<div dir="ltr"><div><div style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b>Call for papers: </b></span><b><a id="m_-6252559904129128694m_7138676290322224796m_3697246934101430701OWA59e1f5db-97d0-b036-ee96-e181f9c59787" href="https://narden91.github.io/biomap/#/" target="_blank">International Workshop on Bio-Inspired Methods for Pattern Recognition (BIOMAP 2026) - August 22, 2026</a></b><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b> (<a id="m_-6252559904129128694m_7138676290322224796m_3697246934101430701OWAfea8259c-5b7e-f182-16b9-b468fbca9b8d" href="https://narden91.github.io/biomap/CFP_BIOMAP.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a>)</b></span></div><div style="direction:ltr;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><br></b></div><div style="direction:ltr;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">The workshop will be held in conjunction with <b><a id="m_-6252559904129128694m_7138676290322224796m_3697246934101430701OWAb2f7b1bc-68e8-292a-dd5e-3f44d94e1ef9" href="https://icpr2026.org/" target="_blank">ICPR 2026</a></b> (<b>28th International Conference on Pattern Recognition, Lyon, France, August 17-22, 2026</b>) </div><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;direction:ltr">The workshop will present recent advances in bio-inspired intelligence, such as swarm intelligence and evolutionary computation, as a framework for advanced pattern recognition. Its main goal is to link the bio-inspired intelligence and pattern recognition communities to foster the development of robust, efficient, and adaptive solutions for challenging real-world problems.</p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;direction:ltr"><b>📚 TOPICS OF INTEREST</b></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;direction:ltr">Topics include, but are not limited to:</p><ul style="direction:ltr"><li style="margin-left:15px;direction:ltr">Evolutionary neural architecture discovery </li><li style="margin-left:15px;direction:ltr">Swarm intelligence for distributed patterns </li><li style="margin-left:15px;direction:ltr">Self-organising and adaptive vision </li><li style="margin-left:15px;direction:ltr">Artificial life and emergent patterns </li><li style="margin-left:15px;direction:ltr">Evolutionary multi-objective optimisation </li><li style="margin-left:15px;direction:ltr">Applications and grand challenges (medical imaging, autonomous driving, remote sensing, biometrics, industrial inspection)</li><li style="margin-left:15px;direction:ltr">and more ..</li></ul><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;direction:ltr"><b>📅 IMPORTANT DATES</b></p><ul style="direction:ltr"><li style="margin-left:15px;direction:ltr">Paper Submission Deadline <b>(EXTENDED)</b>: May 15, 2026</li><li style="margin-left:15px;direction:ltr">Notification of Acceptance: June 10, 2026</li><li style="margin-left:15px;direction:ltr">Camera-Ready Submission: June 18, 2026 (strict deadline)</li></ul><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;direction:ltr"><b>📝 SUBMISSION DETAILS</b></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;direction:ltr">Workshop proceedings will be published in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series by Springer. Authors must use the LNCS paper format available on the ICPR 2026 website.</p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;direction:ltr"><i>Page Limits & Eligibility:</i> </p><ul style="direction:ltr"><li style="margin-left:15px;direction:ltr">Maximum length: 15 pages (including references) </li><li style="margin-left:15px;direction:ltr">Only full papers (more than 6 pages) will be published in the proceedings</li></ul><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;direction:ltr"><i>Originality & Review:</i> Authors are invited to submit original papers that have not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere. All submissions will undergo a double-blind review process.</p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;direction:ltr"><i>Registration:</i> Each accepted paper must have a presenting author registered. Registration details will be available via the ICPR 2026 registration link.</p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;direction:ltr"><b>👥 WORKSHOP CHAIRS</b></p><ul style="direction:ltr"><li style="margin-left:15px;direction:ltr"><a id="m_-6252559904129128694m_7138676290322224796m_3697246934101430701OWAa8bfc3c0-1a76-c618-7ba0-bc8fd8e67081" href="https://sites.google.com/unicas.it/fontanella/" target="_blank">Francesco Fontanella</a>, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Italy</li><li style="margin-left:15px;direction:ltr"><a id="m_-6252559904129128694m_7138676290322224796m_3697246934101430701OWA1f697ef3-32cc-037a-b94c-e106d7b878d9" href="https://narden91.github.io/curriculumwebsite/" target="_blank">Emanuele Nardone</a>, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Italy</li><li style="margin-left:15px;direction:ltr"><a id="m_-6252559904129128694m_7138676290322224796m_3697246934101430701OWAfee68e9a-6d76-9026-f439-dfc044f91404" href="https://www.novaims.unl.pt/pt/a-nova-ims/docentes/d/69" target="_blank">Leonardo Vanneschi</a>, NOVA IMS, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal</li></ul><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;direction:ltr"><b>✉️ CONTACT</b></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;direction:ltr">For inquiries, please contact: </p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;direction:ltr">Emanuele Nardone <a id="m_-6252559904129128694m_7138676290322224796m_3697246934101430701x_x_m_2701351810793279952plusReplyChip-0" href="mailto:emanuele.nardone@unicas.it" target="_blank" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">@Emanuele NARDONE</a> </p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;direction:ltr">We look forward to your submissions and to seeing you in Lyon!</p></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;width:400px;background:transparent">
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