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<p><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">CALL FOR WORKSHOPS </span><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
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<span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The 6th Asian Conference on Machine Learning (ACML 2014) solicits proposals for workshops to be held on 26 November 2014,
at Nha Trang City, Vietnam. As an essential complement to the main conference, workshops aim to provide a focused and interactive forum for researchers and practitioners from machine learning and related areas to share novel ideas and results, discuss emerging
topics and issues, and identify open problems and challenges, among others. </span><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
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<span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Each workshop will be run on a full-day or half-day basis, whose contents are at the discretion of the workshop organizers,
with possible ingredients such as invited talks, oral/poster presentations, panels, competitions, demos, etc. Workshop organizers are expected to attract good submissions, invite speakers/experts in the targeted domain, set up the workshop program, and maintain
a website for the workshop. </span><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
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<span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Important Dates </span><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
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<span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Workshop proposal due: 28 April, 2014 </span><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
<span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Decision notification: 26 May, 2014 </span><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
<span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Workshop website due: 26 June, 2014 </span><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
<span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Workshop program due: 6 October, 2014 </span><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
<span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Workshop date: 26 November, 2014 </span><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
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<span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Proposal Guidelines </span><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
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<span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Workshop proposal should be submitted in a self-contained PDF file, which clearly specifies the following: </span><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
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<span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Workshop title </span><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
<span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Topic(s) to be addressed </span><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
<span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Length – full-day or half-day </span><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
<span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Motivation, impact, and expected outcomes </span><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
<span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Expected attendance (potential invited speakers, potential participants, etc.) </span><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
<span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Workshop organizer(s) (name, affiliation, email, and biography for each organizer) </span><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
<span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Related publications to the workshop </span><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
<span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Workshop proposals will be evaluated by workshop co-chairs and conference organizers based on its relevance, quality and
creativity, with an eye on the overall balance of the workshop and main conference programs. </span><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
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<span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Notes: </span><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
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<span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Workshop proposals from outside the Asia-Pacific region are highly encouraged. </span><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
<span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A joint tutorial-workshop format is also encouraged, where a short tutorial is given ahead of the workshop which can help
the audience better understand the state-of-the-art of the topic(s) addressed by the workshop. In this case, please also send a separate tutorial proposal to ACML 2014 tutorial chairs. </span><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
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<span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Submission and Contact </span><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
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<span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Workshop proposals should be submitted via email in PDF format to the workshop co-chairs (</span><a href="mailto:zhangml@seu.edu.cn" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(102, 17, 204); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">zhangml@seu.edu.cn</a><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> [Dr.
Min-Ling Zhang]; with cc to </span><a href="mailto:luwei@sutd.edu.sg" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(102, 17, 204); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">luwei@sutd.edu.sg</a><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> [Dr.
Wei Lu]) by 28 April, 2014. You are expected to have an acknowledgement email once your proposal submission has been successfully received by us. </span><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
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<span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In case you have any question, please do not hesitate to contact us. We are looking forward to your proposals. </span><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
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<span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ACML 2014 Workshop Co-Chairs: </span><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
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<span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Min-Ling Zhang (Southeast University, China; </span><a href="mailto:zhangml@seu.edu.cn" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(102, 17, 204); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">zhangml@seu.edu.cn</a><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">) </span><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
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<span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wei Lu (Singapore University of Technology and Design; </span><a href="mailto:luwei@sutd.edu.sg" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(102, 17, 204); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">luwei@sutd.edu.sg</a><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">)</span><br>
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