pitt@P.CS.UIUC.EDU (Lenny Pitt) (02/11/88)
CALL FOR PAPERS
Workshop on Computational Learning Theory
Cambridge, Massachusetts
August 3-5, 1988
The first workshop on Computational Learning Theory will be
held at MIT August 3-5, 1988. It is expected that most papers will
consist of rigorous and formal analyses of theoretical issues in
Machine Learning. Empirical work will be considered only if it is
testing some hypothesis that has a quantitative theoretical basis.
Possible topics include, but are not limited to:
1. resource, convergence-rate and robustness analysis (time, space,
number of examples, noise sensitivity, etc.) of specific learn-
ing algorithms,
2. general learnability and non-learnability results in existing
computational learning models and general upper and lower bounds
on resources required for learning, and
3. new computational learning models, extensions of existing learn-
ing models, and theoretical comparisons among learning models.
Papers that make formal connections with work in Robotics,
Neural Nets, Pattern Recognition, Adaptive Signal Processing and
Cryptography are also welcome.
TO REGISTER FOR THE WORKSHOP
Due to space limitations, registration for the workshop will
be limited to 60. If you would like to participate, send a brief
(one page max.) description of your current research, by April 15,
to the address below. Participants will be notified, and sent
registration information, by June 1. It is possible that some
financial support will be available for graduate student partici-
pants.
TO SUBMIT A PAPER
Authors should submit extended abstracts that consist of:
(1) A cover page with title, author's names and addresses (e-mail
also if possible), and a 200 word summary.
(2) A body not exceeding 5 pages in twelve-point font. A brief
statement of the definitions and model used followed by a list
of theorems with proof sketches is suggested. A succinct
statement on the significance of the results should also be
included.
Authors should send 8 copies of their submissions to
John Cherniavsky
Workshop on Computational Learning Theory
Department of Computer Science
Georgetown University
Washington, D.C. 20057
The deadline for receiving submissions is April 15, 1988.
This deadline is FIRM. Authors will be notified by June 1, final
camera-ready papers will be due July 1.
Organizing/program committee:
David Haussler, UC Santa Cruz, (workshop co-chair);
Leonard Pitt, U. Illinois, (workshop co-chair);
John Cherniavsky, Georgetown University, (program committee chair);
Ronald Rivest, MIT, (local arrangements);
Dana Angluin, Yale University;
Carl Smith, NSF;
Leslie Valiant, Harvard University;
Manfred Warmuth, UC Santa Cruz.