[Probcogsci] NIPS 2008 workshop causality

[Angela J. Yu]

For those interested in causality...

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> From: "Dominik Janzing" <dominik.janzing at tuebingen.mpg.de>
> Date: October 15, 2008 11:41:26 PM PDT
> To: connectionists at cs.cmu.edu
> Subject: Connectionists: CFP NIPS 2008 workshop causality
>
> Dear member of the connectionists list,
>
> We would like  to announce the
> NIPS 2008 Workshop on Causality
> Friday December 12, 2008
> Whistler Resort & Spa and Westin Hilton, BC, CANADA
> Organizers: Isabelle Guyon, Dominik Janzing, Bernhard Schoelkopf
>
>
> CALL FOR PAPERS
>
> The goal of this workshop is to discuss new approaches to causal  
> discovery from empirical data, their applications and methods to  
> evaluate their success. Emphasis will be put on the definition of  
> objectives to be attained and on assessment methods to evaluate  
> proposed solutions. The participants are encouraged to participate  
> to a "competition pot-luck" in which datasets and problems are  
> exchanged and solutions proposed.
>
> Full 6-page papers should be submitted by ** November 21, 2008 ** to causality at clopinet.com 
> .
> Accepted papers will be published in the proceedings of JMLR and as  
> an edited book.
> See http://clopinet.com/isabelle/Projects/NIPS2008/ for a list of  
> topics and formatting instructions.
>
> **VIRTUAL CONTRIBUTIONS**
>
> Submission of a paper on the topics of the workshop is not  
> conditioned on participating in the competition nor being physically  
> present at the workshop. All authors of selected papers will be  
> requested to submit before the conference a set of slides or a  
> poster in PDF format, which will be made available on the web site  
> of the workshop. Speakers not present at the workshop will be  
> invited to present their work in a recorded audio teleconference  
> following the workshop.
>
>
> Best Regards,
> Dominik Janzing

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Angela J. Yu
Assistant Professor
Department of Cognitive Science
UCSD, Mail Code 0515
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0515

Email: ajyu at cogsci.ucsd.edu
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Website: www.cogsci.ucsd.edu/~ajyu
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