Received: from ics.uci.edu by paris.ics.uci.edu id aa18547; 19 Jul 94 19:11 PDT Received: from ics.uci.edu by q2.ics.uci.edu id aa27226; 19 Jul 94 19:11 PDT To: ML-LIST: ; Subject: Machine Learning List: Vol. 6 No. 19 Reply-to: ml@ics.uci.edu Date: Tue, 19 Jul 1994 18:58:19 -0700 From: Michael Pazzani Message-ID: <9407191911.aa27226@q2.ics.uci.edu> Machine Learning List: Vol. 6 No. 19 Tuesday, July 19, 1994 Contents: UCI Machine Learning Repository CFP: JLS Special Issue on "Conceptual Change" Inductive Learning Competition A conservation law of generalization performance Second Call for Papers - IWANNT*95 EWCBR-94 Call for Participation 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: UCI Machine Learning Repository Date: Sun, 17 Jul 1994 21:56:15 -0700 From: "Patrick M. Murphy" At MLC '94, a great deal of discussion was made concerning the UCI Repository. Much of the discussion concerned the apparent simplicity and questionable representativeness of the databases in the repository. Other discussions concerned a proposal that a set of large industrial databases be donated to the repository, and then analyzed by researchers in order to find solutions for handling more real-world-like problems. Based on these discussions, it is apparent that there is a lot of concern about the current contents of the repository. Therefore, and this is only a partial solution, I suggest the following: 1. Researchers should put more effort into donating their databases to the repository. Don't wait to be asked. 2. Researchers who are holding on to databases for proprietary reasons, should make public their databases sooner than later. We all understand how difficult it can be to compile a new database, but it is for the good of the community. 3. Researchers with industrial databases that cannot be donated as is, should donate minimally "sanitized" versions of the databases (for an example, see the "credit-screening" database, "crx", in the repository). In addition, if information such as "types" or "units" are attached to features, learners can be constrained with respect to the features that can be compared (e.g ?price1 > ?price2, but not ?price1 > ?voltage1). 4. Researchers who engineer new databases for their particular algorithms, should also donated the pre-engineered versions of the databases. Note, detailed information about attributes is always useful. 5. When donating databases, also donate as much background knowledge about the domain as possible, e.g. theories, types, interesting cut-points... 6. Finally, when donating databases, researchers should donate data and documentation files in a format similar to the format currently used by existing databases (see DOC-REQUIREMENTS in repository). This is for two reasons, 1) it will save me a great deal of time, and 2) the donor, being the experts on the databases, can probably do a much better job at creating the documentation file than I can. I welcome any additions to or comments on the above list, and I hope to see a flood of new donations. Thanks in advance, - Patrick Murphy (ml-repository@ics.uci.edu) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 Jul 1994 15:43:35 -0400 From: Ashwin Ram Subject: CFP: JLS Special Issue on "Conceptual Change" THE JOURNAL OF THE LEARNING SCIENCES Call for Papers SPECIAL ISSUE ON CONCEPTUAL CHANGE GUEST EDITORS Ashwin Ram, Georgia Institute of Technology ashwin@cc.gatech.edu, (404) 853-9372 Nancy J. Nersessian, Georgia Institute of Technology nancy@cc.gatech.edu, (404) 894-1232 Frank C. Keil, Cornell University keil@cornell.edu (607) 255-6365 Conceptual change is the creation and modification of concepts through development and experience, resulting in new concepts that are often qualitatively very different. The topic is being studied from a variety of perspectives. Cognitive development has been concerned with the nature of children's concepts, how they differ from adult concepts, and how the former develop into the latter. Research in scientific conceptual change has investigated how new conceptual structures in a scientific community come to replace existing ones through scientific revolutions or through long-term scientific enterprise. Research in education has been concerned with the nature of students' concepts and misunderstandings and their development through learning processes in and out of the classroom. Artificial intelligence researchers have created computational models of conceptual and representational change. This special issue will bring together a diverse set of approaches to the common fundamental problems of conceptual change: what it is, how it occurs, and how to facilitate it. Papers on all aspects of conceptual change are invited. Discussion of psychological, philosophical, educational, and computational studies of conceptual change are appropriate; of particular interest are the implications of the results of such studies towards understanding the fundamental nature of conceptual change. Five copies of manuscripts should be submitted by December 1, 1994 to Ashwin Ram College of Computing Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 30332-0280 following guidelines set forth in the journal. For more information, contact any of the guest editors. