<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-size:12.8px">*** FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS ***</div><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-size:12.8px"><span class="gmail-m_-5914456626010726737gmail-m_4559411490753952396gmail-il"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-size:12.8px"><span class="gmail-m_-5914456626010726737gmail-m_4559411490753952396gmail-il">2017</span> IEEE <span class="gmail-m_-5914456626010726737gmail-m_4559411490753952396gmail-il">LA</span>-<span class="gmail-m_-5914456626010726737gmail-m_4559411490753952396gmail-il">CCI</span> - 4rd Latin-American Conference on Computational Intelligence</div><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-size:12.8px">Arequipa<span style="font-size:12.8px">, Peru </span></div><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-size:12.8px">November, 8-10th, <span class="gmail-m_-5914456626010726737gmail-m_4559411490753952396gmail-il">2017 [on 6-7th there will two-day dedicated to the School on CI]</span></div><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-size:12.8px"><span class="gmail-m_-5914456626010726737gmail-m_4559411490753952396gmail-il"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-size:12.8px">WEBSITE => <a href="http://la-cci.org/" target="_blank">http://<span class="gmail-m_-5914456626010726737gmail-m_4559411490753952396gmail-il"><span class="gmail-il">la</span></span>-<span class="gmail-m_-5914456626010726737gmail-m_4559411490753952396gmail-il"><span class="gmail-il">cci</span></span>.org/</a></div><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-size:12.8px">1st CFP LINK => <a href="http://la-cci.org/wp-content/uploads/LA-CCI2017/1st-CFP-IEEE-LA-CCI-2017.pdf" target="_blank">http://<span class="gmail-il">la</span>-<span class="gmail-il">cci</span>.org/wp-conten<wbr>t/uploads/<span class="gmail-il">LA</span>-CCI2017/1st-CFP-<wbr>IEEE-<span class="gmail-il">LA</span>-<span class="gmail-il">CCI</span>-2017.pdf</a></div><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-size:12.8px">OVERVIEW:</div><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-size:12.8px">IEEE Latin American Conference on Computational Intelligence <span class="gmail-m_-5914456626010726737gmail-m_4559411490753952396gmail-il">2017</span> aims to bring together the Soft Computing </div><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-size:12.8px">community to present the latest achievements and innovations in the multiple areas of Computational Intelligence, </div><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-size:12.8px">encourage participation by young researchers and following the <span class="gmail-m_-5914456626010726737gmail-m_4559411490753952396gmail-il">LA</span>-<span class="gmail-m_-5914456626010726737gmail-m_4559411490753952396gmail-il">CCI</span> Manifesto <span style="font-size:12.8px">(</span><a href="http://la-cci.org/manifesto/" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">http://l<wbr>a-<span class="gmail-il">cci</span>.org/manifesto/</a><span style="font-size:12.8px">) is</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> to </span></div><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">provide a high-level international </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">forum for scientists, researchers, engineers, professionals and educators to disseminate </span></div><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">their latest research results </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">and exchange views of the future research directions in the area of Computational Intelligence. </span></div><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-size:12.8px">MAIN-TRACKS:</div><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-size:12.8px">* Evolutionary & Swarm Computation: Genetic Algorithms, Genetic Programming, Artificial Immune Systems, Swarm </div><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-size:12.8px"> Intelligence, Collective Intelligence, Evolvable Hardware, Bio-inspired Methods.</div><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-size:12.8px">* Neural & Learning Systems: Neural Networks, Machine Learning, Complex Systems, Molecular and Quantum </div><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-size:12.8px"> Computing, Complex Networks.</div><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-size:12.8px">* Fuzzy & Stochastic Modeling: Fuzzy Systems, Fuzzy Control & Decision Making, Uncertainty Analysis, Rough Sets, </div><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-size:12.8px"> Fractals, Multiagent Systems, Reinforcement Learning, Game Theory.</div><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-size:12.8px">KEY-SPEAKERS (CONFIRMED):</div><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-size:12.8px"><div class="gmail_extra"><span style="font-size:12.8px">- Pablo Estevez – Universidad de Chile (Chile) * Talk: TBA</span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><span style="font-size:12.8px">- Giuseppe Zollo – Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II (Italy) * Talk: “The Aesthetics of Complexity: how the mind computes the beauty”</span><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><span style="font-size:12.8px">- Fernando Buarque de Lima Neto – Universidade de Pernambuco (Brazil) * Talk: “Why Metaheuristics are so useful” </span><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><span style="font-size:12.8px">- Omar Florez – Intel Labs (USA) * Talk: “From Machine Learning to Machine Understanding”</span><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><span style="font-size:12.8px">- Mike Preuss – University of Münster (Germany) * Talk: “Novel developments in CI and Games”</span><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-size:12.8px">SUBMISSIONS:</div><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-size:12.8px">Papers should be no longer than 6 pages with original contributions, using the IEEE conference format, available at the </div><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-size:12.8px">event homepage along with other instructions. Papers can be submitted using the Easychair system (<span lang="ES" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=2017ieeelacci" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana,sans-serif">https://easychair.org/confere<wbr>nces/?conf=2017ieeelacci</span></a></span>).