being submitted to other conferences are
not appropriate for COLT.
PAPER FORMAT: Submissions should include the title, authors'
names, postal and email addresses, indication if the paper is
intended for the kernel methods section and a 200-word summary of
the paper suitable for the conference program. They should be no
longer than 15 pages using the Springer LNCS style file (see
http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html). Your paper should
include a clear definition of the theoretical model used and
a clear description of the results, as well as a discussion
of their significance, including comparison to other work.
Submit papers electronically in pdf or ps format (for details
see conference website).
OPEN PROBLEMS SESSION: We also invite submission of open
problems. These should be constrained to two pages using the same
formatting as for the full papers. 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.
PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS: John Shawe-Taylor (Univ. of Southampton) and
Yoram Singer (Hebrew Univ.)
PROGRAM COMMITTEE: Shai Ben-David (Cornell), Stephane Boucheron
(Paris-Sud), Olivier Bousquet (Max Plank), Sanjoy Dasgupta (UC San
Diego), Victor Dalmau (Pompeu Fabra), Andre Elisseeff (Max Plank),
Thore Graepel (Microsoft), Peter Grunwald (CWI), Michael Jordan
(UC Berkeley), Adam Kalai (Toyota Technological Inst.), David
McAllester (Toyota Technological Inst.), Manfred Opper (Aston
Univ.), Alon Orlitsky (UC San Diego), Rob Schapire (Princeton),
Matthias Seeger (UC Berkeley), Satinder Singh (Univ. of Michigan),
Eiji Takimoto (Tohoku Univ.), Nicolas Vayatis (Univ. Paris 6),
Bin Yu (UC Berkeley), Thomas Zeugmann (Luebeck Univ.)
CONFERENCE AND LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS CHAIRS: Rob Holte (University of
Alberta) and Dale Schuurmans (University of Alberta).
STUDENT TRAVEL: We anticipate that some funds will be available
to partially support travel by student authors. Eligible authors
who wish to apply for travel support should indicate this on
their submission's title page.
MARK FULK AND MLJ AWARDS: This awards are for the best paper
authored or coauthored by a student. Eligible authors who wish
to be considered for these prizes should indicate this on their
submission's title page.
DATES:
Electronic submission of papers February 24
Electronic submission of two-page open problems April 2
Notification of acceptance or rejection April 16
Final submission of all papers (incl. LaTex files) April 27
Conference registration See website
Conference dates July 1-4, 2004
