For all the Machine Learning enthusiasts, I’ve heard it’s a good time plus local and free:

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From: Sham Kakade <skakade@microsoft.com>
Subject: Machine Learning Day 2014
Date: April 8, 2014 at 11:59:40 AM EDT
To: Sham Kakade <skakade@microsoft.com>

 
The third New England Machine Learning Day (NEML) will be May 13th, 2014, 9:50am-5pm, at Microsoft Research New England in Kendall Square.  Like previous years, it will bring together local researchers in machine learning and related fields, as well as those who use ML in applications.  There will be a lively poster session during lunch.  To submit a poster, please see the poster instructions; this will involve submitting a brief abstract describing the project toMLposters14@microsoft.com by April 25th.  Please also encourage relevant students to attend and submit posters.

Schedule:

9:50 - 10:00 Opening remarks
10:00 - 10:30 Polina Golland, (MIT)
10:35 - 11:05 David Cox (Harvard)
11:10 - 11:40 Adam Kalai (MSR)
11:40 - 1:45 Lunch and posters
1:45 - 2:15 Michael Littman (Brown)
2:20 - 2:50 Venkatesh Saligrama (BU)
2:50 - 3:20 Coffee break
3:20 - 3:50 Carla Brodley (Tufts)
3:55 - 4:25 Ben Marlin (UMass)
4:30 - 5:00 Josh Tenenbaum (MIT)
 
If you expect to attend (to plan for food and seating), please RSVP on this registration link with your name and affiliation, ideally by May 6th. If registration exceeds capacity, priority will be given to students, faculty, and those who have registered earliest.
 
For more information/updates, see the website: http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/events/neml2014/.
 
Please help us publicize the event by forwarding to appropriate mailing lists. 
 
Hope to see you there!
 
The ML day organizers,
Ryan Adams, Sham Kakade, Lorenzo Rosasco, and Stefanie Tellex
 
*NEML is an annual event. The steering committee that selects the organizers consists of Sham Kakade, Adam Kalai, and Josh Tenenbaum.
 
Hospitality Notice for University and Government Employees:
Microsoft Research is providing hospitality at this event. Please consult with your institution to determine whether you can accept meals and other hospitality under your institution’s ethics rules and any other laws that might apply. By accepting our invitation, you confirm that this invitation is compliant with your institution’s policies.