CFP

Call for Workshop Proposals
International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML-2002)

  The ICML-2002 Organizing Committee invites proposals for workshops to be
  held at the Nineteenth International Conference on Machine Learning
  (ICML-2002).  ICML-2002 workshops will be held on the first day of the
  conference, 9 July, at the University of New South Wales, the site of all
  ICML-2002 events.  Workshop proposals should be submitted as outlined
  below.

  ICML workshops provide organizers and participants with an opportunity to
  focus intensively on a specific topic within machine learning.  Often,
  workshops concentrate on an emerging topic of technical interest, a
  unique area of application for machine learning technologies or a
  community-wide issue that deserves specialized attention.

Proposals

  Workshop proposals should provide sufficient information to evaluate the
  quality and importance of the topic, the goals of the workshop, and the
  size of the interested community. Proposals should identify one or more
  chairs and several other individuals willing to serve on an organizing
  committee and assist with publicity and reviewing.

  Proposals should be 2-4 pages and contain at least the following
  information:

     *  Description -- What will the workshop be about?  Why is the topic
        best addressed in an ICML workshop, as opposed to a workshop at
        another conference or papers in an ICML technical session?

     *  Goals -- What do you expect will come out of the workshop? How will
        the workshop change participants' understanding of the area?

     *  Format -- How will the workshop sessions be scheduled? How much
        time will be used for discussion, panel discussions, paper
        presentations, invited talks, or other methods for encouraging
        communication and consensus? Organizers are encouraged to focus on
        mechanisms other than traditional paper presentations and to
        differentiate themselves clearly from typical conference sessions.

     *  Publicity -- How do you intend to publicize the workshop? How will
        you reach the most interested and appropriate participants?

     *  Potential participants -- Who are potential participants in the
        workshop?

     *  Organizers -- Please include the name, postal address, phone
        number, e-mail address, and webpage of each chair and each member
        of the organizing committee.  In addition, indicate the chairs'
        background in the workshop area.

Important Dates

           25 January 2002  Proposals due

           5 February 2002  Notification

          22 February 2002  Publicity material due

             22 April 2002  Written materials due

             29 April 2002  Notification to participants

               31 May 2002  Working notes due

               9 July 2002  Workshop held

  Proposals will be reviewed by the workshop chair and members of the
  organizing committee.  Please submit an electronic copy (plain text,
  PostScript or PDF) to the workshop chair.  Proposals should be submitted
  to:

       Tatjana Zrimec
tatjana@cse.unsw.edu.au

Additional Information

  For additional information, see the web site for the conference:

http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~icml2002/

  which will provide additional details as they become available. If you
  have questions about ICML-2002, please send electronic mail to
icml2002@cse.unsw.edu.au