Registration for NIPS 2008 is now open. You can register here: https://nips.cc/Register/ Go here to see the 2008 program highlights: http://nips.cc/Conferences/2008/Program/ Please note the following changes to NIPS in 2008: A new feature that is on the NIPS schedule this year is four Mini Symposia to be held in parallel during the afternoon of December 11, 2008 at the Hyatt Vancouver. The Mini Symposia will provide in depth explorations of current topics in a format that is less, formal than a plenary session but more structured than a workshop. Below are the topics and speakers for this year: Risi Kondor, Guy Lebanon and Jason Morton Gatsby Unit, UCL, Georgia Tech, Stanford University Algebraic and Combinatorial Methods in Machine Learning Bill Freeman and Bernhard Schoelkopf Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics Computational Photography Gal Chechik, Christina Leslie, Quaid Morris, William Noble and Gunnar Raetsch Google, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, University of Toronto, University of Washington, Max Planck Society Machine Learning in Computational Biology Daniel Polani and Naftali Tishby University of Hertfordshire, Hebrew University Principled Theoretical Frameworks for the Perception-Action Cycle Attendence at the Mini-Symposia will be open to anyone who is registered for the main NIPS Conference or the NIPS Workshop in Whistler. *We've removed the cost of NIPS Items from Registration and are selling them as a la carte items: -Paper Programs -NIPS Coffee Mugs -NIPS T-Shirts *Refunds will not be given after November 14, 2008. *Payment is now done via Google Checkout. *Everyone will need to display their badge to participate in NIPS activities. We look forward to seeing you at NIPS 2008! ---------------------------------------------- CLASS-L list. Instructions: http://www.classification-society.org/csna/lists.html#class-l