Connectionists: International Conference on Machine Learning 2014

[Tony Jebara]

We are happy to announce that the submission site for the 31st International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML 2014) is open with a deadline for Cycle I papers on October 4th. Please follow the link below to proceed with account creation and manuscript submission:

https://cmt.research.microsoft.com/ICML2014

When preparing your manuscript, please follow the formatting instructions available at http://icml.cc/2014/14.html where you will find a downloadable template folder you to use. Submissions not complying with page limit and format requirements will not be reviewed and will be automatically rejected. 

This year, ICML has reached an agreement with the Journal of Machine Learning Research (JMLR) to facilite a "JMLR fast-track" for selected ICML accepted papers. For papers accepted during the first cycle, the ICML program committee will recommend a small subset of excellent papers to be considered for publication at JMLR through a fast-track reviewing process. Therein, authors of selected papers are invited to submit an expanded full version at the same time that the conference camera-ready version is submitted. The expanded version will be reviewed again by the same Area Chair, two reviewers who originally reviewed the conference version of the recommended paper, plus one additional reviewer who will be determined by the AC. We expect that this fast-track approach will significantly reduce the journal review time. It also provides a more consistent evaluation as the processing of the full journal paper and the conference paper will be better aligned. The journal version may still be rejected if it does not meet the standards of JMLR.

Authors will be asked during their ICML paper submission to indicate whether or not they want their submission to be considered for the JMLR fast-track. With this consent, authors commit to submitting a full journal version before or on the camera-ready deadline. 
 
For your information, an updated CFP is attached. We look forward to receiving your submissions!

Eric Xing and Tony Jebara 

Program Co-Chairs, ICML 2014
http://icml.cc/2014/






Call for Papers
 
International Conference on Machine Learning
http://icml.cc/2014/
Beijing, June 21-26, 2014
 
The 31st International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML 2014) will be held in Beijing, China, from June 21 to 26, 2014. The conference will, tentatively, consist of one day of tutorials, followed by three days of main conference sessions, followed by two days of workshops. We invite submissions of papers on all topics related to machine learning for the conference proceedings, and proposals for tutorials and workshops.
 
After reviewing author and reviewer feedback from the previous conference, ICML 2014 will adopt a two-cycle submission/review format, of which the first submission/review cycle will facilitate both regular one-time review/rebuttal of submissions, as well as invitation-only resubmission into the second cycle, whereas the second cycle will only allow regular first-time submission plus resubmission of papers invited from the first cycle. We are also exploring the possibility of a JMLR track at ICML that allows direct submission of papers intended for JMLR to be reviewed under the same time frame of ICML, more detail will be available soon once agreement with JMLR has been reached. Accepted papers will be announced and posted online shortly after acceptance and will be considered published and available for citation at that time.
 
Paper Format and Electronic Submission
 
The submission of papers and the management of the paper reviewing process for the main conference will be entirely electronic. Submissions for a given reviewing cycle will be accepted until 23:59 Universal Time (3:59pm Pacific Daylight Time) on the date of the deadline. Detailed formatting and submission instructions for authors will be available soon on the conference web site.
 
Submitted papers can be up to eight pages long, not including references, and up to nine pages when references are included. Any paper exceeding this length will automatically be rejected. Authors have the option of submitting a supplementary file containing further details of their work; it is entirely up to the reviewers to decide whether they wish to consult this additional material.
 
All submissions must be anonymized and must closely follow the formatting guidelines in the templates; otherwise they will automatically be rejected.
 
Dual Submission Policy
 
Submitted papers must not be substantially similar to another paper currently under review, or accepted for publication, in a journal, conference or workshop with peer-reviewed proceedings. Similarly, authors must withdraw their papers if they submit an overlapping paper to a different peer-reviewed venue during the ICML review period. If a paper submitted to ICML 2014 is found to significantly overlap with a published or submitted paper at another peer-reviewed venue, then the submission may be rejected and the incident will be recorded with further consequence at the conference organizers’ discretion.
 

JMLR fast-track

We are happy to announce that an agreement with JMLR has been reached to facilite a "JMLR fast-track" for selected ICML accepted papers. For papers accepted during the first cycle, the ICML program committee will recommend a small subset of excellent papers to be considered for publication at JMLR through a fast-track reviewing process. Therein, authors of selected papers are invited to submit an expanded full version at the same time that the conference camera-ready version is submitted. The expanded version will be reviewed again by the same Area Chair, two reviewers who originally reviewed the conference version of the recommended paper, plus one additional reviewer who will be determined by the AC. We expect that this fast-track approach will significantly reduce the journal review time. It also provides a more consistent evaluation as the processing of the full journal paper and the conference paper will be better aligned. The journal version may still be rejected if it does not meet the standards of JMLR.

Authors are asked during their ICML paper submission to indicate whether or not they want their submission to be considered for the JMLR fast-track. With this consent, authors commit to submitting a full journal version before or on the camera-ready deadline. 


Reviewing Criteria
 
Accepted papers must contain significant novel results. Results can be either theoretical or empirical. Results will be judged on the degree to which they have been objectively established and/or their potential for scientific and technological impact.
 
Main Conference Paper Dates
 
Cycle I:
Cycle I paper submissions due October 4, 2013
Cycle I author response period November 13 – 17, 2013
Cycle I author notification December 9, 2013
Cycle I final version due January 17, 2014
Cycle II:
Cycle II paper submissions due January 31, 2014
Cycle II author response period March 12-16, 2014
Cycle II author notification April 9, 2014
Cycle II final version submission due TBA
 
Some fraction of papers rejected in cycle I will be invited to resubmit with modifications in cycle II. Papers rejected in cycle II will not be eligible for resubmission to ICML 2014.
 
 
 
ORGANIZATION
 
 
GENERAL CHAIR
 
David McAllester (Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago)
 
 
PROGRAM CHAIRS
 
Eric Xing (Carnegie Mellon University)
Tony Jebara (Columbia University)


WORKSHOP CHAIR

Alex Ihler (University of California Irvine)


TUTORIAL CHAIR

Ruslan Salakhutdinov (University of Toronto)


PUBLICITY CHAIR

Jingrui He (Stevens Institute of Technology)


VOLUNTEER CHAIR

John Paisley (Columbia University)


FINANCIAL CHAIR

Artur Dubrawski (Carnegie Mellon University)
Charles Isbell (Georgia Institute of Technology)


WORKFLOW CHAIR

Kui Tang (Columbia University)
Junming Yin (Carnegie Mellon University)


LOCAL CHAIRS
 
Changshui Zhang (Tsinghua University)
Jun Zhu (Tsinghua University)
Tie-Yan Liu (Microsoft Research Asia)

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