Call for papers

Call for papers:

For the second year in a row, NIPS is host to a one-day workshop focused on machine learning for the developing world (ML4D). This year’s workshop focuses on creating sustainable impact within ML4D that can advance both machine learning research and global development objectives.

We invite researchers to submit their recent work on this topic, including:

• Applications of ML to development issues including health, education, institutional integrity, violence mitigation, economics, societal analysis, and environment.
• Novel ML techniques inspired by limitations in development challenges.
• Technical or procedural systems to ensure sustainable ML4D projects.
• Limitations and risks of data science and ML for development.

Please submit 2-4 page extended abstracts to ml4d.nips@gmail.com, following the NIPS style guidelines. Accepted papers will be presented as posters or contributed talks, and may opt-in to be published in an arXiv proceedings.

Travel and workshop awards:

Workshop and travel awards are open to all researchers who submit a paper to the ML4D 2018 NIPS workshop. Apply here for travel and workshop awards.

Key dates:

Submission deadline: October 25, 2018

Travel/registration award deadline: October 25, 2018

Acceptance notification: November 5, 2018

Workshop: December 8, 2018

Speakers:

• Daniel Neill (NYU)
• Monica Meltis (Data Civica)
• Anandan (Wadhwani Institute for Artificial Intelligence)
• Sriganesh Lokanathan (LIRNE Asia)
• Nyalleng Moorosi (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa)