12th Symposium on Conformal and Probabilistic Prediction with Applications
Cyprus

Theme


The 12th Symposium on Conformal and Probabilistic Prediction with Applications (COPA 2023) will be held from the 13th to the 15th of September 2023, at the Miramare Beach Hotel in Limassol, Cyprus. Submissions are invited on original and previously unpublished research concerning all aspects of conformal and probabilistic prediction. The symposium proceedings will be published in the Proceedings of Machine Learning Research.

Conformal prediction (CP) is a modern machine learning framework that allows making valid predictions under relatively weak statistical assumptions. CP can be combined with any conventional predictor for producing set predictions with a guaranteed accuracy, thus allowing the error levels to be controlled by the user. Consequently, CP has been widely applied to practical real-life challenges and formed the basis for the development of many novel approaches and extensions.

The aim of this symposium is to serve as a forum for the presentation of new and ongoing work and the exchange of ideas between researchers on any aspect of conformal and probabilistic prediction, including their application to interesting problems in any field.

Topics


Topics of the symposium include, but are not limited to:

  • Theoretical analysis of conformal prediction, including performance guarantees
  • Novel conformity measures
  • Conformal change-point detection
  • Conformal anomaly detection
  • Conformal martingale testing
  • Conformal multi-label classification and multi-target regression
  • Venn prediction and other methods of multiprobability prediction
  • Conformal predictive distributions
  • Probabilistic prediction
  • On-line compression modelling
  • Implementations of conformal prediction frameworks and algorithms
  • Adoption of conformal prediction to new settings
  • Conformal prediction for explainable machine learning and Fairness, Accountability and Transparency (FAT)
  • Applications of conformal prediction in various fields, including bioinformatics, drug discovery, medicine, natural language processing, transportation, robotics and information security

Paper submission


Authors are invited to submit original, English-language research contributions or experience reports. Papers should be no longer than 20 pages formatted according to the well-known JMLR (Journal of Machine Learning Research) style. The LaTeX package for the style is available here.

All aspects of the submission and notification process will be handled online via the EasyChair Conference System at:

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=copa2023

Submission of a paper should be regarded as a commitment that, should the paper be accepted, at least one of the authors will register and attend the symposium to present the work.

Publication


Submitted papers will be refereed for quality, correctness, originality, and relevance. Notification and reviews will be communicated via email. All accepted papers will be presented at the Symposium and published in the PMLR (Proceedings of Machine Learning Research), Volume 204.

Alexey Chervonenkis awards


There will be two Alexey Chervonenkis awards for the Best Paper and Best Student Paper, presented at the conference. Each awardee will receive €100 and a certificate.

Research group


Researchers interested in Conformal Prediction may be interested in joining our online discussion group. Future announcements and related materials will be published regularly.

https://groups.google.com/conformal-prediction

Instructions for the Authors of Accepted Papers


All accepted papers will be presented at the conference and published by the Proceedings of Machine Learning Research (PMLR). Volume 204 at http://proceedings.mlr.press/v204/

Please make sure to use the correct style file; it should be already installed on your computer, or will be installed "on the fly". The camera-ready papers should follow the style of the Proceedings section of JMLR rather than JMLR itself.

In the end you should prepare two files: (1) your paper in PDF format; (2) the copyright form (http://proceedings.mlr.press/pmlr-license-agreement.pdf). Please upload the final version of your paper in PDF via EasyChair and email the signed copyright form to K.A.Nguyen@brighton.ac.uk

The beginning of your file will look like:

									  \documentclass[wcp]{jmlr}
									  \usepackage{amsmath,amssymb,graphicx,url}
									  \jmlrvolume{204}
									  \jmlryear{2023}
									  \jmlrworkshop{Conformal and Probabilistic Prediction with Applications}
									  \jmlrproceedings{PMLR}{Proceedings of Machine Learning Research}

									  \title{Nonparametric predictive distributions based on conformal prediction}
									  \author{\Name{John Smith}\Email{j.smith@gmail.com}\\
										\addr{Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey, UK}\\
										\Name{Minge Shen}\Email{m.shen@gmail.com}\\
										\addr{Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA}}
										
									  \editor{Harris Papadopoulos, Khuong An Nguyen, Henrik Boström and Lars Carlsson}

									  \begin{abstract}
										This paper applies conformal prediction to derive predictive distributions that are valid under a nonparametric assumption.
									  \end{abstract}

									  \begin{keywords}
										Conformal prediction, predictive distributions, regression.
									  \end{keywords}

Notice the presence of the command 

									  \jmlrproceedings{PMLR}{Proceedings of Machine Learning Research}

Please let us know if you encounter any problems following these instructions.

For further information (which, however, can be confusing), see http://jmlr.org/proceedings/faq.html (under the heading "What is the Style File for the Proceedings?"); COPA 2023 uses the one column style file. The style file is available from the CTAN (Comprehensive TeX Archive Network) web site at http://ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/jmlr you can go inside the directory called "sample_papers" and emulate the files jmlr_sample.tex and jmlr_sample.bib (the latter is only needed if you use bibtex).

Some useful advices on the JMLR style can be found at http://jmlr.org/format/format.html (However, please make sure to use the Proceedings style, as described above, rather than the main journal style).

Cyprus Visa Information


General Cyprus visa information can be found at: https://mfa.gov.cy/visa-information.html

Participants who require a visa will need to submit their visa application to the Cyprus Embassy / High Commission / Consulate / Honorary Consular that is nearest to where they live. It is advisable to contact the diplomatic mission where you plan to submit your visa application in advance to receive applicable information and details. To find the accredited diplomatic missions by country, please visit: this link.

For the required documents (please ask the diplomatic mission about what is required - e.g. registration confirmation, accommodation confirmation, invitation letter), please contact the COPA 2023 secretariat at: keystone@keystone-conferences.com

Note that in order to be able to provide you with any required documents it is essential that you first complete your registration to the Symposium.

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