<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">         *** Sorry for cross-post ***                                 *** Feel free to distribute ***</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt">2017 IEEE LA-CCI - 4rd Latin-American Conference on Computational Intelligence</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Arequipa, Peru (close to Machu Picchu).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt">November, 8-10th, 2017</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> [<font color="#ff0000">The 6-7th, prior, will be dedicated to the LA-School on CI</font>]</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt">WEBSITE         => </span></b><a href="http://la-cci.org/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt">http://la-cci.org/</span></b></a><span style="font-size:9.5pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><span class="gmail-il">2nd</span> <span class="gmail-il">CFP</span> LINK =></span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span><a href="http://la-cci.org/wp-content/uploads/LA-CCI2017/2nd-CFP-IEEE-LA-CCI-2017.pdf" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt">http://la-cci.org/wp-content/uploads/LA-CCI2017/2nd-CFP-IEEE-LA-CCI-2017.pdf</span></b></a><span style="font-size:9.5pt">  </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">        </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:7.5pt"><font color="#38761d">LA-CCI is supported by CI Societies/Groups from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru(Host) and Venezuela.</font></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><b>CONFERENCE OVERVIEW (4th Edition of LA-CCI):</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">The IEEE 2017 Latin American Conference on Computational Intelligence aims to (i) bring together the Soft Computing </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">community to present the latest achievements and innovations in the multiple areas of Computational Intelligence and  </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">(ii) encourage participation by young researchers. Following the ethos of LA-CCI (check the Manifesto at </span><a href="http://la-cci.org/manifesto/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">http://<wbr>la-cci.org/manifesto/</span></a><span style="font-size:9.5pt">),</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">we are glad to put together a </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt">high-level international forum for scientists, researchers, engineers, professionals and educators </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">to jointly disseminate </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt">latest research results and exchange views of the future research directions in the areas associated </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">to Computational Intelligence. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><b>MAIN-TRACKS:</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">* Evolutionary & Swarm Computation: Genetic Algorithms, Genetic Programming, Artificial Immune Systems, Swarm </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">         Intelligence, Collective Intelligence, Evolvable Hardware, Bio-inspired Methods.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">* Neural & Learning Systems: Neural Networks, Machine Learning, Complex Systems, Molecular and Quantum </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">        Computing, Complex Networks.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">* Fuzzy & Stochastic Modeling: Fuzzy Systems, Fuzzy Control & Decision Making, Uncertainty Analysis, Rough Sets, </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">         Fractals, Multiagent Systems, Reinforcement Learning, Game Theory.</span></p><p class="MsoNorm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12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><b>PUBLICATION (And Special Issues):</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">-Accepted and presented papers will be published in the IEEE LA-CCI 2016 Conference Proceedings and submitted to IEEE Xplore®</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">-Top papers of IEEE LA-CCI 2017 will be published as extended versions in important journals related with CI (Including IEEE Latin America Transactions)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><b>IMPORTANT DATES</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">-Submission of full papers (</span><span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0" style="font-size:9.5pt"><span class="gmail-aQJ">23:59</span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt">, GMT -5) *</span><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span><font size="4">June</font></b><b><span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="gmail-aQJ"><font size="4"> 12th, 2017</font></span></span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt">  [and also MSc/PhD Theses Contest]</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">-Notification of acceptance and Theses Contest Notification: <span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="gmail-aQJ">July 23rd, 2017</span></span>.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">-Final (camera ready) paper due: by <span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="gmail-aQJ">August 27th, 2017</span></span>.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">-Author registration: by <span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="gmail-aQJ">August 27th, 2017</span></span>.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">-Early registration:  <span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="gmail-aQJ">August <span class="gmail-il">1st</span>, 2017</span></span>.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">-Regular registration: <span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="gmail-aQJ">September 10th, 2017</span></span> and onwards.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">-Conference Meeting: <span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="gmail-aQJ">November 8-10th, 2017</span></span>.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><b>POST GRADUATE THESIS CONTEST </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Students graded between January <span class="gmail-il">1st</span> 2016 and June 30th 2017 can send your summaries (2500 words) to Ph.D. Diego Peluffo at </span><a href="mailto:diegohpo@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">diegohpo@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-size:9.5pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><b>LA-CCI SCHOOL on COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Check instructions</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><b>VENUE</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Arequipa, a pleasant colonial and touristic Peruvian city (18.C in November), is located 1,000 kilometers southeast of Peru’s capital, Lima. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">The town is next to three volcanoes and close to the world heritage of Machu Picchu.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><b>ORGANIZERS</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">-General Chair LA-CCI 2017</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Yván Jesús Túpac Valdivia, Universidad Católica San Pablo – Peru</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">-General Co-Chair & Director of </span><span style="font-size:12.6667px"> </span><span style="font-size:12.6667px">LA-CCI</span><span style="font-size:12.6667px"> </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Summer School</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Efren Gorrostieta, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro – Mexico</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">-Program Chair</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Fernando Buarque de Lima Neto, Universidade de Pernambuco – Brazil</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">-Program Co-Chair</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Miguel Núñez del Prado, Universidad del Pacífico – Peru</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">-Publications Chairs</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Nadia Nedjah, Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro – Brazil</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Carmelo Bastos Filho, Universidade de Pernambuco – Brazil</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">-Finance Chair and Treasurer</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Yessenia Deysiy Yari Ramos, Universidad Católica San Pablo – Peru</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">-Publicity and Public Relations Chairs</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">ARGENTINA: Cristian Rodriguez Rivero – Universidad Nacional de Córdoba</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">BOLIVIA: René V. Reynaga – Universidad La Salle</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">BRAZIL: Hugo Valadares – Federal Technological University of Paraná</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">COLOMBIA: Álvaro Orjuela – Universidad Antono Nariño</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">CHILE: Gloria Millaray Curilem Saldías - Universidad de La Frontera</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">ECUADOR: Diego Hernán Peluffo-Ordóñez– Universidad Técnica del Norte</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">PERU: Ernesto Cuadros Vargas, Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">MEXICO: Alma Alanis – University of Guadalajara</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">VENEZUELA: Niriaska del Carmen Perozo – Universidad Centroccidental “Lisandro Alvarado”</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font color="#38761d"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Come & enjoy a nice conference as well as a very nice region of Peru </span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font color="#38761d"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span></b><b><i><span style="font-size:10pt">Cultural visits will be organized to the world heritage of <u>Machu Picchu</u>)</span></i></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt"></span></font></p><div><b><i><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black"><br></span></i></b></div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><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"></a> </div>
<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"><span style="text-align:-webkit-auto;font-size:x-small">Head of the Computational Intelligence Research Group of</span><font size="1" style="text-align:-webkit-auto"> UPE (<a href="http://www.cirg.ecomp.upe.br/" target="_blank">CIRG@UPE</a>)</font><br></div></div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><div><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><br></i></font></b></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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