Received: from ics.uci.edu by paris.ics.uci.edu id aa14568; 27 Dec 93 15:12 PST Received: from ics.uci.edu by q2.ics.uci.edu id aa15461; 27 Dec 93 15:11 PST To: ML-LIST: ; Subject: Machine Learning List: Vol. 5 No. 27 Reply-to: ml@ics.uci.edu Date: Mon, 27 Dec 1993 14:50:23 -0800 From: Michael Pazzani Message-ID: <9312271511.aa15461@q2.ics.uci.edu> Machine Learning List: Vol. 5 No. 27 Monday, Decemeber 27, 1993 Contents: Knowledge Acquisition and Machine Learning 7TH EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON MACHINE LEARNING 1994 Cognitive Science Conference - New submission deadline The Machine Learning List is moderated. Contributions should be relevant to the scientific study of machine learning. Mail contributions to ml@ics.uci.edu. Mail requests to be added or deleted to ml-request@ics.uci.edu. Back issues may be FTP'd from ics.uci.edu in pub/ml-list/V/ or N.Z where X and N are the volume and number of the issue; ID: anonymous PASSWORD: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Knowledge Acquisition and Machine Learning Date: Sun, 19 Dec 93 11:33:18 +0100 From: morik@gmdzi.gmd.de "Knowledge Acquisition and Machine Learning - Theory, Methods and Applications" Academic Press 1993 K. Morik, S. Wrobel, J.U.Kietz, W. Emde The book shows how incorporating learning algorithms into a knowledge acquisition environment provides new work-share between system and user, assisting the user in both, setting up a learning task using the knowledge acquisition environment and supporting knowledge acquisition and knowledge maintenance using learning algorithms. The book reports on BLIP and MOBAL, fully operational systems which integrate knowledge acquisition, maintenance and learning in a restricted predicate logic. The book is practically orinted. Theoretical results have been used and tested in real-world applications of different complexity and size. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Dec 93 14:12:40 +0100 From: Luc De Raedt Subject: 7TH EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON MACHINE LEARNING ECML94 7TH EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON MACHINE LEARNING 6-8 APRIL 1994 - CATANIA, ITALY CALL FOR PARTICIPATION, REGISTRATION FORM, RESERVATION FORM GENERAL INFORMATION ECML-94 is the 7th meeting of this kind, continuing the tradition of EWSL conferences, and the second under this name, after ECML- 93 in Vienna. ECML will continue to provide a major occasion for presenting the latest and most significant results in the area of Machine Learning. PROGRAM The scientific program will include presentation of selected papers and three invited talks. The invited speakers are Michael Kearns (Bell Labs) and Lorenza Saitta (University of Torino). An invited panel on industrial applications will be chaired by Yves Kodratoff (CNRS). Conference Proceedings will be published by Springer-Verlag, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence. PROGRAM CHAIRS: Francesco Bergadano (University of Catania, Italy) Luc De Raedt (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium) PROGRAM COMMITTEE: Ivan Bratko (Slovenia), Pavel Brazdil (Portugal), Wray Buntine (USA), Floriana Esposito (Italy), Jean-Gabriel Ganascia (France), Igor Kononenko (Slovenia), Yves Kodratoff (France), Nada Lavrac (Slovenia), Stan Matwin (Canada), Katharina Morik (Germany), Igor Mozetic (Austria), Stephen Muggleton (UK), Enric Plaza (Spain), Lorenza Saitta (Italy), Derek Sleeman (UK), Paul Vitanyi (Netherlands), Gerhard Widmer (Austria), Stefan Wrobel (Germany) ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: H. Ade, V. Cutello, G. Gallo, D. Gunetti, G. Sablon. CONFERENCE VENUE ECML-94 will take place at the Department of Mathematics of the University of Catania, situated at five minutes from the city centre. Address: Citta` Universitaria, Via Andrea Doria 6, tel. (39) 95 330533 (then ask for "Dipartimento di Matematica"), fax (39) 95 330094. MLnet WORKSHOPS: After the conference, on saturday 9th and sunday 10th, MLnet Familiarisation workshops will take place. Separate calls for proposals and announcements will be sent to the MLnet nodes. We will approve no more than three participants per node, and up