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<p class="xmsonospacing"><span lang="en-CH">ANNPR 2020 (<a href="https://annpr2020.ch/">https://annpr2020.ch/</a>), the 9th IAPR TC3 Workshop on Artificial Neural Networks in Pattern Recognition, will be held<b>
</b>from <b>September 2nd-4th, 2020,</b> organized by Zurich University of Applied Sciences ZHAW (Winterthur, Switzerland).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonospacing"><span lang="en-CH">Due to the COVID-19 situation, ANNPR 2020 will take place as
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">online event</span></strong>. We are going to create an
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">immersive and engaging virtual conference experience</span></strong> for our participants and sponsors.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonospacing"><span lang="en-CH">The workshop will consist of keynote talks, several sessions for presentations of accepted papers, and a poster session. Keynote speakers are
<b>Jürgen Schmidhuber</b> (The Swiss AI Lab IDSIA, Lugano, Switzerland), <b>Naftali Tishby</b> (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel),
<b>Bernd Freisleben</b> (University of Marburg, Germany) and <b>Pascal Paysan</b> (Varian Medical Systems).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonospacing"><span lang="en-CH">In addition, there will be a dedicated
<b>applied research/industry session</b> featuring a sponsored keynote, applied research presentations and virtual industry exhibits / booths / demos, which will provide
<b>networking opportunities</b>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonospacing"><span lang="en-CH">The full <b>conference program</b> is now available at
<a href="https://annpr2020.ch/program/">https://annpr2020.ch/program/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonospacing"><b><span lang="en-CH">Registration</span></b><span lang="en-CH">, at significantly
<b>lower fees</b> than planned, is open. <b>Early bird</b> registration at reduced fee is available
<b>until July 31</b>!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonospacing"><span lang="en-CH"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonospacing"><span lang="en-CH">Every registered participant will receive a printed copy of the
<b>conference proceedings</b>, published by <b>Springer LNCS</b>, free of charge.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonospacing"><span lang="en-CH">We look forward to an exciting workshop and to welcoming you virtually from Winterthur!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonospacing"><span lang="en-CH">Dr. Frank-Peter Schilling (chair)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonospacing"><span lang="en-CH">Prof. Dr. Thilo Stadelmann (co-chair)
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