WORKSHOP ON SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES : THEORY AND APPLICATIONS
This paper presents a summary of the issues discussed during the one day workshop on "Support Vector Machines (SVM) Theory and Applications" organized as part of the Advanced Course on Artificial Intelligence (ACAI 99) in Chania, Greece. The goal of the paper is twofold: to present an overview of the background theory and current understanding of SVM, and to discuss the papers presented as well as the issues that arose during the workshop.