bbnaanmocscmuedu apologies receive multiple copies announcement please forward anyone might interested 2nd call papers statistical network analysis models issues new directions workshop 23rd international conference machine learning icml 2006 thursday june 29 2006 pittsburgh pa usa httpwwwcscmuedueairoldinets deadline submissions friday april 28 2006 notification decision friday may 5 2006 overview workshop focuses probabilistic methods network analysis paying special attention model design computational issues learning inference many modern data analysis problems involve large data sets artificial social biological networks settings traditional iid assumptions blatantly inappropriate analyses must take account structure relationships data result increasing research developing techniques incorporating network structures machine learning statistics network modeling active area research several domains statisticians mostly concentrated models static networks models concerned existence edges individual nodes attempt model aggregate properties contrast physicists addressed global properties large complex networks models describe average statistics network properties typical networks large ensembles links particular nodes less meaningful workshop aims bringing together statistical network modeling researchers different communities thereby fostering collaborations intellectual exchange hope result novel modeling approaches diverse applications new research directions online submissions welcome following types papers research papers introduce new models apply established models novel domains research papers explore theoretical computational issues position papers discuss shortcomings desiderata current approaches propose new directions future research encourage authors emphasize role learning relevance application domains hand addition hope identify current successes area therefore consider papers apply previously proposed models novel domains data sets submissions limited maximum 8 pages adhere icml format httpwwwicml2006orgicml2006templateshtml please email submissions cgscmuedu deadline submissions friday april 28 2006 notification decision friday may 5 2006 interested workshop might also interested workshop statistical relational learning httpwwwicml2006org icml2006workshopshtml consider planning joint session part day sufficient overlap interests format oneday workshop consist several themed sessions targeting methodological application issues eg estimation static models network evolution modeling statistical modeling large scale networks talks invited contributed moderated discussion discussions workshop facilitate exchanging research ideas help identify challenging problems area end workshop panel statisticians physicists computer scientists discuss points arising throughout day identify promising challenging directions tentative schedule format follows morning session introductions invited talks submitted talks 20 min break afternoon session invited talks submitted talks 20 min break panel discussion publication accepted papers distributed cd made available download also negotiating publication accepted papers print form organizers edo airoldi carnegie mellon university david blei princeton university stephen fienberg carnegie mellon university anna goldenberg carnegie mellon university eric xing carnegie mellon university alice zheng carnegie mellon university program committee david banks duke university peter dodds columbia university lise getoor university maryland mark handcock university washington seattle peter hoff university washington seattle david jensen university massachusetts amherst alan karr national institute statistical sciences jon kleinberg cornell university andrew mccallum university massachusetts amherst foster provost new york university cosma shalizi carnegie mellon university padhraic smyth university california irvine josh tenenbaum massachusetts institute technology stanley wasserman indiana university thank look forward receiving submissions edo airoldi david blei stephen fienberg anna goldenberg eric xing alice zheng wed 06 aug 2008 235726 0400 uai cfp icml 2006 workshop statistical network analysis