Connectionists: CFP NIPS 2008 workshop causality

[Dominik Janzing]

Dear member of the connectionists list,

We would like  to announce the
NIPS 2008 Workshop on Causality
Friday December 12, 2008
Whistler Resort & Spa and Westin Hilton, BC, CANADA
Organizers: Isabelle Guyon, Dominik Janzing, Bernhard Schoelkopf 


CALL FOR PAPERS

The goal of this workshop is to discuss new approaches to causal discovery from empirical data, their applications and methods to evaluate their success. Emphasis will be put on the definition of objectives to be attained and on assessment methods to evaluate proposed solutions. The participants are encouraged to participate to a "competition pot-luck" in which datasets and problems are exchanged and solutions proposed.

Full 6-page papers should be submitted by ** November 21, 2008 ** to causality at clopinet.com.
Accepted papers will be published in the proceedings of JMLR and as an edited book.
See http://clopinet.com/isabelle/Projects/NIPS2008/ for a list of topics and formatting instructions.

**VIRTUAL CONTRIBUTIONS**

Submission of a paper on the topics of the workshop is not conditioned on participating in the competition nor being physically present at the workshop. All authors of selected papers will be requested to submit before the conference a set of slides or a poster in PDF format, which will be made available on the web site of the workshop. Speakers not present at the workshop will be invited to present their work in a recorded audio teleconference following the workshop.


Best Regards,
Dominik Janzing