laird@CAEN.ENGIN.UMICH.EDU (John Laird) (07/10/87)
CALL FOR PAPERS FIFTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MACHINE LEARNING Ann Arbor, Michigan June 12-15, 1988 The Fifth International Conference on Machine Learning will be held at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, during June 12-15, 1988. The goal of the conference is to bring together researchers from all areas of machine learning. The conference will have open attendance and registration fees. REVIEW CRITERIA In order to ensure high quality papers, each submission will be reviewed by two members of the program committee and judged on clarity, significance, and originality. The best papers will be published in the proceedings, and their authors will be invited to give a talk on their work or describe it at a poster session. All submissions should contain new work, new results, or major extensions to prior work. Summaries and overviews are discouraged. The ideal paper will present a clear description of the learning task being addressed and the proposed solution to that problem. If the paper describes a running system, it should explain that system's representation of inputs and outputs, its performance component, and its learning methods. It should include a detailed example, as well as relate the work to earlier research. Most important, all papers should include some evaluation of the work in the form of substantive results. Papers are not required to take this form, but authors are strongly encouraged to follow this format. SUBMISSION OF PAPERS Each paper must have a cover sheet with the title, authors' names, primary author's address and telephone number, and an abstract of about 200 words. The cover page should also give three keywords that specify the problem area, general approach, and evaluation criteria. Some examples of each are: PROBLEM AREA GENERAL APPROACH EVALUATION CRITERIA Concept learning Genetic algorithms Empirical evaluation Learning and planning Empirical methods Theoretical analysis Language learning Explanation-based Psychological validity Learning and design Connectionist Machine discovery Analogical reasoning The body of the paper must not exceed 13 double-spaced pages in twelve point font, including figures but excluding references. Authors should send four copies of their papers to: Machine Learning Conference Cognitive Science and Machine Intelligence Laboratory The University of Michigan 904 Monroe Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1234 Internet: ml88@csmil.umich.edu The deadline for submission of papers is January 15, 1988. Authors will be notified of acceptance by March 1, 1988. Final camera-ready copies of the papers will be due April 1, 1988. Organizing Committee J. E. Laird (chairman) University of Michigan J. H. Holland, S. L. Lytinen, G. M. Olson University of Michigan J. G. Carbonell, T. M. Mitchell Carnegie-Mellon University P. Langley University of California, Irvine R. S. Michalski University of Illinois