UAI 2015 - Call for Papers
The Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence (UAI) is one of the premier international conference on research related to knowledge representation, learning, and reasoning in the presence of uncertainty. UAI 2015 will be held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, on July 12-16, 2015. The main conference will take place on July 13-15, with tutorials on July 12 and workshops (tentative) on July 16. The conference will be located immediately after the ICML conference, to be held July 6-11, 2015 in Lille, France. Traveling between Lille and Amsterdam takes about 2.5 hours by train.
We solicit submission of papers which describe novel theories, methodology and applications related to knowledge representation, learning, and reasoning under uncertainty. A non-exclusive list of subject areas can be found here and papers published at past conferences can be found at this link. We welcome submissions by authors who are new to the UAI conference, or on new and emerging topics. We encourage submissions on applications, especially those that inspire new methodologies or novel combinations of existing methodologies.
Submitted papers will be reviewed based on their novelty, technical quality, potential impact and clarity of writing. For papers that rely heavily on empirical evaluations, the experimental methods and results should be clear, well executed, and repeatable. Submissions that mark "applications" as the primary subject area will be reviewed according to appropriate criteria and by reviewers with appropriate backgrounds.
Important dates for authors
Paper Submission
Paper submission and reviewing will be handled electronically. Submissions should be formatted in the UAI format and papers (including figures and text) are limited to 9 pages in length. An additional 10th page is allowed containing only references. Optional submissions of supplementary materials are allowed. However, reviewers are under no obligation to look at the submitted supplementary materials, and will base their review primarily on the main paper. Authors should consult this website for full details regarding the paper preparation and submission guidelines.
Papers that are currently under review or have already been accepted or published in a refereed venue, including conferences and journals, may not be submitted. Authors are strongly encouraged to make data and code publicly available when possible.
The review process is double blind. Please make sure that the submission does not disclose the author's identities or affiliation.
Presentation and Publication
All accepted papers will be presented at the conference either as contributed talks or as posters, and will be published in the Conference Proceedings. At least one of the paper's authors should be present at the conference to present the work.
AIJ/JAIR Fast-Track
Agreements have been reached with AIJ and JAIR regarding the fast-track publication of UAI 2015 best papers and runner ups. Once the review process is over, a list of nominated papers will be sent to AIJ and JAIR. The editors of the journals will follow up with invitation letters and the journal review process. Authors may submit extended versions of their papers to only one of the two journals even if they receive invitations from both.
If accepted by AIJ, a paper would be published as regular AIJ paper but identified as invited revision of a paper first given at UAI 2015. If accepted by JAIR, a paper would be published in a regular volume and be included in the JAIR Award Track.
Program Chairs
Marina Meila, University of WashingtonTom Heskes, Radboud University Nijmegen
