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for Participation </span><br>
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Lisbon Machine Learning School - "Taming the Social Web"</span><br>
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none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We
invite everyone interested in Machine Learning and Natural
Language Processing to attend the 2nd Lisbon Machine Learning
School - LxMLS 2012.</span><br>
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none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Important
Dates</span><br>
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none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> * </span><span
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0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold;
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none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Application
Deadline: April 15, 2012</span><span style="font-size: 17px;
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Decision: May 15, 2012</span><br>
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Early Registration: June 15, 2012</span><br>
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Summer School: July 19-25, 2012</span><br>
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none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Topics
and Intended Audience</span><br>
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0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
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none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">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. </span><br>
<span style="font-size: 17px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0,
0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
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none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br>
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0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
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none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Our
target audience is:</span><br>
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0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
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none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br>
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0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
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none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> *
Researchers and graduate students in the fields of NLP and
Computational Linguistics;</span><br>
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0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
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none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> *
Computer scientists who have interests in statistics and
machine learning;</span><br>
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0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
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none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> *
Industry practitioners who desire a more in depth
understanding of these subjects.</span><br>
<span style="font-size: 17px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0,
0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
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none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br>
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0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
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none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Features
of LxMLS: </span><br>
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0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
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none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br>
<span style="font-size: 17px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0,
0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
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none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> * No
deep previous knowledge of ML or NLP is assumed;</span><br>
<span style="font-size: 17px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0,
0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
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none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> *
Recommended reading will be provided in advance;</span><br>
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0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
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Includes a strong practical component;</span><br>
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0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
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none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> * A
day zero is scheduled to review basic concepts and introduce
the necessary tools for implementation exercises;</span><br>
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0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
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Days will be divided into tutorials and practical sessions
(view schedule);</span><br>
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0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
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Both basic and advanced topics will be covered;</span><br>
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0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
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Instructors are leading researchers in machine learning.</span><br>
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0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
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none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">List
of Confirmed Speakers</span><br>
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0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
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none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br>
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0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
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MÁRIO FIGUEIREDO - Instituto Superior Técnico | Portugal </span><br>
<span style="font-size: 17px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0,
0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
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none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> *
KOBY CRAMMER - Technion, Israel Institute of Technogly |
Israel </span><br>
<span style="font-size: 17px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0,
0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
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SLAV PETROV - Google Inc. | USA</span><br>
<span style="font-size: 17px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0,
0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
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NOAH SMITH - Carnegie Mellon University | USA</span><br>
<span style="font-size: 17px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0,
0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
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XAVIER CARRERAS - Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya | Spain</span><br>
<span style="font-size: 17px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0,
0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
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MAARTEN DE RIJKE - University of Amsterdam | Netherlands</span><br>
<span style="font-size: 17px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0,
0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
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none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> *
JACOB EISENSTEIN - Georgia Tech | USA</span><br>
<span style="font-size: 17px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0,
0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
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PARTHA TALUKDAR - Carnegie Mellon University | USA</span><br>
<span style="font-size: 17px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0,
0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
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PAUL OGILVIE - LinkedIn | USA</span><br>
<span style="font-size: 17px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0,
0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
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ANDRÉ MARTINS - Carnegie Mellon University | USA </span><br>
<span style="font-size: 17px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0,
0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
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none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br>
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0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
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none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br>
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0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
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none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Please
visit our webpage for up to date information: </span><a
href="http://lxmls.it.pt/"><span style="font-size: 17px;
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transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;
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vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://lxmls.it.pt/</span></a><span
style="font-size: 17px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0,
0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
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none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span><br>
<span style="font-size: 17px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0,
0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
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none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br>
<span style="font-size: 17px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0,
0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
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none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To
apply, please fill the form in </span><a
href="https://lxmls.wufoo.com/forms/application-form/"><span
style="font-size: 17px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17,
85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-weight:
normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;
text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;
white-space: pre-wrap;">https://lxmls.wufoo.com/forms/application-form/</span></a><span
style="font-size: 17px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0,
0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration:
none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Any
questions should be directed to: </span><span
style="font-size: 17px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0,
204); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration:
none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:lxmls-2012@lx.it.pt">lxmls-2012@lx.it.pt</a></span><span
style="font-size: 17px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0,
0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration:
none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. </span><br>
<span style="font-size: 17px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0,
0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration:
none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br>
<span style="font-size: 17px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0,
0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration:
none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br>
<span style="font-size: 17px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0,
0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration:
none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We are
looking forward to your participation! </span><br>
<span style="font-size: 17px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0,
0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration:
none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br>
<span style="font-size: 17px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0,
0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration:
none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-- The
organizers of LxMLS'2012. </span></b></div>
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