<div dir="ltr"><font size="4">Dear Colleagues,</font><br><br>On the behalf of the organizers, I am glad to invite you and your collaborators to submit your recent research-results to the:<br> -7th IEEE Latin-American Conference on Computational Intelligence (IEEE LA-CCI2021) [NOV., 2-4th]<br><br><div>Your students may also be willing to participate at the inspiring:<br> -XVII IEEE Latin American Summer School on Computational Intelligence, EVIC 2021. [NOV., 4-5th]<br> -2021 LA-CCI Theses Contest on Computational Intelligence & Applications [NOV., 2-4th]<br><br>This year LA-CCI and EVIC will be held ***completely on-line*** in November (2-5th); our base will be in Temuco-Chile.<br><br>WEBSITE LINK ==>> <a href="http://la-cci.org/" target="_blank">http://la-cci.org/</a> ORGANIZERS EMAIL ==>> <a href="mailto:LA-CCIchairs@ufrontera.cl" target="_blank">LA-CCIchairs@ufrontera.cl</a> (Prof. Millaray Curilem)</div><div> <b> (A PDF version of this 2nd CFP is attached)</b></div><div><b> </b> <br>CONFIRMED SPEAKERS:<br>-Carlos Coello, CINVESTAV-IPN, MEXICO<br>-Alice Smith, Auburn University, USA<br>-Piero Bonissone, San Diego, USA<br>-Hava Siegelmann, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA<br>-Pablo Huijse, Universidad Austral de Chile, Chile<br>-Bárbara Poblete, Universidad de Chile, Chile<br><br>IMPORTANT DATES<br>Papers:<br> -Submissions: June 21st<br> -Notification of acceptance: August 31st<br> -Final version of all accepted papers: September 30th<br>School (EVIC):<br> -Poster Deadline: September 15th<br> -Poster Notification: September 29th<br>Theses context:<br> -Submissions: July 31, 2021<br> -Notification of acceptance: September 30th<br><br>CONFERENCE-TRACKS:<br>I) Evolutionary & Swarm Computation: Genetic Algorithms, Genetic Programming, Artificial Immune Systems,<br> Swarm Intelligence, Collective Intelligence, Evolvable Hardware, Bio-inspired Methods.<br>II) Neural & Learning Systems: Neural Networks, Machine Learning, Complex Systems, Molecular and Quantum<br> Computing, Complex Networks.<br>III) Fuzzy & Stochastic Modeling: Fuzzy Systems, Fuzzy Control & Decision Making, Uncertainty Analysis,<br> Rough Sets, Fractals, Multiagent Systems, Reinforcement Learning, Game Theory.<br>IV) Ethical, Environmental, and Social implications of AI.<br><br>Cordially, <div>Fernando Buarque - Steering Committee Coordinator of LA-CCI Series</div><div>Millaray Curilem - General Chair of LA-CCI 2021<br><br><div><b>"LA-CCI is an exciting international event on Computational Intelligence held in Latin America to CI Researchers worldwide".</b></div></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Prof. Dr. Fernando Buarque, <font size="1"></font><span style="font-size:5pt;color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">BSc
MSc DIC-PhD(Imperial College(UK) Hab(BR) SM IEEE(USA) Humboldt-Fellow(DE)
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style="text-align:-webkit-auto">Senior Associate Professor – PostGrad/Undergrad Program on Computing Engineering of UPE, Brazil (<a href="http://w2.portais.atrio.scire.net.br/upe-ppgec/index.php/pt/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">PPG-EC</a> / </font><a href="http://www.ecomp.poli.br/" style="text-align:-webkit-auto;color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" target="_blank">E-Comp</a><span style="text-align:-webkit-auto;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">) </span><br></font></div><div><font size="1"><span style="text-align:-webkit-auto;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Honorary Professor – </span>College of Engineering, Mathematics & Physical Sciences of<span style="text-align:-webkit-auto;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> U.of Exeter, England (</span><a href="http://emps.exeter.ac.uk/" target="_blank">CEMPS</a><span style="text-align:-webkit-auto;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">)</span><br></font></div><div></div><div></div><div><font size="1"><span style="text-align:-webkit-auto;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Visiting Int'l Professor – School of Business and Economics-European Research Center for IS-WWU M</span><span style="text-align:-webkit-auto">ü</span><span style="text-align:-webkit-auto;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">nster, Germany (</span><a href="https://www.ercis.org/" style="text-align:-webkit-auto;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" target="_blank">ERCIS</a><span style="text-align:-webkit-auto;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">)</span></font></div><div></div><div><font size="1"><span style="text-align:-webkit-auto;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Visiting Professor – School of Electrical Engineering of the University of Johannesburg, South Africa (</span><a href="https://www.uj.ac.za/faculties/febe/Pages/default.aspx" style="text-align:-webkit-auto;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">FEBE@UJ</a><span style="text-align:-webkit-auto;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">)</span><br></font></div><div><font size="1"><span style="text-align:-webkit-auto;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Adjunct Professor (external) – Dept Electrical & Computer Engineering of Texas A&M University, USA (<a href="https://engineering.tamu.edu/electrical/profiles/buarque-de-lima-neto-fernando.html" target="_blank">ECE@TAMU</a></span><span style="text-align:-webkit-auto;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">)</span></font></div><div><font size="1"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="text-align:-webkit-auto">Board Member </font><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="text-align:-webkit-auto">– Science and Technology State (of Pernambuco) Foundation, Brazil (<a href="http://www.facepe.br/" target="_blank">FACEPE</a></font><span style="text-align:-webkit-auto;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">) </span></font></div><div><font size="1" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Research Ambassador – University of Münster, Germany (<a href="https://www.uni-muenster.de/de/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">WWU</a>)</font></div><div><font size="1"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:-webkit-auto">Research Group Head – Computational Intelligence Research Group of UPE, Brazil (</span><a href="http://www.cirg.ecomp.poli.br/" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:-webkit-auto;color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">CIRG@UPE</a><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:-webkit-auto">)</span><br></font></div><div><font size="1"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:-webkit-auto">Steering Committee Chair – Latin American Conference on Computational Intelligence Conference Series (</span><a href="http://la-cci.org/" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:-webkit-auto;color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">LA-CCI</a><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:-webkit-auto">)</span></font></div><div><font size="1"><span style="text-align:-webkit-auto"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Advisory Board Member </font></span></font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:x-small;text-align:-webkit-auto">–</span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:x-small;text-align:-webkit-auto"> </span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:-webkit-auto;font-size:x-small">Institute for Intelligent Systems </span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:x-small;text-align:-webkit-auto">of the University of Johannesburg, South Africa (<a href="https://www.uj.ac.za/faculties/febe/iis" target="_blank">IIS@UJ</a>)</span></div><div><span 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