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15th Bayesian Modeling Applications Workshop (@UAI2021)

Continuing in a successful tradition, the 15th Bayesian Modeling Applications Workshop provides a forum for exchange among researchers, applications practitioners and tool developers. Submissions (papers or extended abstracts) are solicited of real-world applications of Bayesian models and computational methods. The aim of the workshop is to foster discussion on the challenges of building applications, such as: integrating Bayesian models and tools into larger hybrid applications; validating models; interacting with, and explaining outputs and decisions to, users, decision makers and stakeholders; constructing and updating models through combined knowledge elicitation and learning; and deploying and managing cloud and app-based Bayesian applications. In particular, the workshop solicits abstracts/papers describing Bayesian applications that involve topics such as (but not limited to): 

• Learning and inference with graphical models;

• Causal discovery and causal reasoning;
• Geospatial and temporal reasoning;
• Risk analysis and decision making under uncertainty;
• Bayesian Deep Learning and Deep Bayesian Learning;
• Tractable probabilistic models;
• Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI);
• Data processing, transformation, fusion, visualization, of many different types of data, and of Big Data;

• Combining machine learning and elicitation of expert knowledge.

The workshop is not restricted to a particular application area or discipline. Instead, the workshop encourages interdisciplinary collaboration and cross fertilization. Final workshop talks and ‘posters/demos’ (held via  ‘breakout rooms’, with a 3 minute lighting talk to full workshop) will be selected with the goal of fostering discussion of critical issues within the community of practice.

SUBMISSIONS

The workshop will accept two types of  submissions:

• Extended Abstracts: in UAI format, 1-2 pages (including reference list), using the online submission process.

or 

• Full paper submissions (for peer review and inclusion in proceedings) should be in UAI format, limited to 8 pages, using the online submission process. All papers will be peer reviewed by at least two independent referees. 

Abstracts and Papers must be submitted electronically in PDF format via the EasyChair online submission page: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=bmaw2021.

We encourage submission of abstracts for applications papers that have been accepted at the main UAI 2021 conference, if authors are interested in attending this workshop and having additional  conversations regarding their application. A decision on whether to offer an oral or poster/demo presentation at the Workshop will depend on whether the paper has been given a UAI oral or poster presentation.

WORKSHOP FORMAT

PUBLICATION OF PROCEEDINGS

IMPORTANT DATES

• 25 May 2021: Abstract submission (required for both types of submission; one paragraph to 2 pages)

• 28 May 2021: Full paper submission. 23:59 GMT/UTC (midnight on Saturday night, Coordinated Universal  Time).
• 30 June 2021: Author notification
• 20 July 2021: Camera ready copy due (for full papers)

• 30 July 2021: Workshop (following the UAI2021 main conference, July 27-29)

WORKSHOP CHAIRS

• Ann Nicholson (Monash University, Australia)

• Marek Druzdzel (University of Pittsburgh, USA & Bialystok University of Technology, Poland)

The contact email address for the chairs is: bmaw[log in to unmask].

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

• Russell Almond (Florida State  University, USA)  

• Francisco Javier Diez (UNED,Spain) 
• María Julia Flores Gallego (University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain)
• Kathryn B. Laskey  (George Mason  University,USA) 
• Thomas Dyhre Nielsen (Aalborg University, Denmark)
• Robert Schrag (USA)
• V Anne Smith (St Andrews, UK)

• L. Enrique Sucar (INAOEP, Mexico)