(Apologies for multiple postings) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CALL FOR PARTICIPATION BENELEARN 2012 The 21st annual machine learning conference of Belgium and The Netherlands in combination with the PMLS (Predictive Modelling for the Life Sciences) workshop. http://www.benelearn2012.ugent.be May 24 and 25, 2012 Universiteit Gent, Belgium ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Scope BeneLearn is the annual machine learning conference of Belgium and The Netherlands. It serves as a forum for researchers to exchange ideas, present recent work, and foster collaboration in the broad field of Machine Learning and its applications. BeneLearn 2012 is organised by the KERMIT research unit at the Department of Mathematical Modelling, Statistics and Bioinformatics of Universiteit Gent (Ghent University). The conference and its satellite workshop will take place on May 24 and 25, 2012 in Ghent, Belgium. Program The two day program will include invited talks by Ricardo Silva (Department of Statistical Science/CSML, UCL (UK)), Peter Challenor (National Oceanography Centre (UK)) and Tijl De Bie (University of Bristol (UK)) and a satellite workshop on applications of predictive modelling in the life sciences. Next to the invited speakers, we have scheduled about 20 talks on recent machine learning research and applications, as well as a poster session presenting another 15 or so theoretical or practical achievements. Important dates Early bird registration deadline: May 8th Electronic registration deadline: May 21st Conference: May 24th - 25th, 2012 Information about registration costs, the venue, specific program details etc. can be found at: http://www.benelearn2012.ugent.be <http://www.benelearn2012.ugent.be/> Organising Committee Bernard De Baets, KERMIT UGent Bernard Manderick, VUB Willem Waegeman, KERMIT UGent Michael Rademaker, KERMIT UGent Contact: benelearn2012@ugent.be