Machine Learning List, Volume 20, No. 3

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           Machine Learning List: Volume 20, Number 3
                    Monday, March 17, 2008
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Contents

Call for Workshop Proposals
  ECML/PKDD
Call for Papers
  Self-adaptive and Self-organizing Systems
  Teaching Machine Learning
  Social Computing, Behavioral Modeling, and Prediction
  AI in Games
  Machine Learning for Signal Processing
  Applied Swarm Intelligence
  Innovative Techniques and Applications of Artificial Intelligence
  Advanced Data Mining and Applications
  ICANN 2008
  Conference on Logic Programming
  Conference on Advanced Intelligence
  Conference on Learning Theory
  ECML/PKDD
  Inference and Estimation in Probabilistic Time-Series Models
Career Opportunities
  Assistant Professor for ML in Medicine and Life Sciences, Germany
  Robust Computer Vision and Machine Learning, New Jersey, USA
Post-Doctoral Research
  Computational Models of Visual Processing
  ML and Computational Biology
Summer School
  Computational Logic and Cognitive Science
  Logic Programming and Computational Logic
PhD Studentship
  Computational Models of Visual Processing, United Kingdom
  Pattern Recognition, The Netherlands
  EU SIMBAD, United Kingdom
Award Nominations
  International Neural Networks Society

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Date: Feb 15, 2008
From: Siegfried Nijssen <siegfried.nijssen@...>
Subject: ECML/PKDD

Call For Tutorial and Workshop Proposals
The European Conference on Machine Learning and Principles
  and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases
Antwerp, Belgium, September 15-19, 2008
http://www.ecmlpkdd2008.org/

Workshop/Tutorial Proposal Deadline: March 31, 2008
Camera-ready Deadline: August 21, 2008
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Date: Feb 14, 2008
From: saso-list@...
Subject: Self-adaptive and Self-organizing Systems

Call for Papers
2nd International Conference on Self-adaptive
  and Self-organizing Systems (SASO 2008)
Venice, Italy, October 20-24, 2008
www.saso-conference.org

Abstract Submission Deadline: May 5, 2008
Paper Submission Deadline: May 12, 2008
Camera-ready Deadline: July 20, 2007
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Date: Feb 22, 2008
From: Jean.Christophe.Janodet@...
Subject: Teaching Machine Learning

Call for Papers
Workshop on Teaching Machine Learning (TML 2008)
Saint-Etienne, France, May 5-7, 2008
http://labh-curien.univ-st-etienne.fr/informatique/tml08

Paper Submissions Deadline: March 31, 2008
Camera-ready Deadline: April 30, 2008
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Date: Feb 24, 2008
From: Magdiel Galan Oliveras <mgalan@...>
Subject: Social Computing, Behavioral Modeling, and Prediction

Call for Participation
1st International Workshop on Social Computing,
  Behavioral Modeling, and Prediction
Phoenix, Arizona, April 1 - 2, 2008
http://www.public.asu.edu/~huanliu/sbp08
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Date: Feb 26, 2008
From: Adi Botea <adi.botea@...>
Subject: AI in Games AIG-08

Call for Papers
The Workshop on AI in Games(AIG-08)
  held at the European Conference on AI ECAI-08
Patras, Greece, July 21-25, 2008
http://www.plg.inf.uc3m.es/ecai-aig2008/

Paper Submission Deadline: May 1, 2008
Camera-ready Deadline: June 12, 2008
Workshop Date: TBA
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Date: Feb 27, 2008
From: Terran Lane <terran@...>
Subject:  Machine Learning for Signal Processing

MLSP 2008 Machine Learning Competition: Stock Market Prediction
at IEEE Cancn, Mexico, October 16-19, 2008
http://mlsp2008.conwiz.dk

Submission Deadline: May 9, 2008
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Date: Feb 29, 2008
From: AP Engelbrecht <engel@...>
Subject: Applied Swarm Intelligence

Call for Book Chapters
Applied Swarm Intelligence: Springer Series in Studies
  in Computational Intelligence
Editors: AP Engelbrecht and M Middendorf
http://www.springer.com/series/7092

Abstract Submission Deadline: March 15, 2008
Chapter Submission Deadline: March 31, 2008
Camera-ready Deadline: July 31, 2008
Proposed Date of Publication: October 2008
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Date: Feb 29, 2008
From: Max Bramer <max.bramer@...>
Subject: Innovative Techniques and Applications of Artificial Intelligence

