Benelearn is the annual machine learning conference of Belgium and The Netherlands. It serves as a forum for researchers in this field to exchange ideas and present recent work. The official language of the conference is English. Benelearn 2001 will be organized by CNTS, the Center for Dutch Language and Speech of the University of Antwerp, in association with CLIF, the association for Computational Linguistics in Flanders.
Benelearn wants to broaden its focus to disciplines that are closely related to Machine Learning. We invite papers relevant to machine learning and related disciplines in the broadest sense, especially papers that cross borders between disciplines. Possible paper topics include, but are not limited to:
Applications of Machine Learning Bayesian Learning Bayesian Networks Case-based Learning Computational Learning Theory Data Mining Evolutionary Computation Hybrid Learning Systems Graphical Models Inductive Learning Inductive Logic Programming Knowledge Discovery in Databases Language Learning Learning and Problem Solving Learning by Analogy Learning in Multi-Agent Systems Learning in Dynamic Domains Learning to Search Multistrategy Learning Neural Networks Reinforcement Learning Robot Learning Scientific Discovery
Papers are limited to 8 pages (using a 11pt Times Roman font), including figures, title page, references, and appendices. Style files can be downloaded from the conference web site. The papers will be primarily refereed on their relevance to the conference, and according to clarity and overall quality criteria.
Email submissions are strongly preferred. Please send a PostScript or PDF file to Véronique Hoste (hoste@uia.ua.ac.be).
Important Dates:
Deadline for submissions: November 4, 2001
Notification: November 19, 2001
Final version: December 3, 2001
Conference: December 21, 2001
Organizing Committee
Véronique Hoste
Guy De Pauw
Programme Committee
Hendrik Blockeel (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, B)
Walter Daelemans (Universiteit van Antwerpen, B)
Luc Dehaspe (PharmaDM, B)
Luc De Raedt (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, D)
Marco Dorigo (Université Libre de Bruxelles, B)
Ad Feelders (Universiteit Utrecht, NL)
Peter Flach (University of Bristol, GB)
Bert Kappen (Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen, NL)
Jaap van den Herik (Universiteit Maastricht, NL)
Maarten van Someren (Universiteit van Amsterdam, NL)
Antal van den Bosch (Katholieke Universiteit Brabant, NL)
Koen Vanhoof (Limburgs Universitair Centrum, B)
Ton Weijters (Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, NL)
Invited Speaker:
Steffen Staab (Universität Karlsruhe, Germany): "Learning and the Semantic Web"
Further information
Véronique Hoste
CNTS - Language Technology Group
UIA - Germaanse
Universiteitsplein 1
B-2610 Antwerpen
Belgium
hoste@uia.ua.ac.be