Connectionists: SECOND CFP: IEEE 2017 LA-CCI (4rd Latin-American Conference on Computational Intelligence), Peru - Arequipa (close to Machu Picchu)

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*2017 IEEE LA-CCI - 4rd Latin-American Conference on Computational
Intelligence*

Arequipa, Peru (close to Machu Picchu).

*November, 8-10th, 2017* [The 6-7th, prior, will be dedicated to the
LA-School on CI]

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

*2nd CFP LINK =>*
*http://la-cci.org/wp-content/uploads/LA-CCI2017/2nd-CFP-IEEE-LA-CCI-2017.pdf*
<http://la-cci.org/wp-content/uploads/LA-CCI2017/2nd-CFP-IEEE-LA-CCI-2017.pdf>

*LA-CCI is supported by CI Societies/Groups from Argentina, Bolivia,
Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru(Host) and Venezuela.*

*CONFERENCE OVERVIEW (4th Edition of LA-CCI):*

The IEEE 2017 Latin American Conference on Computational Intelligence aims
to (i) bring together the Soft Computing

community to present the latest achievements and innovations in the
multiple areas of Computational Intelligence and

(ii) encourage participation by young researchers. Following the ethos of
LA-CCI (check the Manifesto at http://la-cci.org/manifesto/),

we are glad to put together a high-level international forum for
scientists, researchers, engineers, professionals and educators

to jointly disseminate latest research results and exchange views of the
future research directions in the areas associated

to Computational Intelligence.

*MAIN-TRACKS:*

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

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

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

        Computing, Complex Networks.

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

         Fractals, Multiagent Systems, Reinforcement Learning, Game Theory.

*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) Fernando Buarque de Lima Neto * Universidade de Pernambuco (Brazil) *
Talk: “Why Metaheuristics are so useful”  *

*4) Omar Florez * Intel Labs (USA) * Talk: “From Machine Learning to
Machine Understanding”*

*5) Mike Preuss * University of Münster (Germany)  * Talk: “Novel
developments in CI and Games”*

*6)  Pablo Estevez * Universidad de Chile (Chile) * Talk: TBA*

*SUBMISSIONS:*

Papers should be no longer than 6 pages with original contributions, using
the IEEE conference format, available at the

event homepage along with other instructions. Papers can be submitted using
the Easychair system (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=2017ieeelacci
).

*PUBLICATION (And Special Issues):*

-Accepted and presented papers will be published in the
IEEE LA-CCI 2016 Conference Proceedings and submitted to IEEE Xplore®

-Top papers of IEEE LA-CCI 2017 will be published as extended versions in
important journals related with CI (Including IEEE Latin America
Transactions)

*IMPORTANT DATES*

-Submission of full papers (23:59, GMT -5) ** June** 12th, 2017*  [and also
MSc/PhD Theses Contest]

-Notification of acceptance and Theses Contest Notification: July 23rd, 2017
.

-Final (camera ready) paper due: by August 27th, 2017.

-Author registration: by August 27th, 2017.

-Early registration:  August 1st, 2017.

-Regular registration: September 10th, 2017 and onwards.

-Conference Meeting: November 8-10th, 2017.

*POST GRADUATE THESIS CONTEST *

Students graded between January 1st 2016 and June 30th 2017 can send your
summaries (2500 words) to Ph.D. Diego Peluffo at diegohpo at gmail.com

*LA-CCI SCHOOL on COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE*

Check instructions

*VENUE*

Arequipa, a pleasant colonial and touristic Peruvian city (18.C in
November), is located 1,000 kilometers southeast of Peru’s capital, Lima.

The town is next to three volcanoes and close to the world heritage of
Machu Picchu.

*ORGANIZERS*

-General Chair LA-CCI 2017

Yván Jesús Túpac Valdivia, Universidad Católica San Pablo – Peru

-General Co-Chair & Director of  LA-CCI Summer School

Efren Gorrostieta, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro – Mexico

-Program Chair

Fernando Buarque de Lima Neto, Universidade de Pernambuco – Brazil

-Program Co-Chair

Miguel Núñez del Prado, Universidad del Pacífico – Peru

-Publications Chairs

Nadia Nedjah, Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro – Brazil

Carmelo Bastos Filho, Universidade de Pernambuco – Brazil

-Finance Chair and Treasurer

Yessenia Deysiy Yari Ramos, Universidad Católica San Pablo – Peru

-Publicity and Public Relations Chairs

ARGENTINA: Cristian Rodriguez Rivero – Universidad Nacional de Córdoba

BOLIVIA: René V. Reynaga – Universidad La Salle

BRAZIL: Hugo Valadares – Federal Technological University of Paraná

COLOMBIA: Álvaro Orjuela – Universidad Antono Nariño

CHILE: Gloria Millaray Curilem Saldías - Universidad de La Frontera

ECUADOR: Diego Hernán Peluffo-Ordóñez– Universidad Técnica del Norte

PERU: Ernesto Cuadros Vargas, Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología

MEXICO: Alma Alanis – University of Guadalajara

VENEZUELA: Niriaska del Carmen Perozo – Universidad Centroccidental
“Lisandro Alvarado”

*Come & enjoy a nice conference as well as a very nice region of Peru *

 *Cultural visits will be organized to the world heritage of Machu Picchu)*

<http://fbln.pro.br/images/FBLN_Footer.jpg>
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 - Escola Politécnica/Universidade de Pernambuco (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 - University of Johannesburg, South Africa (Kingsway
Campus <http://virtualtour.co.za/clients/University/index.html>)
Head of the Computational Intelligence Research Group of UPE (CIRG at UPE
<http://www.cirg.ecomp.upe.br/>)

Universidade de Pernambuco / Escola Politécnica de Pernambuco
Rua Benfica, 455 (Bl. 'C' 2. andar) * Bairro: Madalena
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