CALL FOR LATE-BREAKING PAPERS for 2nd Int. Workshop on Machine learning, Optimization & big Data - MOD 2016 - Paper submission: May 28, 2016

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2nd International Workshop on Machine learning, Optimization and big Data - MOD 2016 An Interdisciplinary Workshop: Machine Learning, Optimization and Data Science without Borders, Volterra (Pisa) -Tuscany, August 26-29, 2016

http://www.taosciences.it/mod/ http://www.taosciences.it/mod/ modworkshop2016@gmail.com mailto:modworkshop2016@gmail.com

CALL FOR PAPERS Paper submission deadline: May 28, 2016 http://www.taosciences.it/mod/call-for-papers/ http://www.taosciences.it/mod/call-for-papers/ https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mod2016 https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mod2016

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS + Nello Cristianini, Bristol University, UK + George Michailidis, University of Florida, USA + Stephen H. Muggleton, Imperial College London, UK + Panos Pardalos, University of Florida, USA Other Keynote Speakers will be announced soon

POST-PROCEEDINGS by Lecture Notes in Computer Science - Springer

JOURNAL SPECIAL ISSUE Computational Optimization and Applications Journal - Springer

INDUSTRIAL PANEL + Amr Awadallah, Founder and CTO at Cloudera, San Francisco, USA + Giovanni Giuffrida, CEO and co-founder at Neodata Group, Italy + Andy Petrella, Data Scientist and co-founder at Data Fellas, Liège, Belgium + Daniele Quercia, Head of Social Dynamics group at Bell Labs, Cambridge, UK + Fabrizio Silvestri, Principal Research Scientist at Yahoo London, UK

TUTORIALS + Model Selection and Error Estimation Without the Agonizing Pain”, Luca Oneto and Davide Anguita, DIBRIS – Polytechnic School – University of Genova, Italy

+ “Information Geometry: Applications in Machine Learning and Stochastic Optimization”, Luigi Malagò, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Shinshu University, Nagano, Japan

SPECIAL SESSIONS + Deep Learning: Theory, Architectures, Algorithms and Applications + Data-driven Algorithmics – Data for informed decisions + Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithms

The MOD 2016 workshop will consist of four days of workshop sessions and special sessions. We invite submissions of papers, abstracts and posters on all topics related to Machine learning, Optimization and Big Data including real-world applications for the workshop proceedings.

MOD 2016 Types of Submissions When submitting a paper to MOD 2016, 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 2016 Post-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 2016 web site.

Journal Special Issue on Computational Optimization and Applications Journal The top 8-10 accepted articles will have the opportunity to publish a revised and expanded version of their conference paper in the Computational Optimization and Applications Journal – Springer.

MOD 2016 Submission System All papers must be submitted using EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mod2016 https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mod2016 The deadline is May 28, 2016

Important Dates for the MOD 2016 Post-Proceedings + Paper Submission Deadline: May 28, 2016 + Decision Notification to Authors: June 10, 2016 + Camera Ready Submission Deadline: June 30, 2016 + Deadline for early Registration as Presenting Author: July 10, 2016 + MOD 2016 Workshop: August 26-29, 2016

MOD 2016 Program Committee The current MOD 2016 Program Committee includes 300+ confirmed Program Committee members: http://www.taosciences.it/mod/program-committee/ http://www.taosciences.it/mod/program-committee/ Any questions regarding the submission process can be sent to workshop organizers: modworkshop2016@gmail.com mailto:modworkshop2016@gmail.com

We look forward to seeing you in Tuscany! Giovanni Giuffrida, Giuseppe Nicosia & Panos Pardalos - MOD 2016 Chairs.

http://www.taosciences.it/mod/ http://www.taosciences.it/mod/ modworkshop2016@gmail.com mailto:modworkshop2016@gmail.com

MOD 2015 Edition: http://www.taosciences.it/mod-2015/MOD http://www.taosciences.it/mod-2015/MOD 2015 MOD 2015 Keynote Speakers: Vipin Kumar, University of Minnesota, USA Panos Pardalos, University of Florida, USA Tomaso Poggio, MIT, USA