Int. Workshop on Machine learning, Optimization & big Data - MOD 2015 Call for Papers - Paper submission deadline: April 15, 2015

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International Workshop on Machine learning, Optimization and big Data  
- MOD 2015
An Interdisciplinary Workshop: Machine Learning, Optimization and Data  
Science without Borders, Taormina - Sicily, Italy, from July 21 to 24,  
2015

http://www.taosciences.it/mod-2015/
modworkshop2015@gmail.com

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CALL FOR PAPERS
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Paper submission deadline: April 15, 2015
http://www.taosciences.it/mod-2015/call-for-papers/

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
+ Vipin Kumar, University of Minnesota, USA

+ Panos Pardalos, University of Florida, USA

+ Tomaso Poggio, MIT, USA


TUTORIAL SPEAKERS
+ "Science SQL", Peter Baumann, Jacobs University Bremen, Germany

+ "Feature Selection for Supervised Classification",  Mario  
Guarracino, Italian National Research Council, Italy

+ "Statistical inferences in Graphical Models with applications to  
Market Networks", Valeriy Kalyagin, National Research University -  
Higher School of Economics, Russia

+"Kernel Methods with Imbalanced Data", Theodore B. Trafalis,  
University of Oklahoma, USA

The MOD 2015 workshop will consist of one day of tutorials, followed  
by three days of main workshop sessions. We invite submissions of  
papers, abstracts and demos on all topics related to Machine learning,  
Optimization and Big Data including real-world applications for the  
workshop proceedings  
(http://www.taosciences.it/mod-2015/call-for-papers/) and proposals  
for tutorials (http://www.taosciences.it/mod-2015/call-for-tutorials/).

MOD 2015 Paper Format
Please prepare your paper in English using the Lecture Notes in  
Computer Science (LNCS) template, which is available  
http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0

Papers must be submitted in PDF.

MOD 2015 Types of Submissions
When submitting a paper to MOD 2015, 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* Long paper: original novel and unpublished work (max. 12 pages in  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 2015 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 2015  
web site.

MOD 2015 Submission System
All papers must be submitted using EasyChair.
The link to submit papers is the following:  
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mod2015
The deadline is April 15, 2015

MOD 2015 Important Dates
Late Breaking Papers/Abstracts Deadline: April 15, 2015
Author Notification: April 30, 2015
Late Breaking Posters/Demos Deadline: May 15, 2015
Author Notification: May 30, 2015
Camera Ready Submission Deadline: May 15, 2015
Deadline for early Registration as Presenting Author: May 15, 2015
Late registration: May 16 - July 24, 2015
On-Site registration: July 21-24, 2015
Workshop: July 21-24, 2015

MOD 2015 Program Committee
The current MOD 2015 Program Committee includes more than 200  
confirmed members:
http://www.taosciences.it/mod-2015/program-committee/

Any questions regarding the submission process can be sent to workshop  
organizers: modworkshop2015@gmail.com

We look forward to seeing you in Taormina, Italy!!!
      MOD 2015 Organizing Committee.

http://www.taosciences.it/mod-2015/
modworkshop2015@gmail.com

Received on Tuesday, 14 April 2015 10:24:28 UTC