Connectionists: UAI 2012 - Call for Workshops

[Ruslan Salakhutdinov]

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UAI 2012 - Call for Workshops
Catalina Island, USA

Important Dates:
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Workshop day: Saturday, August 18, 2012, Catalina Island
Workshop proposal deadline: Saturday, March 10, 2012
Acceptance notification: Saturday, April 7, 2012
http://www.auai.org/uai2012/workshops.shtml


Proposals are solicited for workshops to be held in conjunction with the 
conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence (UAI) 2012 in 
Catalina Island, USA. We plan to have 4-5 all-day workshops that will be 
held on Saturday August 18, following the regular program of the UAI 
conference on August 15-17, 2012. We invite researchers interested in 
chairing one of these workshops to submit proposals for workshops. The 
goal of the workshops is to provide an informal forum for researchers to 
discuss important research questions and challenges.

Potential workshops should be related to cutting edge topics of interest 
to the UAI audience, including, but not limited to: Approximate Inference 
and Learning, Bayesian Statistics, Causality, Relational Learning, 
Graphical models, and Human Learning.

Workshop organizers are expected to coordinate workshop participation and 
content, including arranging short informal presentations by experts, 
arranging for expert commentators to sit on discussion panels, and 
formulating discussion topics, etc.


Submission Instructions:

Proposals should provide adequate information to evaluate the quality and 
importance of the topic for the UAI community. When proposing a workshop, 
please include the following sections:

1. Description of the proposed workshop:
Indicate what this workshop is about and why this is an interesting and 
significant subject for the UAI audience.

2. Target audience:
Specify who the target audience is. Which areas do you expect potential 
participants to come from? How many participants do you expect?

3. Potential Speakers, Discussants and other Participants
Include the list of potential speakers, discussants and participants for 
your proposed workshop. In case you already have an informal confirmation 
from some potential speakers, please indicate that in your proposal.

4. Format of the Workshop
Specify the format of the workshop. How many invited/contributed talks do 
you expect to have? Are you planning to have a panel discussion? Are you 
planning to invite participants to submit posters on relevant topics to 
the proposed workshops.

5. Organizers' Qualifications
Please include the names, e-mail addresses, and webpages of all 
organizers. In addition, outline the organizers' background and include a 
list of publications in the area relevant to the proposed workshop.


Proposals should be sent by email (in plain text or pdf format) to
uaiworkshops at gmail.com by Saturday, March 10, 2011.

Workshop day: Saturday, August 18, 2012, Catalina Island, USA
Workshop proposal deadline: Saturday, March 10, 2012
Acceptance notification: Saturday, April 7, 2012


http://www.auai.org/uai2012/workshops.shtml

Ruslan Salakhutdinov
Workshop Chair UAI 2012
Contact: uaiworkshops at gmail.com