CFP: NIPS 2008 Workshop on Analyzing Graphs: Theory and Applications

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CALL FOR PAPERS

Analyzing Graphs: Theory and Methods

a workshop in conjunction with

22nd Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems
(NIPS 2008)

December 12, 2008 Whistler, BC, Canada

http://research.yahoo.com/workshops/nipsgraphs2008/

Deadline for Submissions: Friday, October 31, 2008
Notification of Decision: Friday, November 10, 2008

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Overview:

Recent research in machine learning and statistics has seen the proliferation of computational methods for analyzing graphs and networks. These methods support progress in many application areas, including the social sciences, biology, medicine, neuroscience, physics, finance, and economics.

This workshop will address statistical, methodological and computational issues that arise when modeling and analyzing graphs. The workshop aims to bring together researchers from applied disciplines such as sociology, economics, medicine and biology with researchers from mathematics, physics, statistics and computer
science. Different communities use diverse ideas and mathematical tools; our goal is to foster cross-disciplinary collaborations and intellectual exchange.

Presentations will include novel graph models, the application of established models to new domains, theoretical and computational issues, limitations of current graph methods and directions for future research.


Online Submissions:
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We welcome the following types of papers:

1. Research papers that introduce new models or apply established models to novel domains,

2. Research papers that explore theoretical and computational issues, or

3. Position papers that discuss shortcomings and desiderata of current approaches, or propose new directions for future research.

All submissions will be peer-reviewed; exceptional work will be considered for oral presentation. We encourage authors to emphasize the role of learning and its relevance to the application domains at hand. In addition, we hope to identify current successes in the area, and will therefore consider papers that apply previously proposed models to novel domains and data sets.

Submissions should be 4-to-8 pages long, and adhere to NIPS format (http://nips.cc/PaperInformation/StyleFiles). Please email your submissions to: nipsgraphs2008@yahoo.com

Deadline for Submissions: Friday, October 31 2008
Notification of Decision: Friday, November 10 2008


Format

This is a one-day workshop. The program will feature invited talks, poster sessions, poster spotlights, and a panel discussion. All submissions will be peer-reviewed; exceptional work will be considered for oral presentation.

Publication:

Accepted papers will be distributed on a CD and made available for download. We are negotiating the publication of the accepted papers in print form.


Organizers:
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Edo Airoldi, Princeton University, eairoldi@princeton.edu
David Blei, Princeton University, blei@cs.princeton.edu
Jake Hofman, Yahoo! Research, hofman@yahoo-inc.com
Tony Jebara, Columbia University, jebara@cs.columbia.edu
Eric Xing, Carnegie Mellon University, epxing@cs.cmu.edu


Program Committee
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David Banks (Duke University)
Peter Bearman (Columbia University)
Joseph Blitzstein (Harvard University)
Kathleen Carley (Carnegie Mellon University)
Aaron Clauset (Santa Fe Institute)
William Cohen (Carnegie Mellon University)
Stephen Fienberg (Carnegie Mellon University)
Lise Getoor (University of Maryland)
Peter Hoff (University of Washington)
Eric Horvitz (Microsoft Research)
Alan Karr (National Institute of Statistical Sciences)
Jure Leskovec (Carnegie Mellon University)
Kevin Murphy (University of British Columbia)
Eugene Stanley (Boston University)
Lyle Ungar (Universitoy of Pennsylvania)
Chris Wiggins (Columbia University)