BENELEARN 2000 The Tenth Dutch-Belgian Conference on Machine Learning Wednesday 13 december, 2000 Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands 2nd Announcement and Call for papers BENELEARN is the annual machine learning conference of The Netherlands and Belgium. It serves as a forum for researchers in this field to exchange ideas and present recent work. The official language of the conference is English. The Tenth Dutch-Belgian Conference on Machine Learning (BENELEARN 2000) is organised by the department of Information Management of Tilburg University. PROGRAMME COMMITTEE Ad Feelders (chair) Tilburg University Hennie Daniels (chair) Tilburg University Arno Siebes CWI Walter Daelemans Antwerpen University Koen Vanhoof LUC Floor Verdenius ATO-DLO Antal van den Bosch Tilburg University Hendrik Blockeel Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Luc Dehaspe Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Marco Dorigo IRIDIA, Brussels Bert Kappen Stichting Neurale Netwerken, Nijmegen Maarten van Someren University of Amsterdam Joost Kok LIACS, Leiden University Jaap van den Herik Universiteit Maastricht IMPORTANT DEADLINES Deadline for Benelearn submissions: 2-10-2000 Notification of acceptance / rejection: 1-11-2000 Deadline for final versions: 17-11-2000 Benelearn conference: 13-12-2000 FURTHER INFORMATION Further information can be obtained by sending mail to A.J.Feelders@kub.nl and/or consulting the Benelearn web page, which will be updated regularly: http://infolab.kub.nl/benelearn00/ SUBMISSION GUIDELINES BENELEARN wants to broaden its focus to disciplines that are closely related to Machine Learning. Papers relevant to machine learning and related disciplines in the broadest sense are sollicited. Specifically welcome are papers that cross borders between disciplines. Possible paper topics include, but are not limited to: Applications of Machine Learning Bayesian Learning Bayesian Networks Case-based Learning Computational Learning Theory Data Mining Evolutionary Computation Hybrid Learning Systems Graphical Models Inductive Learning Inductive Logic Programming Knowledge Discovery in Databases Language Learning Learning and Problem Solving Learning by Analogy Learning in Multi-Agent Systems Learning in Dynamic Domains Learning to Search Multistrategy Learning Neural Networks Reinforcement Learning Robot Learning Scientific Discovery Papers are limited to 8 pages (using a 10pt Times Roman font, single-spaced, with 1 inch margins on all sides) including figures, title page, references, and appendices. The papers will be primarily refereed on their relevance to the conference, and according to clarity and overall quality criteria. Accepted papers will be available at the conference as the Working Notes of BENELEARN-2000. Email submissions are strongly preferred. Please send a PostScript or PDF file to A.J.Feelders@kub.nl. Those unable to produce a PostScript or PDF file may send a paper submission to Benelearn-2000 Attn: Ad Feelders Tilburg University Departement Bestuurlijke Informatiekunde PO Box 90153 5000 LE Tilburg The Netherlands