From dfisher@vuse.vanderbilt.edu Wed Feb 9 14:20:32 EST 1994 Article: 20607 of comp.ai Xref: glinda.oz.cs.cmu.edu comp.ai:20607 Newsgroups: comp.ai Path: honeydew.srv.cs.cmu.edu!fs7.ece.cmu.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!news.umbc.edu!haven.umd.edu!darwin.sura.net!news.Vanderbilt.Edu!dfisher From: dfisher@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (Douglas H. Fisher) Subject: AI and Statistics Call Message-ID: <1994Feb9.150151.3156@news.vanderbilt.edu> Sender: news@news.vanderbilt.edu Nntp-Posting-Host: aim.vuse.vanderbilt.edu Organization: Vanderbilt University School of Engineering, Nashville, TN, USA Date: Wed, 9 Feb 1994 15:01:51 GMT Lines: 137 Call For Papers Fifth International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics January 4-7, 1995 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida PURPOSE: This is the fifth in a series of workshops which has brought together researchers in Artificial Intelligence and in Statistics to discuss problems of mutual interest. The exchange has broadened research in both fields and has strongly encouraged interdisciplinary work. This workshop will have as its primary theme: ``Learning from data'' Papers on other topics at the interface of AI & Statistics are *strongly* encouraged as well (see TOPICS below). FORMAT: To encourage interaction and a broad exchange of ideas, the presentations will be limited to about 20 discussion papers in single session meetings over three days (Jan. 5-7). Focussed poster sessions will provide the means for presenting and discussing the remaining research papers. Papers for poster sessions will be treated equally with papers for presentation in publications. Attendance at the workshop will *not* be limited. The three days of research presentations will be preceded by a day of tutorials (Jan. 4). These are intended to expose researchers in each field to the methodology used in the other field. The Tutorial Chair is Prakash Shenoy. Suggestions on tutorial topics can be sent to him at pshenoy@ukanvm.bitnet. LANGUAGE: The language will be English. TOPICS OF INTEREST: The fifth workshop has a primary theme of ``Learning from data'' At least one third of the workshop schedule will be set aside for papers with this theme. Other themes will be developed according to the strength of the papers in other areas, including but not limited to: - integrated man-machine modeling methods - empirical discovery and statistical methods for knowledge acquisition - probability and search - uncertainty propagation - combined statistical and qualitative reasoning - inferring causation - quantitative programming tools and integrated software for data analysis and modeling. - discovery in databases - meta data and design of statistical data bases - automated data analysis and knowledge representation for statistics - connectionist approaches - learning theory - cluster analysis SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Three copies of an extended abstract (up to four pages) should be sent to H. Lenz, Program Chair or D. Fisher, General Chair 5th Int'l Workshop on AI & Stats 5th Int'l Workshop on AI & Stats Free University of Berlin Box 1679, Station B Department of Economics Department of Computer Science Institute for Statistics Vanderbilt University and Econometrics Nashville, Tennessee 37235 14185 Berlin, Garystr 21 USA Germany or electronically (postscript or latex documents preferred) to ai-stats-95@vuse.vanderbilt.edu Submissions for discussion papers (and poster presentations) will be considered if *postmarked* by June 30, 1994. If the submission is electronic (e-mail), then it must be *received* by midnight June 30, 1994. Abstracts postmarked after this date but *before* July 31, 1994, will be considered for poster presentation *only*. Please indicate which topic(s) your abstract addresses and include an electronic mail address for correspondence. Receipt of all submissions will be confirmed via electronic mail. Acceptance notices will be mailed by September 1, 1994. Preliminary papers (up to 20 pages) must be returned by November 1, 1994. These preliminary papers will be copied and distributed at the workshop. PROGRAM COMMITTEE: General Chair: D. Fisher Vanderbilt U., USA Program Chair: H. Lenz Free U. Berlin, Germany Members: W. Buntine NASA (Ames), USA J. Catlett AT&T Bell Labs, USA P. Cheeseman NASA (Ames), USA P. Cohen U. of Mass., USA D. Draper U. of Bath, UK Wm. Dumouchel Columbia U., USA A. Gammerman U. of London, UK D. J. Hand Open U., UK P. Hietala U. Tampere, Finland R. Kruse TU Braunschweig, Germany S. Lauritzen Aalborg U., Denmark W. Oldford U. of Waterloo, Canada J. Pearl UCLA, USA D. Pregibon AT&T Bell Labs, USA E. Roedel Humboldt U., Germany G. Shafer Rutgers U., USA P. Smyth JPL, USA MORE INFORMATION: For more information write dfisher@vuse.vanderbilt.edu or write to ai-stats-request@watstat.uwaterloo.ca to subscribe to the AI and Statistics mailing list. SPONSORS: Society for Artificial Intelligence and Statistics International Association for Statistical Computing