THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MACHINE LEARNING (ICML) IS THE GATHERING OF PROFESSIONALS DEDICATED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE BRANCH OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE KNOWN AS MACHINE LEARNING. ICML IS GLOBALLY RECOGNIZED FOR PRESENTING AND PUBLISHING CUTTING-EDGE RESEARCH ON ALL ASPECTS OF MACHINE LEARNING USED IN CLOSELY RELATED AREAS LIKE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, STATISTICS AND DATA SCIENCE, AS WELL AS IMPORTANT APPLICATION AREAS SUCH AS MACHINE VISION, COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY, SPEECH RECOGNITION, AND ROBOTICS. PARTICIPANTS AT ICML SPAN A WIDE RANGE OF BACKGROUNDS, FROM ACADEMIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCHERS, TO ENTREPRENEURS AND ENGINEERS, TO GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTDOCS.