Hybrid and ensemble methods in machine learning have gained a great attention of scientific community over the last several years. Multiple learning models have been theoretically and empirically shown to provide significantly better performance than their single base models. Ensemble algorithms and hybrid methods of reasoning have found their application in various real word problems ranging from person recognition through medical diagnosis and text classification to financial forecasting. The HEMML 2012 Special Issue of Journal of Universal Computer Science http://www.jucs.org, is devoted to both hybrid and ensemble methods and their application to classification, prediction, and clustering problems. The impact factor of J.UCS is 0.669, the 5-year impact factor 0.788 (2010). All issues and papers are assigned a digital object identifier (DOI). After the success of the 4th Asian Conference on Intelligent Information and Database Systems (ACIIDS 2012) and especially, the Special Session on Multiple Model Approach to Machine Learning (MMAML 2012) at this, we want to offer another opportunity for researchers and practitioners to extend their work and publish recent advances in this area. The scope of the special issue includes the following topics:

• Theoretical framework for ensemble methods
• Ensemble learning algorithms: bagging, boosting, stacking, etc.
• Ensemble methods in clustering
• Dealing with large volumes of data and lack of adequate data
• Subsampling and feature selection in multiple model machine learning
• Diversity, accuracy, interpretability, and stability issues
• Homogeneous and heterogeneous ensembles
• Hybrid methods in prediction and classification
• Ensemble methods for dealing with concept drift
• Incremental, evolving, and online ensemble learning
• Mining data streams using ensemble methods
• Multi-objective ensemble learning
• Ensemble methods in agent and multi-agent systems
• Implementations of ensemble learning algorithms
• Assessment and statistical analysis of ensemble models
• Applications of ensemble methods in business, engineering, medicine, etc.

Program

Session 1. Chair: Roland Richter

Session 2. Chair: Bernhard Moser

The goal of the seminar is to provide a compact overview on the current topics of bachelor, master and PhD studies both at the FLLL and the SCCH, while giving students an opportunity to present their work and to practice presenting in English. The seminar is organized like a small conference with 20-30 minute talks, discussions, chairmen, coffee breaks, abstracts, etc. For more information, see the Advances in Knowledge-Based Technologies page. The seminar is co-organized together with the Advances in Integrated Software Sciences seminar.

Dates and deadlines:

• Submission of titles: Friday, 20 April 2012, 17:00
• Submission of final papers: Monday, 23 April 2012, 12:00
• Submission of presentations: Tuesday, 24 April 2012, 17:00
• Download of abstracts available: Tuesday, 24 April 2012, 17:00

Abstracts

Abstracts of the seminar are available for download at the Advances in Knowledge-Based Technologies page.

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Program

Session 1. Chair: Roland Richter

Session 2. Chair: Bernhard Moser

The goal of the seminar is to provide a compact overview on the current topics of bachelor, master and PhD studies both at the FLLL and the SCCH, while giving students an opportunity to present their work and to practice presenting in English. The seminar is organized like a small conference with 20-30 minute talks, discussions, chairmen, coffee breaks, abstracts, etc. For more information, see the Advances in Knowledge-Based Technologies page. The seminar is co-organized together with the Advances in Integrated Software Sciences seminar.

Dates and deadlines:

• Submission of titles: Monday, 6 February 2012, 17:00
• Submission of final papers: Tuesday, 7 February 2012, 17:00
• Submission of presentations: Wednesday, 8 February 2012, 12:00
• Download of abstracts available: Wednesday, 8 February 2012, 17:00

Abstracts

Abstracts of the seminar are available for download at the Advances in Knowledge-Based Technologies page.

Program

Session 1. Chair: Roland Richter

Session 2. Chair: Bernhard Moser

The goal of the seminar is to provide a compact overview on the current topics of bachelor, master and PhD studies both at the FLLL and the SCCH, while giving students an opportunity to present their work and to practice presenting in English. The seminar is organized like a small conference with 20-30 minute talks, discussions, chairmen, coffee breaks, abstracts, etc. For more information, see the Advances in Knowledge-Based Technologies page. The seminar is co-organized together with the Advances in Integrated Software Sciences seminar.

Dates and deadlines:

• Submission of titles: Friday, 18 November 2011, 17:00
• Submission of final papers: Tuesday, 22 November 2011, 12:00
• Submission of presentations: Tuesday, 22 November 2011, 17:00
• Download of abstracts available: Wednesday, 23 November 2011, 17:00

Abstracts

Abstracts of the seminar are available for download at the Advances in Knowledge-Based Technologies page.