COLT '96 Call for Papers

[Michael J. Kearns]

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		PRELIMINARY CALL FOR PAPERS---COLT '96

	  Ninth Conference on Computational Learning Theory
		      Desenzano del Garda, Italy
		       June 28 -- July 1, 1996
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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 also anticipate allowing electronic submissions.  Details
of the electronic submission procedure  will be provided in an updated
Call   for  Papers,   and  will   be  available  from   the  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withdrawn from COLT if accepted to STOC.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.