[agents] Fwd: LXMLS 2013 - Learning With Big Data -

[Rosaldo Rossetti]

Apologies for multiples postings of this announcement!


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Call for Participation
3rd Lisbon Machine Learning School - "Learning with Big Data"
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We invite everyone interested in Machine Learning and Natural Language
Processing to attend the 3rd Lisbon Machine Learning School - LxMLS
2013.

Important Dates
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* Application Deadline: April 15, 2013
* Decision: May 15, 2013
* Early Registration: June 15, 2013
* Summer School: July 24-31, 2013


Topics and Intended Audience
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The school will cover a range of Machine Learning (ML) topics, from
theory to practice, that are important in solving Natural Language
Processing (NLP) problems that arise in the analysis and use of Web
data.

Our target audience is:

* Researchers and graduate students in the fields of NLP and
Computational Linguistics;
* Computer scientists who have interests in statistics and machine learning;
* Industry practitioners who desire a more in depth understanding of
these subjects.

Features of LxMLS:

* No deep previous knowledge of ML or NLP is assumed;
* Recommended reading will be provided in advance;
* Includes a strong practical component;
* A day zero is scheduled to review basic concepts and introduce the
necessary tools for implementation exercises;
* Days will be divided into tutorials and practical sessions (view schedule);
* Both basic and advanced topics will be covered;
* Instructors are leading researchers in machine learning.


List of Confirmed Speakers
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LUIS PEDRO COELHO Institute for Molecular Medicine | Portugal
MÁRIO FIGUEIREDO Instituto de Telecomunicações | Portugal
KOBY CRAMMER Technion, Israel Institute of Technogly | Israel
SLAV PETROV Google Inc. | USA
NOAH SMITH Carnegie Mellon University | USA
XAVIER CARRERAS Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya | Spain
CHRIS DYER Carnegie Mellon University | USA
MILES OSBORNE University of Edinburgh | UK
KEVIN KNIGHT University of Southern California | USA
SEBASTIAN RIEDEL University College London | UK
STEFAN RIEZLER Unversity of Heidelberg | Germany



Please visit our webpage for up to date information: http://lxmls.it.pt/.

To apply, please fill the form in
https://lxmls.wufoo.com/forms/application-form/. Any questions should
be directed to: lxmls-2013 at lx.it.pt.


We are looking forward to your participation!

-- The organizers of LxMLS'2013.