<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Dear Colleague, <br><br>Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement. <br>Please kindly help forward it to potentially interested authors/attendees, thanks!<br><br>--<br><br>The 8th International Online & Onsite Conference on Machine Learning, Optimization, and Data Science – #LOD2022 - September 18-22, Certosa di Pontignano, #Tuscany - Italy <br><br>LOD 2022, An Interdisciplinary Conference: #MachineLearning, #Optimization, #BigData & #ArtificialIntelligence, #DeepLearning without Borders<br><br><a href="https://lod2022.icas.cc" target="_blank">https://lod2022.icas.cc</a><br><br><a href="mailto:lod@icas.cc" target="_blank">lod@icas.cc</a><br><br>Late Breaking PAPERS SUBMISSION: June 15 (Anywhere on Earth)<br>All papers must be submitted using EasyChair:<br><a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lod2022" target="_blank">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lod2022</a><br><br><br>LOD 2022 KEYNOTE SPEAKER(S):<br>* Pierre Baldi, University of California Irvine, USA<br><br>* Jürgen Bajorath, University of Bonn, Germany<br><br>* Ross King, University of Cambridge, UK & The Alan Turing Institute, UK<br><br>* Rema Padman, Carnegie Mellon University, USA<br><br><br>LOD 2022 TUTORIAL SPEAKER:<br>* Simone Scardapane, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy<br><br><br>ACAIN 2022 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:<br><br>* Marvin M. Chun, Yale University, USA<br><br>* Ila Fiete, MIT, USA<br><br>* Karl Friston, University College London, UK & Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging<br><br>* Wulfram Gerstner, EPFL, Switzerland<br><br>* Máté Lengyel, Cambridge University, UK<br><br>* Max Erik Tegmark, MIT, USA & Future of Life Institute<br><br>* Michail Tsodyks, Institute for Advanced Study, USA<br><br><br>More Lecturers and Speakers to be announced soon!<br><br><a href="https://acain2022.artificial-intelligence-sas.org/course-lecturers/" target="_blank">https://acain2022.artificial-intelligence-sas.org/course-lecturers/</a><br><br><br>PAPER FORMAT:<br>Please prepare your paper using the Springer Nature – Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) template. Papers must be submitted in PDF.<br><br><br>TYPES OF SUBMISSIONS:<br>When submitting a paper to LOD 2022, authors are required to select one of the following four types of papers:<br><br>* long paper: original novel and unpublished work (max. 15 pages in Springer LNCS format);<br><br>* short paper: an extended abstract of novel work (max. 5 pages);<br><br>* 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 conference;<br><br>* abstract for poster presentation only (max 2 pages; any format). 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 conference.<br><br>Each paper submitted will be rigorously evaluated. The evaluation will ensure the high interest and expertise of reviewers. Following the tradition of LOD, we expect high-quality papers in terms of their scientific contribution, rigor, correctness, novelty, clarity, quality of presentation and reproducibility of experiments.<br>Accepted papers must contain significant novel results. Results can be either theoretical or empirical. Results will be judged on the degree to which they have been objectively established and/or their potential for scientific and technological impact.<br><br>It is also possible to present the talk virtually (Zoom).<br><br><br>LOD 2022 Special Sessions:<br><a href="https://lod2022.icas.cc/special-sessions/" target="_blank">https://lod2022.icas.cc/special-sessions/</a><br><a href="https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=lod2022" target="_blank">https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=lod2022</a><br><br>PAST LOD KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:<br><a href="https://lod2022.icas.cc/past-keynote-speakers/" target="_blank">https://lod2022.icas.cc/past-keynote-speakers/</a><br><br>Yoshua Bengio, Head of the Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms (MILA) & University of Montreal, Canada<br>Bettina Berendt, TU Berlin, Germany & KU Leuven, Belgium, and Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society, Germany<br>Jörg Bornschein, DeepMind, London, UK<br>Michael Bronstein, Imperial College London, UK<br>Nello Cristianini, University of Bristol, UK<br>Peter Flach, University of Bristol, UK, and EiC of the Machine Learning Journal<br>Marco Gori, University of Siena, Italy<br>Arthur Gretton, UCL, UK<br>Arthur Guez, Google DeepMind, Montreal, UK<br>Yi-Ke Guo, Imperial College London, UK<br>George Karypis, University of Minnesota, USA<br>Vipin Kumar, University of Minnesota, USA<br>Marta Kwiatkowska, University of Oxford, UK<br>George Michailidis, University of Florida, USA<br>Kaisa Miettinen, University of Jyväskylä, Finland<br>Stephen Muggleton, Imperial College London, UK<br>Panos Pardalos, University of Florida, USA<br>Jan Peters, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt & Max-Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Germany<br>Tomaso