michal rosenzvi mjjfxilibmcom call papers revealing hidden elements dynamical systems httpwwwhaifailibmcomworkshopsnips2006indexhtml workshop held 20th annual conference neural information processing systems nips 2006 whistler canada december 8 9 2006 revealing modeling hidden statespace dynamical systems fundamental problem signal processing control theory learning classical approaches problem include hidden markov models reinforcement learning various system identification algorithms recently problem approached modern machine learning techniques kernel methods bayesian gaussian processes latent variables information bottleneck moreover dynamic statespace learning key mechanism way organisms cope complex stochastic environments biological adaptation one familiar example complex dynamic system authorship system nips community system described internal variables links nips authors external environment variables research communities complex system generates vast number papers year modeled investigated using various parametric nonparametric methods workshop intend review confront different approaches dynamical system learning various applications machine learning neuroscience plan discuss relations different approaches address range questions applications special features dynamical system learning separate learning problems pros cons current methods statistical information theoretic techniques combined theoretical structure dynamical systems kind optimization principles learning dynamics derived generic features extracted timeseries data combine static time series data modeling dynamic systems addition hope workshop familiarize machine learning community many realworld examples applications dynamical system learning examples also serve basis discussion systems workshop successful outcome workshop would novel methods learning modeling data well providing new conceptual frameworks general problem adaptation complex environments format oneday workshop plan around 50 workshop devoted diverse short talks rest time would dedicated panel presentation discussions submission instructions would like present workshop please send email elad yomtov ooamxuilibmcom later 31st october specifying title authors affiliations short paper length 2000 words postscript pdf format interest among workshop participants may publish edited volume proceedings workshop dates deadlines october 31 abstract submission november 13 acceptance notification organizing committee naftali tishby hebrew university israel michal rosenzvi ibm haifa research lab israel elad yomtov ibm haifa research lab israel pierre baldi university california irvine usa invited speakers ziv barjoseph carnegie mellon university usa jim crutchfield university california davis usa irina rish ibm tj watson research center usa thu 07 aug 2008 130554 0200 uai nips workshop revealing hidden elements dynamical systems