ewrl 2008 xfms75inriafr please distribute anyone may interested apologies multiple postings call contributions european workshop reinforcement learning ewrl 2008 june 30 july 3 2008 inria lillenord europe france httpewrl08futursinriafr information european workshop reinforcement learning ewrl biennial series events organized since 1994 date sequential decision making problem delayed rewards studied various guises various communities machine learning control economics applied mathematics psychology biology name foremost ewrl08 eighth workshop series well aims serve forum discuss current stateoftheart future research directions continuously growing field intend make exciting event european rl community also international researchers related areas many opportunities share new knowledge encourage collaborative work also hope help emergence european projects 7th framework program fall scope rl ewrl08 planned theme oriented event main theme allocated halfday session including overview tutorial ii technical contributions form long short papers followed iii discussions two special sessions general discussion session entitled heading current future trends rl demonstration session entitled reallife applications rl prof rich sutton university alberta also special guest topics interest include limited exploration vs exploitation tradeoff function approximation rl knowledge representation rl theoretical rl convergence performance bounds complexity issues sensitivity analysis multiagent rl regretminimization algorithms games direct policy search policy gradient methods reward design inverse rl bayesian vs frequentist approaches rl statistical learning metrics empirical comparisons rl reducing rl inference regression classification rl sequence prediction rl biological psychological perspectives information event found ewrl08 web site httpewrl08futursinriafr scientific committee peter auer peter dayan kurt driessens alain dutech yaakov engel damien ernst frederick garcia mohammad ghavamzadeh daniel kudenko michail g lagoudakis francisco melo ann nowe martijn van otterlo jan peters pascal poupart martin riedmiller daniil ryabko regis sabbadin bruno scherrer olivier sigaud rich sutton csaba szepesvari chris watkins shimon whiteson marco wiering jeremy wyatt martin zinkevich ewrl08 organized teamproject sequel inria lillenord europe httpsequelfutursinriafr important dates submission deadline march 31 2008 notification acceptance april 15 2008 workshop june 30 july 3 2008 week icml08 together colt08 uai08 helsinki submission paper papers prepared lncs format 8 pages poster may designed alongside presentation posters exhibited workshop help people interactions papers submitted conferences submitted ewrl08 regardless acceptance conferences please check ewrl08 web site information submission tutorial please provide title speaker abstract plandraft tutorial electronic version pdf presentation provided workshop website delivered least week beforehand demonstration please provide title abstract demonstration well multimedia document illustrate location workshop take place ircica building around scientific campus lille northern france registration fee grants ewrl08 free event wont registration fee limited travel grants available help fund travel accommodation phd students please visit web site contact us information fri 08 aug 2008 122409 0100 uai european workshop reinforcement learning call contributions