PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO NOVEMBER 10 ! ---------------------------------------------------- The 14th International FLAIRS Conference (FLAIRS-2001) Special Track on Machine Learning Wyndham Casa Marina Resort Key West, Florida May 21-23, 2001 In cooperation with The American Association for Artificial Intelligence Call for Papers Machine Learning is an area within the core of AI which also provides methodology and technology for many AI related areas such as Case-Based Reasoning, Data Mining and Robotics. To avoid overlapping with other special tracks the FLAIRS-2001 special track on Machine Learning will focus on the methodological aspects of ML. The topics include, but are not limited to: * Agent learning * Applications of ML * Automated knowledge acquisition * Conceptual clustering * Function approximation * Instance-Based learning * Learning for planning * Mixed-initiative learning * Multistrategy learning * Relational learning and inductive logic programming * Statistical approaches to ML High quality papers in any other area of Machine Learning are also welcomed. Submission Guidelines Interested authors must submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript of no more than 5 pages (3400 words) by November 10, 2000. All submissions must be original and previously unpublished work. Authors should format their paper according to AAAI guidelines. The paper should not identify the author(s) in any manner. Please submit a separate cover page (ASCII or HTML format) containing the title of your paper, author name(s) and contact information (fax, email, postal mail, and phone), an abstract (max 100 words), and a list of keywords (in decreasing order of relevance). In case of multiple authors, all correspondence will be sent to the first author unless otherwise requested. Papers will be refereed and those accepted for presentation will appear in the conference proceedings published by AAAI Press. Papers should be submitted electronically to: markovz@ccsu.edu. Please send a message with two attachments: * The paper (title and text without author name(s)) preferably in PostScript format. * The cover page in ASCII or HTML format. If electronic submission poses problems, please contact the special track chair to arrange for hardcopy submission. Important Dates Paper submissions due: November 10, 2000 Notification letters sent: January 12, 2001 Camera ready copy due: February 16, 2001 Conference: May 21-23, 2001 Program Committee Diane Cook, University of Texas at Arlington Altay Güvenir, Bilkent University Henry Hexmoor, University of Arkansas Lawrence Holder, University of Texas at Arlington Igor Kononenko, University of Ljubljana Zdravko Markov (chair), Central Connecticut State University Gheorghe Tecuci, George Mason University Gerhard Widmer, Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence Further Information Questions regarding the track should be addressed to: Zdravko Markov Department of Computer Science, Central Connecticut State University 1615 Stanley Street, New Britain, CT 06050 Phone: (860) 832-2711 Fax: (860) 832-2712 E-mail: markovz@ccsu.edu General information about FLAIRS-2001 can be obtained from the conference web page at http://www.flairs.com/flairs2001/index.html.