Below you will find the call for Late-Breaking Abstracts for EvoStar 2024.

Feel free to distribute and thank you for your time.

Best regards,
João Correia
EvoStar Publicity Chair

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EvoStar2024 invites submissions of late-breaking abstracts (LBAs) summarising ongoing research and recent studies in all areas of Evolutionary Computation and other Nature-inspired techniques.

LBAs will be presented as short oral presentations (maximum 10 min) and optional posters during the conference and published online in an indexed repository (arXiv).

At least one author of each accepted work has to register, attend the conference and present the work.

** Important Dates **
Submission deadline: 24 March 2024
Evo*: April 3-5, 2024, Aberystwyth

More information at:
https://www.evostar.org/2024/late-breaking-abstracts/

Evo* 2024 LBA Chair
Antonio M Mora

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5^th INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL ON DEEP LEARNING

DeepLearn 2022 Spring

Guimarães, Portugal

April 18-22, 2022

https://irdta.eu/deeplearn/2022sp/

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Co-organized by:

Algoritmi Center

University of Minho, Guimarães

Institute for Research Development, Training and Advice – IRDTA

Brussels/London

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Early registration: March 16, 2022

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SCOPE:

DeepLearn 2022 Spring will be a research training event with a global scope aiming at updating participants on the most recent advances in the critical and fast developing area of deep learning. Previous events were held in Bilbao, Genova, Warsaw, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, and Bournemouth.

Deep learning is a branch of artificial intelligence covering a spectrum of current frontier research and industrial innovation that provides more efficient algorithms to deal with large-scale data in a huge variety of environments: computer vision, neurosciences, speech recognition, language processing, human-computer interaction, drug discovery, biomedical informatics, image analysis, recommender systems, advertising, fraud detection, robotics, games, finance, biotechnology, physics experiments, etc. etc. Renowned academics and industry pioneers will lecture and share their views with the audience.

Most deep learning subareas will be displayed, and main challenges identified through 24 four-hour and a half courses and 3 keynote lectures, which will tackle the most active and promising topics. The organizers are convinced that outstanding speakers will attract the brightest and most motivated students. Face to face interaction and networking will be main ingredients of the event. It will be also possible to fully participate in vivo remotely.

An open session will give participants the opportunity to present their own work in progress in 5 minutes. Moreover, there will be two special sessions with industrial and recruitment profiles.

ADDRESSED TO:

Graduate students, postgraduate students and industry practitioners will be typical profiles of participants.

However, there are no formal pre-requisites for attendance in terms of academic degrees, so people less or more advanced in their career will be welcome as well. Since there will be a variety of levels, specific knowledge background may be assumed for some of the courses.

Overall, DeepLearn 2022 Spring is addressed to students, researchers and practitioners who want to keep themselves updated about recent developments and future trends. All will surely find it fruitful to listen to and discuss with major researchers, industry leaders and innovators.

VENUE:

DeepLearn 2022 Spring will take place in Guimarães, in the north of Portugal, listed as UNESCO World Heritage Site and often referred to as the birthplace of the country. The venue will be:

Hotel de Guimarães

Eduardo Manuel de Almeida 202

4810-440 Guimarães

http://www.hotel-guimaraes.com/

STRUCTURE:

3 courses will run in parallel during the whole event. Participants will be able to freely choose the courses they wish to attend as well as to move from one to another.

Full in vivo online participation will be possible. However, the organizers highlight the importance of face to face interaction and networking in this kind of research training event.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Kate Smith-Miles (University of Melbourne), Stress-testing Algorithms via Instance Space Analysis

Mihai Surdeanu (University of Arizona), Explainable Deep Learning for Natural Language Processing

Zhongming Zhao (University of Texas, Houston), Deep Learning Approaches for Predicting Virus-Host Interactions and Drug Response

PROFESSORS AND COURSES:

Eneko Agirre (University of the Basque Country), [introductory/intermediate] Natural Language Processing in the Pretrained Language Model Era

Mohammed Bennamoun (University of Western Australia), [intermediate/advanced] Deep Learning for 3D Vision

Altan Çakır (Istanbul Technical University), [introductory] Introduction to Deep Learning with Apache Spark

Rylan Conway (Amazon), [introductory/intermediate] Deep Learning for Digital Assistants

Jifeng Dai (SenseTime Research), [intermediate] AutoML for Generic Computer Vision Tasks

Jianfeng Gao (Microsoft Research), [introductory/intermediate] An Introduction to Conversational Information Retrieval

Daniel George (JPMorgan Chase), [introductory] An Introductory Course on Machine Learning and Deep Learning with Mathematica/Wolfram Language

Bohyung Han (Seoul National University), [introductory/intermediate] Robust Deep Learning

Lina J. Karam (Lebanese American University), [introductory/intermediate] Deep Learning for Quality Robust Visual Recognition

Xiaoming Liu (Michigan State University), [intermediate] Deep Learning for Trustworthy Biometrics

Jennifer Ngadiuba (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), [intermediate] Ultra Low-latency and Low-area Machine Learning Inference at the Edge

Lucila Ohno-Machado (University of California, San Diego), [introductory] Use of Predictive Models in Medicine and Biomedical Research

Bhiksha Raj (Carnegie Mellon University), [introductory] Quantum Computing and Neural Networks