</div><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-size:12.8px">PUBLICATION (And Special Issues):</div><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-size:12.8px">-Accepted and presented papers will be published in the IEEE <span class="gmail-m_-5914456626010726737gmail-m_4559411490753952396gmail-il">LA</span>-<span class="gmail-m_-5914456626010726737gmail-m_4559411490753952396gmail-il">CCI</span> <span class="gmail-m_-5914456626010726737gmail-m_4559411490753952396gmail-il">2016</span> Conference Proceedings and submitted to IEEE Xplore®</div><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-size:12.8px">-Top papers of IEEE <span class="gmail-m_-5914456626010726737gmail-m_4559411490753952396gmail-il">LA</span>-<span class="gmail-m_-5914456626010726737gmail-m_4559411490753952396gmail-il">CCI</span> <span class="gmail-m_-5914456626010726737gmail-m_4559411490753952396gmail-il">2017</span> will be published as extended versions in important journals related with CI (Including IEEE Latin America Transactions)</div><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-size:12.8px">IMPORTANT DATES</div><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">-Submission of full papers (23:59, GMT -5) –<b> May 14th, 2017</b> [also </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">Theses Contest Deadline</span><span style="font-size:12.8px">]</span></div><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-size:12.8px"><span class="gmail-m_-5914456626010726737gmail-m_4559411490753952396gmail-il"><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-size:12.8px">-Notification of acceptance and <span style="font-size:12.8px">Theses Contest Notification </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">– July 23rd, 2017.</span></div><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-size:12.8px">-Final (camera ready) paper due – by August 27th, 2017.</div><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-size:12.8px">-Author registration – by August 27th, 2017.</div><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-size:12.8px">-Early registration – August 1st, 2017.</div><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-size:12.8px">-Regular registration – September 10th, 2017 and onwards.</div><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-size:12.8px">-Conference Meeting – November 8-10th, 2017.</div></span></div><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-size:12.8px">POST GRADUATE THESIS CONTEST </div><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-size:12.8px">Students graded between January 1st 2016 and June 30th <span class="gmail-m_-5914456626010726737gmail-m_4559411490753952396gmail-il">2017</span> can send your summaries (2500 words) to Ph.D. Diego Peluffo at <a href="mailto:diegohpo@gmail.com" target="_blank">diegohpo@gmail.com</a></div><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><span class="gmail-il">LA</span>-<span class="gmail-il">CCI</span> SCHOOL on COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE</span></div><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Check instructions</span><br></div><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-size:12.8px"><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-size:12.8px">VENUE</div><div class="gmail_extra"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Arequipa, a pleasant colonial and touristic Peruvian city (18.C in November), is located 1,000 kilometers southeast of Peru’s capital, Lima. </span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><span style="font-size:12.8px">The town is next to three volcanoes and close to the world heritage of Machu Picchu.</span><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-size:12.8px">ORGANIZERS</div><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">-General Chair <span class="gmail-il">LA</span>-<span class="gmail-il">CCI</span> 2017</span><br></div><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-size:12.8px"><div class="gmail_extra"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Yván Jesús Túpac Valdivia, Universidad Católica San Pablo – Peru</span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><span style="font-size:12.8px">-General Co-Chair</span><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Efren Gorrostieta, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro – Mexico</span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><span style="font-size:12.8px">-Program Chair</span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Fernando Buarque de Lima Neto, Universidade de Pernambuco – Brazil</span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><span style="font-size:12.8px">-Program Co-Chair</span><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Miguel Núñez del Prado, Universidad del Pacífico – Peru</span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><span style="font-size:12.8px">-Publications Chairs</span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Nadia Nedjah, Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro – Brazil</span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Carmelo Bastos Filho, Universidade de Pernambuco – Brazil</span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><span style="font-size:12.8px">-Finance Chair and