zpyhtjxhamifbengrorstedu call abstracts workshop women machine learning colocated grace hopper celebration women computing orlando florida october 17 2007 deadline abstract submissions august 15 2007 introduction machine learning one fastest growing areas computer science search engines face recognition dna sequence analysis speech handwriting recognition credit card fraud detection premature baby monitoring autonomous locomotion applications machine learning routinely used despite variety machine learning techniques applications percentage female researchers lower many areas computer science women working machine learning rarely get chance interact female researchers making easy feel isolated hard find role models one day workshop give female faculty research scientists students machine learning community opportunity meet exchange ideas learn providing women areas computer science opportunity learn cuttingedge research growing field workshop registration free workshop format workshop consist invited talks established researchers shorter contributed research talks poster session abstract submission strongly encourage women areas machine learning submit abstract 500 words describing either new previously published research authors accepted abstracts asked give short talk research workshop abstracts submitted via workshop website httpwwwwimlworkshoporg important dates abstract submission deadline august 15 2007 notification acceptance august 30 2007 registration deadline september 15 2007 workshop october 17 2007 organizers hila becker columbia university melissa carroll princeton university bethany leffler rutgers university information please visit httpwwwwimlworkshoporg _______________________________________________ uai mailing list faqengrorstedu httpssecureengroregonstateedumailmanlistinfouai tue 05 aug 2008 215614 0700 uai workshop women machine learning call abstract