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Call for Papers
Workshop on Inference and Estimation in Probabilistic Time-Series Models
http://www.newton.cam.ac.uk/programmes/SCH/schw05.html
Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge, UK
18, 19, 20 June 2008
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Organisers:
Dr. David Barber, UCL London
Dr. Silvia Chiappa, MPI Tuebingen
Dr. Taylan Cemgil, University of Cambridge
Theme of Workshop:
Time-series analysis throws up interesting problems which remain fundamental to several key and as yet unsolved application areas. For example, Bayesian time-series models typically couple all time-points of the series, resulting in intractable inference in high-dimensional latent spaces and therefore requiring approximation.
The workshop will discuss both theories and applications related to probabilistic approaches to time-series analysis. Viewpoints and experiences from researchers belonging to different communities, including machine learning, statistics and statistical physics, are particularly encouraged. For example, approximate inference in the machine learning community tends to be more focussed on deterministic/variational approaches, whilst the statistics community tends to prefer sampling approaches. Amongst others, discussions related to this topic would be appreciated.
More generally, advances in practical and theoretical issues related to probabilistic approaches to time-series modelling, including for example inference, estimation, prediction, classification, clustering and source separation, are appreciated. Novel application areas and the challenges that they bring are also welcome.
Confirmed Invited Speakers:
Prof. Zoubin Ghahramani, University of Cambridge
Prof. Simon Godsill, University of Cambridge
Prof. Eric Moulines, ENST Paris
Prof. Manfred Opper, TU Berlin
Dr. Omiros Papaspiliopoulos, Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
Dr. Sumeetpal Singh, University of Cambridge
Prof. Chris Williams, University of Edinburgh
Workshop Book:
We intend to publish a peer reviewed book that will summarise the major contributions to the workshop. Authors of papers presented at the workshop will be invited to submit a version to be published in the book.
Important Dates:
Paper Submission Deadline: 11 April 2008 - 22:00 GMT
Paper Notification of Acceptance: 28 April 2008
Workshop Subscription Deadline: 2 May 2008
Financial Support:
Some funding is available for participants to partially cover the costs of the workshop.
Sponsors:
Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences
PASCAL Network of Excellence
Contact:
For any question about the workshop please send an e-mail to [log in to unmask]
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