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                                                               CALL FOR
PAPERS

                                     Networks Across Disciplines: Theory
and Applications

                                                    a workshop in
conjunction with

                             24th Annual Conference on Neural Information
Processing Systems
                                                                   (NIPS
2010)

                                           December 11, 2010 Whistler,
BC, Canada

                                http://morrislab.med.utoronto.ca/~anna/networksnips2010

                                Deadline for Submissions: Friday, October
29, 2010
                                Notification of Decision: Friday, November
5, 2010 (early registration deadline as
well)

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Overview:

Networks are used across a wide variety of disciplines to describe
interactions between entities -- in sociology these are relations between
people, such as friendships (Facebook); in biology, physical interactions
between genes; the Internet, sensor networks, transport networks,
ecological networks just to name a few. Researchers in machine learning,
statistics and physics communities search for ways to explain and model
the phenomena observed across the multitude of these disciplines. The
theoretical findings stemming from different areas are heterogeneous and
often complementary yet there are few means for intellectual exchange and
collaboration across disciplinary boundaries.

The goal of our workshop is to actively promote a collaborative effort in
addressing statistical and computational issues arising when modeling
collections of data represented by networks, static or dynamic; to
"cross-pollinate" fields with ideas from different areas; to introduce new
questions to the theoretical modeling audience and to broaden the focus by
considering new areas.

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


Confirmed Invited Speakers:
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Carter Butts (Sociology, UC Irvine)
Jonathan Chang (Facebook)
Aaron Clauset (Computer Science, University of Colorado Boulder)
Lise Getoor (Computer Science, University of Maryland)
Trey Ideker (Bioengineering, UCSD)
Sayan Mukherjee (Statistics, Duke University)


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 make the author
information visible as in the final draft. Please email your submissions
to: [log in to unmask]

Deadline for Submissions: Friday, October 29, 2010
Notification of Decision: Friday, November 5 2010


Format:
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This is a one-day workshop. The program will feature 6 invited talks,
poster spotlights and a poster session, and panel discussions. All
submissions will be peer-reviewed; exceptional work will be considered for
oral presentation. For up-to-date information on the workshop please check
http://morrislab.med.utoronto.ca/~anna/networksnips2010


Organizers:
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Anna Goldenberg, University of Toronto, [log in to unmask]
Edo Airoldi, Harvard University, [log in to unmask]
Jure Leskovec, Stanford University, [log in to unmask]

We look forward to receiving your submissions!

Thank you,
Anna, Edo and Jure

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