<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; ">Dear colleagues,</span></div><div><font face="Arial" color="#0f61c8"><span style="font-size: 13px; "><br></span></font><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; ">this is the second announcement of the fourth </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; ">international</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "> conference on </span><br><font face="Arial" color="#0f61c8"><span style="font-size: 13px; "><br></span></font><font face="Arial" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; "><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; ">"Information Geometry and its Applications" (</span></font><a href="http://igaia.utia.cz/" target="_blank" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; ">http://igaia.utia.cz</a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; ">).</span><br><font face="Arial" color="#0f61c8"><span style="font-size: 13px; "><br></span></font><font face="Arial" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; "><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; ">This event honors the numerous scientific achievements of Shun-ichi Amari </span></font><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; ">on the occasion of his 80th birthday. With his foundation of Information Geometry, Shun-ichi Amari has pioneered the filed of mathematical neuroscience. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; ">Information Geometry is a </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; ">quickly</span><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 13px; "> growing field which has attracted many scientists from mathematics,</span></font><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; "> neuroscience, cognitive systems, robotics, and machine learning.</span></div><div><br></div><div><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; ">The conference will take place on </span></font><span tabindex="0" class="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; ">June 13-17, 2016</span><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; ">, at the Liblice Castle Hotel in Czech Republic. Its</span></font><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "> webpage has now been </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; ">updated, including the preliminary program and information about the transportation to the conference location. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; ">Furthermore, all details concerning the registration and poster submission are available at that webpage </span><font face="Arial" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; "><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; ">(</span></font><a href="http://igaia.utia.cz/" target="_blank" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; ">http://igaia.utia.cz</a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; ">)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; ">. In fact, we very much appreciate poster contributions! </span></div><div><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 13px; "><br></span></font></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; ">We hope that you will be able to participate and look forward to meeting you at IGAIA IV! </span><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 13px; "><br></span></font><font face="Arial" color="#0f61c8"><span style="font-size: 13px; "><br></span></font><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; ">Best wishes,</span><br><font face="Arial" color="#0f61c8"><span style="font-size: 13px; "><br></span></font><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "><span class="">Nihat</span> Ay (Germany)</span><br><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; ">Paolo Gibilisco (Italy)</span><br><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; ">František Matúš (Czech Republic)<br></span></div></div><br><div>
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