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       The Fifth International Workshop on
   MULTISTRATEGY LEARNING (MSL 2000)

                                5-7 June 2000
                           Guimarães, Portugal
http://www.ncc.up.pt/liacc/ML/Events/MSL00

Multistrategy Learning Workshops provide a forum for presenting and
discussing research on algorithms and methods for integrating different
learning strategies into multistrategy learning and problem solving
systems. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the
following:

      Comparative studies of learning strategies, methods, and paradigms

      Cognitive models of learning, inference, and discovery
      Methods for integrating learning strategies
      Multistrategy methods for mining large databases and WWW
      Strategies for knowledge extraction from data, texts, and/or
images
      Design and implementation of multistrategy learning systems
      Goal-oriented control in multistrategy learning systems
      Applications of multistrategy learning systems

MSL 2000 will be held in a picturesque town Guimarães, which is
accessible from Porto, Portugal which has an international airport.

                                     Program Committee
Ivan Bratko, University of Ljubliana and Josef Stefan Institute,
Slovenia
Pavel Brazdil, University of Porto, Portugal
Claudio Carpineto, Fundazione Ugo Borgoni, Italy
Pedro Domingos, Universisty of Washington, USA
Luc de Raedt, University of Freiburg, Germany
Thomas Dietterich, Oregon State University, USA
Floriana Esposito, University of Bari, Italy
James Hendler, University of Maryland, USA
Yves Kodratoff, LRI, France
David Leake, Indiana Univeristy, USA
Stan Matwin, University of Ottawa, Canada
Doug Medin, Nothwestern University, USA
Zbigniew Michalewicz, University of North Carolina, USA
Ryszard S. Michalski, George Mason University, USA
Tom Mitchell, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Katharina Morik, University of Dortmund, Germany
Motoda Hiroshi, Osaka University, Japan
Ramon Lopez de Mantaras, Spain
Luis Moniz Pereira, Univ. Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
Lorenza Saitta, University of Torino, Italy
Jude Shavlik, University of Wisconsin
Claude Sammut University of New South Wales, Australia
Michele Sebag, Ecole Politechniques, France
Andrzej Skowron, University of Warsaw, Poland
Derek Sleeman University of Aberdeen, Great Britain
Maarten van Someren, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Stefan Wrobel, GMD, Germany
Jean-Daniel Zucker, University of Paris, France

                                     Program Co-Chairs
Ryszard S. Michalski
    Machine Learning and Inference Laboratory, George Mason University,
Fairfax, VA
    and
    Institute of Computer Science, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw,
Poland
michalski@gmu.edu; Phone: 703-993 1558; Fax.: 703 993 3729 or
703-764 9142

Pavel Brazdil
    LIACC, University of Porto, Rua Campo Alegre 823, 4150 Porto,
Portugal
pbrazdil@ncc.up.pt; Phone: (+351) 22 607 8830; Fax: (+351) 22
600 3654

                                        Submissions
The submission deadline (extended) is March 31, 2000. A manuscript
should be limited to 15 pages (double- or 1.5 spaced) and can be sent to

the co-chairs by email (MS Word, PDF or Postscript).
Acceptance notices will be sent by e-mail by April 20, 2000.
A camera-ready of the final manuscript (Postscript version and hardcopy)

must be received by May 5, 2000 .

                                        Participation
To provide a good working atmosphere, the participation in MSL'2000 is
limited to about 60 participants. Those interested in participation
without presenting a paper should send an email with a brief description

of their current research to program co-chairs.

                                     Local Organization
Alípio Jorge, João Gama, Luís Torgo, Pavel Brazdil
    LIACC , University of Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre 823, 4150 Porto,
Portugal
    Phone: (+351) 22 607 8830, Fax: (+351) 22 600 3654

                                   Location of the Workshop
The workshop will take place at one of Portuguese historical state-owned
luxury hotels, which are referred to in Portugal as Pousadas. The
Workshop will take place at Pousada de Santa Marinha. Earlier it was a
monastery and most of the buildings were built in the 16th century. The
feeling of the history is certainly around and thus provides perfect
conditions for this event and fruitful discussions. It is a relatively
short distance outside the town of Guimarães which is also historical
city with many interesting corners to visit.

Accomodation should be booked through local organization. The prices
(per night) are:
    Single room (half pension and breakfast): 20.000 Escudos (~100
Euros)
   Double room (2x half pension and breakfast): 28.000 Escudos (~140
Euros)
   Registration Fee: 20.000 Escudos (~100 Euros)
  Shuttle transport will be provided from Porto

                                Sponsors and Acknowledgements
This workshop is sponsored by MLNet and COIL. The support is gratefully
acknowledged.

The information concerning this event is being updated periodically.  It

can be found at http://www.ncc.up.pt/liacc/ML/Events/MSL00

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