Important Dates

   Special session/workshop proposals due:            May 31, 2012
   Tutorial proposals due:                            July 6, 2012
   Paper Submission Deadline:
      Main Conference:                                July 6, 2012
      Special Sessions, Workshops & ICMLA Challenge:  August 6, 2012
   Notification of acceptance:                        September 7th
   Camera-ready papers & Pre-registration:            October 1st
   The ICMLA Conference:                              December 12-15, 2012

All paper submissions will be handled electronically. Detailed instructions for submitting the papers are provided on the conference home page at 

Scope of the Conference:

• statistical learning
• neural network learning
• learning through fuzzy logic
• learning through evolution (evolutionary algorithms)
• reinforcement learning
• multistrategy learning
• cooperative learning
• planning and learning
• multi-agent learning
• online and incremental learning
• scalability of learning algorithms
• inductive learning
• inductive logic programming
• Bayesian networks
• support vector machines
• case-based reasoning
• evolutionary computation
• machine learning and natural language processing
• multi-lingual knowledge acquisition and representation
• grammatical inference
• knowledge acquisition and learning
• knowledge discovery in databases
• knowledge intensive learning
• knowledge representation and reasoning
• machine learning and information retrieval
• machine learning for bioinformatics and computational biology
• machine learning for web navigation and mining
• learning through mobile data mining
• text and multimedia mining through machine learning
• distributed and parallel learning algorithms and applications
• feature extraction and classification
• theories and models for plausible reasoning
• computational learning theory
• cognitive modeling
• hybrid learning algorithms
• machine learning in:
• game playing and problem solving
• intelligent virtual environments
• industrial and engineering applications
• homeland security applications
• medicine, bioinformatics and systems biology
• economics, business and forecasting applications

Contributions describing applications of machine learning (ML) techniques to real-world problems, interdisciplinary research involving machine learning, experimental and/or theoretical studies yielding new insights into the design of ML systems, and papers describing development of new analytical frameworks that advance practical machine learning methods are especially encouraged.

Paper Submission

High quality papers in all Machine Learning areas are solicited. Papers that present new directions will receive careful and supportive reviews. Authors are expected to ensure that their final manuscripts are original and are not appearing in other publications. Paper should be limited to 6 pages and submitted in IEEE format (double column). Papers will be reviewed by the Program Committee on the basis of technical quality, originality, significance and clarity. All submissions will be handled electronically. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. A selected number of accepted papers will be invited for possible inclusion, in an expanded and revised form, in some special journal issues.

ICMLA 2012 Best Paper Award and ICMLA 2012 Best Poster Award will be conferred at the conference to the authors of the best research paper and best poster presentation, respectively, based on the reviewers and Programme Committee recommendations. Detailed instructions for submitting papers can be found at

For information contact:
     Taghi Khoshgoftaar,  Email taghi@cse.fau.edu
     Xingquan (Hill) Zhu, Email xingquan.zhu@uts.edu.au

Proposals for Special Sessions, Workshops and Tutorials

We invite submission of proposals for special sessions, workshops and tutorials.
Special sessions and workshops can be from ½ to 3 days long. Proposals should include the following information:

• name and address of the proposer(s)
• title of the session/workshop/tutorial
• a description of the session/workshop/tutorial including the scope and aims of the session/workshop/tutorial, a short bio of the organizer(s), preliminary committee members.

Each special session/workshop will have at least five paper presentations. Special session/workshop chairs will be responsible for soliciting the papers, organizing the reviews, and making final decisions in consultation with the conference chairs.

Special session/workshop proposals or Tutorial proposals can be submitted to:
   Taghi Khoshgoftaar,  Email: taghi@cse.fau.edu
   Xingquan (Hill) Zhu, Email: xingquan.zhu@uts.edu.au
   Conference Co-Chairs

   Deadline for special session/workshop proposals: May 31, 2012
   Deadline for tutorial proposals:                 July 6, 2012