Going to IJCAI-91? Here's a relevant workshop.

[Wray Buntine]

Some of the nice work on engineering network structures
for a given problem, multiple networks, etc., etc.,
would seem suitable for the following workshop.

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                   Call for Papers:    

                   IJCAI-91 Workshop     

    Evaluating and Changing Representation in Machine Learning 


The influence of knowledge representation for the success of machine
learning systems is well known.  The representation language for a
learning application is formed by the vocabulary (signature) as well
as by the restrictions on the chosen formalism (e.g.\ number of
literals).  In practical applications the design of the representation
for input, available domain knowledge, expert interaction and output
can be time-consuming and critical for success.  This workshop will
focus on studies that empirically or theoretically evaluate
representations, their change, and the construction of new terms.

Areas of interest include: logical, relational, probabilistic and
neural network representations; concept or classifier learning,
model-building, knowledge-intensive learning, theory refinement, and
other learning tasks; Bayesian, MDL, PAC or complexity theory; and
methodologies for acquisition, evaluation and presentation of
different representations and their individual components.

The workshop will be held on Saturday, 24 August.  Submissions
(extended abstracts or short papers, 8-15 pages, 1 copy) should be
sent to either of the Program Chairpersons.  The collection of
accepted papers will be provided to participants, and later collective
publication of selected papers will be organised.  

			CHAIRPERSONS

 Katharina Morik                    Francesco Bergadano 
 GMD                                University of Torino
 GMD - PO Box 1240                  Dipartimento di Informatica
 Schloss Birlinghoven               corso Svizzera 185
 D-5205 Sankt Augustin 1, Germany   Torino, 10149, Italy
 (+49) 2241 14 2670,  fax. 14 2889  (+39) 11 7712002,  fax. 11 751603 
 morik at gmdzi.gmd.de                 bergadan at di.unito.it 

      Wray Buntine
      RIACS and AI Research Branch 
      NASA Ames Research Center
      Mail Stop 244-17
      Moffett Field, CA, 94035, USA
      (+1) 415 6043389, fax. 6046997 
      wray at ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov

                       IMPORTANT DATES

           Submission:                              May 15th 
           Acceptance notified:                     June 15th 
           Final camera ready copy of full paper:   July 15th
	   Workshop:                                August 24th (Sat.)