CALL FOR Proposals for Special Sessions
The 20th IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (IEEE ICMLA'21) will be held in Pasadena, California, USA, DECEMBER 13-16, 2021.
We invite proposals for special sessions. Special session organizers will be responsible for advertising the session, forming the program committees, reviewing and selecting the papers, and guaranteeing a high-quality worthy of the prestige and breadth of the Conference. All papers accepted for special sessions will be included in the Special Session Proceedings published by the IEEE Computer Society Press, made available at the Conference. The extended versions of the papers will be considered for the Journal of Machine Learning Theory, Applications and Practice(JMLTAP).
The registration fee of the special session organizers will be waived or reimbursed.
Special Session Topics
The topics for special sessions can be on any subject relevant to an appreciable fraction of the machine learning research and practice communities. Special session schedules are encouraged to have lively debates, and topics should lean more towards exploring new solutions, new ideas, open challenges, and interdisciplinary areas in research and practical applications.
Submission Instructions
The Proposals should include the following information:
name and address of the proposer(s)
title of the session
a brief description of the topic
a short bio of the organizer(s)
preliminary technical committee members.
Each special session will have at least five paper presentations.
Special sessions proposals be submitted to Special Sessions chair:
Ruoming Jin, Kent State University, rjin1@kent.edu

Important Date:
Proposals Submission Deadline: May 10, 2021
Notification of Acceptance: May 15th, 2021
Special Session Organizer Sends out Call for Papers: June 1st, 2021
Special Session/Workshop Papers Due: August 6, 2021