MACHINE 2011 - Women in Machine Learning Workshop 2011

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Category MACHINE 2011

Deadline: October 01, 2010 | Date: December 06, 2011

Venue/Country: Vancouver, Canada

Updated: 2010-09-27 23:29:29 (GMT+9)

Call For Papers - CFP

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