Treasurer</span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Yessenia Deisy Yari Ramos, Universidad Católica San Pablo – Peru</span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><span style="font-size:12.8px">-Publicity and Public Relations Chairs</span><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><span style="font-size:12.8px">ARGENTINA: Cristian Rodriguez Rivero – Universidad Nacional de Córdoba</span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><span style="font-size:12.8px">BOLIVIA: René V. Reynaga – Universidad <span class="gmail-il">La</span> Salle</span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><span style="font-size:12.8px">BRAZIL: Hugo Valadares – Federal Technological University of Paraná</span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><span style="font-size:12.8px">COLOMBIA: Álvaro Orjuela – Universidad Antono Nariño</span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><span style="font-size:12.8px">CHILE: Gloria Millaray Curilem Saldías - Universidad de <span class="gmail-il">La</span> Frontera</span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><span style="font-size:12.8px">ECUADOR: Diego Hernán Peluffo-Ordóñez– Universidad Técnica del Norte</span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><span style="font-size:12.8px">PERU: Ernesto Cuadros Vargas, Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología</span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><span style="font-size:12.8px">MEXICO: Alma Alanis – University of Guadalajara</span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><span style="font-size:12.8px">VENEZUELA: Niriaska del Carmen Perozo – Universidad Centroccidental “Lisandro Alvarado”</span></div></div><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-size:12.8px">*** Come & enjoy a nice conference as well as a very nice region of Peru ! ***</div><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-size:12.8px"><i><span style="color:black;font-family:calibri,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;text-align:justify">(Notice that some cultural visits will be considered on the weekend to the </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:calibri,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px;text-align:justify">world heritage of Machu Picchu</span><span style="color:black;font-family:calibri,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;text-align:justify">).</span></i></div><div><br></div><div> <br></div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">
<div><a href="http://fbln.pro.br/images/FBLN_Footer.jpg" target="_blank">Prof. Fernando Buarque</a>, <span style="font-size:x-small">BSc MSc DIC PhD(UK) Hab(BR) AvH Fellow(DE), Senior Memb. IEEE(USA), Accred. Res. CNPq(BR)</span></div><div><div style="text-align:left"><div style="text-align:-webkit-auto"><div style="text-align:left"><font size="1" style="font-family:arial;text-align:-webkit-auto">Associate Professor - </font><span style="font-family:arial;text-align:-webkit-auto;font-size:x-small">Escola Politécnica/</span><font size="1" style="font-family:arial;text-align:-webkit-auto">Universidade de Pernambuco </font><span style="font-family:arial;text-align:-webkit-auto;font-size:x-small">(</span><a href="http://www.poli.br/" style="font-family:arial;text-align:-webkit-auto;color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:x-small" target="_blank">POLI</a><span style="font-family:arial;text-align:-webkit-auto;font-size:x-small">/</span><a href="http://www.poli.br/" style="font-family:arial;text-align:-webkit-auto;color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:x-small" target="_blank">UPE</a><span style="font-family:arial;text-align:-webkit-auto;font-size:x-small">)</span><br></div></div><div><div style="font-family:arial"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:x-small">Adjunct Professor - Electrical&Computer Engineering/Texas A&M University, USA (</span><a href="http://engineering.tamu.edu/electrical/people/buarque-de-lima-neto-fernando" target="_blank"><font size="1" color="#6fa8dc">ECE@TAMU</font></a><span style="font-size:x-small">) </span></div><div style="font-size:small"><span style="font-size:x-small">Graduate Faculty - Computer Science/Florida Institute of Technology, USA (</span><a href="http://coe.fit.edu/cs/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:x-small" target="_blank">CS@FIT</a><span style="font-size:x-small">) </span></div><div><span style="font-size:x-small">Visiting Professor - University of Johannesburg, South Africa (</span><a href="http://virtualtour.co.za/clients/University/index.html" style="font-size:x-small;color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Kingsway Campus</a><span style="font-size:x-small">)</span><br></div><div style="font-size:small"><br></div></div></div></div></div><div>Universidade de Pernambuco / Escola Politécnica de Pernambuco<br><font size="1">Rua Benfica, 455 (Bl. 'C' 2. andar) * Bairro: Madalena<br>CEP 50720-001 * Recife, Pernambuco - Brasil<span></span><span></span><a></a><br>Fone: +55(0)81 3184-7542 * Fax: +55(0)81 3184-7548<br></font><font face="'courier new', monospace" size="1">National => <a href="http://www.fbln.pro.br/" target="_blank">http://www.fbln.pro.br/</a> * International => <a href="http://www.fbln.net" target="_blank">http://www.fbln.net</a></font></div><div><br></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace" size="1"><br></font></div><div><font face="'courier new', monospace" size="1"><a href="http://www.la-cci.org" target="_blank"><img src="http://la-cci.org/wp-content/uploads//LA-CCI2017/LA-CCI2017_BANNER-1024x415@2x.jpg" width="420" height="170" alt="LA-CCI 2017"></a><br></font><br><b><font size="1"><i>"Se você quiser educar um homem, comece pela avó dele" (Victor Hugo).<br></i></font></b></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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