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Significant Change in Dates
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The new UAI publisher is able to give us fast turnaround on the
proceedings, and we are therefore able to give authors almost an extra
month to submit papers. Paper abstracts are now due March 9, which is
closer to what the standard UAI submission time has been. Please see the
revised "Key Dates" section below. We hope this makes it easier for
people to submit.
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Applications Workshop
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We have added details about the Applications Workshop that will be held
on July 7. Please see the "Applications Workshop" section below.
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Book as early as you can!!!
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UAI 2004 coincides with the Calgary Stampede Days, so we advise
attendees to book flights, hotels, and car rentals as early as possible.
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20th Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence
UAI-2004
Second Call for Papers
July 7-11, 2004
http://research.microsoft.com/uai2004
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Conference Details:
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Since 1985, the Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence
(UAI) has been the primary international forum for presenting new
results on the use of principled methods for reasoning under uncertainty
within intelligent systems. The scope of UAI is wide, including, but not
limited to, representation, automated reasoning, learning, decision
making and knowledge acquisition under uncertainty. We encourage
submissions that report on advances in these core areas as well as
submissions describing interesting and novel systems that utilize
techniques from these core areas.
The UAI 2004 conference will be held in Banff, Canada. The main
technical session will be on July 9-11, and will be preceded by an
applications workshop on July 7 and an advanced tutorial program on July
8th. The conference is collocated with and follows both the
Computational Learning Theory (COLT) conference, which will be held July
1 through July 4, and the International Conference on Machine learning
(ICML), which will be held July 4 through July 8. UAI 2004 coincides
with the Calgary Stampede Days, so we advise attendees to book flights,
hotels, and car rentals as early as possible.
Applications Workshop:
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Following the experience from last year, UAI will hold a full day
Bayesian Applications Modeling Workshop on July 7 (the day before the
tutorials). The focus will be in the areas of diagnostics modeling,
models combining knowledge and learning, and models for extracting
semantic meaning from text. A call for workshop participation will be
posted at a later time at
http://www.intel.com/research/events/bayesian2004.
Paper Submission:
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We encourage submissions that report on theoretical or methodological
advances in representation, automated reasoning, learning, decision
making and knowledge acquisition under uncertainty. We also encourage
submissions that report on systems that utilize techniques from these
core areas. Submitted papers will be carefully evaluated on the basis of
originality, significance, technical soundness, and clarity of
exposition. Papers submitted for review should represent original,
previously unpublished work. At the time the full paper is submitted to
UAI-2004, and for the entire review period, the paper should not be
under review by any other conference or scientific journal.
UAI-2004 requires electronic submission of papers and abstracts
according to instructions posted at the conference home page. If authors
have special circumstances that prevent electronic submission,
arrangements can be made directly with the program co-chairs listed
below. Authors are required to submit a title and a short abstract a
week before the paper submission deadline. Submitted papers must be
prepared according to the UAI-2004 proceedings format and must be no
more than eight (8) pages long, including figures and bibliography.
Papers that deviate from these guidelines will be rejected without
review. The conference home page will contain format information and
provides access to style files and templates.
Papers may be accepted for presentation in plenary or poster sessions.
All accepted papers will be included in the Proceedings of the Twentieth
Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence. The program
committee will select papers for special distinction in two categories
at UAI-2004: a "Best Paper" award, and an "Outstanding Student Paper"
award. The conference home page will contain instructions for certifying
student status with regards to the latter award.
Key Dates:
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Tuesday March 9, noon PST: Abstract submission
Tuesday March 16, noon PST: Full paper submission
Tuesday March 16, noon PST: Student paper certification
Tuesday May 4: Author notification of accepted papers
Monday May 24, noon PST: Camera ready copy of accepted papers
These deadlines will be strictly enforced.
Conference Organization:
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Please direct general inquiries to the General Conference Chair at
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Inquiries about the conference program and
submission requirements should be directed to the Program Co-Chairs at
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Inquiries about the workshop should be
directed to Oscar Kipersztok at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
