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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-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">ESANN 2020: European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Computational Intelligence and Machine Learning<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Bruges, Belgium, 22-23-24 April 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="https://www.esann.org/"><span style="color:blue">https://www.esann.org/</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:JA">The preliminary program of the ESANN 2020 conference is now available:
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="https://www.esann.org/"><span style="color:blue">https://www.esann.org/</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:JA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:JA">For 28 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="mso-fareast-language:JA">ESANN 2020 will include the following sessions:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:JA">- Adversarial learning, robustness and fairness<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:JA">- Image and signal processing, matrix computations and topological data
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:JA">- Deep learning and graph neural networks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:JA">- Machine Learning Applied to Computer Networks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:JA">- Quantum Machine Learning<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:JA">- Recurrent networks and reinforcement learning<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:JA">- Unsupervised learning<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:JA">- Feature selection and dimensionality reduction<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:JA">- Statistical learning and optimization<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:JA">- Tensor Decompositions in Deep Learning<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:JA">- Image and text analysis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:JA">- Learning from partially labeled data<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:JA">- Machine learning in the pharmaceutical industry<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:JA">- Frontiers in Reservoir Computing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:JA">- Language processing in the era of deep learning<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:JA">- Supervised learning<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:JA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:JA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:JA">The program of the conference can be found at
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="https://www.esann.org/"><span style="color:blue">https://www.esann.org/</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:JA">, together
with practical information about the conference venue, registration, etc. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:JA">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 lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">ESANN - European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Computational Intelligence and Machine Learning
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><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-US" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">* For submissions of papers, reviews, registrations:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Michel Verleysen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Univ. Cath. de Louvain - Machine Learning Group
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">3, pl. du Levant - B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve - Belgium<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">tel: +32 10 47 25 51 - fax: + 32 10 47 25 98
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:esann@uclouvain.be">mailto:esann@uclouvain.be</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">* Conference secretariat<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">d-side conference services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">24 av. L. Mommaerts - B-1140 Evere - Belgium<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">tel: + 32 2 730 06 11 - fax: + 32 2 730 06 00
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:esann@uclouvain.be">mailto:esann@uclouvain.be</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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