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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">ESANN 2018 - 26th European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">Computational Intelligence and Machine Learning<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">Bruges, Belgium, 25-26-27 April 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:FR-BE"><a href="http://www.esann.org/">http://www.esann.org/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">Call for papers
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">The call for papers is available at
<a href="http://www.esann.org/">http://www.esann.org/</a>. Deadline for submissions: November 20, 2017.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">The ESANN conferences cover machine learning, artificial neural networks, statistical information processing and computational intelligence. Mathematical foundations, algorithms and
tools, and applications are covered. In addition to regular sessions, 7 special sessions will be organized on the following topics:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">- Deep Learning in Bioinformatics and Medicine<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">- Machine Learning and Data Analysis in Astroinformatics<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">- Interaction and User Integration in Machine Learning for Information Visualisation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">- Emerging trends in machine learning: beyond conventional methods and data<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">- Shallow and Deep models for transfer learning and domain adaptation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">- Randomized Neural Networks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">- Impact of Biases in Big Data<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">ESANN 2018 builds upon a successful series of conferences organized each year since 1993. ESANN has become a major scientific event in the machine learning, computational intelligence
and artificial neural networks fields over the years. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">The conference will be organized in Bruges, one of the most beautiful medieval towns in Europe. Designated as the "Venice of the North", the city has preserved all the charms of the
medieval heritage. Its centre, which is inscribed on the Unesco World Heritage list, is in itself a real open air museum.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">We hope to receive your submission to ESANN 2018 and to see you in Bruges next year!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">ESANN - European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Computational Intelligence and Machine Learning
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="http://www.esann.org/"><span style="color:blue">http://www.esann.org/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">* For submissions of papers, reviews, registrations:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Michel Verleysen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Univ. Cath. de Louvain - Machine Learning Group
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">3, pl. du Levant - B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve - Belgium<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">tel: +32 10 47 25 51 - fax: + 32 10 47 25 98
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">* Conference secretariat<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">d-side conference services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">24 av. L. Mommaerts - B-1140 Evere - Belgium<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">tel: + 32 2 730 06 11 - fax: + 32 2 730 06 00
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="mailto:esann@uclouvain.be"><span style="color:blue">mailto:esann@uclouvain.be</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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