From 349e6f10eb7248cfde284355cf95bdd6db6a3046 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: aterenin Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2024 16:37:41 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Add CFP. --- content/_index.md | 40 +++++ static/bdu_2024.sty | 382 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 422 insertions(+) create mode 100644 static/bdu_2024.sty diff --git a/content/_index.md b/content/_index.md index 3a3f5e2..bacc675 100644 --- a/content/_index.md +++ b/content/_index.md @@ -21,6 +21,46 @@ We seek to foster a vibrant exchange of ideas, showcase successful applications, +# Call for Submissions + +We invite researchers to submit work for the NeurIPS 2024 workshop on Bayesian Decision-making and Uncertainty, to be held on December 14-15, 2024. We welcome submissions in areas including but not limited to: + +* Decision-making under uncertainty +* Bayesian optimization +* Probabilistic modeling +* Gaussian processes +* Active learning +* Uncertainty quantification +* Spatiotemporal modeling +* Sequential experimental design +* Forecasting for dynamical systems +* Bayesian methods for large language models and frontier AI +* Scaling Bayesian methods to handle complex, high-dimensional data and models +* Applications in scientific discovery, drug design, hyperparameter tuning, environmental monitoring, robotics and other domains + +**Submission Guidelines:** + +* Submissions should be in the form of a 4-page extended abstract using the [workshop's LaTeX style](bdu_2024.sty). +* Manuscripts should be anonymized in accordance with the [same rules as NeurIPS papers](https://neurips.cc/Conferences/2024/CallForPapers). +* References and appendices may extend beyond the 4-page limit. We encourage the use of BibLaTeX. +* If the submitted work has previously appeared in a journal or refereed workshop/conference proceedings, including the current NeurIPS proceedings, the workshop submission should extend the previous work. +* Submission should be done via OpenReview: this is currently in process of being created, a link will be updated here shortly. + +**Important Dates:** + +* Submission deadline: **August 29, 2024** +* Notification of acceptance: **September 29, 2024** +* Workshop dates: **December 14-15, 2024** +* Code of Conduct: Participants must agree to adhere to the NeurIPS code of conduct. + +## Submit via OpenReview: link to be announced + + + +{{ new_block() }} + + + # Speakers {{ grid( diff --git a/static/bdu_2024.sty b/static/bdu_2024.sty new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5fd1f02 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/bdu_2024.sty @@ -0,0 +1,382 @@ +% partial rewrite of the LaTeX2e package for submissions to the +% Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS): +% +% - uses more LaTeX conventions +% - line numbers at submission time replaced with aligned numbers from +% lineno package +% - \nipsfinalcopy replaced with [final] package option +% - automatically loads times package for authors +% - loads natbib automatically; this can be suppressed with the +% [nonatbib] package option +% - adds foot line to first page identifying the conference +% - adds preprint option for submission to e.g. arXiv +% - conference acronym modified +% +% Roman Garnett (garnett@wustl.edu) and the many authors of +% nips15submit_e.sty, including MK and drstrip@sandia +% +% last revision: March 2024 + +\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e} +\ProvidesPackage{bdu_2024}[2024/09/29 BDU NeurIPS Workshop 2024 submission/camera-ready style file] + +% declare final option, which creates camera-ready copy +\newif\if@neuripsfinal\@neuripsfinalfalse +\DeclareOption{final}{ + \@neuripsfinaltrue +} + +% declare nonatbib option, which does not load natbib in case of +% package clash (users can pass options to natbib via +% \PassOptionsToPackage) +\newif\if@natbib\@natbibtrue +\DeclareOption{nonatbib}{ + \@natbibfalse +} + +% declare preprint option, which creates a preprint version ready for +% upload to, e.g., arXiv +\newif\if@preprint\@preprintfalse +\DeclareOption{preprint}{ + \@preprinttrue +} + +\ProcessOptions\relax + +% determine whether this is an anonymized submission +\newif\if@submission\@submissiontrue +\if@neuripsfinal\@submissionfalse\fi +\if@preprint\@submissionfalse\fi + +% fonts +\renewcommand{\rmdefault}{ptm} +\renewcommand{\sfdefault}{phv} + +% change this every year for notice string at bottom +\newcommand{\@neuripsordinal}{38th} +\newcommand{\@neuripsyear}{2024} +\newcommand{\@neuripslocation}{Vancouver} + +% acknowledgments +\usepackage{environ} +\newcommand{\acksection}{\section*{Acknowledgments and Disclosure of Funding}} +\NewEnviron{ack}{% + \acksection + \BODY +} + + +% load natbib unless told otherwise +\if@natbib + \RequirePackage{natbib} +\fi + +% set page geometry +\usepackage[verbose=true,letterpaper]{geometry} +\AtBeginDocument{ + \newgeometry{ + textheight=9in, + textwidth=5.5in, + top=1in, + headheight=12pt, + headsep=25pt, + footskip=30pt + } + \@ifpackageloaded{fullpage} + {\PackageWarning{neurips_2024}{fullpage package not allowed! Overwriting formatting.}} + {} +} + +\widowpenalty=10000 +\clubpenalty=10000 +\flushbottom +\sloppy + + +% font sizes with reduced leading +\renewcommand{\normalsize}{% + \@setfontsize\normalsize\@xpt\@xipt + \abovedisplayskip 7\p@ \@plus 2\p@ \@minus 5\p@ + \abovedisplayshortskip \z@ \@plus 3\p@ + \belowdisplayskip \abovedisplayskip + \belowdisplayshortskip 4\p@ \@plus 3\p@ \@minus 3\p@ +} +\normalsize +\renewcommand{\small}{% + \@setfontsize\small\@ixpt\@xpt + \abovedisplayskip 6\p@ \@plus 1.5\p@ \@minus 4\p@ + \abovedisplayshortskip \z@ \@plus 2\p@ + \belowdisplayskip \abovedisplayskip + \belowdisplayshortskip 3\p@ \@plus 2\p@ \@minus 2\p@ +} +\renewcommand{\footnotesize}{\@setfontsize\footnotesize\@ixpt\@xpt} +\renewcommand{\scriptsize}{\@setfontsize\scriptsize\@viipt\@viiipt} +\renewcommand{\tiny}{\@setfontsize\tiny\@vipt\@viipt} +\renewcommand{\large}{\@setfontsize\large\@xiipt{14}} +\renewcommand{\Large}{\@setfontsize\Large\@xivpt{16}} +\renewcommand{\LARGE}{\@setfontsize\LARGE\@xviipt{20}} +\renewcommand{\huge}{\@setfontsize\huge\@xxpt{23}} +\renewcommand{\Huge}{\@setfontsize\Huge\@xxvpt{28}} + +% sections with less space +\providecommand{\section}{} +\renewcommand{\section}{% + \@startsection{section}{1}{\z@}% + {-2.0ex \@plus -0.5ex \@minus -0.2ex}% + { 1.5ex \@plus 0.3ex \@minus 0.2ex}% + {\large\bf\raggedright}% +} +\providecommand{\subsection}{} +\renewcommand{\subsection}{% + \@startsection{subsection}{2}{\z@}% + {-1.8ex \@plus -0.5ex \@minus -0.2ex}% + { 0.8ex \@plus 0.2ex}% + {\normalsize\bf\raggedright}% +} +\providecommand{\subsubsection}{} +\renewcommand{\subsubsection}{% + \@startsection{subsubsection}{3}{\z@}% + {-1.5ex \@plus -0.5ex \@minus -0.2ex}% + { 0.5ex \@plus 