The Fourth International Workshop on Inductive Logic Programming (ILP94) September 12 -- 14, 1994 Bad Honnef/Bonn, Germany Announcement and First Call for Papers General Information Originating from the intersection of Machine Learning and Logic Programming, Inductive Logic Programming (ILP) is an important and rapidly developing field that focuses on theory, methods, and applications of learning in relational, first-order logic formalisms. ILP94 is the fourth in a series of international workshops designed to bring together developers and users of ILP in a format that allows a detailed exchange of ideas and discussions. Reflecting the growing maturity of the field, ILP94 for the first time will offer a systems and application exhibit as an opportunity to demonstrate the practical results and capabilities of ILP. Submission of papers Reflecting the broadening scope of the field, ILP94 invites papers covering on the three main aspects of ILP, namely inductive data analysis and learning in first-order formalisms, inductive synthesis of non-trivial logic programs from examples, and inductive tools for software engineering. Possible topics include, but are not restricted to: o complexity of learning in o relationships between ILP logical formalisms and neighboring areas o higher-order learning o predicate invention o learning of integrity constraints o theory revision and restructuring o multiple predicate learning o learning in relational formalisms o handling of noise o declarative bias o architectures for ILP o comparative analyses of ILP methods o application discussions Ideally, papers should fit into one of the following categories: Theory. Theory papers prove results about a new or known ILP problem or method, discuss the relationship with neighboring fields, or present a unified analysis of several methods. Methods. Method papers present details of new algorithms, ideally including theoretical and complexity analysis, and empirical results on important applications. Ideally, a method paper would be accompanied by a system demo. Applications. Application papers describe one or more real-life ILP applications in detail, justifying the use of ILP techniques, and giving a reproducible presentation of experiments and results. Ideally, an application paper would be accompanied by an application demo. Please submit four paper copies of your paper to the workshop chair Stefan Wrobel GMD, I3.KI Schloss Birlinghoven 53757 Sankt Augustin, Germany. E-Mail: ilp-94@gmd.de Fax: +49/2241/14-2889 Tel: +49/2241/14-2670 to be received on or before May 31, 1994. There is no fixed page limit on submissions, but length should be reasonable and adequate for the topic. Please use LaTeX if at all possible. Authors will be notified of acceptance or rejection until July 15, 1994, and camery-ready copy will be due on August 9, 1994. Program Committee Francesco Bergadano (Italy) Ivan Bratko (Slovenia) Wray Buntine (USA) William W. Cohen (USA) Luc de Raedt (Belgium) Koichi Furukawa (Japan) J"org-Uwe Kietz (Germany) Nada Lavrac (Slovenia) Stan Matwin (Canada) Stephen Muggleton (UK) C'eline Rouveirol (France) Claude Sammut (Australia) Proceedings To keep submission dates close to the workshop, accepted papers will be published as a GMD technical report to be distributed at the workshop and officially available to others from GMD afterwards. Publication of an edited book is planned for after the workshop. Systems and Applications Exhibition ILP94 offers participants an opportunity to demonstrate their systems and/or applications. Please announce your intention to demo to the conference office until August 1, 1994, specifying precisely what type of hardware and software you need. Location ILP94 will take place in Bad Honnef, a small resort town close to Bonn in the Rhine valley and adjacent to the Siebengebirge nature park. Participants will be able to take advantage of Bad Honnef's vicinity to medieval castles and of the new wine season that starts at the time of the workshop. Registration and Conference Office Please address all correspondence regarding registration to: Christine Harms ILP94 c/o GMD Schloss Birlinghoven 53757 Sankt Augustin, Germany Tel. +49/2241 14-2473, Fax +49/2241 14-2472 or 2618 E-Mail ilp-94@gmd.de If you send (preferably by E-Mail) the following information to Christine Harms, you will be sent a complete registration brochure as soon as it is available: Last name: First name: Institution: Zip code, city: Country: E-Mail: Fax: Intend to submit a paper? Important Dates Paper submission deadline: May 31, 1994 Notification of acceptance: July 15, 1994 Demo requests: August 1, 1994 Camera-ready copy due: August 9, 1994 Early registration: August 9, 1994 Workshop: September 12 -- 14, 1994 -- -------------------------------------------------------------- Stefan Wrobel, GMD (German National Research Center for Computer Science) FIT.KI (Artificial Intelligence Research Division)