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CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS
WORKSHOP ON
NEW PARADIGMS FOR HYBRID LEARNING SYSTEMS
http://laren.dsi.unimi.it/new_paradigm
within the International Conference on Hybrid Systems and Applications
(ICHSA 2006)
May 24th 2006, The University of Louisiana, Lafayette, LA, USA
http://cos.fit.edu/math/ichsa/
Submission deadline: February 15th 2006
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Organizers:
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* Bruno Apolloni, University of Milano
http://laren.dsi.unimi.it/apolloni
* Zong Sha, Chinese Institute of electronics,Beijing, China
[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
* Dario Malchiodi, University of Milano
http://homes.dsi.unimi.it/~malchiod
Besides the common dichotomy between subsymbolic learning systems such
as neural networks and symbolic systems such as decision trees, and
their various forms of hybridization, new algorithms are raising for
learning, sharing features of both symbolic and subsymbolic paradigms.
Of classification algorithms like SVM or feature extraction algorithms
like ICA you cannot say to be completely symbolic since the kernels/non
gaussianity measures selection must be drawn by data in a non direct
way -- guessed in any way -- while the goal they optimize is an
explicit function of the parameters they aim to learn.
In very broad terms the object of this special session is to gather
various approaches to learning, where the distinction between what
comes from axiomatic theories and what is left to the ability of the
learner and his heuristics is untenable. Rather we may distinguish
between different strategies with which the users organize past data in
order to face their continuation.
Contributions:
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As it is, the scope of this special session is open to the contribution
of researchers in many fields, ranging from statistics to granular
computing, neural networks, evolutionary computation, computational
learning and so on. A definite preference is for non conventional
approaches, provided a clear rationale and either formal proofs or
stringent numerical results are supplied.
We expect extended abstracts six to eight pages long without special
format. Authors of the accepted contributions will be invited to submit
a paper in the format requested by the conference proceedings’ editor.
Please submit extended abstracts to [EMAIL PROTECTED] within
February 15th 2006.
Important dates:
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February 15th 2006 Submission deadline
March 15th 2006 Notification of acceptance
April 15th 2006 Camera ready papers deadline
May 22nd 2006 Conference
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