BENELEARN 2011 - The 20th Annual Belgian-Dutch Conference on Machine Learning

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Category BENELEARN 2011

Deadline: April 05, 2011 | Date: May 20, 2011

Venue/Country: Hague, Netherlands

Updated: 2011-03-27 15:45:06 (GMT+9)

Call For Papers - CFP

Compared to previous years, Benelearn 2011 will have an increased focus on its role as a forum for the machine learning community. The plenary program will feature a selection of the best full papers contributed, and invited talks covering broad subjects (tutorial or survey style), as well as a poster session. This format is intended to make Benelearn more compact (1-day), more intense, and more relevant for a wider audience, including both junior and senior researchers, from both academia and industry, covering research as well as applications of machine learning.

For more information, see www.benelearn2011.org

Important Dates

Submission deadline: April 5 (extended deadline)

Notification of acceptance: April 19

Camera ready papers: May 13

Conference: May 20

Sponsors

Main Sponsor: Pegasystems

Academic Partners: SIKS, BNVKI (free registration for SIKS members).

Conference Services: NFI Academy

Topics

We invite the submission of extended abstracts and papers on all aspects of machine learning and related disciplines such as data mining, including, but not limited to:

Theory, Methodology and Algorithms:

Kernel Methods

Graphical Models and Bayesian Networks

Case-based Learning

Natural Computing, Evolutionary Computation and Neural Networks

Statistical and Pattern Recognition Methods

Reinforcement Learning

Ensemble Methods and Hybrid Learning Systems

Clustering and Dimension Reduction

Data Preparation, Feature Selection and Construction

Model Evaluation and Diagnosis

Meta-Learning

Machine Learning Methodology and Process Automation

Computational Learning Theory

Problem Domains, Tasks and Applications

Learning in Dynamic Domains

Large Scale Learning and Optimization

Text, Image, Multimedia and Web Mining

Social and Other Network Mining

Graph Mining

Spatial Data Mining

Time Series and Forecasting

Semi Supervised Learning

Budgeted Learning and Active Learning

Cost Sensitive Learning

Multi Label and Multi Instance Learning

Privacy related techniques

Visualization

Bioinformatics

Machine Learning in Ubiquitous Computing

Search, Ranking and Targeting

Recommender Systems

Other business, government, scientific or artistic applications

Submission Instructions

Submissions are possible as either a full paper or extended abstract. Full papers should present original, unpublished work, covering research or a case application. Extended abstracts may present current, recently published or future research, and can cover a wider scope, for instance position statements, offer a specific scientific or business problem to be solved by machine learning or describe a machine learning demo or art installation.

A selection will be made of the best paper and runner ups, and these will be presented in the plenary session. The remainder of accepted submissions will be presented in the form of short announcement talks and a poster session. In the conference proceedings the papers selected for plenary presentation will be recognized, and only full papers can qualify for this.

Full papers can consist of a maximum of 8 pages; extended abstracts up to 2 pages. Each submission must be submitted online via the Easychair submission interface. Submissions can be updated at will before the submission deadline. Electronic versions of accepted submissions will be made publicly available on the conference web site. The only accepted format for submitted papers is PDF. Each paper submission will be reviewed by at least two members of the program committee and all accepted submissions will be included in the conference proceedings.

Papers and extended abstracts should be submitted electronically, no later than Monday, April 5, 2011.

Notification of acceptance is on April 19, camera ready papers need to be provided by May 13.

Registration

Conference fees

Early bird registration (no later than April 30, 2011): 50 Euro (free for SIKS members, see below)

Regular registration (after April 30, 2011): 80 Euro

Conference dinner: 40 Euro

Due to the cooperation between SIKS and the local organisation of Benelearn 2011, SIKS members can participate without paying the registration fee. There is a fixed number of places available, therefore an early registration is required. The event is part of the Advanced Components stage of the SIKS eduational program.

Organization

Chairs:

Peter van der Putten (LIACS)

Hendrik Blockeel (LIACS)

Joaquin Vanschoren (LIACS)

Cor Veenman (NFI)

Menno Israel (NFI)

Conference services: Miranda van Alem (NFI Academy). Sponsors and partners: Pegasystems, SIKS and BNVKI

Program Committee:

Gianluca Bontempi, U.L. Bruxelles

Antal van den Bosch, Tilburg University

Joost Broekens, T.U. Delft

Walter Daelemans, University of Antwerp

Pierre Dupont, U.C. de Louvain

Damien Ernst, University of Liège

Ad Feelders, Universiteit Utrecht

Pierre Geurts, University of Liège

Bart Goethals, University of Antwerp

Tom Heskes, Radboud University Nijmegen

Edwin de Jong, Adapticon

Arno Knobbe, Universiteit Leiden

Joost Kok, Universiteit Leiden

Walter Kosters, Universiteit Leiden

Wojtek Kowalczyk, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Ann Nowé, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Martijn van Otterlo, K.U. Leuven

Mykola Pechenizkiy, T.U. Eindhoven

Mannes Poel, Universiteit Twente

Eric Postma, Tilburg University

Luc de Raedt, K.U. Leuven

Jan Ramon, K.U. Leuven

Yvan Saeys, Ghent University

Rodolphe Sepulchre, University of Liège

Evgueni Smirnov, Maastricht University

Maarten van Someren, University of Amsterdam

Johan Suykens, K.U. Leuven

Marten den Uyl, Sentient

Koen Vanhoof, Universiteit Hasselt

Celine Vens, K.U. Leuven

Katja Verbeeck, KaHo St-Lieven, Gent

Michel Verleysen, U.C. Louvain

Sicco Verwer, K.U. Leuven

Willem Waegeman, Gent University

Louis Wehenkel, University of Liège

Menno van Zaanen, Tilburg University

Jakub Zavrel, Textkernel