Bart ter Haar Romenij (Eindhoven University of Technology), [intermediate] Deep Learning and Perceptual Grouping

Kaushik Roy (Purdue University), [intermediate] Re-engineering Computing with Neuro-inspired Learning: Algorithms, Architecture, and Devices

Walid Saad (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University), [intermediate/advanced] Machine Learning for Wireless Communications: Challenges and Opportunities

Yvan Saeys (Ghent University), [introductory/intermediate] Interpreting Machine Learning Models

Martin Schultz (Jülich Research Centre), [intermediate] Deep Learning for Air Quality, Weather and Climate

Richa Singh (Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur), [introductory/intermediate] Trusted AI

Sofia Vallecorsa (European Organization for Nuclear Research), [introductory/intermediate] Deep Generative Models for Science: Example Applications in Experimental Physics

Michalis Vazirgiannis (École Polytechnique), [intermediate/advanced] Machine Learning with Graphs and  Applications

Guowei Wei (Michigan State University), [introductory/advanced] Integrating AI and Advanced Mathematics with Experimental Data for Forecasting Emerging SARS-CoV-2 Variants

Xiaowei Xu (University of Arkansas, Little Rock), [intermediate/advanced] Deep Learning for NLP and Causal Inference

Guoying Zhao (University of Oulu), [introductory/intermediate] Vision-based Emotion AI

OPEN SESSION:

An open session will collect 5-minute voluntary presentations of work in progress by participants. They should submit a half-page abstract containing the title, authors, and summary of the research to david@irdta.eu by April 10, 2022.

INDUSTRIAL SESSION:

A session will be devoted to 10-minute demonstrations of practical applications of deep learning in the industry. Companies interested in contributing are welcome to submit a 1-page abstract containing the program of the demonstration and the logistics needed. People in charge of the demonstration must register for the event. Expressions of interest have to be submitted to david@irdta.eu by April 10, 2022.

EMPLOYER SESSION:

Firms searching for personnel well skilled in deep learning will have a space reserved for one-to-one contacts. It is recommended to produce a 1-page .pdf leaflet with a brief description of the company and the profiles looked for to be circulated among the participants prior to the event. People in charge of the search must register for the event. Expressions of interest have to be submitted to david@irdta.eu by April 10, 2022.

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:

Dalila Durães (Braga, co-chair)

José Machado (Braga, co-chair)

Carlos Martín-Vide (Tarragona, program chair)

Sara Morales (Brussels)

Paulo Novais (Braga, co-chair)

David Silva (London, co-chair)

REGISTRATION:

It has to be done at

https://irdta.eu/deeplearn/2022sp/registration/

The selection of 8 courses requested in the registration template is only tentative and non-binding. For the sake of organization, it will be helpful to have an estimation of the respective demand for each course. During the event, participants will be free to attend the courses they wish.

Since the capacity of the venue is limited, registration requests will be processed on a first come first served basis. The registration period will be closed and the online registration tool disabled when the capacity of the venue will get exhausted. It is highly recommended to register prior to the event.

FEES:

Fees comprise access to all courses and lunches. There are several early registration deadlines. Fees depend on the registration deadline.

ACCOMMODATION:

Accommodation suggestions are available at

https://irdta.eu/deeplearn/2022sp/accommodation/

CERTIFICATE:

A certificate of successful participation in the event will be delivered indicating the number of hours of lectures.

QUESTIONS AND FURTHER INFORMATION:

david@irdta.eu

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS:

Centro Algoritmi, University of Minho, Guimarães

School of Engineering, University of Minho

LASI – Intelligent Systems Associate Laboratory

Rovira i Virgili University

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CALL FOR PAPERS
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EPIA 2022
21th EPIA Conference on Artificial Intelligence
https://epia2022.inesc-id.pt/
August 31^st to September 2^nd, 2022

Instituto Superior Técnico

Lisboa – Portugal

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The EPIA Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a well-established European conference in the field of AI. The 21^st edition of the EPIA conference will take at Lisbon in August 31^st– September 2^nd, 2022. As in previous editions, this international conference is hosted with the patronage of the Portuguese Association for Artificial Intelligence (APPIA). The purpose of this conference is to promote research in all areas of AI, covering both theoretical/foundational issues and applications, and the scientific exchange among researchers, engineers and practitioners in related disciplines.

Authors should consult Springer’s authors’ guidelines and use their proceedings templates, either for LaTeX or for Word, for the preparation of their papers. Springer encourages authors to include their ORCIDs in their papers. In addition, the corresponding author of each paper, acting on behalf of all of the authors of that paper, must complete and sign a Consent-to-Publish form. The corresponding author signing the copyright form should match the corresponding author marked on the paper. Once the files have been sent to Springer, changes relating to the authorship of the papers cannot be made.

Bernardete Ribeiro, CISUC, UC, Portugal

Goreti Marreiros, GECAD, ISEP-IPP, Portugal

Alberto Sardinha, INESC-ID, IST, Portugal

Ana Bazzan, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Ann Nowe, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

Ernesto Costa, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Eugénio Oliveira, Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Helder Coelho, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

João Pavão Martins, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

José Júlio Alferes, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

Juan Pavón, Universidad Complutense Madrid, Spain

Luís Paulo Reis, Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Paulo Novais, Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Pavel Brazdil, Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Virginia Dignum, Umeå University, Sweden