Call for Papers
28th SGAI International Conference on Innovative
  Techniques and Applications of Artificial Intelligence
Cambridge, United Kingdom, December 9-11, 2008
http://www.bcs-sgai.org/ai2008/

Paper Submission Deadline: June 2, 2008
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Date: Mar 2, 2008
From: Dr. Charles X. Ling <cling@...>
Subject: Advanced Data Mining and Applications

Call for Papers
4th International Conference on Advanced Data Mining
  and Applications
Chengdu, China, July 29-31, 2008
http://cs.scu.edu.cn/~adma08

Paper Submission Deadline: March 26, 2008
Camera-ready Deadline: May 27, 2008
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Date: Mar 3, 2008
From: ICANN 2008 <info@...>
Subject: ICANN 2008

Call for Papers
18th International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks
Prague, Czech Republic, September 3-6, 2008
http://www.icann2008.org/submit

Paper Submission Deadline: March 20, 2008 (Extended)
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Date: Mar 3, 2008
From: ICLP 08 <iclp08pub@...>
Subject: Conference on Logic Programming

Call for Papers
24th International Conference on Logic Programming
Udine, Italy, December 9-13, 2008
http://iclp08.dimi.uniud.it

Abstract Submission Deadline: June 2, 2008
Paper Submission Deadline: June 9, 2008
Camera-ready Deadline: September 15, 2008
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Date: Mar 9, 2008
From: Xingquan Zhu <xingquanzhu@...>
Subject: Conference on Advanced Intelligence

Call for Papers
1st International Conference on Advanced Intelligence (ICAI-08)
Beijing, China, October 19-22, 2008
http://caai.cn:8086/icai08/

Paper Submission Deadline: April 1, 2008
Camera-ready Deadline: July 10, 2008
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Date: Mar 10, 2008
From: Rocco A. Servedio <ras2105@...>
Subject: Conference on Learning Theory

Call for Open Problems
21st Annual Conference on Learning Theory (COLT 2008)
Helsinki, Finland, July 9-12, 2008
http://colt2008.cs.helsinki.fi/open_problems_call.shtml

Problem Submission Deadline: March 21, 2008
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Date: Mar 10, 2008
From: Christian Borgelt <christian@...>
Subject: ECML/PKDD

Call For Demos
European Conference on Machine Learning and
  Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases
Antwerp, Belgium, September 15-19, 2008
http://www.ecmlpkdd2008.org/

Demo Submission Deadline: April 25, 2008
Demo Camera-ready Deadline: June 22, 2008
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Date: Mar 16, 2008
From: Silvia Chiappa <silvia.chiappa@...>
Subject: Inference and Estimation in Probabilistic Time-Series Models

Call for Papers
Workshop on Inference and Estimation in Probabilistic Time-Series Models
Cambridge, United Kingdom, June 18-20, 2008
http://www.newton.cam.ac.uk/programmes/SCH/schw05.html

Paper Submission Deadline: April 11, 2008 (22:00 GMT)
Workshop Subscription Deadline: May 2, 2008
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Date: Feb 15, 2008
From: Michael Dorr <dorr@...>
Subject: Assistant Professor ML in Medicine and Life Sciences, Germany

Institute for Neuro- and Bioinformatics, University of Luebeck
Director: Prof. Thomas Martinetz in the Graduate School "Computing
in Medicine and Life Sciences" http://www.gradschool.uni-luebeck.de

Assistant Professor (Juniorprofessur W1) for Machine Learning
in Medicine and Life Sciences

The initial appointment will be for 3 years, but can be extended up
to 6 years. Responsibilities include conducting independent research,
teaching courses relevant to "Machine Learning in Medicine and Life
Sciences" (4 hours/week,German and English), and the attraction of
extramural funding. The successful candidate is expected to set up
their own research group within the Institute for Neuro- and
Bioinformatics http://www.inb.uni-luebeck.de.

Applicants must hold a PhD degree and should have experience,
as indicated by their academic record, in one or several of
the following topics:
- machine learning in medical imaging and image processing
- machine learning in bioinformatics and biomedical data analysis
- theory and novel methods of machine learning

The university strongly encourages teamwork and interdisciplinary
collaboration, in particular with the recently established Research
Centre "Computer Imaging and Computer Aided Diagnosis (CICAD)" and
with clinical institutes.

Applicants are invited to send their complete resum (including
a list of publications and the names of three possible referees),
before March 28, 2008, to martinetz@..., or to:

Dekanat der
Technisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultt
Universitaet zu Luebeck
Ratzeburger Allee 160
23538 Luebeck
Germany
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Date: Mar 14, 2008
From: Comaniciu, Dorin <dorin.comaniciu@...>
Subject: Robust Computer Vision and Machine Learning, New Jersey, USA

Siemens Corporate Research, Inc., has immediate openings for
Research Scientists and interns in the areas of computer vision
and medical imaging, applied machine learning, 3D/4D
segmentation, tracking and information fusion, pattern
recognition, and graphical models.

You will have the opportunity to test your computer vision
and machine learning knowledge in a challenging problem-solving
environment. You will be encouraged to think out of the box,
innovate and find solutions to real-life problems. Our group
has a strong publication record in leading journals and conferences.

We will only consider candidates holding a Ph. D. in CS, EE
or related fields with a proven record in problem solving
and research.

Candidates should have C/C++ proficiency on MS Windows platform.
Candidates need to demonstrate strong interpersonal skills, be
able to work independently on problems, be an effective team
player and willing to accept challenges and responsibility.

Please forward your resume to:
Gustavo.Carneiro@...  - for Princeton, New Jersey
Martin.Huber@... - for Erlangen Germany
Dorin.Comaniciu@...
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Date: Feb 20, 2008
From: Frank Keller <keller@...>
Subject: Computational Models of Visual Processing

PHD Studentship in Computational Models of Visual Processing
School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh

The Institute of Communicating and Collaborative Systems (ICCS)
within the School of Informatics and the Human Communication
Research Centre (HCRC) invites applications for a three-year
PhD studentship funded by the European Research Council,
starting September 1, 2008.

The successful applicant will work on a project that investigates
the synchronous processing of linguistic and visual information.
The project studies key features of synchronous processing by tracking
participants' eye movements when they view a naturalistic scene and
listen to a speech stimulus at the same time. The experimental results
will feed into a series of computational models that predict the
eye-movement patterns that humans exhibit when they view a scene and
listen to speech at the same time. These models will incrementally
construct aligned linguistic and visual representations, and will be
evaluated against eye-tracking data.

The PhD student will be part of a team of experts in linguistic and
visual processing, including both experimentalists and computational
modelers. The student will contribute to the modeling component of the
project, and should have previous experience in image processing,
computer vision, or computational models of perception and attention.
Applicants should have a good honors degree or equivalent in cognitive
science, artificial intelligence, computer science, or a related
discipline. Good programming skills, preferably in Matlab, Java, C, or
C++, are required. Familiarity with probabilistic modeling and machine
learning is essential.

The studentship will provide maintenance only funding at an enhanced
research council rate. Both UK/EU and overseas candidates are
encouraged to apply.

For further information please contact Dr. Frank Keller
(keller@...). Application forms and details on how to apply
are available from:
  http://www.inf.ed.ac.uk/postgraduate/apply.html

More information about the project can be found at:
  http://www.inf.ed.ac.uk/events/news/kellerercgrant.html

On your application, please indicate "Studentship: Synchronous
Processing"

Application deadline: March 31, 2008

Applications received after the deadline may be considered, but this
cannot be guaranteed.
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Date: Mar 3, 2008
From: William Noble <noble@...>
Subject: ML and Computational Biology, Washington, USA

Three postdoctoral fellowships in machine learning and
computational biology are available in the lab of William
Stafford Noble in the Department of Genome Sciences at the
University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.

More information is available at http://noble.gs.washington.edu.

Applications will be accepted until the positions are filled.
Please submit a letter of interest, CV, research statement
and names of at least three references to noble@....
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Date: Mar 6, 2008
From: Bertram Fronhoefer <Bertram.Fronhoefer@...>
Subject: Computational Logic and Cognitive Science

Call for Participation
ICCL Summer School 2008
  Computational Logic and Cognitive Science
Dresden, Germany, August 24 - September 6, 2008
http://www.computational-logic.org/iccl-ss-2008

Registration Deadline: April 1, 2008
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Date: Mar 11, 2008
From: announce@...
Subject: Logic Programming and Computational Logic

Call for Participation
3rd International Compulog/ALP Summer School on
  Logic Programming and Computational Logic
Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA, July 24-27, 2008
http://www.cs.nmsu.edu/~ipivkina/compulog.htm

Requests for Student Grants: April 15, 2008
Admission Deadline: April 25, 2008
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Date: Feb 20, 2008
From: Frank Keller <keller@...>
Subject: Computational Models of Visual Processing, United Kingdom

PhD Studentship in Computational Models of Visual Processing
School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh

The Institute of Communicating and Collaborative Systems
(ICCS) within the School of Informatics and the Human
Communication Research Centre (HCRC) invites applications
for a three-year PhD studentship funded by the European
Research Council, starting September 1, 2008.