to a total of 80 participants (first come first served). Approved MLnet participants will be refunded for Apex flight and two hotel nights, and are not required to pay the 200.000 lira registration fee. MLnet members should ask bergadan@di.unito.it for approval. The workshops are open to other MLnet members and to all ECML participants, but payment of the registration fee is required. TRAVEL INFORMATION Catania Fontanarossa International airport, at 7 km from the city centre, is served by Ati, Meridiana, Alitalia, Lufthansa and several charter companies from the main European gateways. The airport is connected to the railway station by city bus number 24. A taxi from the airport to downtown should cost 40.000 to 50.000 ITL. The railway station is situated at 1 km from downtown and is served by city buses and taxis. REGISTRATION FEE The registration fee covers conference participation, one copy of the Proceedings, the wednesday evening reception, coffee breaks and working lunches. The fee is as follows: BEFORE MARCH 5th, 1994 ITL 350.000 AFTER MARCH 5th, 1994 ITL 450.000 Please complete the enclosed Registration Form and return it to LA DUCA VIAGGI SRL (as indicated on the form). ACCOMODATION Hotel accomodation will be arranged by La Duca Viaggi srl, Congress Department. Rooms have been reserved until February 5th, 1994 at the Grand Hotel Exclesior in Catania, a four stars hotel centrally located, at very special conference rates. A bus shuttle will connect the hotel to the Conference site according to the working sessions. For hotel reservation, please use the attached reservation form and send it directly to La Duca Viaggi srl before February 5th, 1994. AIRPORT SHUTTLE SERVICE A shuttle service will be organized from Catania airport to the hotel and back on April 5th and 11th. It is possible to book the transfer at the price of Itl 50.000 per person, round trip. You are kindly requested to advice your arrival and departure flights on the reservation form. SOCIAL PROGRAMME A welcome reception will be organized on wednesday, April 6th. The conference dinner will take place at the Grand Hotel Excelsior on April 7th at the price of ITL 70.000. EXCURSIONS On April 5th, an afternoon excursion to Taormina is scheduled for all participants and accompanying persons. Taormina is today a most important tourist pole in the Mediterranean area, famous all over the world for its charming position and the monuments of its Greek, Roman and Medieval times. Price per person, Itl 40.000. A minimum of 30 participants is required. PAYMENT All payments, in Italian Lire (Itl) , may be effected by: 1. Bank transfer in Italian Lire, free of charge for the benificiary, to La Duca Viaggi srl - bank account n. 1598423/01/68, Banca Commerciale Italiana, Catania Headquaters (Abi 2002.4, Cab 16900.3), reference ECML-94 and participant name. 2. Bank draft, not endorsable, payable to La Duca Viaggi srl. 3. Authorisation to charge on an American Express Credit Card, specifying Card details and expiration date. For further information, please send mail to one of the following addresses: ecml@cs.kuleuven.ac.be, bergadan@mathct.cineca.it, or gunetti@di.unito.it. For other organizational issues, please contact La Duca Viaggi (address enclosed with the forms). REGISTRATION FORM ECML94 RETURN TO 7TH EUROPEAN CONFERENCE LA DUCA VIAGGI SRL ON MACHINE LEARNING CONGRESS DEPARTMENT CATANIA, 6-8 APRIL 1994 Via Don Bosco, 39 I-98039 TAORMINA Phone (+39) 942 625255 Fax (+39) 942 625256 Surname____________________________ Name______________________ Affiliation _____________________________________________________ Address____________________________________ Town-Country_________ Phone_________________ Fax________________ email________________ Accompanying person______________________________________________ VAT (if applicable) _____________________________________________ N.____ Early Registration (ITL 350.000) ITL______________ N.____ Late Registration (ITL 450.000) ITL______________ N.____ Accompanying person (ITL 40.000) ITL______________ N.____ MLnet Workshops (ITL 200.000) ITL______________ Bank Fees ITL 15,000 T O T A L ITL______________ PAYMENT: Please return this form together with: 1.( ) copy of the bank transfer, on La Duca Viaggi srl's account N. 1598423/01/68, Banca Commerciale Italiana, Corso Sicilia n. 55 - 95100 CATANIA (ABI-2002.4, CAB-16900.3), reference ECML-94 and participant name. 2.( ) bank check, not endorsable, payable to La Duca Viaggi srl; 3.( ) I authorize La Duca Viaggi srl to charge the amount of Itl___________________________ on my AMERICAN EXPRESS CARD N.________________________________________________________ Name ________________________Expiration Date_______________ Date___________________________ Signature________________________ RESERVATION FORM ECML94 RETURN TO 7TH EUROPEAN CONFERENCE LA DUCA VIAGGI SRL ON MACHINE LEARNING CONGRESS DEPARTMENT CATANIA, 6-8 APRIL 1994 Via Don Bosco, 39 I-98039 TAORMINA Phone (+39) 942 625255 Fax (+39) 942 625256 Surname____________________________ Name______________________ Affiliation _____________________________________________________ Address____________________________________ Town-Country_________ Phone_________________ Fax________________ email________________ Accompanying person______________________________________________ VAT (if applicable) _____________________________________________ Date of Arrival_____________________________ Flight N.___________ Date of Departure___________________________ Flight N.___________ EXCELSIOR GRAND HOTEL (FOUR STARS), Piazza Verga, Catania SPECIAL CONFERENCE RATES: SINGLE ROOM ITL 100.000, DOUBLE ROOM ITL 160.000 Rates are quoted in Italian Lire, per night and per room, including continental breakfast and taxes. PLEASE BOOK: N.____ single room(s), N.____ double room(s) ITL_______________ N.____ airport shuttle service at ITL 50,000 ITL_______________ N.____ excursion to Taormina at Itl 40,000 ITL_______________ N.____ Conference dinner at Itl 70,000 ITL_______________ Bank Fees (not required if done with registration fee in only one payment) ITL 15.000 TOTAL ITL________________ PAYMENT: Deposit of one night accomodation and full payment for the other services is requested. Please note that no reservation can be made without payment. Please enclose: 1.( ) copy of the bank transfer, on La Duca Viaggi srl's account N. 1598423/01/68, Banca Commerciale Italiana, Corso Sicilia n. 55 - 95100 CATANIA (ABI-2002.4, CAB-16900.3), reference ECML-94 and participant name. 2.( ) bank check, not endorsable, payable to La Duca Viaggi srl; 3.( ) I authorize La Duca Viaggi srl to charge the amount of Itl___________________________ on my AMERICAN EXPRESS CARD N.________________________________________________________ Name ________________________Expiration Date_______________ Date___________________________ Signature________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Dec 1993 11:43:32 -0500 From: Kurt Eiselt Subject: 1994 Cognitive Science Conference - New submission deadline Sixteenth Annual Conference of the COGNITIVE SCIENCE SOCIETY August 13-16, 1994 Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, Georgia CALL FOR PAPERS Revised due date: Tuesday, February 15, 1994 As Cognitive Science has matured over the years, it has broadened its scope in order to address fundamental issues of cognition embedded within culturally, socially, and technologically rich environments. The Sixteenth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society aims at broad coverage of the many topics, methodologies, and disciplines that comprise Cognitive Science. The conference will highlight new ideas, theories, methods and results in a wide range of research areas relating to cognition. The conference will feature plenary addresses by invited speakers, technical paper and poster sessions, research symposia and panels, and a banquet. The conference will be held at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, home of the Civil Rights movement, the 1996 Olympics, and the Dogwood Festival. GUIDELINES FOR PAPER SUBMISSIONS Novel research papers are invited on any topic related to cognition. Reports of research that cuts across traditional disciplinary boundaries and investigations of cognition within cultural, social and technological contexts are encouraged. To create a high-quality program representing the newest ideas and results