<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">Deep NeuroEvolution Workshop @ LOD 2019 </span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt">5^thInternational Conference on machine Learning, Optimization & Data science LOD, September 10-13, Siena (Tuscany) Italy</span><span style="font-size:10pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt"><a href="https://lod2019.icas.xyz/" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline">https://lod2019.icas.xyz</a>                                                                                                                      </span><a href="mailto:lod@icas.xyz" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt">lod@icas.xyz</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt"><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt">Deep NeuroEvolution:  A Competitive Alternative for Training Deep Neural Networks for Reinforcement Learning<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt"><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt">The quest to evolve and optimize artificial neural networks through evolutionary computation.<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt"><a href="https://www.oreilly.com/ideas/neuroevolution-a-different-kind-of-deep-learning">https://www.oreilly.com/ideas/neuroevolution-a-different-kind-of-deep-learning</a><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt"><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt">In last two years, the use of deep neuroevolution has enabled researchers to extend reinforcement learning techniques to solve increasingly complex learning tasks. The emerging field of deep neuroevolution has led to remarkable empirical results in rich and varied domains like strategy games and robotics. This workshop will bring together researchers working at the intersection of deep learning, evolutionary computation, optimization and reinforcement learning, and it will help interested researchers outside of the field gain a high-level view about the current state of the art and potential directions for future contributions.<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt">          <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt">Submit your Deep Neuroevolution Paper by May 31<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt"><a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lod2019">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lod2019</a><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt"><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt">Moreover, LOD 2019 is a great opportunity to present your work and congregate with leaders and experts in the Deep Learning, Optimization and Big Data. Feel free to check out our keynote speakers:<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt"><span> </span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-indent:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">              </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt">Michael Bronstein, Imperial College London, UK<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt"><span> </span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-indent:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">              </span></span><span style="font-size:10pt">Marco Gori, University of Siena, Italy<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span> </span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-indent:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">              </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt">Arthur Gretton, UCL, UK <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt"><span> </span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-indent:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">              </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt">Arthur Guez Google DeepMind, Montreal, UK<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt"><span> </span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-indent:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">              </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt">Kaisa Miettinen, University of Jyväskylä, Finland<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt"><span> </span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-indent:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">              </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt">Jan Peters, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt"><span> </span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-indent:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">              </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt">Mauricio Resende, Amazon, USA<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt"><span> </span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-indent:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">              </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt">Richard E. Turner, University of Cambridge, UK<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt"><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt">Submit your Paper by May 31<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt"><a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lod2019">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lod2019</a><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt"><span> </span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt">Late Breaking Papers<span></span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt">Poster Presentation<span></span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt">Talk<span></span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt">Deep Neuroevolution Workshop<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt"><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt">LOD 2019 will focus on advances in science, technology and applications in the fields of Machine Learning, Data Science and Optimization.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt"><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt">Sessions<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt"><span> </span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-indent:0cm;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">              </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt">LOD 2019 Big-Data Challenge:  Our sponsor, Neodata Lab, will offer a prize of €2000 to the applicant who develops the most accurate algorithm to process an “approximate SQL-like query answering system” on a real dataset.  <span></span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-indent:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">              </span></span><span style="font-size:10pt">Multi-Task Learning<span></span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-indent:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">              </span></span><span style="font-size:10pt">Reinforcement Learning<span></span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-indent:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times Ne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