Connectionists: ***REMINDER*** LA-CCI POSTGRADUATE PHD/MSC THESES CONTEST - ENTRIES ARE WELCOME UNTIL AUGUST 28th

[Prof. Fernando Buarque]

*2017 IEEE** - 4rd Latin-American Conference on Computational Intelligence*
* (IEEE LA-CCI 2017)*Arequipa (close to Machu Picchu) – Universidad
Católica San Pablo – Peru.
*November, 8-10th, 2017* *[**The 6-7th, prior, will be dedicated to the
LA-School on CI**]*


*Sponsored by the IEEE-CIS*
*Supported by CI Societies/Groups from:*

   Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru(Host)
and Venezuela


*THE CONFERENCE WEBSITE LINK               => http://la-cci.org/
<http://la-cci.org/>*

*FOR SUBMMITING YOUR ENTRY                   **=>
**http://la-cci.org/contest-theses-2017/
<http://la-cci.org/contest-theses-2017/>*


*Important Dates*

-Submission of entry for the Contest: September 28th, 2017.

-Author registration & Early registration:  September 4th, 2017.

-Regular registration: September 28th, 2017 and onwards.


*List of Key - Speakers (**CONFIRMED**):*

*1) José Príncipe *** **University of Florida (USA)*

*    * **Talk: “Information Theoretic Deep Learning”*

*2) Giuseppe Zollo * Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II (Italy)*

*    * Talk: “The Aesthetics of Complexity: how the mind computes the
beauty”*

*3) Tshilidzi Marwala * University of Johannesburg (South Africa)*

*    * Talk:   “The Challenges and Opportunities of Industry 4.0″*

*4) Fernando Buarque de Lima Neto * Universidade de Pernambuco (Brazil)*

*    * Talk: “Why Metaheuristics are so useful”  *

*5) Omar Florez * Intel Labs (USA)*

*    * Talk: “From Machine Learning to Machine Understanding”*

*6) Mike Preuss * University of Münster (Germany)  *

*    * Talk: “Novel developments in CI and Games”*

*7) Pablo Estevez * Universidad de Chile (Chile) *

*    * Talk: “Big Data Analytics using Deep Learning
and Information-Theoretical Learning: Applications to Astronomy”*

*8) Ronaldo Menezes * Florida Institute of Technology (USA)*

*    * Talk: “Network and Data Science” * Key speaker at LA-CCI School*



*Main-Tracks:*

I)   Evolutionary & Swarm Computation: Genetic Algorithms, Genetic
Programming, Artificial Immune Systems,

     Swarm Intelligence, Collective Intelligence, Evolvable Hardware,
Bio-inspired Methods.

II)  Neural & Learning Systems: Neural Networks, Machine Learning, Complex
Systems, Molecular and Quantum

     Computing, Complex Networks.

III) Fuzzy & Stochastic Modeling: Fuzzy Systems, Fuzzy Control & Decision
Making, Uncertainty Analysis, Rough Sets,

     Fractals, Multiagent Systems, Reinforcement Learning, Game Theory.



*Activities: *LA-CCI SCHOOL on CI; POST GRADUATE THESIS CONTEST;
ROUND-TABLES & more.


*Highlights:*

This edition will boast thematic roundtables, an exciting School, a
Post-Grad Contest/Doctoral Consortium and some

exquisite cultural activities (such as visiting Machu Picchu over the
weekend).         *We are waiting for you!*




Warm regards,

Fernando Buarque - PC-Chair of LA-CCI'2017

Prof. Fernando Buarque <http://fbln.pro.br/images/FBLN_Footer.jpg>, BSc MSc
DIC PhD(UK) Hab(BR) AvH Fellow(DE), Senior Memb. IEEE(USA), Accred. Res.
CNPq(BR)
Associate Professor - School  of Engineering/University of Pernambuco-UPE,
Brazil (POLI <http://www.poli.br/>/UPE <http://www.poli.br/>)
Adjunct Professor     - Electrical&Computer Engineering/Texas A&M
University, USA (ECE at TAMU
<http://engineering.tamu.edu/electrical/people/buarque-de-lima-neto-fernando>
)
Graduate Faculty      - Computer Science/Florida Institute of Technology,
USA (CS at FIT <http://coe.fit.edu/cs/>)
Visiting Professor      - School of Business and Economics-European
Research Center for IS/University of Münster, Germany (ERCIS
<https://www.wi.uni-muenster.de/department/logistik/people/fernando-buarque>
)
Visiting Professor      - Electrical Engineering/University of
Johannesburg, South Africa (Kingsway Campus
<http://virtualtour.co.za/clients/University/index.html>)
Permanent Member  - PostGrad Program on Computing Engineering of UPE, Brazil
 (PPG-EC <http://mestrado.ecomp.poli.br/>)
                                  - PostGrad Program on Systems Engineering
of UPE, Brazil  (PPG-ES <http://ppges.poli.br/>)
                                  - UnderGrad Program on Computing
Engineering of POLI/UPE, Brazil (E-Comp <http://www.ecomp.poli.br/>)
Head                         - Computational Intelligence Research Group of
 UPE, Brazil (CIRG at UPE <http://www.cirg.ecomp.upe.br/>)
Director                     - International Relations Office of School of
Engineering-POLI/UPE, Brazil (ARI at POLI
<http://www.poli.br/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=690:a-ari&catid=74:informacoes-ari&Itemid=273>
)

*Snail mail:*
Universidade de Pernambuco / Escola Politécnica de Pernambuco
Rua Benfica, 455 (Bl. 'C' 2. andar) * Bairro: Madalena
CEP 50720-001  *  Recife, Pernambuco - Brasil
Fone: +55(0)81 3184-7542 * Fax: +55(0)81 3184-7548
National => http://www.fbln.pro.br/ * International => http://www.fbln.net


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