in the field, submitted papers will be evaluated through peer review with respect to several criteria, including originality, quality, and significance of research, relevance to a broad audience of cognitive science researchers, and clarity of presentation. Accepted papers will be presented at the conference as talks or posters, as appropriate. Papers may present results from completed research as well as report on current research with an emphasis on novel approaches, methods, ideas, and perspectives. Authors should submit five (5) copies of the paper in hard copy form by Tuesday, February 15, 1994, to: Prof. Ashwin Ram Cognitive Science 1994 Submissions Georgia Institute of Technology College of Computing 801 Atlantic Drive Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0280 If confirmation of receipt is desired, please use certified mail or enclose a self-addressed stamped envelope or postcard. DAVID MARR MEMORIAL PRIZES FOR EXCELLENT STUDENT PAPERS Papers with a student first author are eligible to compete for a David Marr Memorial Prize for excellence in research and presentation. The David Marr Prizes are accompanied by a $300.00 honorarium, and are funded by an anonymous donor. LENGTH Papers must be a maximum of eleven (11) pages long (excluding only the cover page but including figures and references), with 1 inch margins on all sides (i.e., the text should be 6.5 inches by 9 inches, including footnotes but excluding page numbers), double-spaced, and in 12-point type. Each page should be numbered (excluding the cover page). Template and style files conforming to these specifications for several text formatting programs, including LaTeX, Framemaker, Word, and Word Perfect, are available by anonymous FTP from ftp.cc.gatech.edu:/pub/cogsci94/submission-templates. (Camera-ready copies will be required only after authors are notified of acceptance; accepted papers will be allotted six proceedings pages in the usual double-column camera-ready format.) COVER PAGE Each copy of the paper must include a cover page, separate from the body of the paper, which includes: 1. Title of paper. 2. Full names, postal addresses, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses of all authors. 3. An abstract of no more than 200 words. 4. Three to five keywords in decreasing order of relevance. The keywords will be used in the index for the proceedings. 5. Preference for presentation format: Talk or poster, talk only, poster only. Accepted papers will be presented either as talks or posters, depending on authors' preferences and reviewers' recommendations about which would be more suitable, and will not reflect the quality of the papers. 6. A note stating if the paper is eligible to compete for a Marr Prize. DEADLINE Papers must be received by Tuesday, February 15, 1994. Papers received after this date will be recycled. CALL FOR SYMPOSIA In addition to the technical paper and poster sessions, the conference will feature research symposia, panels, and workshops. Proposals for symposia are invited. Proposals should indicate: 1. A brief description of the topic; 2. How the symposium would address a broad cognitive science audience, and some evidence of interest; 3. Names of symposium organizer(s); 4. List of potential speakers, their topics, and some estimate of their likelihood of participation; 5. Proposed symposium format (designed to last 90 minutes). Symposium proposals should be sent as soon as possible, but no later than January 14, 1994. Abstracts of the symposium talks will be published in the proceedings. CONFERENCE CHAIRS Kurt Eiselt and Ashwin Ram STEERING COMMITTEE Dorrit Billman, Mike Byrne, Richard Catrambone, Alex Kirlik, Janet Kolodner (chair), Nancy Nersessian, Mimi Recker, and Tony Simon PLEASE ADDRESS ALL CORRESPONDENCE TO: Prof. Kurt Eiselt Cognitive Science 1994 Conference Georgia Institute of Technology Cognitive Science Program Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0505 E-mail: cogsci94@cc.gatech.edu This document is available electronically by anonymous FTP from ftp.cc.gatech.edu:/pub/cogsci94/call-for-papers. ------------------------------ End of ML-LIST (Digest format) ****************************************