CFP

Ninth International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics January 3-6, 2003, Hyatt Hotel, Key West, Florida http://research.microsoft.com/conferences/AIStats2003/

This is the ninth in a series of workshops which have 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. Papers on all aspects of the interface between AI & Statistics are encouraged.

Deadlines: Submission of full length 4-page papers for review: 2 August 2002 Submission of final camera-ready papers: 1 November 2002

Invited Speakers:

Andrew Blake (Microsoft Research, Cambridge) Bill Freeman (MIT) Zoubin Ghahramani (Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit) David Haussler (UCSC) Geoffrey Hinton (University of Toronto) Tommi Jaakkola (MIT) Larry Saul (University of Pennsylvania)

Key West provides a superb location for this workshop, and the weather at Key West in January is expected to be very pleasant. The workshop timetable will focus on morning and early evening sessions, allowing ample free time in the afternoons for scientific discussions or to take advantage of local attractions such as scuba diving, snorkelling, wave runners, parasailing, fishing, sailing and golf.