CALL FOR ABSTRACTS Workshop for Women in Machine Learning Co-located with NIPS, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Monday, December 6, 2010 http://www.wimlworkshop.org
Deadline for abstract submissions **EXTENDED**: October 1, 2010 Travel stipends are available for all presenters. ABSTRACT SUBMISSION We strongly encourage female post-docs, graduate students, and undergraduate students in all areas of machine learning to submit an abstract (500 words or less) describing either new or previously published research. Authors of accepted abstracts will be asked to present their work in a poster session. Substantial travel stipends will be awarded to all presenters in need of travel support. Abstracts should be submitted via the workshop website: http://www.wimlworkshop.org INTRODUCTION Machine learning is one of the fastest growing areas of computer science research. Search engines, face recognition, DNA sequence analysis, speech and handwriting recognition, credit card fraud detection, premature baby monitoring and autonomous locomotion are just some of the applications in which machine learning is routinely used. In spite of the wide reach of machine learning and the variety of theory and applications it covers, the percentage of female researchers is lower than in many other areas of computer science. Most women working in machine learning rarely get the chance to interact with other female researchers, making it easy to feel isolated and hard to find role models. This day-long workshop gives female faculty, research scientists, and graduate students in the machine learning community an opportunity to meet, exchange ideas and learn from each other. Underrepresented minorities and undergraduates interested in pursuing machine learning research are encouraged to participate. Workshop registration is free. WORKSHOP FORMAT The one-day workshop will consist of talks by established researchers, a poster session for graduate students to showcase their research, mentoring sessions and panel discussions to address current research trends and career choices in machine learning. Important Dates * October 1, 2010 - Paper Submission Deadline * October 15, 2010 - Notification of Acceptance * November 1, 2010 - Registration Deadline * December 6, 2010 - WiML Workshop WiML 2010 Organizers Annie Lee (University of Waterloo) Diane Oyen (University of New Mexico) Kate Saenko (University of California, Berkeley) Faculty Advisor: Marie desJardins (University of Maryland, Baltimore County) _______________________________________________ uai mailing list uai@ENGR.ORST.EDU https://secure.engr.oregonstate.edu/mailman/listinfo/uai
