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<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0cm;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Following tradition, we are organizing the 5th Northern Lights Deep Learning Conference (NLDL) on 10-12 January 2022 in Tromsø,
Norway. Like previous years, it will be a conference on all aspects of deep learning theory and applications. On the 10</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><sup><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.5pt;color:black">th</span></sup></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"> of
January, a mini deep learning school in form of tutorials will be held, followed by the main conference on the 11</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><sup><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.5pt;color:black">th</span></sup></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"> and
12</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><sup><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.5pt;color:black">th</span></sup></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">.</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0cm;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="eop"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0cm;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Please see </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.nldl.org/" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">http://www.nldl.org</span></span></a></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"> for
more information.</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0cm;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">As always, we are happy to have top international speakers. This year, for instance, Serge Belongie from Cornell University and
Copenhagen University, as well as Zeynep Akata from the University of Tübingen and Max Planck Institute for Informatics.</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0cm;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">We are accepting two alternatives for contributions: (1) Full paper submissions (6 pages) will be presented either as orals or
as posters and will be published in the conference proceedings*; (2) Extended abstracts (2 pages) will be presented either as orals or as posters (but not published in the conference proceedings).</span></span><span class="eop"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0cm;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Deadline for both types of submissions: October 15th, 2021.</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0cm;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Instructions on template etc. can be found on </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.nldl.org/" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">http://www.nldl.org</span></span></a></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">.</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0cm;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">We hope to see many participants for a nice scientific gathering on the "north pole", including social events, and hopefully some
northern lights </span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Apple Color Emoji";color:black">😊</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0cm;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">*The Proceedings of NLDL are approved as a level 1 publication in the Norwegian national list of authorized research publication
channels.</span></span><span class="eop"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Kind regards,</span></span><span class="eop"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">The NLDL 2022 organizing committee.</span></span><span class="eop"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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