Poggio, MIT, USA<br>Andrey Raygorodsky, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Russia<br>Mauricio G. C. Resende, Amazon.com Research and University of Washington Seattle, Washington, USA<br>Ruslan Salakhutdinov, Carnegie Mellon University, USA, and AI Research at Apple<br>Maria Schuld, Xanadu & University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa<br>Richard E. Turner, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, UK<br>Ruth Urner, York University, Toronto, Canada<br>Isabel Valera, Saarland University, Saarbrücken & Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Tübingen, Germany<br><br>TRACKS & SPECIAL SESSIONS:<br><a href="https://lod2022.icas.cc/special-sessions/" target="_blank">https://lod2022.icas.cc/special-sessions/</a><br><br>BEST PAPER AWARD:<br>Springer sponsors the LOD 2022 Best Paper Award <br><a href="https://lod2022.icas.cc/best-paper-award/" target="_blank">https://lod2022.icas.cc/best-paper-award/</a><br><br>PROGRAM COMMITTEE:<br><a href="https://lod2022.icas.cc/program-committee/" target="_blank">https://lod2022.icas.cc/program-committee/</a><br><br>SCHEDULE:<br><a href="https://lod2022.icas.cc/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2022/02/LOD-2022-Schedule-Ver-1.pdf" target="_blank">https://lod2022.icas.cc/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2022/02/LOD-2022-Schedule-Ver-1.pdf</a><br><br>VENUE:<br><a href="https://lod2022.icas.cc/venue/" target="_blank">https://lod2022.icas.cc/venue/</a><br><br>The venue of LOD 2022 will be The Certosa di Pontignano — Siena<br><br>The Certosa di Pontignano<br>Località Pontignano, 5 – 53019, Castelnuovo Berardenga (Siena) – Tuscany – Italy<br>phone: +39-0577-1521104<br>fax: +39-0577-1521098<br><a href="mailto:info@lacertosadipontignano.com" target="_blank">info@lacertosadipontignano.com</a><br><a href="https://www.lacertosadipontignano.com/en/index.php" target="_blank">https://www.lacertosadipontignano.com/en/index.php</a><br>Contact person: Dr. Lorenzo Pasquinuzzi<br><br>You need to book your accommodation at the venue and pay the amount for accommodation directly to the Certosa di Pontignano. <br><br>ACTIVITIES:<br><a href="https://lod2022.icas.cc/activities/" target="_blank">https://lod2022.icas.cc/activities/</a><br><br><br>POSTER:<br><a href="https://lod2022.icas.cc/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2022/02/poster-LOD-2022-1.png" target="_blank">https://lod2022.icas.cc/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2022/02/poster-LOD-2022-1.png</a><br><br>Submit your research work today!<br><br><a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lod2022" target="_blank">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lod2022</a><br><br>See you in the beautiful Tuscany in September!<br><br>Best regards, <br> LOD 2022 Organizing Committee<br><br><br>LOD 2022 NEWS:<br><a href="https://lod2022.icas.cc/category/news/" target="_blank">https://lod2022.icas.cc/category/news/</a><br><br>Past Editions<br><a href="https://lod2022.icas.cc/past-editions/" target="_blank">https://lod2022.icas.cc/past-editions/</a><br><br>LOD 2021, The Seventh International Conference on Machine Learning, Optimization and Big Data<br>Grasmere – Lake District – England, UK. Nature Springer – LNCS volumes 13163 and 13164.<br>LOD 2020, The Sixth International Conference on Machine Learning, Optimization and Big Data<br>Certosa di Pontignano – Siena – Tuscany – Italy. Nature Springer – LNCS volumes 12565 and 12566.<br>LOD 2019, The Fifth International Conference on Machine Learning, Optimization and Big Data<br>Certosa di Pontignano – Siena – Tuscany – Italy.<br>Nature Springer – LNCS volume 11943.<br>LOD 2018, The Fourth International Conference on Machine Learning, Optimization and Big Data<br>Volterra – Tuscany – Italy. Nature Springer – LNCS volume 11331.<br>MOD 2017, The Third International Conference on Machine Learning, Optimization and Big Data<br>Volterra – Tuscany – Italy. Springer – LNCS volume 10710.<br>MOD 2016, The Second International Workshop on Machine learning, Optimization and big Data<br>Volterra – Tuscany – Italy. Springer – LNCS volume 10122.<br>MOD 2015, International Workshop on Machine learning, Optimization and big Data<br>Taormina – Sicily – Italy. Springer – LNCS volume 9432.<br><br><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/2236577489686309/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/groups/2236577489686309/</a><br><br><a href="https://twitter.com/TaoSciences" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/TaoSciences</a><br><br><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12092025/" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12092025/</a><br><br><a href="mailto:lod@icas.cc" target="_blank">lod@icas.cc</a><br><br><a href="https://lod2022.icas.cc" target="_blank">https://lod2022.icas.cc</a><br><br>* Apologies for multiple copies. Please forward to anybody who might be interested *<br><br></div>
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