<div>==============================================================</div><div>Call for Participation </div><div>1st Lisbon Machine Learning School - "Learning For the Web"</div><div>==============================================================</div>
<div><br></div><div>We invite everyone interested in Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing to attend the 1st Lisbon Machine Learning School - LxMLS 2011.</div><div><br></div><div>Important Dates</div><div>---------------</div>
<div><br></div><div> * <b>Application Deadline: March 31, 2011</b></div><div> * Decision: April 15, 2011</div><div> * Early Registration: May 31, 2011 </div><div> * Summer School: July 20-26, 2011 (right in-between UAI and EMNLP)</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Topics and Intended Audience</div><div>---------------</div><div><br></div><div>The school will cover a range of Machine Learning (ML) topics, from theory to practice, that are important in solving Natural Language Processing (NLP) problems that arise in the analysis and use of Web data. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Our target audience is:</div><div><br></div><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></div><div>Features of LxMLS: </div><div><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><div><br></div><div>List of Speakers</div><div>---------------</div><div><br></div><div> * MÁRIO FIGUEIREDO - Instituto Superior Técnico | Portugal </div><div> * KOBY CRAMMER - Technion, Israel Institute of Technogly | Israel </div>
<div> * SLAV PETROV - Google Inc. | USA</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 </div>
<div> * FERNANDO PEREIRA - Google Inc. | USA </div><div> * MILES OSBORNE - University of Edinburgh | UK</div><div> * PHIL BLUNSOM - University of Oxford | UK</div><div> * JOÃO GRAÇA - University of Pennsylvania | USA</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Please visit our webpage for up to date information: <a href="http://lxmls.it.pt/">http://lxmls.it.pt/</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>To apply, please send a brief summary of your research interests (maximum 1 page) along with your CV </div>
<div>mentioning name, country, and affiliation to: <a href="mailto:lxmls-2011@lx.it.pt">lxmls-2011@lx.it.pt</a>. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>We are looking forward to your participation! </div><div><br></div>
<div>-- The organizers of LxMLS'2011. </div>