It’s conference season once again.
| Conference | Due? | When? | Where? | double blind? | author feedback? | Workshops? |
| AAAI | February 1/6 (and 27) | July 22-26 | Vancouver, British Columbia | Yes | Yes | Done |
| UAI | February 28/March 2 | July 19-22 | Vancouver, British Columbia | No | No | No |
| COLT | January 16 | June 13-15 | San Diego, California (with FCRC) | No | No | No |
| ICML | February 7/9 | June 20-24 | Corvallis, Oregon | Yes | Yes | February 16 |
| KDD | February 23/28 | August 12-15 | San Jose, California | Yes | No? | February 28 |
The geowinner this year is the west coast of North America. Last year‘s geowinner was the Northeastern US, and the year before it was mostly Europe. It’s notable how tightly the conferences cluster, even when they don’t colocate.