INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MACHINE LEARNING 2006
CALL FOR SITE PROPOSALS
In the summer of 2007, the International Conference on Machine Learning
will be held. The purpose of this call is to invite groups interested
in hosting the conference to submit proposals. The group selected to
host the conference will work with a Program Chair and Conference Chair
chosen by the Board of the International Machine Learning Society
(IMLS).
Proposals should address the following issues:
1. Proposed Dates. The conference should be scheduled for four days
(one day reserved for workshops and tutorials; three days for paper
sessions, poster sessions, and invited talks). The conference
prefers dates in the range from June 15 to July 15, but other dates
will be considered, particularly if they permit co-location with
other conferences.
2. Locale Parameters.
- Accessibility. Is it easy and inexpensive for people (especially
graduate students) to travel to the conference site? (Compute
mean airfares from Europe, North America, and Asia. Include ground
transportation from relevant airports to the site.)
- Meeting Rooms, AV Equiment, etc. What are the physical facilities
like? Consider rooms for plenary sessions, parallel sessions,
workshops, tutorials, and poster sessions. What are the charges,
if any, for using them?
- Meals and Lodging. Is there low-cost, quality housing available
for attendees (especially graduate students)? How far from the
meeting rooms? Where will attendees eat? Please estimate costs
for meals and lodging.
- Demo facilities. Will there be computing equipment and space
available to support demos?
- Internet access. Is wired or wireless internet access available?
At what cost?
- Other features. You may mention any other aspects of the site or
the region that are relevant.
3. Local Machine Learning Community. Is there a local ML
group/community that can help with organization and funding?
4. Opportunities to co-locate with other conferences. In the past, we
have co-located with COLT, UAI, and KDD. There is strong interest
in co-locating with these conferences and also with other
conferences including ISMB (Intelligent Systems in Molecular
Biology), EMNLP (Empirical Methoers in Natural Language
Processing), CoNLL (Conference on Natural Language Learning), IUI
(Intelligent User Interfaces), and CVPR (Computer Vision and
Pattern Recognition).
5. Organizational and Institutional Support. Is there a conference
office that can help with local arrangements?
Proposals (postscript or PDF) should be sent before December 15, 2005 to
Tom Dietterich, President IMLS
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Proposals will be ranked according to cost and accessibility, proposed
dates, opportunities for co-location, attractiveness of the location,
and experience of the host group. Preference will be given to
locations in western North America and Asia. However, proposals from
other regions will be considered, especially if they offer good
opportunities for co-location with other relevant conferences.
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