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<div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">In response to a number of requests, we have, exceptionally, postponed </span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">the deadline for submission of abstracts to RLDM2025 by one week,</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">to midnight EST on the 20th Feb 2015. We apologise for the short notice.</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">
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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">Do please submit - and we hope to see you in Edmonton in June!</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">
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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">The 2nd Multidisciplinary Conference on</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">Reinforcement Learning and Decision Making (RLDM2015)</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">
<a href="http://www.rldm.org/" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto" target="_blank">www.rldm.org</a><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">
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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">June 7-10, The University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">
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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">Submissions to RLDM2015 are now being accepted at </span><a href="https://cmt.research.microsoft.com/RLDM2015" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto" target="_blank">https://cmt.research.microsoft.com/RLDM2015</a><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">Deadline: 20th February 2015, midnight EST </span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">
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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">We invite extended abstracts for contributed poster presentations and </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">oral
presentations.</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">
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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">We welcome submissions of original research related to “learning and</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">decision making over time to achieve a goal”, coming from any discipline</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">or disciplines, describing empirical results from human, animal or</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">animat experiments, and/or theoretical work, simulations and</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">modeling. Contributions should be aimed at an interdisciplinary</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">audience, but not at the expense of technical excellence. This is an</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">abstract-based meeting, with no published conference proceedings. As</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">such, work that is intended for, or has been submitted to, other</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">conferences or journals is also welcome, provided that the intent of</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">communication to other disciplines is clear.</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">
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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">Submissions should consist of a summary (max 2000 characters; text</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">only), and an extended abstract of between one and four pages (including</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">figures and references). LaTeX and RTF templates, and sample</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">submissions, are available from </span><a href="http://rldm.org/rldm2015/submission-procedure/" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto" target="_blank">http://rldm.org/rldm2015/submission-procedure/</a><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">
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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">Note: Only the summary will be made available in the (electronic)</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">abstract booklets. The extended abstract will be used for reviewing, and</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">will be available online only pending on authors’ separate explicit</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">permission. Online availability will have no bearing on the review</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">process and authors are encouraged to include new, unpublished, findings</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">which they do not want to make publicly available.</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">
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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">To submit your abstract please go to </span><a href="https://cmt.research.microsoft.com/RLDM2015" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto" target="_blank">https://cmt.research.microsoft.com/RLDM2015</a><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">
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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">Submissions will be reviewed for relevance to the topic and for</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">quality. Exceptional abstracts will be selected for oral presentations</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">and for poster spotlight presentations.</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">
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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">IMPORTANT DATES: </span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">
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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">Submissions close: 20 Feb 2015, 11:59pm EST</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">Notification of acceptance: by March 28, 2015 (expedited reviewing for </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">those
needing an international visa can be requested)</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">Early registration: 28 April 2015 (see </span><a href="http://rldm.org/rldm2015/registration/" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto" target="_blank">http://rldm.org/rldm2015/registration/</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">)</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">Meeting: 7-10 June 2015, Edmonton, Alberta (*NEW* this year: Tutorials on the 7th)</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">
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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">RLDM2015 Invited speakers: </span><a href="http://rldm.org/rldm2015/invited-speakers2015/" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto" target="_blank">http://rldm.org/rldm2015/invited-speakers2015/</a><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">RLDM2015 Tutorials: </span><a href="http://rldm.org/rldm2015/tutorials/" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto" target="_blank">http://rldm.org/rldm2015/tutorials/</a><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">RLDM2015 Programme Committee: </span><a href="http://rldm.org/rldm2015/committees/rldm2015-program-committee/" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto" target="_blank">http://rldm.org/rldm2015/committees/rldm2015-program-committee/</a><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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