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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=NL link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>Deadline for submission on March 4th</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>The <b>4th International Conference on Applications of Intelligent Systems, APPIS 2022</b>, will be held on 22-25 March 2022 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. APPIS 2022 is organized by the University of Groningen, University of Twente and the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, and includes a </span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><a href="http://appis.webhosting.rug.nl/2022/wismal-2022/"><span lang=EN-US>Winter School on Machine Learning (WISMAL 2022)</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>.<br>APPIS 2022 aims at bringing together scientists who develop or apply intelligent systems, machine learning, artificial intelligence, pattern recognition, and related methods.<br><br><br>APPIS 2022 welcomes (but is not limited to) abstract contributions related to the following topics:</span><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:58.5pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#666666'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span 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lfo1;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#666666'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#666666'>Robotics</span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:#666666'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:58.5pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#666666'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#666666'>Intelligent systems in health and medicine</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.5pt;color:#666666'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal 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systems</span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:#666666'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>=============================================================<br><b>APPIS 2022 accepts submissions of abstracts (1-2 pages in the ACM format).</b><br>Abstracts must be submitted electronically through the APPIS 2022 conference web site in pdf format. Find more information in the submission page.<br>Each accepted contribution must be presented by one of the authors and accompanied by at least one full registration fee payment.<br><br><br>Registration fee: <strong><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>200 Euro</span></strong>, including participation in the Winter School on Machine Learning, WISMAL 2022.<br>Since the number of participants is limited to 70, we recommend you to register and secure your participation as soon as possible.<br>=============================================================|<br><br><b>Winter School on Machine Learning - WISMAL 2020</b><br><br>APPIS includes a short winter school consists of several tutorials that present different techniques of Machine Learning. Please find more information at the </span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><a href="http://appis.webhosting.rug.nl/2022/wismal-2022/"><span lang=EN-US>WISMAL 2022 page</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>.<br>The participation in the winter school is free of charge for registered participants in APPIS 2022. The number of participants in the winter school is limited to 70 and early registration is encouraged.<br>=============================================================<br><br></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#666666'>Abstract paper due – <strong><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>4 March 2022</span></strong><br>Abstract acceptance notification – <strong><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm'>8 March 2022</span></strong><br>Early registration – <strong><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;background:white'>15 March 2022</span></strong><br>Conference – <strong><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm'>22-25 March 2022</span></strong></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><br><br>Please find more information on the </span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><a href="http://appis.webhosting.rug.nl/2022/"><span lang=EN-US>conference website</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>.<br><br>the conference co-chairs<br><i>Nicolai Petkov</i><br><i>Nicola Strisciuglio</i><br><i>Carlos Travieso-Gonzalez</i></span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>