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        mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">The international conference “11th
        Workshop on
        Self-Organizing Maps”, WSOM 2016, will be held at Rice
        University, Houston
        Texas, United States, January 6-8, 2016. Please check <a
          href="http://wsom2016.rice.edu/">http://wsom2016.rice.edu/</a>
        for call for
        papers, information on important dates, paper submission, venue.
        Paper
        submission will be due May 15, 2015.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        Houston and to
        Rice University. You will find a very welcoming, rich and
        vibrant environment here.
        Travel is easy and the weather is especially pleasant in
        January. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        mailing list please
        send a request to Erzsébet Merényi, WSOM 2016 general chair, at
        <a href="mailto:erzsebet@rice.edu">erzsebet@rice.edu</a> .<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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