Connectionists: Int. Workshop on Machine learning, Optimization & big Data - MOD 2015 Call for Papers

[Giuseppe Nicosia]

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International Workshop on Machine learning, Optimization and big Data - MOD 2015
An Interdisciplinary Workshop: Machine Learning, Optimization and Data Science without Borders
Taormina - Sicily, Italy, from July 21 to 24, 2015

http://www.taosciences.it/mod-2015/
modworkshop2015 at gmail.com

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CALL FOR PAPERS
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Paper submission deadline: February 28, 2015
http://www.taosciences.it/mod-2015/call-for-papers/

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Vipin Kumar, University of Minnesota, USA
Panos Pardalos, University of Florida, USA
Tomaso Poggio, MIT, USA

TUTORIAL SPEAKERS
"Science SQL", Peter Baumann, Jacobs University Bremen, Germany
"Feature Selection for Supervised Classification",  Mario Guarracino, Italian National Research Council, Italy
"Statistical inferences in Graphical Models with applications to Market Networks", Valeriy Kalyagin, National Research University - Higher School of Economics, Russia
"Kernel Methods with Imbalanced Data", Theodore B. Trafalis, University of Oklahoma, USA

More Tutorial Speakers will be announced after March 1st, 2015.

Each tutorial will be in the program of MOD 2015 as a half day tutorial (3 hours and half) the first day of the workshop, July 21, 2015.


The MOD 2015 workshop will consist of one day of tutorials, followed by three days of main workshop sessions. We invite submissions of papers, abstracts and demos on all topics related to Machine learning, Optimization and Big Data including real-world applications for the workshop proceedings (http://www.taosciences.it/mod-2015/call-for-papers/) and proposals for tutorials (http://www.taosciences.it/mod-2015/call-for-tutorials/).

MOD 2015 Paper Format
Please prepare your paper in English using the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) template, which is available http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0

Papers must be submitted in PDF.

MOD 2015 Types of Submissions
When submitting a paper to MOD 2015, authors are required to select one of the following four types of papers:
* Long paper: original novel and unpublished work (max. 12 pages in Springer LNCS format);
* Short paper: an extended abstract of novel work (max. 4 pages);
* Work for oral presentation only (no page restriction; any format). For example, work already published elsewhere, which is relevant and which may solicit fruitful discussion at the workshop;
* Work for poster presentation only. The poster format for the presentation is A0 (118.9 cm high and 84.1 cm wide, respectively 46.8 x 33.1 inch).

For research work which is relevant and which may solicit fruitful discussion at the workshop.

MOD 2015 Proceedings
All accepted long papers will be published in a volume of the series 'Lecture Notes in Computer Science' from Springer after the Workshop. Instructions for preparing and submitting the final versions (camera-ready papers) of all accepted papers will be available later on.
All the other papers (short papers, abstract of the oral presentations, poster presentations) will be published on the MOD 2015 web site.

MOD 2015 Submission System
All papers must be submitted using EasyChair.
The link to submit papers is the following: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mod2015
The deadline for ALL the types of submissions is February 28, 2015.

MOD 2015 Important Dates
Paper Submission Deadline: February 28, 2015
Decision Notification to Authors: April 30, 2015
Late Breaking Papers/Abstracts Deadline: April 15, 2015
Author Notification: April 30, 2015
Late Breaking Posters/Demos Deadline: May 15, 2015
Author Notification: May 30, 2015
Camera Ready Submission Deadline: May 15, 2015
Deadline for early Registration as Presenting Author: May 15, 2015
Late registration: May 16 - July 24, 2015
On-Site registration: July 21-24, 2015
Workshop: July 21-24, 2015

MOD 2015 Program Committee
The current MOD 2015 Program Committee includes more than 200 confirmed members:
http://www.taosciences.it/mod-2015/program-committee/

Any questions regarding the submission process can be sent to workshop organizers: modworkshop2015 at gmail.com

We look forward to seeing you in Taormina, Italy!!!
                           MOD 2015 Organizing Committee.