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 19 Jul 94 22:59:19 BST From: David.Page@comlab.ox.ac.uk Subject: Inductive Learning Competition TO THE INTERNATIONAL ML COMMUNITY: NEW EAST-WEST CHALLENGE Donald Michie, Stephen Muggleton David Page and Ashwin Srinivasan Oxford University Computing Laboratory, UK. How do today's inductive inference algorithms stack up against human brains? We here announce an inductive theory formation challenge, in the form of 3 competitions. (1) Readers are invited to induce rules from a set of 20 train- descriptions developed from Ryszard Michalski's classic presentation of 5 Eastbound and 5 Westbound trains more than 10 years ago. The 10 new trains originate from Stephen Muggleton's pseudo-random train-generator, coded in Prolog and outputting trains encoded as Prolog facts. These were subjected to filtering and class-labelling sufficient to en- sure that at least two moderately simple classifying theories lie hidden in the final 20 trains. By kind donation of Oxford University Press, the simplest theory submitted, whether of human or machine authorship, wins a copy of Richard Gregory's handsome "Oxford Companion to the Mind" (35 Pounds Sterling, US$49.95). (2) Competition 2 is for sub-symbolic learning, based on a predictive performance criterion rather than explicit theory formation. For this, the prize is a free copy of "Machine Learning, Neural and Statistical Classification" (eds. D. Michie, D.J. Spiegelhalter and C.C. Taylor, Ellis Horwood Series in Ar- tificial Intelligence), 1994 (39.95 Pounds Sterling, US$67.95). (3) In Competition 3 each of 5 subtasks takes the same 5 trains vs. 5 trains format as in (1), with the difference that each subtask was generated randomly and pre-classified arbitrarily. Further details in the form of a compressed tar file are obtainable at: URL = ftp://ftp.comlab.ox.ac.uk/pub/Packages/ILP/trains.tar.Z FTP site = ftp.comlab.ox.ac.uk FTP file = pub/Packages/ILP/trains.tar.Z ------------------------------ Subject: A conservation law of generalization performance Date: Tue, 19 Jul 1994 17:37:36 -0700 From: Michael Pazzani At MLC 94, Cullen Schaffer presented an interesting paper entitled "A conservation law of generalization performance." I'd like to start a discussion of the paper. The paper starts on page 259 of the proceeding. Do you think the conservation law is correct? If so, will it change how you do your research? ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 11 Jul 94 10:11:58 EDT From: Lee Giles Subject: Second Call for Papers - IWANNT*95 CALL FOR PAPERS International Workshop on Applications of Neural Networks to Telecommunications (IWANNT*95) Stockholm, Sweden May 22-24, 1995 You are invited to submit a paper to an international workshop on applications of neural networks and other intelligent systems to problems in telecommunications and information networking. This is the second workshop in a series that began in Princeton, New Jersey on October, 18-20 1993. This conference will take place in the center of Stockholm at a time of the year when the beautiful city is at its best. A tour in the famous archipelago adds to the attraction. This workshop will bring together active researchers in neural networks and related intelligent systems with potential users in the telecommunications industries. Today, telecommunications also means data transmission, cable TV, wireless, and entertainment industries. We expect the workshop to be a forum for discussion of applications issues relevant to the enlarged circle of telecommunications industries. It is sponsored by IEEE, INNS, SNNS (Swedish Neuronet Society), Bellcore and Ericsson. Suggested Topics: Application of Neural Networks and other Intelligent Systems in: Network Management Congestion Control Adaptive Equalization Speech Recognition Security Verification Language ID/Translation Information Filtering Dynamic Routing Software Reliability Fraud Detection Financial and Market Prediction Adaptive User Interfaces Fault Identification and Prediction Character Recognition Adaptive Control Data Compression Please submit 6 copies of both a 50 word abstract and a 1000 word summary of your paper to arrive in New Jersey, USA by September 16, 1994. Mail papers to the conference administrator: Betty Greer, IWANNT*95 Bellcore, MRE 2P-295 445 South St. Morristown, NJ 07960 (201) 829-4993 (fax) 829-5888 bg1@faline.bellcore.com Abstract and Summary Due: September 16, 1994 Author Notification of Acceptance: November 1, 1994 Camera-Ready Copy of Paper Due: February 10, 1995 Organizing