ICML 2011 Proposal for Student Poster Program and Travel Scholarships

University Of Maryland, College Park, College Park MD

Investigators

Abstract

The project supports graduate student participation in the 28th International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML 2011). Specifically, the project supports travel to the conference for those who might not otherwise be able to attend for financial reasons, and organizes a student poster-presentation program that will facilitate one-on-one discussions and other mentoring with the world's leading researchers in machine learning. Students are exposed to state-of-the-art work by other researchers and have the opportunity to attend tutorials on material that is not taught at their home institutions. Participating students receive feedback from senior researchers beyond their institutional and national boundaries. Furthermore, participation in the poster session and conference helps to integrate these students into the research community and represents a natural integration of research and education.