(Message inbox:26) Newsgroups: cmu.cs.theory Path: cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu!crabapple.srv.cs.cmu.edu!Avrim.Blum@BLUM.PC.CS.CMU.EDU From: Avrim.Blum@BLUM.PC.CS.CMU.EDU Subject: COLT'96 Call-for-Papers + electronic submission info Status: RO Message-ID: <199512240106.RAA28890@pollux.usc.edu> Sender: news+@cs.cmu.edu Original-To: Local Distribution Reply-To: Theory-A - TheoryNet World-Wide Events , Avrim.Blum@BLUM.PC.CS.CMU.EDU Approved-By: Theory-A - TheoryNet World-Wide Events Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon Original-Sender: TheoryNet List Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 02:12:01 GMT Approved: bboard-news_gateway Comments: To: Multiple recipients of list THEORY-A Lines: 97 ______________________________________________________________________ CALL FOR PAPERS---COLT '96 Ninth Conference on Computational Learning Theory Desenzano del Garda, Italy June 28 -- July 1, 1996 ______________________________________________________________________ The Ninth Conference on Computational Learning Theory (COLT '96) will be held in the town of Desenzano del Garda, Italy, from Friday, June 28, through Monday, July 1, 1996. COLT '96 is sponsored by the Universita` degli Studi di Milano. We invite papers in all areas that relate directly to the analysis of learning algorithms and the theory of machine learning, including neural networks, statistics, statistical physics, Bayesian/MDL estimation, reinforcement learning, inductive inference, knowledge discovery in databases, robotics, and pattern recognition. We also encourage the submission of papers describing experimental results that are supported by theoretical analysis. ABSTRACT SUBMISSION. Authors should submit fifteen copies (preferably two-sided) of an extended abstract to: Michael Kearns --- COLT '96 AT&T Bell Laboratories, Room 2A-423 600 Mountain Avenue Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974-0636 Telephone(for overnight mail): (908) 582-4017 Abstracts must be RECEIVED by FRIDAY JANUARY 12, 1996. This deadline is firm. We are also allowing electronic submissions as an alternative to submitting hardcopy. Instructions for how to submit papers electronically can be obtained by sending email to colt96@cs.cmu.edu with subject "help", or from our web site: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~avrim/colt96.html which will also be used to provide other program-related information. Authors will be notified of acceptance or rejection on or before Friday, March 15, 1996. Final camera-ready papers will be due by Friday, April 5. Papers that have appeared in journals or other conferences, or that are being submitted to other conferences, are not appropriate for submission to COLT. An exception to this policy is that COLT and STOC have agreed that a paper can be submitted to both conferences, with the understanding that a paper will be automatically withdrawn from COLT if accepted to STOC. ABSTRACT FORMAT. The extended abstract should include a clear definition of the theoretical model used and a clear description of the results, as well as a discussion of their significance, including comparison to other work. Proofs or proof sketches should be included. If the abstract exceeds 10 pages, only the first 10 pages may be examined. A cover letter specifying the contact author and his or her email address should accompany the abstract. PROGRAM FORMAT. At the discretion of the program committee, the program may consist of both long and short talks, corresponding to longer and shorter papers in the proceedings. The short talks will also be coupled with a poster presentation. PROGRAM CHAIRS. Avrim Blum (Carnegie Mellon University) and Michael Kearns (AT&T Bell Laboratories). CONFERENCE AND LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS CHAIRS. Nicolo` Cesa-Bianchi (Universita` di Milano) and Giancarlo Mauri (Universita` di Milano). PROGRAM COMMITTEE. Martin Anthony (London School of Economics), Avrim Blum (Carnegie Mellon University), Bill Gasarch (University of Maryland), Lisa Hellerstein (Northwestern University), Robert Holte (University of Ottawa), Sanjay Jain (National University of Singapore), Michael Kearns (AT&T Bell Laboratories), Nick Littlestone (NEC Research Institute), Yishay Mansour (Tel Aviv University), Steve Omohundro (NEC Research Institute), Manfred Opper (University of Wuerzburg), Lenny Pitt (University of Illinois), Dana Ron (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Rich Sutton (University of Massachusetts) COLT, ML, AND EUROCOLT. The Thirteenth International Conference on Machine Learning (ML '96) will be held right after COLT '96, on July 3--7 in Bari, Italy. In cooperation with COLT, the EuroCOLT conference will not be held in 1996. STUDENT TRAVEL. We anticipate some funds will be available to partially support travel by student authors. Details will be distributed as they become available.