Committee: General Chair Josh Alspector Bellcore, MRE 2P-396 445 South St. Morristown, NJ 07960-6438 (201) 829-4342 josh@bellcore.com Program Chair Rod Goodman Caltech 116-81 Pasadena, CA 91125 (818) 356-3677 rogo@micro.caltech.edu Publications Chair Timothy X Brown Bellcore, MRE 2E-378 445 South St. Morristown, NJ 07960-6438 (201) 829-4314 timxb@faline.bellcore.com Treasurer Anthony Jayakumar, Bellcore Publicity Atul Chhabra, NYNEX Lee Giles, NEC Local Arrangements Miklos Boda, Ellemtel Bengt Asker, Ericsson Program Committee Harald Brandt, Ellemtel Tzi-Dar Chiueh, National Taiwan University Francoise Fogelman, SLIGOS Michael Gell, British Telecom Larry Jackel, AT&T Bell Laboratories Thomas John, Southwestern Bell Adam Kowalczyk, Telecom Australia S Y Kung, Princeton University Tadashi Sone, NTT Bernard Widrow, Stanford University Conference Administrator Betty Greer Bellcore, MRE 2P-295 445 South St. Morristown, NJ 07960 (201) 829-4993 (fax) 829-5888 bg1@faline.bellcore.com International Workshop on Applications of Neural Networks to Telecommunications (IWANNT*95) Stockholm, Sweden May 22-24, 1995 Registration Form Name: _____________________________________________________________ Institution: __________________________________________________________ Mailing Address: ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ Telephone: ______________________________ Fax: ____________________________________ E-mail: _____________________________________________________________ I will attend | | Send more information | | Paper enclosed | | Registration Fee Enclosed | | ($400; $500 after Apr. 15, 1995; $200 students;) Please make sure your name is on the check (made out to IWANNT*95) Registration includes lunch, a boat tour of the Stockholm archipelago, and proceedings available at the conference. Mail to: Betty Greer, IWANNT*95 Bellcore, MRE 2P-295 445 South St. Morristown, NJ 07960 (201) 829-4993 (fax) 829-5888 bg1@faline.bellcore.com Deadline for submissions: September 16, 1994 Author Notification of Acceptance: November 1, 1994 Camera-Ready Copy of Paper Due: February 10, 1995 C. Lee Giles / NEC Research Institute / 4 Independence Way Princeton, NJ 08540 / 609-951-2642 / Fax 2482 ------------------------------ Subject: EWCBR-94 Call for Participation Date: Thu, 7 Jul 94 7:57:28 GMT From: wess@informatik.uni-kl.de SECOND EUROPEAN WORKSHOP ON CASE BASED REASONING EWCBR'94 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION 7-10th of November 1994 Royaumont Foundation, Chantilly (France) With Support from AFIA (the french association for Artificial Intelligence) COMETT (Commission of European Communities) Conseil Regional Ile de France GENERAL INFORMATION- In November, 1993, the First European Workshop on Case-Based Reasoning was hosted by the University of Kaiserslauten (Germany). The Workshop was a resounding success, attracting over 130 participants from 17 countries. The Second European Workshop on CBR will be held near Chantilly, some 20 km North of Paris. Academic and social events will allow a close interaction between workshop participants. Registration will be limited to 120 participants on a "first-come, first-served" basis. The first day will be focussed on the practical uses of CBR technology and will consist of tutorials, presentations of industrial CBR applications and of invited presentations of outstanding CBR projects. The Workshop will consist of three days of paper presentations, invited talks, panels and poster sessions that will focus on the technology. An edited volume of selected papers will be published after the Workshop. EWCBR CHAIRS- Dr. Mark KEANE, University of Dublin, Ireland (conference co-chair) Prof. Jean-Paul HATON, CRIN / INRIA, France (conference co-chair) Dr Michel MANAGO, AcknoSoft, France (industry day chair & local chair) PROGRAMME COMMITTEE A. Aamodt (Norway) Kevin Ashley (USA) A. Cesta (Italy) P. Cunningham (Ireland) B. Faltings (Switzerland) J. Kolodner (USA) R. Lopez de Mantaras (Spain) M. Manago (France) B. Neumann (Germany) E. Plaza (Spain) M. Richter (Germany) L. Saitta (Italy) D. Sleeman (United Kingdom) I. Smith (Switzerland) H. Tirri (Finland) M. V. Someren (Netherlands) W. Van de Velde (Belgium) M. Veloso (USA) W. Visser (France) A.Voss (Germany) PRELIMINARY PROGRAM INDUSTRY DAY (7/11/94) (subject to changes without notice) 9:00 - 11:00. Introductory tutorial on CBR 11:00 - 11:30. Coffe Break 11:30-12:15. Curing Composite Material in an autoclave (Lockheed, USA) 12:15 - 13:30 - Lunch 13:30 -14:15. Maintaining Airplanes using CBR (British Airways, UK) 14:15 - 15:00. Troubleshooting jet engines (SNECMA, France) 15:00- 15:30 - Break 15:30 - 16:00. Plant Information Management by Sharing fault cases (Mistubishi Electric Corp, Japan) 16:00 - 16:30. CBR Technology in Chemical Safety Control (VINITI, Russia) 16:30 - 17:00. CBR applications in the Military Domain (DGA, France) 17:00 - 