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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt">We apologize for possible duplicates of this message sent to distribution lists.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt">ESANN 2019: European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt">Computational Intelligence and Machine Learning<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt">Bruges, Belgium, 24-26 April 2019
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="http://www.esann.org/">http://www.esann.org/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt">The preliminary program of the ESANN 2019 conference is now available:
<a href="http://www.esann.org/">http://www.esann.org/</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt">For 27 years the ESANN conference has become a major event in the field of neural computation and machine learning. ESANN is a selective conference focusing on fundamental aspects of artificial
neural networks, machine learning, statistical information processing and computational intelligence. Mathematical foundations, algorithms and tools, and applications are covered.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt">ESANN 2019 will include the following sessions:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt">- Classification and Bayesian learning<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt">- Embeddings and Representation Learning for Structured Data<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt">- Deep learning and CNN<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt">- Learning methods and optimization<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt">- 60 Years of Weightless Neural Systems<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt">- Domain adaptation and learning<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt">- Streaming data analysis, concept drift and analysis of dynamic data sets<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt">- Societal Issues in Machine Learning: When Learning from Data is Not Enough<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt">- Statistical physics of learning and inference<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt">- Image processing and transfer learning<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt">- Time series and signal processing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt">- Dynamical systems and reinforcement learning<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt">The program of the conference can be found at
<a href="http://www.esann.org/">http://www.esann.org/</a>, together with practical information about the conference venue, registration, etc.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt">The conference will be held in Bruges (also called "Venice of the North"), one of the most beautiful medieval towns in Europe. Bruges can be reached by train from Brussels in less than one hour
(frequent trains). 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 style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Montserrat;color:black"><img border="0" width="170" height="28" id="_x0034_553E90B-FE49-42B6-9A37-936C730BF37F" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D4C18E.94B602A0" alt="cid:BA0CEBA4-4F7E-4ACE-8F18-A922077AB127@ast.ucl.ac.be"></span><b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666">Michel Verleysen</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><br>
<i>Professor</i><br>
<b>Louvain School of Engineering (EPL)<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666">ICTEAM institute</span></b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><br>
Place du Levant, 3 box L5.03.02 B-1348-Louvain-la-Neuve<br>
<a href="mailto:michel.verleysen@uclouvain.be"><span style="color:#0563C1">michel.verleysen@uclouvain.be</span></a><br>
Tél. </span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666">+32 10 47 25 51 - Fax +32 10 47 25 98<br>
perso.uclouvain.be/michel.verleysen</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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