ron meir bobbqeetechnionacil apologies multiple recipients announcement call papers eighteenth annual conference learning theory bertinoro italy june 2730 2005 httplearningtheoryorgcolt2005 eighteenth annual colt conference learning theory formerly workshop computational learning theory held bertinoro italy june 2730 2005 invite submissions papers addressing theoretical modeling analysis aspects learning empirical inference strongly support broad definition learning theory including analysis learning algorithms generalization ability computational complexity learning bayesian analysis statistical mechanics learning systems optimization procedures learning inductive inference boolean function learning inductive logic programming unsupervised semisupervised learning online learning relative loss bounds learning planning control including reinforcement learning mathematical analysis learning related fields eg game theory neuroscience welcome theoretical papers learning fit categories particularly interested papers include viewpoints new colt community primary focus conference theoretical papers strengthened inclusion relevant experimental results also welcome experimental algorithmic papers provided relevant focus conference elucidating theoretical results learning papers appear proceedings published springer lecture notes artificial intelligence series proceedings appear printed book fulltext electronic version thus require electronic submissions papers previously appeared journals conferences submitted conferences appropriate colt paper format submissions include title authors names postal email addresses 200word summary paper suitable conference program longer 15 pages using springer lncs style file see httpwwwspringerdecomplncsauthorshtml paper include clear definition theoretical model used clear description results well discussion significance including comparison work submit papers electronically pdf ps format details see conference website expected full proofs included paper authors strive least present partial proofs enable reviewers understand main ideas methods used paper also attempt selfcontained possible open problems session also invite submission open problems see separate call constrained two pages using formatting full papers shorter reviewing period open problems accepted contributions allocated short presentation slots special open problems session allowed two pages proceedings electronic submission instructions become available early december httplearningtheoryorgcolt2005 program cochairs peter auer u leoben ron meir technion program committee shai bendavid waterloo avrim blum carnegie mellon peter bartlett berkeley nader bshouty technion ran elyaniv technion yoav freund columbia ralf herbrich microsoft marcus hutter idsia tony jebara columbia vladimir koltchinskii new mexico phil long columbia gabor lugosi barcelona shie mannor mcgill shahar mendelson anu massimiliano pontil university college daniel reidenbach u kaiserslautern dan roth u illinois urbanachampaign michael schmitt ruhr university bochum rocco servedio columbia hans ulrich simon ruhr university bochum volodya vovk royal holloway manfred warmuth uc santa cruz tong zhang ibm conference local arrangements chairs nicolo cesa bianchi universita di milano claudio gentile universita dellinsubria open problems cochairs adam klivans toyota institute rocco servedio columbia mark fulk award awards best paper authored coauthored student eligible authors wish considered prize indicate submissions title page invited speakers sergiu hart hebrew university wulfram gerstner epfl satinder singh michigan tue 05 aug 2008 181958 0700 uai call papers colt 2005