17:30 - Coffee Break 17:30 - 18:00. CBR applied to maintenance of Telecommunication Networks (Federal Armed Forces, Germany) 18:00 - 18:30. Designing Buildings with CBR: Overview of the FABEL project (GMD, Germany) 18:30 - 19:30. Panel: CBR : Putting the technology to use LIST OF ORAL PRESENTATIONS DURING THE SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS C. Bento, Portugal: Empirical Study of an Evaluation Function for Cases Imperfectly Explained B. Richards, Switzerland: Qualitative Models as a Basis for Case Indices K. Ashley, USA: A CBR Knowledge Representation for Practical Ethics R. Barletta, USA: A Hybrid Indexing and Retrieval Strategy for Advisory CBR systems built with Remind M. Cox, USA: A Managing Learning Goals in Strategy Selection Problems C. Reiser, Austria: Case-Based Reasoning for Multi-step Problems and its integration with Euristic Search B. Dave, Switzerland: Case-Based Design in Architecture J. Lieber, France: A Criterion of Comparison Between Two Case Bases E. Auriol, France: Integration Induction and Case-Based Reasoning: Methodological Approach and First Evaluations P. Cunningham, Ireland: On the Limitations of Memory Based Reasoning M. Avila, Germany: Controlling a Non-Linear Hierarchical Planner using Case-Based Reasoning G. Kamp, Germany: Using Terminologial Logics in Case-Based Corporate Service and Support Y. Kerner, Israel: Case-Based Evaluation in Computer Chess E. Reategui, UK: A Classification System for Credit Card Transactions B. Unrugeanu, Romania: Case-Based Assistance in CAD J. Schaaf, Germany: Detecting Gestalts in CAD- Plans to be Used as Indices for Case-Retrieval in Architecture G. Weber, Germany: Examples and Remindings in a Case-Based help system S-A Yang, Scottland: Use of Case-Based Reasoning in the Domain of Building Regulations B. Smyth, Ireland: A Comparison of Incremental Case-Based Reasoning and Inductive Learning B. Kang, Australia: A Maintenance Approach to Case-Based Reasoning LOCATION: EWCBR 94 will take place at the Royaumont Foundation, near the town of Chantilly, some 20 km north of Paris. Founded in the 13th Century by King Louis the 9th, the Royaumont Foundation is a National Monument that offers an exceptional setting for EWCBR-94. CONFERENCE FEE: __________________________________________________________________ | | EWCBR | Industry | Both | | | scientific | Day (1) | | |___________________|_____________|________________|_____________| | Early Registration| | | | | (before 31/7/94): | | | | | Student (2) | 400 FF | 1 450 FF | 1 450 FF | | University | 1 000 FF | 1 450 FF | 1 650 FF | | Others | 1 400 FF | 1 450 FF | 1 850 FF | |___________________|_____________|________________|_____________| | Late Registration | | | | | (after 31/7/94): | | | | | Student (2) | 900 FF | 2 000 FF | 2 050 FF | | University | 1 500 FF | 2 000 FF | 2 250 FF | | Others | 1 900 FF | 2 000 FF | 2 450 FF | __________________________________________________________________ (1) : includes welcome coffee and pastries, lunch on the 7th The above costs include VAT at 18,6%. (2) : Student rate apply to fully registered students, under 26 years old. Copy of student ID and proof of age required with registration. EXCHANGE RATES (approximately): 1 US$ = 5.70 FF 1 DM = 3.45 FF 1 =L = 8.8 FF 1 Ecu = 6.6 FF ACCOMMODATIONS : The cost of wine, food, wine, accommodations and wine is 2 250 FF per person in double rooms. For single room, the cost is 2 950 FF. This includes meals from Monday evening until Thursday's Lunch and wine. Participants registering for the EWCBR'94 scientific conference ARE REQUIRED to take accommodations (and wine) at the Royaumong Foundation (the fee also includes access to the conference site, coffee breaks and wine). REGISTRATION : The Registration form will be supplemented by a more detailed one with respect to payment and travelling. Please return your registration form using regular mail or fax to the following address: AcknoSoft, EWCBR-94 58 a rue du Dessous des Berges 75013 Paris, France Tel: (33 1) 44 24 88 00 Fax: (33 1) 44 24 88 66 _____________________________________________________________________________ REGISTRATION FORM Last Name: First Name: Institution: Address: ZIP Code, City: Country: e-mail: Telephone: Fax: Signature: Check the appropriate boxes below [ ] I would like to attend EWCBR'94 Industry Day [ ] I would like to attend EWCBR'94 Scientific Conference (Check both boxes if you intend to register to both) Category: [ ] Student under 26 (Copy of ID and proof of age required) [ ] University [ ] Other Accommodations: (required for all participants to EWCBR'94 scientific conference) [ ] Single Room (2 950 FF, Number Restricted) [ ] Double Room (2 250 FF) Share With: [ ] Female [ ] Male [ ] Smoker [ ] Non-Smoker [ ] Special Meals Required Please Indicate: ------------------------------ End of ML-LIST (Digest format) ****************************************