ICMLA 2012: The 11th International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications Call for Special Session and Workshop Proposals The Eleventh International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA 2012) will be held at Boca Raton, Florida, USA on December 12-15, 2012. The ICMLA-2012 organizing committee is inviting submission of proposals for special sessions and workshops. Special sessions and workshops can be either a half day or one day. Each special session or workshop should cover one particular application domain or research topic in machine learning, data mining, artificial intelligence, and other related areas. Special session or workshop proposals on interdisciplinary research, emerging machine learning directions, and industrial and government applications are highly encouraged. Each special session/workshop will have at least five paper presentations. Special session/workshop chairs will be responsible for soliciting the papers, organizing the reviews, and making final decisions in consultation with the conference chairs. All special session and workshop papers will be included in the conference proceedings (in a second volume), which will be included in the IEEE digital library. Special session and workshop proposals should include the following information: - Name and address of the proposer(s) - Title of the session/workshop - A description of the session/workshop/tutorial including the scope and aims of the session/workshop, a short bio of the organizer(s), preliminary committee members. Special session/workshop proposals or Tutorial proposals can be submitted to: Taghi Khoshgoftaar, Email: taghi@cse.fau.edu Xingquan (Hill) Zhu, Email: Xingquan.Zhu@uts.edu.au Conference Co-Chairs Deadline for special session/workshop proposals: May 31, 2012