The successful applicant will work on a project that
investigates the synchronous processing of linguistic
and visual information. The project studies key features
of synchronous processing by tracking participants' eye
movements when they view a naturalistic scene and
listen to a speech stimulus at the same time. The
experimental results will feed into a series of
computational models that predict the eye-movement
patterns that humans exhibit when they view a scene
and listen to speech at the same time. These models
will incrementally construct aligned linguistic and
visual representations, and will be evaluated against
eye-tracking data.

The PhD student will be part of a team of experts in
linguistic and visual processing, including both
experimentalists and computational modelers. The student
will contribute to the modeling component of the project,
and should have previous experience in image processing,
computer vision, or computational models of perception
and attention. Applicants should have a good honors degree
or equivalent in cognitive science, artificial intelligence,
computer science, or a related discipline. Good programming
skills, preferably in Matlab, Java, C, or C++, are required.
Familiarity with probabilistic modeling and machine
learning is essential.

The studentship will provide maintenance only funding at
an enhanced research council rate. Both UK/EU and overseas
candidates are encouraged to apply.

For further information please contact Dr. Frank Keller
(keller@...). Application forms and details on
how to apply are available from:
   http://www.inf.ed.ac.uk/postgraduate/apply.html

More information about the project can be found at:
  http://www.inf.ed.ac.uk/events/news/kellerercgrant.html

On your application, please indicate "Studentship: Synchronous
Processing".

Application deadline: March 31, 2008.

Applications received after the deadline may be considered, but this
cannot be guaranteed.
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Date: Feb 20, 2008
From: M.Loog@...
Subject: Pattern Recognition, The Netherlands

Ph.D. Vacancies in Pattern Recognition at Delft University
of Technology.  At this moment we have three possibilities
for a new PhD project. A description is available at
http://ict.ewi.tudelft.nl/~duin/PR_PhD_projects_TUDelft.pdf

For reactions and information (before April 1, 2008)
  M.Loog@...
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Date: Feb 26, 2008
From: Edwin Hancock <erh@...>
Subject: EU SIMBAD, United Kingdom

Two PhD Students on EU SIMBAD Project.

SIMBAD is a 3 year EU FET (blue sky) project involving Delft
University of Technology, ETH Zurich, IST Lisbon, University
of Venice, University of Verona, and University of York.
The overall project aim is to develop new methods for pattern
analysis and machine learning based on potentially non-metric
similarity data. York's contribution to the project will be
the development of graph-based methods for the analysis of such
data. We require one PhD student to work on the development of
generative models for similarity data, and a second to work
on spectral methods for the embedding and smoothing of similarity
data.

The positions are open to applicants from the EU. The project
will cover both the stipend (GBP 12.5k or Eu16.5k per year
for three years) and the tuition fees at the home/EU rate.
The project commences on 1st April 2008, and will involve
some travel to the collaborating institutions. As a PhD student
at York, you will join a flourishing group of 4 academic staff
and 16 researchers. The group has an international reputation
for its work in computer vision and pattern recognition, with
a track record of high quality publication. Over the past 10 years
the group has graduated some 25 PhD students. You will be supervised
by either Professor Edwin Hancock or Dr Richard Wilson.

Details of the research groups activities can be found at
http://www.cs.york.ac.uk/cvpr.
Informal inquiries can be made to either
  dwin Hancock (erh@...) or
  Richard Wilson (wilson@...).
Application forms can be obtained from
  http://www.cs.york.ac.uk/gsp/research/
and should be returned indicating that you are applying to work on the
SIMBAD
project and naming Hancock and Wilson as potential supervisors.
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Date: Mar 14, 2008
From: Professor Ron Sun <rsun@...>
Subject: International Neural Networks Society

INNS (International Neural Networks Society; http://www.inns.org)
has a well established awards program, designed to recognize
individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the field of
Neural Networks. The INNS Awards Committee is now inviting nominations
for the 2009 Hebb, Helmholtz, and Gabor awards as well as the Young
Investigator awards. You can find the details of the nomination
procedure on the INNS Web page: http://www.inns.org; please click on
"awards program".

I would urge you to think of highly qualified candidates and send in
formal nominations for them (see the INNS web page for the
instructions). Please email the nominations (along with attachments)
directly to the chair of the Awards Committee at rsun@... by
May 1, 2008.

Ron Sun
Chair, Awards Committee
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