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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Colleagues,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The paper submission deadline, May 15, 2015,
is nearing for the
international conference “11<sup>th</sup> Workshop on
Self-Organizing Maps”,
WSOM 2016.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The conference will be held at <st1:placename
w:st="on">Rice</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype>, <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Houston</st1:city> <st1:state
w:st="on">Texas</st1:state>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">United
States</st1:country-region></st1:place>, January 6-8, 2016.
<br>
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JA"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wsom2016.rice.edu/">http://wsom2016.rice.edu/</a></span> for important dates,
paper submission,
venue, for your planning. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We look forward to hosting you in <st1:city
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Houston</st1:place></st1:city>.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please don’t hesitate to contact us with any
inquiries. (Do
not reply to this email. Use the contact names and emails listed
at the web
site.)</p>
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