<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div class="">[Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement]</div><div class="">[Please kindly help forward it to potentially interested attendees]</div><div class=""> </div><div class="">2nd International Workshop on Machine learning, Optimization and big Data - MOD 2016</div><div class="">An Interdisciplinary Workshop: Machine Learning, Optimization and Data Science without Borders</div><div class="">Tuscany, August 26-29, 2016</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="http://www.taosciences.it/mod/" class="">http://www.taosciences.it/mod/</a></div><div class=""><a href="mailto:modworkshop2016@gmail.com" class="">modworkshop2016@gmail.com</a></div><div class=""> </div><div class="">*************************</div><div class="">CALL FOR PAPERS</div><div class="">*************************</div><div class=""> </div><div class="">Paper submission deadline: February 28, 2016</div><div class=""><a href="http://www.taosciences.it/mod/call-for-papers/" class="">http://www.taosciences.it/mod/call-for-papers/</a></div><div class=""><a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mod2016" class="">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mod2016</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">* KEYNOTE SPEAKERS</div><div class="">+ Stephen H. Muggleton, Imperial College London, UK</div><div class="">Other Keynote Speakers will be announced soon</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">* Special Sessions</div><div class="">+ Deep Learning: Theory, Architectures, Algorithms and Applications</div><div class="">+ Data-driven Algorithmics – Data for informed decisions</div><div class="">+ Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithms</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The MOD 2016 workshop will consist of four days of workshop sessions</div><div class="">and special sessions. We invite submissions of papers, abstracts and posters </div><div class="">on all topics related to Machine learning, Optimization and Big Data including </div><div class="">real-world applications for the workshop proceedings:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="http://www.taosciences.it/mod/call-for-papers/" class="">http://www.taosciences.it/mod/call-for-papers/</a></div><div class=""><a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mod2016" class="">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mod2016</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> </div><div class="">MOD 2016 Paper Format</div><div class="">Please prepare your paper in English using the Lecture Notes in </div><div class="">Computer Science (LNCS) template, which is available </div><div class=""><a href="http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0" class="">http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0</a></div><div class=""> </div><div class="">Papers must be submitted in PDF.</div><div class=""> </div><div class="">MOD 2016 Types of Submissions</div><div class="">When submitting a paper to MOD 2016, authors are required to select </div><div class="">one of the following four types of papers:</div><div class="">+ Long paper: original novel and unpublished work (max. 12 pages in Springer LNCS format);</div><div class="">+ Short paper: an extended abstract of novel work (max. 4 pages);</div><div class="">+ Work for oral presentation only (no page restriction; any format). </div><div class="">For example, work already published elsewhere, which is relevant and </div><div class="">which may solicit fruitful discussion at the workshop;</div><div class="">+ Work for poster presentation only. The poster format for the </div><div class="">presentation is A0 (118.9 cm high and 84.1 cm wide, respectively 46.8 x 33.1 inch).</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">For research work which is relevant and which may solicit fruitful discussion at the workshop.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">MOD 2016 Post-Proceedings</div><div class="">All accepted long papers will be published in a volume of the series </div><div class="">'Lecture Notes in Computer Science' from Springer after the Workshop. </div><div class="">Instructions for preparing and submitting the final versions </div><div class="">(camera-ready papers) of all accepted papers will be available later on.</div><div class="">All the other papers (short papers, abstract of the oral </div><div class="">presentations, poster presentations) will be published on the MOD 2016 web site.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">MOD 2016 Submission System</div><div class="">All papers must be submitted using EasyChair:</div><div class=""><a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mod2016" class="">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mod2016</a></div><div class="">The deadline is February 28, 2016</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">MOD 2016 Important Dates</div><div class="">+ Paper Submission Deadline: February 28, 2016</div><div class="">+ Decision Notification to Authors: May 1st, 2016</div><div class="">+ Camera Ready Submission Deadline: June 1st, 2016</div><div class="">+ Deadline for early Registration as Presenting Author: June 1st, 2016</div><div class="">+ Late registration: June 2 – August 29, 2016</div><div class="">+ On-Site registration: August 26-29, 2016</div><div class="">+ MOD 2016 Workshop: August 26-29, 2016</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">MOD 2016 Program Committee</div><div class="">The current MOD 2016 Program Committee includes about 300 confirmed Program Committee members:</div><div class=""><a href="http://www.taosciences.it/mod/program-committee/" class="">http://www.taosciences.it/mod/program-committee/</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Any questions regarding the submission process can be sent to workshop organizers: </div><div class=""><a href="mailto:modworkshop2016@gmail.com" class="">modworkshop2016@gmail.com</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> </div><div class="">We look forward to seeing you in Tuscany!</div><div class=""> Giuseppe Nicosia & Panos Pardalos - MOD 2016 Chairs.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="http://www.taosciences.it/mod/" class="">http://www.taosciences.it/mod/</a></div><div class=""><a href="mailto:modworkshop2016@gmail.com" class="">modworkshop2016@gmail.com</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">MOD 2015 Edition: <a href="http://www.taosciences.it/mod-2015/" class="">http://www.taosciences.it/mod-2015/</a></div><div class="">MOD 2015 Keynote Speakers:</div><div class="">+ Vipin Kumar, University of Minnesota, USA</div><div class="">+ Panos Pardalos, University of Florida, USA</div><div class="">+ Tomaso Poggio, MIT, USA</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><div class="">
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">-- <br class="">Giuseppe Nicosia, Ph.D.<br class="">Associate Professor of Computer Engineering<br class="">Dept of Mathematics & Computer Science <br class="">University of Catania <br class="">Viale A. Doria, 6 - 95125 Catania, Italy <br class="">P +39 095 7383048<br class=""><a href="mailto:nicosia@dmi.unict.it" class="">nicosia@dmi.unict.it</a> <br class=""><a href="http://www.dmi.unict.it/nicosia" class="">http://www.dmi.unict.it/nicosia</a></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">==================================================================<br class="">3rd International Synthetic & Systems Biology Summer School - SSBSS 2016<br class="">* Biology meets Computer Science & Engineering *<br class="">July 8-14, 2016 - Volterra (Pisa), Tuscany, Italy<br class=""><a href="http://www.taosciences.it/ssbss/" class="">http://www.taosciences.it/ssbss/</a><br class="">==================================================================<br class="">2nd International Workshop on Machine learning, Optimization & big Data - MOD 2016<br class="">August 26-29, 2016 - Volterra (Pisa), Tuscany, Italy<br class="">http://www.taosciences.it/mod/<br class="">==================================================================</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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