The second workshop on Features and Structures (FEAST), colocated with ICML, aims to provide an open, low ­threshold forum for discussing data consisting of an underlying structure associated with descriptive attributes, such as in natural language processing, medical imaging, computer vision, bioinformatics, chemoinformatics, social network analysis and others. The goal of FEAST is to bring together researchers from diverse communities, with a shared interest in understanding structured data.


*Invited speakers*

Robert P.W. Duin, Delft University of Technology - Structural pattern recognition in the dissimilarity space

Pierre Vandergheynst, EPFL - High-dimensional signal processing on graphs


Florence d’Alché-Buc, Institut Mines-Télécom / Télécom ParisTech


*Motivation and topics*

The goal of the workshop is to spark discussion and interaction. Submission requires a 1-page PDF abstract, and we particularly encourage:
-Previously published work
-Preliminary results
-Open-ended questions and problem formulations

We welcome contributions including but not limited to:

-structured data
-data representation
-multiple instance learning
-graph kernels
-topological descriptors
-structured output
-graph analysis
-structured sparsity


*Important dates*

1st May 2015 - Deadline for abstracts
6th May 2015 - Extended deadline for abstracts
10th May 2015 - Acceptance notification
15th May 2015 - ICML early registration deadline
10th July 2015 - Workshop in Lille, France

Submission requires a 1-page double-column IEEE style abstract, which may cover previously published work, ongoing work or an open problem. Selected abstracts will be published on the workshop website.



*Organizers*

Chloé-Agathe Azencott, Centre for Computational Biology of Mines ParisTech, Institut Curie and INSERM in Paris, France

Veronika Cheplygina, Biomedical Image Group Rotterdam, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Aasa Feragen, Department of Computer Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark



*Sponsors*

Textkernel (http://www.textkernel.nl): machine learning for matching people and jobs
Eagle Vision (http://eaglevision.nl): developing innovative vision inspection systems for several industries