25th Annual Conference on Learning Theory, Edinburgh, UK

The 25th Annual Conference on Learning Theory will take place from 25 to 27 June 2012 in Edinburgh, UK.

Learning theory tries to describe how people and animals learn. The field helps in the understanding of the process behind learning and provides a conceptual framework for interpreting it. There are three main categories or philosophical frameworks under which learning theories fall: behaviourism, cognitivism, and constructivism.

The event will look at the theoretical aspects of machine learning, empirical inference and related topics. Specific subjects will include:
- analysis of learning algorithms and their generalisation ability;
- computational complexity of learning;
- statistical mechanics of learning systems;
- optimisation procedures for learning and their analysis;
- online and stochastic optimisation, and analysis of oracle models of optimisation;
- high dimensional and non-parametric empirical inference, including sparse and low-rank methods;
- kernel methods;
- boolean function learning;
- unsupervised and semi-supervised learning and clustering;
- on-line learning and relative loss bounds;
- planning and control, including reinforcement learning;
- learning in social, economic, and game-theoretic settings;
- privacy in learning.For further information, please visit: http://www.ttic.edu/colt2012/(opens in new window)