<meta charset="utf-8"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.02778px; border-collapse: collapse; ">LxMLS-2011 (<a href="http://lxmls.it.pt/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); ">http://lxmls.it.pt/</a>)<br>
1st Lisbon Machine Learning School - "Learning For the Web"<br>Lisbon, Portugal<br>July 20-25, 2011<br><a href="http://lxmls.it.pt/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); ">http://lxmls.it.pt</a><br><br>
======================================================================<br>Call for Participation<br>======================================================================<br><br>We invite everyone interested in Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing to attend LxMLS 2011, <br>
which will take place July 20-25 at Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), a leading Engineering and Science school in Portugal. <br>The summer school is organized jointly by IST, Instituto de Telecomunicações and Spoken Language Systems Lab-L2F.<br>
<div>In its debut year, the topic of the school is "Learning for the Web." <br><br><br></div>Topics and Intended Audience<br>---------------<br><br>The school will cover a range of Machine Learning (ML) topics, from theory to practice, that are important in solving <br>
<div>Natural Language Processing (NLP) problems that arise in the analysis and use of Web data. <br><br>Our target audience is:<br><br><div> * Researchers and graduate students in the fields of NLP and Computational Linguistics;</div>
<div> * Computer scientists who have interests in statistics and machine learning;</div><div> * Industry practitioners who desire a more in depth understanding of these subjects.</div><div><br>Features of LxMLS: <br><br></div>
<div> * No deep previous knowledge of ML or NLP is assumed;</div><div> * Recommended reading will be provided in advance;</div><div> * Includes a strong practical component;</div><div> * A day zero is scheduled to review basic concepts and introduce the necessary tools for implementation exercises;</div>
<div> * Days will be divided into tutorials and practical sessions (view schedule);</div><div> * Both basic and advanced topics will be covered;</div><div> * Instructors are leading researchers in machine learning.</div><div>
<br></div><br>List of Speakers<br>---------------<br><br> * MÁRIO FIGUEIREDO - Instituto Superior Técnico | Portugal <a href="http://www.lx.it.pt/~mtf" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); "></a><div> * KOBY CRAMMER - Technion, Israel Institute of Technogly | Israel <a href="http://webee.technion.ac.il/people/koby" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); "></a></div>
<div> * BEN TASKAR - University of Pennsylvania | USA<a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~taskar" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); "></a></div><div> * NOAH SMITH - Carnegie Mellon University | USA </div><div> * JASON EISNER - Johns Hopkins University | USA </div>
<div> * XAVIER CARRERAS - Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya | Spain <a href="http://www.lsi.upc.edu/~carreras" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); "></a></div><div> * FERNANDO PEREIRA - Google Inc. | USA <a href="http://research.google.com/pubs/author1092.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); "></a></div>
<div><br></div><br></div>Important Dates<br>---------------<br><br><div> * Application: March 31, 2011<br> * Decision: April 15, 2011<br> * Early Registration: May 31, 2011 <br> * Summer School: July 20-26, 2011 (right in-between UAI and EMNLP)<br>
</div><br><br>Please visit our webpage for up to date information: <a href="http://lxmls.it.pt/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); ">http://lxmls.it.pt/</a>.<br><br><span style="line-height: 14px; ">To apply, please </span>send<span style="line-height: 14px; "> a brief summary of your research interests (maximum 1 page) along with your CV <br>
mentioning name, country, and affiliation to: <a href="mailto:lxmls-2011@lx.it.pt" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); ">lxmls-2011@lx.it.pt</a>. <br><br></span><br>We are looking forward to your participation! <br>
<br>-- The organizers of LxMLS'2011. </span>