OPT 2009: 2nd NIPS Workshop on Optimization for Machine Learning


Call for Participation

We invite high quality submissions for presentation as talks or poster presentations during the workshop. We are especially interested in participants who can contribute theory / algorithms, applications, or implementations with a machine learning focus in the following areas:

  • Non-Convex Optimization
    • Non-negative matrix and tensor approximation
    • Non-convex quadratic programming, including binary QPs
    • Convex Concave Decompositions, D.C. Programming
    • Training of deep architectures and large hidden variable models
  • Optimization with Sparsity constraints
    • Combinatorial methods for L0 norm minimization
    • L1 constrained / penalized optimization
    • Sparse PCA, Sparse Matrix Factorizations
    • Rank minimization methods
  • Optimization in Graphical Models
    • Structure learning
    • MAP estimation in continuous and discrete random fields
  • Combinatorial Optimization,
    • Clustering and graph-partitioning
    • Semi-supervised and multiple-instance learning
    • Feature and subspace selection
  • Stochastic, Parallel and Online Optimization,
    • Large-scale learning, massive data sets
    • Distributed learning algorithms
  • Algorithms and Techniques (especially with a focus on an underlying application)
    • Polyhedral combinatorics, polytopes and strong valid inequalities
    • Linear and higher-order relaxations
    • Decomposition for large-scale, message-passing and online learning
    • Global and Lipschitz optimization
    • Algorithms for non-smooth optimization
    • Approximation Algorithms

    • Submission Instructions

    • The submissions should be ideally 3 to 4 pages long. Hard-limit: 6 pages.
    • The review process will be double-blind
    • Please use the NIPS 2009 format for your submissions
    • Submission Website

Notes

The planned submission/reviewing dates are planned as follows.
  • Deadline for submission of papers: 22nd October 2009
  • Notification of acceptance: 7th November 2009
  • Final version of submission: 20th November 2009
  • Workshop date: 12th December 2009

Submission Instructions

  • The submissions should be ideally 3 to 4 pages long. Hard-limit: 6 pages.
  • The review process will be double-blind
  • Please use the NIPS 2009 format for your submissions
  • Submission Website
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