COLT 2018 Final Call for Open Problems

[Wouter M. Koolen]

Dear all,

This is the final call for open problems for COLT 2018.

Conference on Learning Theory (COLT) 2018 will include a session devoted
to the presentation of open problems. A description of these problems
will also appear in the COLT proceedings. The deadline for submissions
is May 1st, 2018 (in two weeks).

The write-up of an open problem should include:

* A clearly defined problem
* The motivation for studying the problem, with an argument why it is
important and interesting
* The current state of this problem (including any known partial or
conjectured solutions and relevant references).

We encourage submissions of problems that have not been previously
investigated theoretically, as long as there is a convincing reason to
include the problem in the conference. You should be able to clearly
express the problem in a short presentation. A monetary (or playful)
reward is a great way to stimulate the interest in solving your open
problem.

If you would like to submit a problem, please email it to
colt2018op...@learningtheory.org by May 1st, 2018. Submissions
should be at most 4 pages long and should be in the COLT 2018 JMLR
format (found here:
http://www.learningtheory.org/colt2018/files/Colt2018.zip). Submissions
are non-anonymous; that is, they should contain author names.

Examples of open problems from past years:

2017: http://proceedings.mlr.press/v65/
2016: http://www.jmlr.org/proceedings/papers/v49/#open
2015: http://jmlr.org/proceedings/papers/v40/#open
2014: http://jmlr.org/proceedings/papers/v35/#open
2013: http://jmlr.org/proceedings/papers/v30/#open-problem

Notification of acceptance or rejection will be sent out by May 15th, 2018.

For questions please contact the COLT 2018 open problems chair, Wouter
Koolen at colt2018op...@learningtheory.org.