NeuroCOLT: Neural Networks and Computational Learning Theory

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Neural Networks and Computational Learning Theory

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NeuroCOLT and KerMIT
workshop
on
Applications of Learning to Text and Images
Windsor, 30 April - 2 May 2001
Cumberland Lodge

Summary
The continuous growth of information repositories in digital format (eg the World Wide Web) makes it necessary to develop entirely new - and automatic - ways of accessing it. Learning methods are one of the most promising research directions.
This workshop will bring together experts from information retrieval, text categorization, machine vision, and learning theory. The aim is to provide an understanding of the state of the art, and of the open problems to which learning technology could be applied.

The workshop is also supported by the EU IST Project KerMIT (Kernel Methods for Images and Text).

The presentations of the invited speakers can be viewed by clicking on the relevant authors name.

HOW TO GET TO CUMBERLAND LODGE

Workshop's Schedule
Arrive on April 29th

Monday 30th April :

9am - 11am	Thomas Hofmann "Matrix Decomposition Methods in Information Retrieval"
11am - 11.30am	Coffee Break
11.30am - 12pm	Simon Lucas "Automatic Internet-Based Evaluation of Machine Learning Algorithms"
12pm - 12.30pm	Yann Guermeur "Combining protein secondary structure prediction methods with multi-class SVMs"
12.30pm - 2pm	Lunch
2pm - 4pm	Nello Cristianini "Kernel Methods for Text and Hypertext"
4pm - 4.30pm	Tea
4.30pm - 5pm	Michael Schmitt "On Classification using Radial Basis Function Neural Networks"
5pm - 5.30pm	Jean-Charles Lamirel "A multiSOM approach exploiting synergy between text and image for information discovery in a multimedia context"
6.30pm - 8pm	Dinner

Tuesday 1st May :

9am - 11am	David Hull "Introduction to Multilingual Information Access"
11am - 11.30am	Maayan Geffet "Hierarchical Indexing and Document Matching in Bag of Words"
11.30am - 12pm	Yaoyong Li "Chinese English Machine Translation"
12pm - 12.30pm	Contributed Talk
12.30pm - 2pm	Lunch
2pm - 4pm	Andrew Blake "Probabilistic Inference and Learning in Computer Vision"
4pm - 4.30pm	Tea
4.30pm - 5pm	Hugo Zaragoza "Probabilistic Sequence Models and Inforamtion Retrieval"
5pm - 5.30pm	Jose Balcazaar "Welzl's Simple Sampling Lemma (and primal-form maximum margin classifiers)"
6.30pm - 8pm	Dinner

Wednesday 2nd May :

9am - 11am	Michael Collins "Machine Learning for Natural Language"
11am - 11.30am	Coffee Break
11.30am - 12.30pm	Marko Grobelnik "Experiments on using NLP features for text classification"
12.30pm - 2pm	Lunch

Cost:
The inclusive cost per participant (per day) is:

£101 (Residential including all meals)

£63 (Non-residential including evening dinner)

£41 (Non-residential without evening dinner)

Accommodation:
Residential accommodation for the workshop is being provided at Cumberland Lodge but is limited. The address for Cumberland Lodge is:

Cumberland Lodge, The Great Park Windsor Berkshire SL4 2HP Telephone: 01784 432316 Fax: 01784 438507

Day accommodation is less restricted, though there will be some practical limitations which we may need to look into if demand is really high.

Travel Instructions:

BY RAIL - there are fast trains from London Waterloo to Egham (not Windsor). The journey time is approximately 35 minutes. From Reading and the west there is a direct service Reading - Egham - Waterloo. Egham station is 3 miles from Cumberland Lodge.

BY AIR - Heathrow Airport is about 20 minutes by car - it is best to book a taxi from the list below. From Gatwick there is the choice of the train into London and then via Waterloo to Egham or the airport link coach to Heathrow and from there by taxi.

TAXIS - there is a taxi waiting area at Egham Station and a taxi office near the traffic lights on Station Road, 250 yards from the station. Otherwise telephone - All Point Cars (01784) 432468 or Arrow Cars (01784) 436533 or A2B (01784) 432222 or Egham Taxis (01784) 433933 or Gemini Cars (01784) 471111. The approximate costs of taxis to Cumberland Lodge are - £5 from Egham station, £20 from Heathrow airport and £50 from Gatwick airport. It is often best to book a taxi in advance to await your arrival at Egham Station or at an airport.

Attendees are advised not to use the black London taxi's since they can be very expensive.