<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div class="">[Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement]</div><div class="">[Please kindly help forward it to potentially interested attendees]</div><div class=""> </div><div class="">2nd International Workshop on Machine learning, Optimization and big Data - MOD 2016</div><div class="">An Interdisciplinary Workshop: Machine Learning, Optimization and Data Science without BordersTuscany, August 26-29, 2016</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="http://www.taosciences.it/mod/" class="">http://www.taosciences.it/mod/</a></div><div class=""><a href="mailto:modworkshop2016@gmail.com" class="">modworkshop2016@gmail.com</a></div><div class=""> </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">CALL FOR PAPERS</div><div class="">Paper submission deadline: February 28, 2016</div><div class=""><a href="http://www.taosciences.it/mod/call-for-papers/" class="">http://www.taosciences.it/mod/call-for-papers/</a></div><div class=""><a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mod2016" class="">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mod2016</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">KEYNOTE SPEAKERS</div><div class="">+ Nello Cristianini, Bristol University, UK</div><div class="">+ Stephen H. Muggleton, Imperial College London, UK</div><div class="">Other Keynote Speakers will be announced soon</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">POST-PROCEEDINGS by Lecture Notes in Computer Science - Springer</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">JOURNAL SPECIAL ISSUE</div><div class="">Computational Optimization and Applications Journal - Springer</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">SPECIAL SESSIONS</div><div class="">+ Deep Learning: Theory, Architectures, Algorithms and Applications</div><div class="">+ Data-driven Algorithmics – Data for informed decisions</div><div class="">+ Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithms</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The MOD 2016 workshop will consist of four days of workshop sessions and special sessions. We invite submissions of papers, abstracts and posters on all topics related to Machine learning, Optimization and Big Data including real-world applications for the workshop proceedings.</div><div class=""> </div><div class="">MOD 2016 Types of Submissions</div><div class="">When submitting a paper to MOD 2016, authors are required to select </div><div class="">one of the following four types of papers:</div><div class="">+ Long paper: original novel and unpublished work (max. 12 pages in Springer LNCS format);</div><div class="">+ Short paper: an extended abstract of novel work (max. 4 pages);</div><div class="">+ Work for oral presentation only (no page restriction; any format). </div><div class="">For example, work already published elsewhere, which is relevant and which may solicit fruitful discussion at the workshop;</div><div class="">+ Work for poster presentation only. The poster format for the </div><div class="">presentation is A0 (118.9 cm high and 84.1 cm wide, respectively 46.8 x 33.1 inch).</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">For research work which is relevant and which may solicit fruitful discussion at the workshop.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">MOD 2016 Post-Proceedings</div><div class="">All accepted long papers will be published in a volume of the series </div><div class="">'Lecture Notes in Computer Science' from Springer after the Workshop. </div><div class="">Instructions for preparing and submitting the final versions </div><div class="">(camera-ready papers) of all accepted papers will be available later on.</div><div class="">All the other papers (short papers, abstract of the oral </div><div class="">presentations, poster presentations) will be published on the MOD 2016 web site.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Journal Special Issue on Computational Optimization and Applications Journal</div><div class="">The top 8-10 accepted articles will have the opportunity to publish a revised and expanded version of their conference paper in the Computational Optimization and Applications Journal – Springer.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">MOD 2016 Submission System</div><div class="">All papers must be submitted using EasyChair:</div><div class=""><a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mod2016" class="">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mod2016</a></div><div class="">The deadline is February 28, 2016</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">MOD 2016 Important Dates</div><div class="">+ Paper Submission Deadline: February 28, 2016</div><div class="">+ Decision Notification to Authors: May 1st, 2016</div><div class="">+ Camera Ready Submission Deadline: June 1st, 2016</div><div class="">+ Deadline for early Registration as Presenting Author: June 1st, 2016</div><div class="">+ Late registration: June 2 – August 29, 2016</div><div class="">+ On-Site registration: August 26-29, 2016</div><div class="">+ MOD 2016 Workshop: August 26-29, 2016</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">MOD 2016 Program Committee</div><div class="">The current MOD 2016 Program Committee includes about 300 confirmed Program Committee members:</div><div class=""><a href="http://www.taosciences.it/mod/program-committee/" class="">http://www.taosciences.it/mod/program-committee/</a></div><div class="">Any questions regarding the submission process can be sent to workshop organizers: <a href="mailto:modworkshop2016@gmail.com" class="">modworkshop2016@gmail.com</a></div><div class=""> </div><div class="">We look forward to seeing you in Tuscany!</div><div class=""> Giuseppe Nicosia & Panos Pardalos - MOD 2016 Chairs.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="http://www.taosciences.it/mod/" class="">http://www.taosciences.it/mod/</a></div><div class=""><a href="mailto:modworkshop2016@gmail.com" class="">modworkshop2016@gmail.com</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">MOD 2015 Edition: <a href="http://www.taosciences.it/mod-2015/MOD" class="">http://www.taosciences.it/mod-2015/MOD</a> 2015 </div><div class="">MOD 2015 Keynote Speakers:</div><div class="">Vipin Kumar, University of Minnesota, USA</div><div class="">Panos Pardalos, University of Florida, USA</div><div class="">Tomaso Poggio, MIT, USA</div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><br class=""><div class="">
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">-- <br class="">Giuseppe Nicosia, Ph.D.<br class="">Associate Professor of Computer Engineering<br class="">Dept of Mathematics & Computer Science <br class="">University of Catania <br class="">Viale A. Doria, 6 - 95125 Catania, Italy <br class="">P +39 095 7383048<br class=""><a href="mailto:nicosia@dmi.unict.it" class="">nicosia@dmi.unict.it</a> <br class=""><a href="http://www.dmi.unict.it/nicosia" class="">http://www.dmi.unict.it/nicosia</a></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">==================================================================<br class="">3rd International Synthetic & Systems Biology Summer School - SSBSS 2016<br class="">* Biology meets Computer Science & Engineering *<br class="">July 8-14, 2016 - Volterra (Pisa), Tuscany, Italy<br class=""><a href="http://www.taosciences.it/ssbss/" class="">http://www.taosciences.it/ssbss/</a><br class="">==================================================================<br class="">2nd International Workshop on Machine learning, Optimization & big Data - MOD 2016<br class="">August 26-29, 2016 - Volterra (Pisa), Tuscany, Italy<br class="">http://www.taosciences.it/mod/<br class="">==================================================================</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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