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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">ESANN 2023 – 31st European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">Computational Intelligence and Machine Learning<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">Bruges (Belgium) and online, 4-5-6 October 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:FR-BE"><a href="https://www.esann.org">https://www.esann.org</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">Call for papers
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">The call for papers is available at
<a href="https://www.esann.org">https://www.esann.org</a>. Deadline for submissions: May 2, 2023.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">The ESANN conferences cover machine learning, artificial neural networks, statistical information processing and computational intelligence. Mathematical foundations, algorithms and
tools, and applications are covered. In addition to regular sessions, 7 special sessions will be organized on the following topics:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">- Efficient Learning In Spiking Neural Networks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">- Quantum Artificial Intelligence<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">- Green Machine Learning<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">- Graph Representation Learning<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">- Towards Machine Learning Models that We Can Trust: Testing, Improving, and Explaining Robustness<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">- Neuro-Symbolic AI: Techniques, Applications, and Challenges<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">- Machine Learning Applied to Sign Language<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">ESANN 2023 builds upon a successful series of conferences organized each year since 1993. ESANN has become a major scientific event in the machine learning, computational intelligence
and artificial neural networks fields over the years. </span><span lang="en-BE" style="mso-fareast-language:FR-BE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">The conference will be organized in hybrid mode. I</span><span lang="en-BE" style="color:#333333;background:white">n-person
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#333333;background:white">participation is preferred, however</span><span lang="en-BE" style="color:#333333;background:white"> online participation</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#333333;background:white"> is possible
for those who prefer not to travel. The physical conference will be organized </span>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">in Bruges, one of the most beautiful medieval towns in Europe. 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-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">We hope to receive your submission to ESANN 2023 and to see you in Bruges or online!<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;mso-fareast-language:#2000">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;mso-fareast-language:#2000">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;mso-fareast-language:#2000"><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;mso-fareast-language:#2000">* 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;mso-fareast-language:#2000">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;mso-fareast-language:#2000">UCLouvain - Machine Learning Group
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:#2000">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;mso-fareast-language:#2000">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;mso-fareast-language:#2000"><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;mso-fareast-language:#2000">* Conference secretariat<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;mso-fareast-language:#2000">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;mso-fareast-language:#2000">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;mso-fareast-language:#2000"><a href="mailto:esann@uclouvain.be">mailto:esann@uclouvain.be</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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