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