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Ninth Conference on Computational Learning Theory, COLT'96

Desenzano del Garda, Italy, June 28 -- July 1, 1996

The full version of this announcement is available in two
forms: plain-text and LaTeX respectively.

COLT'96 will be held in the town of Desenzano del Garda, Italy, from June 28 through to July 1 1996. We invite papers in areas that relate directly to the analysis of learning algorithms and the theory of machine learning, including neural networks, statistics, statistical physics, Bayesian/MDL estimation, reinforcement learning, inductive inference, knowledge discovery in databases, robotics, and pattern recognition. We encourage submission of papers describing experimental results that are supported by theoretical analysis.

Abstract Submission

Authors should submit fifteen copies (preferably two-sided) of an extended abstract to:

Michael Kearns - COLT '96
AT&T Bell Laboratories, Room 2A-423, 600 Mountain Avenue
Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974-0636,
Phone(for overnight mail): (908) 582-4017

Prospective authors should read the detailed submission information in the full version of this announcement at the URL above.

Important Dates

Abstracts must be received by Friday January 12, 1996.
Notification of acceptance by Friday, March 15, 1996.
Camera-ready copy by Friday, April 5.

Details of the electronic submission procedure will be provided in an updated Call for Papers, and will be available . This will also be used to provide other program-related information.

Program Chairs

Avrim Blum (Carnegie Mellon University) and Michael Kearns (AT&T Bell Laboratories).