text_combined: robert mateescu kkheitqgicsuciedu apologies multiple copies uai 2006 22nd conference uncertainty artificial intelligence july 13th july 16th 2006 cambridge usa httpwwwicsucieducspuai2006 important dates thursday march 9 2006 noon est abstract submission thursday march 16 2006 noon est full paper submission thursday march 16 2006 noon est student paper certification friday may 5 2006 noon est author notification sunday may 21 2006 noon est camera ready copy accepted papers information httpwwwicsucieducspuai2006 pginampaicsuciedu conference details since 1985 conference uncertainty artificial intelligence uai primary international forum presenting new results use principled methods reasoning uncertainty within intelligent systems scope uai wide including limited representation automated reasoning learning decision making knowledge acquisition uncertainty uai 2006 conference held massachusetts institute technology mit cambridge massachusetts main technical session july 1416 preceded tutorial program july 13 conference collocated aaai 2006 follows immediately uai 2006 paper submission encourage submissions report theoretical methodological advances representation automated reasoning learning decision making knowledge acquisition uncertainty submissions reporting work relevant uncertainty within intelligent systems also welcome submissions report intelligent systems uncertainty plays key role submitted papers carefully evaluated basis originality significance technical soundness clarity exposition papers submitted review represent original previously unpublished work submitted paper review conference scientific journal time submitted uai2006 time uai2006s reviewing period uai2006 requires electronic submission papers abstracts according instructions posted conference home page authors special circumstances prevent electronic submission arrangements made directly program cochairs listed authors required submit title short abstract week paper submission deadline submitted papers must prepared according uai2006 proceedings format must eight 8 pages long including figures bibliography papers deviate guidelines rejected without review conference home page contains format information provides access style files templates accepted papers presented conference either plenary poster sessions least one papers authors present conference present work accepted papers included proceedings twenty second conference uncertainty artificial intelligence program committee select papers special distinction two categories uai2006 best paper award outstanding student paper award conference home page contain instructions certifying student status regards latter award organization general conference chair fahiem bacchus university toronto canada program cochairs rina dechter university california irvine usa thomas richardson university washington usa senior program committee salem benferhat cril france craig boutilier u toronto canada adnan darwiche ucla usa nir friedman hebrew u israel dan geiger technion israel lise getoor u maryland usa zoubin ghahramani u college london uk robert givan purdue u usa joe halpern cornell u usa eric horvitz microsoft research usa anthony hunter u college london uk david mcallester tti chicago usa chris meek microsoft research usa ron parr duke u usa david poole u british columbia canada peter spirtes carnegie mellon u usa jin tian iowa state u usa linda van der gaag utrecht u netherlands max welling uc irvine usa wed 06 aug 2008 165046 0800 uai uai 2006 second call papers