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ICML/UAI/COLT 2008 workshop: Context-Sensing and Inference for
Ubiquitous Interaction
July 9, 2008, Helsinki, Finland
Submission deadline: April 25
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TOPIC
Traditionally wireless sensor networks have been used for monitoring
different physical and environmental conditions. Today there are a whole
new class of ubiquitous, possibly wearable sensors available, that can
be used for monitoring and inferring not only physical processes but
also social and other types of interaction. Also the coverage of these
sensor networks is much wider. Combined these types of sensor networks
create an extremely rich source of data. How should advanced statistical
methods and machine learning techniques be used with this type of data?
Learning and inference from sensor data, when the types of sensors are
not limited in any way, poses a challenging and almost unlimited terrain
for novel applications. How can inferred and derived knowledge and
context information be utilized in different application scenarios? How
does consumer-oriented applications benefit from this? How about
industrial applications? What are the methods one can/should use for
learning and inference and how does one use them?
The workshop encourages submissions both on methodological advances in
statistical analysis of sensor data, and on novel applications enabled
by machine learning techniques utilizing this type of data.
Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):
* Semantically Meaningful abstractions from data (e.g., place
identification, social analysis, activity recognition/detection etc.)
* Distributed machine learning
* Novel methods for handling large volumes of (potentially
meaningless) data
* Data segmentation
* Ubiquitous user models that merge sensed data with personalization
* Statistical methods for providing feedback on uncertain belief
states to the user
* Mobile spatial interaction & sensor fusion
* Parametrized pseudophysical models for inferred belief states
* Use of machine learning for instrumented usability research (ie.
not just online for end users, but to better understand interaction
behavior)
* Use of mobile agent- and sensor networks for simulation and
analyzing viral and social phenomena
IMPORTANT DATES
* Paper submission deadline: April 25th
* Acceptance notification: May 26nd
SUBMISSION
The manuscripts should be prepared following the ICML paper submission
guidelines. The maximum length of submissions is 6 pages for research
and position papers, and 2 pages for videos and demonstrations.
Submissions should be sent using the EasyChair submission system.
All participants in the workshop need to register for the event. Further
information will be available later. At least one author of the
submitted paper is expected to participate and present the paper at the
workshop.
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
* Péter Pál Boda, Nokia Research Center, Palo Alto, USA
* Wray Buntine, NICTA, Canberra, Australia
* Patrik Floréen, HIIT, Helsinki, Finland
* Mark Hansen, UCLA, Los Angeles, USA
* Jari Kangas, Nokia Research Center, Tampere, Finland
* Roderick Murray-Smith, Glasgow University, UK
* Petteri Nurmi, HIIT, Helsinki, Finland
* Jukka Perkiö, University of Helsinki, Finland
* Ákos Vétek, Nokia Research Center, Helsinki, Finland
WORKSHOP ORGANIZATION
The workshop takes place on Wednesday 9 July 2008.
The program consists of 1-2 invited talks together with presentations,
and possibly videos and demonstrations, from the participants. Each
paper presentation is allocated a time of 20-30 minutes (including Q/A
time) followed by time for discussions at the end of each session. The
invited speakers will be announced at a later stage.
CONTACT INFORMATION
If you have questions, please contact csiui08 (at) easychair (dot) org
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