EVIC 2017 - XIII IEEE Latin-American Summer School on Computational Intelligence 

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XIII IEEE Latin-American Summer School on Computational Intelligence (EVIC)
December 13-15, 2017
Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
Blanco 1911, CIAE Building, 4th Floor, Valparaíso, Chile.
www.evic.cl

Poster Competition - 
1st call for abstract deadline:  October 31th, 2017 (extended)
2nd call for abstract deadline: November 13th, 2017
http://www.evic.cl

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The XIII Summer School of Computational Intelligence will take place at Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile. It is jointly organized by the Chilean Chapter of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society and the School of Biomedical Engineering, Universidad de Valparaiso. The aim of the Summer School is to promote Computational Intelligence, bringing together areas such as Intelligent Control Systems, Robotics, Computer Vision, Computational Neuroscience, Science Data, Big Data, among others, in order to disseminate the basic knowledge and the latest research advances to students, professors and professionals from Chile and other Latin American countries. During the Summer School, a Student Poster Competition on Computational Intelligence will be held. 

==== Confirmed speakers ====

Chin-Teng Lin, Faculty of Engineering & IT, School of Software University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Paulo Lisboa, Department of Applied Mathematics, John Moores Liverpool University, UK
Pablo Estevez, Department of Electrical Engineering, Universidad de Chile
Wael El-Deredy, Biomedical Engineering School, Universidad de Valparaíso
Pablo Zegers, Artificial Intelligence Entrepreneur

Luis Aburto, Physical Science and Mathematics Faculty , Universidad de Chile
Gonzalo Acuña, Department of Informatics, Universidad de Santiago de Chile
Mauricio Araya, Department of Informatics, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
Felipe Bello, Department of Informatics, Universidad de Santiago de Chile
Sebastián Maldonado, Engineering and Applied Science Faculty, Universidad de los Andes
Orietta Nicolis, Department of Statistics, Universidad de Valparaíso
Bárbara Poblete, Computer Science Department, Universidad de Chile
Carolina Saavedra, Biomedical Engineering School, Universidad de Valparaíso
Miguel Solis, Engineering Faculty, Universidad Andrés Bello
Felipe Tobar, Mathematical Modeling Center, Universidad de Chile
Richard Weber, Physical Science and Mathematics Faculty, Universidad de Chile
Alejandro Weinstein, Biomedical Engineering School, Universidad de Valparaíso


==== Organizing committee ====
Rodrigo Salas, Universidad de Valparaíso
Claudio Held, Universidad de Chile
Carolina Saavedra, Universidad de Valparaíso
Doris Saez, Universidad de Chile
Pablo Zegers, Emprendedor en Inteligencia Artificial
Steren Chabert, Universidad de Valparaíso
Alejandro Veloz, Universidad de Valparaíso

==== Important dates ====
Application for registration/travel scholarships (Chilean students) November 17th
1st call for extended abstract submission deadline:  October 31th, 2017 (extended)
2nd call for extended abstract submission deadline: November 13th, 2017


===== Paper submission =====
Authors should submit their articles in English as PDF files following the IEEE style guidelines for conference proceedings (limited up to 3 pages (US letter size)). The submission must include the following sections: Introduction, methods, results, discussion and conclusions. Affiliation should include the name of the student participating in the competition, and the name of the co-authors

Submit your work in PDF format in the following link https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=evic2017

Posters will be selected based on the quality of the extended abstract. The decision notification will be send by electronic mail.

Posters should be posted according to the schedule which will be noted in the program. A committee of three experts will evaluate the posters and assign the first, second and third places. The awards will be announced on December 14th, 2017.
 
 
Contact:
Rodrigo Salas F. <rodrigo.salas@uv.cl>