Connectionists: [MIC 2022] New Submission Deadline

[Mario Pavone]

Apologies for cross-posting. Appreciate if you can distribute this CFP  
to your network.

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MIC 2022 - 14th Metaheuristics International Conference
11-14 July 2022, Ortigia-Syracuse, Italy
https://www.ANTs-lab.it/mic2022/
mic2022 at ANTs-lab.it
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** NEW SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 30th April 2022 **

** ONLINE & ONSITE Participation Mode **

** Proceedings in LNCS Volume, Springer **
** Special Issue in ITOR journal **
** 7 Plenary Talks **


*Plenary Speakers
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+ Christian Blum, Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (IIIA),  
Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
"Recent Hybrid Techniques for Solving Large-Scale Combinatorial  
Optimization Problems"

+ Kalyanmoy Deb, Michigan State University, USA
"Making Metaheuristics More Powerful Using Human and Machine-learnt Knowledge"

+ Fred Glover, Entanglement, Inc. USA
"New Advances for Quantum-Inspired Optimization - part A"

+ Salvatore Greco, University of Catania, Italy
"TBA"

+ Holger H. Hoos, Leiden University, The Netherlands
"TBA"

+ Gary Kochenberger, Entanglement, Inc. USA
"New Advances for Quantum-Inspired Optimization - part B"

+ El-Ghazali Talbi, University of Lille, France
"How Machine Learning Can Help Metaheuristics?"


Submission Details
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** SUBMISSION SYSTEM ALREADY OPEN **
https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mic2022

MIC 2022 accepts submissions in three different formats: ??S1) Regular  
paper: novel and original research contributions of a maximum of 15  
pages  (LNCS format) ??S2) Short paper: extended abstract of novel  
research works of 6 pages (LNCS format) ??S3) Oral/Poster  
presentation: high-quality manuscripts that have recently, within the  
last year, been submitted or accepted for journal publication.
All papers must be prepared using Lecture Notes in Computer Science  
(LNCS) template, and must be submitted in PDF at the link:

Proceedings and special issue
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Accepted papers in categories S1 and S2 will be published as  
post-proceedings in *Lecture Notes in Computer Science* series by  
Springer. 
Accepted contributions of category S3 will be considered for oral or  
poster presentations at the conference based on the number received  
and the slots available, and will not be included into the LNCS  
proceedings. An electronic book instead will be prepared by the MIC  
2022 organizing committee, and made available on the website.
In addition, a post-conference special issue in International  
Transactions in Operational Research (ITOR) will be considered for the  
significantly extended and revised versions of selected accepted  
papers from categories S1 and S2.

Conference Location
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MIC 2022 will be held at the Department of Architeture of the  
University of Catania, which is placed in the beautiful Ortigia  
island, the historical centre of the city of Syracuse, Sicily-Italy.  
Syracuse is very famous for its ancient ruins, with particular  
reference to the Roman Amphitheater, Greek Theatre, and the Orecchio  
di Dionisio (Ear of Dionisio) that is a limestone cave shaped like a  
human ear. Syracuse is also the city where the greatest mathematician  
Archimede was born.

https://www.ants-lab.it/mic2022/index.html#venue
https://www.ants-lab.it/mic2022/location.html

https://www.siracusaturismo.net/multimedia_lista.asp


MIC'2022 Conference Chairs
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Conference Chairs
- Paola Festa, University of Naples, Italy
- Luca Di Gaspero, University of Undine, Italy
- Amir Nakib, Université Paris Est Créteil, France
- Mario Pavone, University of Catania, Italy

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Mario F. Pavone, PhD
Associate Professor
Dept of Mathematics and Computer Science
University of Catania
V.le A. Doria 6 - 95125 Catania, Italy
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Email: mpavone at dmi.unict.it
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MIC 2022 - 14th International Metaheuristics Conference
11-14 July 2022, Ortigia-Syracuse, Italy
https://www.ants-lab.it/mic2022/
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