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Dear Colleagues, </div>
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We are pleased to announce the <b>AIPHEA Workshop – AI in Predictive HEAlth: architectures for prevention</b>, to be held as part of the
<b>2026 IEEE International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, World Congress on Computational Intelligence (WCCI 2026)</b>,
<b>21–26 June 2026, MECC Maastricht, the Netherlands</b>. </div>
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Healthcare is rapidly shifting from reactive treatment to proactive prevention. Machine learning and neural network models are playing a critical role in this transformation, enabling early diagnosis and predictive healthcare through the analysis of complex
biomedical data. Our workshop aims to bring together researchers, clinicians, and engineers to explore innovative architectures and approaches in predictive health. </div>
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We invite submissions on, but not limited to, the following topics: </div>
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State-of-the-art neural network architectures for predictive health (imaging, sequential, and graph-based data) </div>
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Challenges in clinical deployment: interpretability, data heterogeneity, and regulatory compliance </div>
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Applications in bioinformatics and computational biology </div>
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Biomarker discovery from multi-modal biomedical data </div>
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Novel datasets, anonymization strategies, and synthetic data generation </div>
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Evaluation of model suitability for early diagnosis and prevention </div>
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Cross-disciplinary collaborations and emerging trends </div>
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<b>Submission Guidelines:</b> </div>
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Papers must be original and not under review elsewhere. </div>
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Written in English and follow<u>s</u> the CEURART format. (<span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u><a style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin: 0px;" data-linkindex="0" data-auth="NotApplicable" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-XXX/CEURART.zip" class="x_Hyperlink x_SCXW8002842 x_BCX0 x_OWAAutoLink" id="OWA55c07583-4dc0-eb23-4061-c34b268cea32" target="_blank" href="http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-XXX/CEURART.zip">http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-XXX/CEURART.zip</a></u></span>)
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Minimum length: 10 standard pages (1 standard page = 2500 characters). </div>
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Submit papers via the workshop submission link: <span style="color: rgb(0, 120, 212);">
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<b>Important Dates:</b> </div>
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Submission Opens: 31 January 2026 </div>
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Submission Deadline: 20 March 2026 </div>
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Acceptance Notification: 31 March 2026 </div>
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Camera-Ready Submission: 1 May 2026 </div>
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Early Registration: 1 May 2026 </div>
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Selected papers may be invited for extension in a special issue of a Q1 International Journal. </div>
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We look forward to your contributions and to welcoming you to <b>AIPHEA 2026</b> in Maastricht. </div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Website: </span><span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u><a style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin: 0px;" data-linkindex="2" data-auth="NotApplicable" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="https://sites.google.com/community.unipa.it/aiphea26/home-page" class="x_Hyperlink x_SCXW8002842 x_BCX0 x_OWAAutoLink" id="OWA5e672622-dff2-3db8-cbb9-3823540d94bb" target="_blank" href="https://sites.google.com/community.unipa.it/aiphea26/home-page">https://sites.google.com/community.unipa.it/aiphea26/home-page</a></u></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></div>
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For further information, feel free to contact the organizers at domenico.amato01@unipa.it or francesco.prinzi@unipa.it. </div>
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Best<u> </u> regards, <br>
The Organizing Committee </div>
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