linda van der gaag akciocsuunl second posting fourth bayesian modelling applications workshop uai06 call contributions july 13th 2006 cambridge usa special theme bayesian models meet cognition submission contributions due april 21st 2006 enquiries submissions uaiworkshop csuunl goal previous years goal workshop provide focused informal forum fruitful exchange research questions insights experiences methodologies techniques among theorists practitioners tool developers application bayesian models wide range application areas additional avenue exchange eligible contributions compiled proceedings addition overall conference publication based response workshop papers selected later publication special handbook journal issue special topic area year especially encouraging contributions address special theme bayesian models meet cognition particular looking papers focus issues application bayesian models involve human factors examples include restricted following issues construction bayesian model often graphical structure associated numerical parameters acquired human experts purpose dedicated elicitation techniques designed techniques forestall example biases overcommitments resulting model techniques easy use taking relatively little time part experts techniques scale building large models knowledge obtained multiple experts combined experts involved assessing quality resulting model bayesian models usually developed real world setting mind tailored setting model consulted users enter data understand output assess validity robustness output receive support reasoning decisionmaking processes data entry organised supported allow easy use model output model presented user allow easy correct interpretation output model explained user model support whatif reasoning processes general focus emphasis years workshop cognitive issues addressed developing using bayesian models encouraging submissions address fundamental issues present concrete solutions describe experiments analyse open problems within broad range application areas involving diagnosis optimisation temporal reasoning spatial reasoning forecasting addition submissions addressing human factors also welcome contributions overall focus bayesian modelling submissions addressing novel applications particularly encouraged format workshop take place thursday july 13th day uai tutorials workshop begin participant giving short introduction work brief introductions followed sessions devoted cognitive issues developing using bayesian models consisting presentations open discussions conclude plenary panel discussion sum days activities talk possible plans next year arrangements workshop run premises general uai conference registration fee workshop required addition main conference registration contribute persons desiring contribute prepare contribution 3 8 pages preferrably format overall conference short statement interest explaining background applications contributed characteristics domain work contribution raise questions offer results participant speak participants expected material present workshop participants encouraged apply jointly members disciplines collaborated make submissions enquires uaiworkshop csuunl participation limited 30 individuals members workshop committee would like attend expected qualify participants selection done committees decision mix individuals likely generate constructive presentations discussions workshop committee linda van der gaag utrecht university chair russell almond educational testing service cochair john mark agosta intel corporation chair emeritus marek druzdzel university pittsburgh judy goldsmith university kentucky oscar kipersztok boeing company kathryn blackmond laskey george mason university hermi schijf utrecht university important dates submission contributions april 21st 2006 notification selections organising committee may 12th 2006 deadline contributions proceedings june 23rd 2006 date workshop july 13th 2006 thu 07 aug 2008 050947 0200 uai bayesian modelling applications ws second call