JFA'98 - 1st Call for papers

[Engelbert Mephu-Nguifo]

First Call for Papers

       Thirteenth French-speaking Conference on Machine Learning

                           Arras, May 18-20, 1998

                        Submission deadline: February 13, 1998 



WWW temporary location: http://www.lifl.fr/~mephu-ng/conf/jfa98_uk.html
WWW permanent location: http://www.univ-artois.fr/jfa98 


General Information

JFA'98 is the annual french-speaking conference on Machine Learning. It
is made of reviewed papers, invited lectures and tutorials. JFA accepts
both symbolic and numeric approaches in machine learning, and research
or application papers in this area.

Papers may be submitted in english but the final version must be written
in french.

The thirteenth JFA conference will be held on May 18-20, 1998 at Artois
University (Arras). 



Submissions

Papers relevant to the discipline of Machine Learning are sollicited,
including, but not limited to:

 Applications of Machine Learning 
                                Case-based Learning 
 Computational Learning Theory 
                                Data Mining 
 Evolutionary Computation 
                                Hybrid Learning Systems 
 Inductive Learning 
                                Inductive Logic Programming 
 Knowledge Discovery in Databases 
                                Language Learning 
 Learning and Problem Solving 
                                Learning by Analogy 
 Learning in Multi-Agent Systems 
                                Learning in Dynamic Domains 
 Learning to Search 
                                Multistrategy Learning 
 Neural Networks 
                                Reinforcement Learning 
 Robot Learning 
                                Scientific Discovery 


Papers are limited to 12 pages (using a 10pt Times Roman font,
single-spaced, with 3cm margins
on all sides) including figures, title page, references, and appendices.
(see Format instructions) 

The papers will be refereed according to clarity and overall quality
criteria, focusing primarily on
their relevance to the conference. 

Email submissions are strongly preferred. Please send an attached
PostScript file to
jnicolas at irisa.fr Those unable to produce a PostScript file may send 4
hardcopies of their paper
submission to the program chair: 

      Jacques Nicolas
      IRISA - INRIA
      Campus Universitaire de Beaulieu, 
      35042 Rennes Cedex, France 
      Tel: (+33) 2 99 84 73 12 
      E.mail: jnicolas at irisa.fr 



Timetable

 February 13, 1998  deadline for submission 
 April 6, 1998      notification of acceptance/rejection 
 May 4, 1998        deadline for final versions of papers 
 May 18-20, 1998    JFA'98 




Program committee

Conference Chair:
 Jacques Nicolas, 
                IRISA - INRIA, Rennes, 
                                      jnicolas at irisa.fr 


Members:
 Michel Benaim 
                       Univeristé Paul Sabatier, Toulouse 
 Francesco Berganado 
                       Università di Torino, Italy 
 Gilles Bisson 
                       Imag, Grenoble 
 Pierre Brezellec 
                       Université de Paris 13 
 Stéphane Canu 
                       Heudiasyc, Compiègne 
 Antoine Cornuejols 
                       LRI, Orsay 
 Colin De la Higuera 
                       Université de St Etienne 
 Patrick Gallinari 
                       Laforia, Paris 
 Frédérick Garcia 
                       Inra, Toulouse 
 Olivier Gascuel 
                       Lirmm, Montpellier 
 Engelbert Mephu Nguifo 
                       CRIL, Université d'Artois, Lens 
 Laurent Miclet 
                       Enssat, Lannion 
 Mohamed Quafafou 
                       IRIN, Nantes 
 Céline Rouveirol 
                       LRI, Orsay 
 Michèle Sebag 
                       LMS, Paris 
 Dominique Snyers 
                       ENSTbr, Brest 
 Christel Vrain 
                       Université d'Orléans 
 Jean Daniel Zucker 
                       Laforia, Paris 


Organizers: 
 Engelbert Mephu Nguifo 
                       Local Arrangement Chair 
                                             CRIL - IUT de Lens -
Université d'Artois 
 Claire Nédellec 
                       Publicity Chair 
                                             LRI, Orsay 
 Jean Daniel Zucker 
                       Tutorial Chair 
                                             Laforia, Paris 


Secretariat: 

      CRIL - JFA'98
      IUT de Lens - Université d'Artois 
      Rue de l'Université SP 16 
      62307 Lens cedex, France 
      Tel: (33) 3 21 79 32 55 / 73 Fax: (33) 3 21 79 32 72 
      E.mail: jfa98 at cril.univ-artois.fr