<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=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="B5DDA3D7-791D-41FC-8BCF-9FF32C2D42DB" height="187" width="963" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:3CBC5D8C-1004-4BB5-B378-2451EBA013E0@dev" class=""><br class=""><br class=""></div>Dear Colleague,<br class="">we are proud to announce the Call for Papers for the <a href="http://appis.webhosting.rug.nl/2018" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=it&q=http://appis.webhosting.rug.nl/2018&source=gmail&ust=1501776741665000&usg=AFQjCNHFrmado8-heEtgGIC0AiCLbbUqGA" class="">internation conference on Applications of Intelligent Systems</a>. Please find it below.<br class=""><br class="">with warm regards, the conference chairs<br class=""><br class="">Nicolai Petkov (Univ. of Groningen)<br class="">Nicola Strisciuglio (Univ. of Groningen)<br class="">Carlos Travieso-Gonzalez (Univ. of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria)<br class=""><br class="">------------------------------<wbr class="">------------------------------<wbr class="">------------------------------<wbr class="">-----------------------<br class=""><br class="">The 1st International Conference on Applications of Intelligent Systems, APPIS 2018, with tutorials will be held on 8-12 January 2018 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. <br class="">The main conference will be on 10-12 January, the tutorials will be on 8, 9 and 13 January.<br class="">APPIS 2018 is organized by the University of Groningen and the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. <br class=""><br class="">APPIS 2018 aims at bringing together scientists who develop or apply intelligent systems, machine learning, artificial intelligence, pattern recognition, and related methods. <br class="">The program of APPIS includes a workshop on Cognitive Computing in Medicine, COCOMED 2018. <br class="">APPIS 2018 welcomes (but is not limited to) contributions related to the following topics:<br class=""><br class=""> • Images, videos and time-series analysis<br class=""> • Machine learning and representation learning<br class=""> • Statistical and structural pattern recognition<br class=""> • Data visualization and dimensionality reduction<br class=""> • Robotics<br class=""> • Intelligent systems in health and medicine<br class=""> • Cyber computing and security<br class=""> • Bio-informatics<br class=""> • Data mining<br class=""> • Algorithms for embedded and real-time systems<br class=""> • Semantic technologies<br class=""> • Intelligent buildings<br class=""> • Intelligent sensors and sensor networks<br class=""> • Augmented reality<br class=""> • Adaptive systems<br class=""> • Fuzzy systems<br class=""> • Human-machine interaction<br class=""> • Natural language processing<br class=""> • Situation awareness systems<br class=""> • Recommender systems <br class=""><br class=""><b class="">Paper submission</b><br class="">Extended abstract papers, of 2 to 4 pages (including references), should <a href="http://appis.webhosting.rug.nl/2018/paper-submission/" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=it&q=http://appis.webhosting.rug.nl/2018/paper-submission/&source=gmail&ust=1501776741665000&usg=AFQjCNFnJyDk9txrUnr1WbTn1VxMw1DVEg" class="">be submitted electronically </a>through APPIS 2018 web site in pdf format and should conform to the conference template.<br class="">Each accepted paper should be presented by one of the authors and accompanied by at least one full registration fee payment, to guarantee publication in the proceedings.<br class="">The publisher of the proceedings will be announced in the following weeks.<br class=""><br class=""><b class="">Registration fee</b><br class="">The registration fee includes conference materials, conference dinner, welcome reception and daily coffee breaks.<br class="">The prices are:<br class=""> ▪ Early registration: <b class="">300</b> Euro<br class=""> ▪ Late registration: <b class="">375</b> Euro<br class="">The tutorials have separate registration fee of <b class="">40</b> Euro per tutorial.<br class=""><br class=""><b class="">Important dates</b><br class="">Extended abstract submission – <b class="">Sept 22, 2017</b><br class="">Acceptance notification – <b class="">Oct 27, 2017</b><br class="">Full paper camera ready – <b class="">Nov 17, 2017</b><br class="">Early registration – <b class="">Nov 24, 1027</b><br class="">Tutorials - <b class="">8-9 Jan 2018</b><br class="">Conference – <b class="">10-12 Jan 2018</b><br class="">Satellite events and tutorials - <b class="">13 Jan 2018</b></body></html>