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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=ES link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>[Apologies for multiple copies due to cross-posting. Please forward to colleagues who might be interested]<o:p></o:p></span></p><h1 style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></h1><h1 style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US>2018 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.5pt'>08-13 July 2018, Windsor Convention Centre, Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL<br></span><a href="http://www.ieee-wcci.org"><span lang=EN-US>www.ieee-wcci.org</span></a><span lang=EN-US> <br><br>On behalf of the IEEE WCCI 2018 Organizing Committee, it is our great pleasure to invite you to the bi-annual IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (IEEE WCCI), which is the largest technical event in the field of computational intelligence. </span>The IEEE WCCI 2018 will host three conferences: <o:p></o:p></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span lang=EN-US>2018 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN 2018 - co-sponsored by International Neural Network Society - INNS) <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span lang=EN-US>2018 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE 2018) <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span lang=EN-US>2018 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (IEEE CEC 2018) <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><a href="http://www.ecomp.poli.br/%7Ewcci2018/call-for-papers/"><span lang=EN-US>Organization of [Special Sessions, Tutorials, Competitions, Workshops] </span></a></span></b><span lang=EN-US>should be well underway as the deadline for submissions is in just over two months (15Dec2017). For details and contacts, refer to <a href="http://www.ecomp.poli.br/~wcci2018/call-for-papers/">http://www.ecomp.poli.br/~wcci2018/call-for-papers/</a> <br><br></span><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><a href="http://www.ecomp.poli.br/%7Ewcci2018/speakers/"><span lang=EN-US>Confirmed Speakers</span></a></span></b><span lang=EN-US> listed in reverse-alphabetic order. </span>Click to see the speaker abstracts and biographies. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:11.5pt'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Important Dates :</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Special Session & Workshop Proposals Deadline: 15 December 2017 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Competition & Tutorial Proposals Deadline: 15 December 2017 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Paper Submission Deadline: 15 January 2018 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Paper Acceptance Notification Date: 15 March 2018 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Final Paper Submission & Early Registration Deadline: 1st May 2018 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>IEEE WCCI 2018 conference: 08-13 July 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><br>For more information on the congress, please visit: </span><a href="http://www.ieee-wcci.org"><span lang=EN-US>www.ieee-wcci.org</span></a><span lang=EN-US> <br><br></span><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.5pt'>2018 IEEE WCCI General Co-Chairs and Conference Chairs :</span></b><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=10 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:450.0pt'><tr><td width=300 valign=top style='width:225.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td><td width=300 valign=top style='width:225.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td></tr><tr><td width=300 valign=top style='width:225.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:Marley%20Vellasco.%20General%20Co-Chair.%20WCCI2018%20Rio.%20INNS%20Director.%20PUC-Rio.%20Rio%20de%20Janiero.%20Brazil%20%3Cmarley@ele.puc-rio.br%3E?subject=WCCI2018%20Rio%20%20de%20Janeiro%20-%20General%20%20Inquiry&body=Add%20your%20[questions,%20comments],%20then%20send.">Marley Vellasco, General Co-Chair</a><br>Pontifical Catholic University of <br>Rio de Janiero, Brazil<br>INNS Director<span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=300 valign=top style='width:225.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:Pablo%20Estevez.%20General%20Co-Chair.%20WCCI2018%20Rio.%20IEEE-CIS%20President%202016-2017.%20Uof%20Chile.%20Santiago%20%3Cpestevez@yahoo.com%3E?subject=IJCNN2017%20Anchorage%20-%20General%20%20Inquiry&body=Add%20your%20[questions,%20comments],%20then%20send."><span lang=EN-US>Pablo Estevez, General Co-Chair</span></a><span lang=EN-US><br>University of Chile, Santiago<br>IEEE-CIS President 2016-2017</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6'><b><span lang=EN-US>Teresa Ludermir</span></b><span lang=EN-US> IJCNN Conference Chair, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6'><b><span lang=EN-US>Gary Yen</span></b><span lang=EN-US>, IEEE-CEC Conference Chair, Oklahoma State University, USA<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6'><b>Fernando Gomide</b>, IEEE-FUZZ Conference Chair, University of Campinas, Brazil <o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Best regards.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Jose<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span lang=ES-TRAD style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:ES'>Jose Garcia-Rodriguez, Phd</span></i></b><b><span style='mso-fareast-language:ES'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=ES-TRAD style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:ES'>Associate Professor<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:ES'>Editor in Chief International Journal of Computer vision and Image Processing</span></i><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:ES'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:ES'>Vice-Dean International Relations Polytechnic University College<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:ES'>Director Phd Program in Computer Science<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:ES'>Director of NVIDIA GPU Research Center & GPU Education Center </span></i><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:ES'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:ES'>Dpt. Computer Technology</span></i><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:ES'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:ES'>University of Alicante </span></i><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:ES'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:ES'>PO Box. 99. 03080 Alicante (Spain)</span></i><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:ES'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>tel: +34 965903400 ext. 2616 mobile: +34 610488989<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>fax: +34 965909643<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>email:</span><span lang=EN-US> <a href="mailto:jgarcia@dtic.ua.es">jgarcia@dtic.ua.es</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>skype: jose.garcia.alicante<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:ES'><a href="http://www.dtic.ua.es/~jgarcia/">http://www.dtic.ua.es/~jgarcia/</a></span></i><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:ES'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>