russell almond atszfiymacosxcom third bayesian modelling applications workshop uai05 call participation july 26th 2005 edinburgh scotland special theme patterns reuse submission statements due april 25 2005 goal previous year goal workshop encourage practitioners tool developers exchange expertise techniques methodology application bayesian methods wide range application areas share domain specific insights focused informal forum additional avenue exchange practitioners also opportunity submit statements meeting notes code examples compiled proceedings part overall conference publication special topic area year especially encouraging papers devote special theme patterns reuse particular looking design patterns ideas reused application application based response workshop papers describing reusable patterns selected later publication special handbook journal issue two example patterns provided design pattern noisyor noisyor model used large number applications robust model easy describe subject matter experts distinct advantage number parameters grows linearly rather exponentially number parent variables pattern use value information weight evidence trying diagnose problem common task select next test run one approach select target node bayes net influence diagram corresponding hypothetical target diagnosis find test maximizes value information node value information requires elicitation formal utilities several standins suggested including use weight evidence mutual information calculations implemented several bayes net software packages general topic areas addition special theme also encouraging papers related applications solutions must adapted meet demands application clients stakeholders judgment elicitation techniques assisted datadriven methods vice versa modeling techniques may vary depending domain maturity application organization applied fields drawn complement modeling kinds problems arise interdisciplinary work overcome interactions academic research problem solving effective models collaboration applications justified formulated validated fielded maintained emphasis methodology encouraging submissions cover broad range areas diagnosis optimization learning temporal reasoning speech visual feature recognition robotic navigation language document analysis novel applications fields biology economics also encouraged format workshop take place monday july 25th day uai tutorials workshop begin highlights presentations participant give short introduction work brief introductions followed sessions devoted reusable patterns consisting presentation patterns followed open discussion audience general application papers presented posters encourage greater participation afternoon presenters give short introduction topic followed poster session number panel discussions panelist drawn poster sessions number composition panels determined submissions receive conclude plenary panel discussion featuring organizers sum days activities talk possible plans next year arrangements workshop run premises general uai conference registration fee 40 workshop required addition main conference registration participate persons desiring participate prepare short 38 pages statement interest explaining background applications contributed characteristics domain work statement raise questions offer results participant speak participants expected material present either formal informal workshop participants encouraged apply jointly members disciplines collaborated make submissions enquires uaiworkshopmacosxcom participation limited 30 individuals acceptance biased favor statements touch upon reusable patterns customer issues strongly encourage submissions identify customers discuss needs influenced solution members workshop committee would like attend expected qualify participants selection done committees decision mix individuals likely generate constructive presentations discussions organizing committee russell almond educational testing service chair oscar kipersztok boeing company cochair john mark agosta intel corporation chair emeritus judy goldsmith university kentucky bert kappen university nijmegen kathryn blackmond laskey george mason university k wojtek przytula hrl laboratories irina rish ibm tj watson research center linda van der gaag utrecht university important dates submission statements interest april 25 2004 notification selections organizing committee may 23rd author notifications main conference deadline optional contributions workshop proceedings july 8th date workshop july 26th 2004 tue 05 aug 2008 204218 0500 uai cfp third annual bayesian modelling application workshop uai