CALL FOR PARTICIPATION * Workshop on Machine Learning for Bioacoustics * 30th Internat. Conference on Machine Learning 20-21 June 2013, Atlanta http://icml.cc/2013/?page_id=41 http://sabiod.univ-tln.fr/icml2013 Machine Learning (ML) will become central in biodiversity assessment. This is a highly complex & challenging task, which involves the application of both discriminative & generative approaches. We are pleased to announce the CFP for the workshop Machine Learning for Bioacoustics under the ICML conference, which is an annual, highly regarded conference in the machine learning community. The workshop is comprised of : 1. A regular paper submission regarding common bioacoustic classification topics. 2. A technical challenge on avian and/or marine mammal data, including a prize for the winners! Important Dates : Regular paper deadline: 4/22 Author notification: 5/22 Technical Challenge deadline: 5/6 Publication of results: 5/13 Submission of working notes: 5/27 Keynote speakers will provide informative presentations regarding state of the art methodologies in both the bioacoustic and machine learning fields. Organizers : Pr. Y. LeCun - Computational and Biological Learning Lab at New York USA Pr. C. Clark - Director of Bioacoustics Research Program at Cornell, NY, USA Pr. H. Glotin - Dyni - LSIS Lab at Université Sud Toulon Var, FR Dr. X. Halkias - Dyni - LSIS at Université Sud Toulon Var, FR Dr. Peter Dugan - Cornell University, NY, USA Dr. Jérôme Sueur - Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, FR For additional information please visit the website or contact us at icml4b@gmail.com http://sabiod.univ-tln.fr/icml2013