The aim of this 5-days workshop with 3 days of oral presentations is to bring together researchers interested in probabilistic graphical models (PGMs) and to provide a forum for discussion of the latest research developments in this field. To promote debate among the participants of the workshop, the number of accepted papers will be limited to 30-40, and there will be no parallel sessions. As we will restrict the number of participants to not more than 60, participation is by invitation only. One or two days during the workshop will be devoted to collaborative research, for which purpose the Lorentz Centre offers special facilities (see below).
We welcome theoretical and applied results related to the following topics:
- Principles of Bayesian (belief) networks, chain graphs, decision networks / influence diagrams, Markov decision processes
- Modelling and evaluation of PGMs
- Exact and approximate inference algorithms for PGMs
- Machine learning and data-mining in the context of PGMs
- Exploitation of results from related disciplines, such as optimisation, search, decision and information theory, for the construction of PGMs
- Application of PGMs to real-world problems
- Software systems used in the development of PGMs, including systems which are used in a real-world setting
Abstract registration:
Authors, who have the intention to submit a paper to PGM'04, should indicate so by filling in the "abstract registration" form. Abstract registration must be done by 28th May, 2004. The authors should fill in the title of the paper, the author correspondence information (name, address, phone/fax number, and e-mail address), up to 5 keywords and a short summary (up to 200 words). Each submission will be assigned an identification number. Please use it on all correspondence with the programme committee.Paper submission:
All papers need to be uploaded at the upload site. Please note: to upload your paper you need the identification number received earlier plus your e-mail address. The paper should be submitted not later than 1st June, 2004. Papers submitted later than this will not be reviewed. Papers must be in PDF or PS format and the maximum length is 8 pages, printed single-sided. Additional instructions about the paper format are to be found in the sample paper. The program committee will make every attempt to print out your paper successfully, but cannot take responsibility if they cannot. Authors are encouraged to submit papers 48 hours before the submission deadline so that unprinting formats can be detected and corrected by the submission deadline. If for some reason an author is not able to submit electronically, please contact Peter Lucas (peterl@cs.kun.nl) concerning hard-copy submission.Proceedings including all the accepted papers will be available at the workshop; in addition, on-line electronic proceedings will be available on this web site. Authors of the best papers will be asked to submit an enhanced and extended version of their paper to a special issue of a top-quality journal.
The official language of the workshop will be English.
Peter Lucas
University of Nijmegen
Institute for Computing and Information Sciences (NIII)
Toernooiveld 1,
6525 ED Nijmegen, Netherlands
E-mail: peterl@cs.kun.nl
Tel: +31 24 365 2611/3456; Fax: +31 24 3653366
The workshop is now open for
registration to those who have received a letter
of invitation.
A registration form is available online.
Lorentz Centre
Note that the entire Lorentz Centre (including rooms with desks, a computer,
and Internet connection, as well as a common room) will be at the disposal of the
workshop participants.
Hotels:
These are booked through the workshop organisation (please do not book these yourself).
Bastion Hotel Oegstgeest
Het Witte Huis
Hotel Leiden (Het Haagsche Schouw) There are regular trains from Schiphol
(Amsterdam) Airport to Leiden Centraal
Station (2 to 4 times each hour, 24 hours a day). Train timetables are available online.
Travel time is between 16 and 20 minutes; fill in on the timetable
form "From: Schiphol" and "To: Leiden Centraal" if you take the
train from Schiphol Airport.
Questions should be e-mailed to pgm04@cs.kun.nl
or sent by post to:
Nicole el Moustakim
Leiden University
Niels Bohrweg 2
Leiden, Netherlands
Rijnzichtweg 97
2342 AX Oegstgeest
Tel: +31 (0)71 5153841
Fax: +31 (0)71 5154981
Wilhelminapark 33
2342 AE Oegstgeest
Netherlands
Tel: +31 (0)71 5153853
Fax: +31 (0)71 5154286
Haagse Schouwweg 14
2332 KG Leiden
Netherlands
Tel: +31 (0)71 5 731731
Fax: +31 (0)71 5 731710
PGM'04 Secretariat
Department of Information and Knowledge Systems (IRIS)
NIII, University of Nijmegen
Toernooiveld 1
6525 ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Tel: +31 24 3653456