brian milch mdxwkcsberkeleyedu apologies receive multiple copies call papers open problems statistical relational learning workshop icml 2006 pittsburgh pennsylvania usa thursday june 29 2006 workshop web page httpwwwcsumdedusrl2006 extended submission deadline tuesday may 9 2006 statistical relational learning srl addresses challenge applying statistical inference problems involve rich collections objects linked together complex relational networks last decade srl research explored many different ways combine statistical relational models much improved understanding strengths weaknesses various srl representation languages software systems learning model structure parameters goal workshop look forward next five years srl research open problems challenges new problems become clear practical experience problems hinted early srl work still seem daunting today shared vocabulary experience srlcommunity developed expect able formulate important research problems much precisely could five ten years ago goal look forward bulk workshop organized open problem sessions focused discussion contributed presentations exploring possibilities joint sessions two related workshops occurring years icml learning structured output spaces statistical network analysis models issues new directions invite submissions interested researchers submissions may 6to8page technical papers recent advances theory application srl particularly highlight stillopen problems potential participants may also submit 2page position papers open problems depending number submissions received accepted papers may presented orally posters accepted papers also published online proceedings workshop emphasize discussion also invite brief proposals topics discussion sessions workshop information please see httpwwwcsumdedusrl2006 important dates submissions due tuesday may 9 extended deadline author notification monday may 29 final versions due monday june 12 workshop thursday june 29 submission instructions papers icml style described files httpwwwicml2006orgicml2006templateshtml please send submissions email lgbtabjcicsumdedu organizers alan fern oregon state university usa lise getoor university maryland college park usa brian milch university california berkeley usa program committee mikhail bilenko university texas austin usa hendrik blockeel katholieke universiteit leuven belgium james cussens university york uk luc de raedt albertludwigsuniversitat germany tom dietterich oregon state university usa pedro domingos university washington usa david heckerman microsoft research usa manfred jaeger aalborg university denmark david jensen university massachusetts amherst usa kristian kersting albertludwigsuniversitat germany bhaskara marthi university california berkeley usa andrew mccallum university massachusetts amherst usa ray mooney university texas austin usa stephen muggleton imperial college london uk jennifer neville university massachusetts amherst usa hanna pasula university washington usa claudia perlich ibm j watson research center usa foster provost new york university usa matthew richardson microsoft research usa dan roth university illinois urbanachampaign usa stuart russell university california berkeley usa taisuke sato tokyo institute technology japan prasad tadepalli oregon state university usa ben taskar university california berkeley usa lyle ungar university pennsylvania usa wed 06 aug 2008 212706 0700 uai extended deadline icml workshop statistical relational learning