0.2ex}% + {\normalsize\bf\raggedright}% +} +\providecommand{\paragraph}{} +\renewcommand{\paragraph}{% + \@startsection{paragraph}{4}{\z@}% + {1.5ex \@plus 0.5ex \@minus 0.2ex}% + {-1em}% + {\normalsize\bf}% +} +\providecommand{\subparagraph}{} +\renewcommand{\subparagraph}{% + \@startsection{subparagraph}{5}{\z@}% + {1.5ex \@plus 0.5ex \@minus 0.2ex}% + {-1em}% + {\normalsize\bf}% +} +\providecommand{\subsubsubsection}{} +\renewcommand{\subsubsubsection}{% + \vskip5pt{\noindent\normalsize\rm\raggedright}% +} + +% float placement +\renewcommand{\topfraction }{0.85} +\renewcommand{\bottomfraction }{0.4} +\renewcommand{\textfraction }{0.1} +\renewcommand{\floatpagefraction}{0.7} + +\newlength{\@neuripsabovecaptionskip}\setlength{\@neuripsabovecaptionskip}{7\p@} +\newlength{\@neuripsbelowcaptionskip}\setlength{\@neuripsbelowcaptionskip}{\z@} + +\setlength{\abovecaptionskip}{\@neuripsabovecaptionskip} +\setlength{\belowcaptionskip}{\@neuripsbelowcaptionskip} + +% swap above/belowcaptionskip lengths for tables +\renewenvironment{table} + {\setlength{\abovecaptionskip}{\@neuripsbelowcaptionskip}% + \setlength{\belowcaptionskip}{\@neuripsabovecaptionskip}% + \@float{table}} + {\end@float} + +% footnote formatting +\setlength{\footnotesep }{6.65\p@} +\setlength{\skip\footins}{9\p@ \@plus 4\p@ \@minus 2\p@} +\renewcommand{\footnoterule}{\kern-3\p@ \hrule width 12pc \kern 2.6\p@} +\setcounter{footnote}{0} + +% paragraph formatting +\setlength{\parindent}{\z@} +\setlength{\parskip }{5.5\p@} + +% list formatting +\setlength{\topsep }{4\p@ \@plus 1\p@ \@minus 2\p@} +\setlength{\partopsep }{1\p@ \@plus 0.5\p@ \@minus 0.5\p@} +\setlength{\itemsep }{2\p@ \@plus 1\p@ \@minus 0.5\p@} +\setlength{\parsep }{2\p@ \@plus 1\p@ \@minus 0.5\p@} +\setlength{\leftmargin }{3pc} +\setlength{\leftmargini }{\leftmargin} +\setlength{\leftmarginii }{2em} +\setlength{\leftmarginiii}{1.5em} +\setlength{\leftmarginiv }{1.0em} +\setlength{\leftmarginv }{0.5em} +\def\@listi {\leftmargin\leftmargini} +\def\@listii {\leftmargin\leftmarginii + \labelwidth\leftmarginii + \advance\labelwidth-\labelsep + \topsep 2\p@ \@plus 1\p@ \@minus 0.5\p@ + \parsep 1\p@ \@plus 0.5\p@ \@minus 0.5\p@ + \itemsep \parsep} +\def\@listiii{\leftmargin\leftmarginiii + \labelwidth\leftmarginiii + \advance\labelwidth-\labelsep + \topsep 1\p@ \@plus 0.5\p@ \@minus 0.5\p@ + \parsep \z@ + \partopsep 0.5\p@ \@plus 0\p@ \@minus 0.5\p@ + \itemsep \topsep} +\def\@listiv {\leftmargin\leftmarginiv + \labelwidth\leftmarginiv + \advance\labelwidth-\labelsep} +\def\@listv {\leftmargin\leftmarginv + \labelwidth\leftmarginv + \advance\labelwidth-\labelsep} +\def\@listvi {\leftmargin\leftmarginvi + \labelwidth\leftmarginvi + \advance\labelwidth-\labelsep} + +% create title +\providecommand{\maketitle}{} +\renewcommand{\maketitle}{% + \par + \begingroup + \renewcommand{\thefootnote}{\fnsymbol{footnote}} + % for perfect author name centering + \renewcommand{\@makefnmark}{\hbox to \z@{$^{\@thefnmark}$\hss}} + % The footnote-mark was overlapping the footnote-text, + % added the following to fix this problem (MK) + \long\def\@makefntext##1{% + \parindent 1em\noindent + \hbox to 1.8em{\hss $\m@th ^{\@thefnmark}$}##1 + } + \thispagestyle{empty} + \@maketitle + \@thanks + \@notice + \endgroup + \let\maketitle\relax + \let\thanks\relax +} + +% rules for title box at top of first page +\newcommand{\@toptitlebar}{ + \hrule height 4\p@ + \vskip 0.25in + \vskip -\parskip% +} +\newcommand{\@bottomtitlebar}{ + \vskip 0.29in + \vskip -\parskip + \hrule height 1\p@ + \vskip 0.09in% +} + +% create title (includes both anonymized and non-anonymized versions) +\providecommand{\@maketitle}{} +\renewcommand{\@maketitle}{% + \vbox{% + \hsize\textwidth + \linewidth\hsize + \vskip 0.1in + \@toptitlebar + \centering + {\LARGE\bf \@title\par} + \@bottomtitlebar + \if@submission + \begin{tabular}[t]{c}\bf\rule{\z@}{24\p@} + Anonymous Author(s) \\ + Affiliation \\ + Address \\ + \texttt{email} \\ + \end{tabular}% + \else + \def\And{% + \end{tabular}\hfil\linebreak[0]\hfil% + \begin{tabular}[t]{c}\bf\rule{\z@}{24\p@}\ignorespaces% + } + \def\AND{% + \end{tabular}\hfil\linebreak[4]\hfil% + \begin{tabular}[t]{c}\bf\rule{\z@}{24\p@}\ignorespaces% + } + \begin{tabular}[t]{c}\bf\rule{\z@}{24\p@}\@author\end{tabular}% + \fi + \vskip 0.3in \@minus 0.1in + } +} + +% add conference notice to bottom of first page +\newcommand{\ftype@noticebox}{8} +\newcommand{\@notice}{% + % give a bit of extra room back to authors on first page + \enlargethispage{2\baselineskip}% + \@float{noticebox}[b]% + \footnotesize\@noticestring% + \end@float% +} + +% abstract styling +\renewenvironment{abstract}% +{% + \vskip 0.075in% + \centerline% + {\large\bf Abstract}% + \vspace{0.5ex}% + \begin{quote}% +} +{ + \par% + \end{quote}% + \vskip 1ex% +} + +% For the paper checklist +\newcommand{\answerYes}[1][]{\textcolor{blue}{[Yes] #1}} +\newcommand{\answerNo}[1][]{\textcolor{orange}{[No] #1}} +\newcommand{\answerNA}[1][]{\textcolor{gray}{[NA] #1}} +\newcommand{\answerTODO}[1][]{\textcolor{red}{\bf [TODO]}} +\newcommand{\justificationTODO}[1][]{\textcolor{red}{\bf [TODO]}} + +% handle tweaks for camera-ready copy vs. submission copy +\if@preprint + \newcommand{\@noticestring}{% + Preprint. Under review.% + } +\else + \if@neuripsfinal + \newcommand{\@noticestring}{% + Workshop on Bayesian Decision-making and Uncertainty, \@neuripsordinal\/ Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems + (NeurIPS \@neuripsyear).%, \@neuripslocation.% + } + \else + \newcommand{\@noticestring}{% + Submitted to Workshop on Bayesian Decision-making and Uncertainty, \@neuripsordinal\/ Conference on Neural Information + Processing Systems (BDU at NeurIPS \@neuripsyear). Do not distribute.% + } + + % hide the acknowledgements + \NewEnviron{hide}{} + \let\ack\hide + \let\endack\endhide + + % line numbers for submission + \RequirePackage{lineno} + \linenumbers + + % fix incompatibilities between lineno and amsmath, if required, by + % transparently wrapping linenomath environments around amsmath + % environments + \AtBeginDocument{% + \@ifpackageloaded{amsmath}{% + \newcommand*\patchAmsMathEnvironmentForLineno[1]{% + \expandafter\let\csname old#1\expandafter\endcsname\csname #1\endcsname + \expandafter\let\csname oldend#1\expandafter\endcsname\csname end#1\endcsname + \renewenvironment{#1}% + {\linenomath\csname old#1\endcsname}% + {\csname oldend#1\endcsname\endlinenomath}% + }% + \newcommand*\patchBothAmsMathEnvironmentsForLineno[1]{% + \patchAmsMathEnvironmentForLineno{#1}% + \patchAmsMathEnvironmentForLineno{#1*}% + }% + \patchBothAmsMathEnvironmentsForLineno{equation}% + \patchBothAmsMathEnvironmentsForLineno{align}% + \patchBothAmsMathEnvironmentsForLineno{flalign}% + \patchBothAmsMathEnvironmentsForLineno{alignat}% + \patchBothAmsMathEnvironmentsForLineno{gather}% + \patchBothAmsMathEnvironmentsForLineno{multline}% + } + {} + } + \fi +\fi + + +\endinput \ No newline at end of file