PGM 2012 - The Sixth European Workshop on Probabilistic Graphical Models

Probabilistic Graphical Models (PGM2012) Workshop
Granada, Spain, 19-21 September 2012 (http://leo.ugr.es/pgm2012)
*Call for papers:
The aim of the workshop is to bring together people interested in
probabilistic graphical
models and provide a forum for discussion of the latest research
developments in this field. The workshop is organized so as to
facilitate discussions and collaboration among the participants also
outside the workshop sessions. To facilitate the spreading of research
results and promote interactions among the participants, parallel
sessions will be avoided
and the workshop will be organized around a single thread of plenary
and posters sessions.
We welcome theoretical and applied contributions related to the
following topics:
- Principles of Bayesian (belief) networks, chain graphs, decision
networks, influence diagrams, and other probabilistic graphical models
(PGMs).
- Information processing in PGMs (exact and approximate inference).
- Learning and data mining in the context of PGMs: machine learning
approaches, statistical testing and search methods, MCMC simulation.
- Exploitation of results from related disciplines for the
construction of PGMs, e.g., statistics, information theory,
optimization, decision making under uncertainty, multivariate
statistical analysis.
- Software systems based on PGMs.
- Application of PGMs to real-world problems.
We invite submissions that concern one or more of the above topics, or
any other aspects related to probabilistic graphical models. Papers
submitted for review should report on original, previously unpublished
work. Each submitted paper will be reviewed by at least two reviewers.
Submission procedure
PGM 2012 requires electronic submission of papers according to the
instructions found on the web page http://leo.ugr.es/pgm2012/author-instructions.php.
The authors must prepare their papers according to the PGM proceedings
format, and submit the full version of the papers by the deadline
found below. The page limit is 8 pages, including figures and
bibliography. The page for author instructions contains format
information and provides access to style files and templates.
Paper presentation
Papers will be accepted for plenary or poster presentation. All
accepted papers will be included in the proceedings (with ISBN), which
will be made available at the workshop reception. At least one author
of accepted papers is expected to attend the workshop. After the
workshop, authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an
extended version of their paper to appear in a special issue of a high
quality journal. All of the submitted papers will undergo a full
reviewing process.
Important Dates
Call for papers opened November 2011
Deadline for abstract submissions April 27, 23:59 GMT, 2012
Paper submissions May 4, 23:59 GMT, 2012
Notification of acceptance June 29, 2012
Final versions due August 17, 23:59 GMT, 2012
Welcoming reception September 18, 2012
Workshop dates September 19-21, 2012