<div dir="ltr"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(33,37,41);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-size:12.8px">Apologies for cross-postings! ** Please forward to anyone who might be interested ** <br style="box-sizing:border-box"></p><h5 style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0.5rem;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-weight:500;line-height:1.2;color:rgb(33,37,41);font-size:1.25rem">Symposium on Machine Learning and Metaheuristics Algorithms, and Applications (SoMMA'19)</h5><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(33,37,41);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-size:12.8px">December 18-21, 2019, Trivandrum, Kerala, India<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="http://www.acn-conference.org/somma2019/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(34,0,204);text-decoration-line:none">http://www.acn-conference.org/somma2019/</a></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(33,37,41);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-size:12.8px">Papers Due: August 20, 2019<br style="box-sizing:border-box">EDAS Submission Link: <a href="http://edas.info/N26363" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(34,0,204);text-decoration-line:none">http://edas.info/N26363</a></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(33,37,41);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-size:12.8px"></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(33,37,41);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-size:12.8px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder">Proceedings by Springer in Communications in Computer and Information Science Series(CCIS)</span></p><hr style="box-sizing:content-box;height:0px;overflow:visible;margin-top:1rem;margin-bottom:1rem;border-right:0px;border-bottom:0px;border-left:0px;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);clear:both;color:rgb(33,37,41);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-size:12.8px"><h5 style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0.5rem;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-weight:500;line-height:1.2;color:rgb(33,37,41);font-size:1.25rem">CALL FOR PAPERS</h5><p align="justify" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(33,37,41);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-size:12.8px">SoMMA'19 aims to provide a forum for scientists and researchers to present their latest results and a means to discuss the recent developments in machine learning, metaheuristics, and their applications. The technical program of the symposium will include tutorials, regular technical sessions, workshops, and plenary/keynote speeches. The symposium will be held in Trivandrum, Kerala, India during December 18-21, 2019. Kerala renowned as the “Gods own Country”, situated in the southwestern tip of India, bestowed with unique geographical features that have made it one of the most attractive tourist destinations in India.</p><p align="justify" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(33,37,41);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-size:12.8px">All accepted papers will be published by Springer in Communications in Computer and Information Science Series(CCIS). The proceedings will be available via the SpringerLink digital library. CCIS is abstracted/indexed in DBLP, Google Scholar, EI-Compendex, Mathematical Reviews, SCImago, and Scopus. CCIS volumes are also submitted for the inclusion in ISI Proceedings.</p><p align="justify" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(33,37,41);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif,"Apple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lycephalum Algorithm<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Population-Based Metaheuristics<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Rainfall Optimization Algorithm<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- River Formation Dynamics<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Roach Infestation Optimization<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Salp Swarm Algorithm<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Scatter Search<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Seed-Based Plant Propagation Algorithm<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Sheep Flocks Heredity Model Algorithm<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Shuffled Frog Leaping Algorithm<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Simulated Annealing<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Social Cognitive Optimization<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Social Spider Optimization<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Sperm Swarm Optimization Algorithm<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Spiral Optimization Algorithm<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Stellar-Mass Black Hole Optimization<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Stochastic Search<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Strawberry Algorithm<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Tabu Search<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Teaching-Learning-Based Optimization<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Team Game Algorithm<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- The States of Matter Search<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Tree Physiology Optimization<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Variable Neighbourhood Search<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Water Wave Optimization<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Whale Optimization Algorithm<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Wind-Driven Optimization<br style="box-sizing:border-box"></p><h5 style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0.5rem;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-weight:500;line-height:1.2;color:rgb(33,37,41);font-size:1.25rem"><em style="box-sizing:border-box">Machine Learning Techniques</em></h5><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(33,37,41);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-size:12.8px">-- Adversarial Learning<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Analogical Learning Methods<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Bayesian Models and Methods<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Bayesian Networks<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Biologically Inspired Machine Learning<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Case-Based Reasoning and Associative Memory<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Classification and Clustering<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Cognitive Modeling<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Collaborative Filtering<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Computational Learning Theory<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Conceptional Learning and Clustering<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Connectionist Networks<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Convolutional Neural Networks<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Cooperative Machine Learning<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Deep Learning<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Distributed Machine Learning<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Embedded Machine Learning<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Ensemble Methods<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Evolutionary Computation and Deep Neural Networks<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Explanation-Based Learning<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Feature Learning<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Formal Modeling for Machine Learning Techniques<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Fuzzy Logic and Machine Learning<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Genetic Algorithms and Machine Learning<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Graphical Models<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Hybrid Learning Algorithms<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Indefinite Proximity Learning<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Inductive Learning<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Kernel Machines<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- K-Nearest Neighbor Classifier<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Knowledge Representation in Machine Learning<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Large-Scale Machine Learning<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Learning Decision and Regression Trees<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Learning through Fuzzy Logic<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Loopy Belief Propagation<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Multi-Agent Learning<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Multi-Strategy Learning<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Neural Network Learning<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Online and Incremental Learning<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Organisational Learning and Evolutional Learning<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Recurrent Network Architectures<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Reinforcement Learning<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Relevance Vector Machine<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Rough Sets Theory and Machine Learning<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Scalability of Learning Algorithms<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Secure Machine Learning Algorithms<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Statistical and Evolutionary Learning<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Stochastic Gradient Descent<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Support Vector Machine<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Time Series and Sequential Pattern Mining<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Transfer Learning<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Self-Organizing Maps and Vector Quantization<br style="box-sizing:border-box"></p><h5 style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0.5rem;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-weight:500;line-height:1.2;color:rgb(33,37,41);font-size:1.25rem"><em style="box-sizing:border-box">Applications of Machine Learning and Meta-Heuristic Algorithms</em></h5><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(33,37,41);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-size:12.8px">-- Affective Computing<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Autonomic Control Systems<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Automatic Driving<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Behavioural Analytics/Graph Analytics<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Biometric Applications<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Blockchain and Deep Learning<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Brain-Computer Interfaces<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Cognitive Imaging and Processing<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Cognitive Radio Networks<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Computer Vision & Image Processing<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Context-Awareness and Intelligent Environment Applications<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Cyber-Physical Systems<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Cyber Defense<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Data Analysis and Intelligent Optimization<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Digital Forensics<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Digital Twin/AI Modeling<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Emotion Recognition<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Experience Economy/Financial Engineering and Time Series Forecasting<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Game Playing and Problem Solving<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Hyper Personalisation<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Intelligent Cloud and Intelligent Edge<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Intelligent Human-Computer Interaction<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Intrusion Detection Systems<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Intelligent Transport Systems and Smart Mobility<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Intelligent Virtual Environments<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Internet of Things and Sensor Networks<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Multi-sensor Intelligent Information Fusion<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Neuroscience and Behavior Analysis in Robotics<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Neuromorphic Computing<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Online Social Networks<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Pattern Recognition<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Peer-to-Peer Networks<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Recommender Systems<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Smart Grid<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Smart Surveillance Systems<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Smart Healthcare and Disease Analytics<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Smart Living and Smart Cities<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Speech and Natural Language Processing<br style="box-sizing:border-box">-- Trust Management<br style="box-sizing:border-box"></p><p align="justify" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(33,37,41);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-size:12.8px">All papers that conform to submission guidelines will be peer reviewed and evaluated based on originality, technical and/or research content/depth, correctness, relevance to conference, contributions, and readability. Acceptance of papers will be communicated to authors by email. Independently of the presentation type, all papers are included in the proceedings.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(33,37,41);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-size:12.8px"></p><h4 style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0.5rem;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacS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