[Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement] [Please kindly help forward it to potentially interested attendees] 4th International Conference on machine Learning, Optimization & Data science - LOD 2018 An Interdisciplinary Conference: Machine Learning, Optimization & Data Science without Borders SIAF Learning Village - Volterra (Pisa) Tuscany, September 13-16, 2018 https://lod2018.icas.xyz/ lod@icas.xyz ************************* CALL FOR PAPERS ************************* Paper submission deadline: March 31, 2018 https://lod2018.icas.xyz/call-for-papers/ The LOD 2018 conference will consist of four days of main conference sessions. The 4th Annual Conference on machine Learning, Optimization and Data science (LOD) is a single-track machine learning, computational optimization, data science conference that includes invited talks, tutorial talks, special sessions, industrial tracks, demonstrations and oral and poster presentations of refereed papers. We invite submissions of papers, abstracts and posters on all topics related to Machine learning, Optimization and Big Data including real-world applications for the conference proceedings: https://lod2018.icas.xyz/call-for-papers/ Please prepare your paper in English using the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) template, which is available http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0 Papers must be submitted in PDF. LOD 2018 Types of Submissions When submitting a paper to LOD 2018, authors are required to select one of the following four types of papers: + Long paper: original novel and unpublished work (max. 12 pages in Springer LNCS format); + Short paper: an extended abstract of novel work (max. 4 pages); + Work for oral presentation only (no page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; + Work for poster presentation only. 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. LOD 2018 Post-Proceedings All accepted long papers will be published in a volume of the series 'Lecture Notes in Computer Science' from Springer after the conference. Instructions for preparing and submitting the final versions (camera-ready papers) of all accepted papers will be available later on. All the other papers (short papers, abstract of the oral presentations, poster presentations) will be published on the LOD 2018 web site. LOD 2018 Best Paper Springer sponsors the LOD 2018 Best Paper Award with a cash prize of EUR 1,000. LOD 2018 Submission System All papers must be submitted using EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lod2018 DEADLINE: Saturday March 31, 2018 LOD 2018 Important Dates + Paper Submission Deadline: March 31, 2018 + Decision Notification to Authors: June 1st, 2018 + Camera Ready Submission Deadline: July 1st, 2018 + Deadline for early Registration as Presenting Author: July 1st, 2018 + Late registration: July 2 – September 16, 2018 + On-Site registration: September 13-16, 2018 + LOD 2018 conference: September 13-16, 2018 LOD 2018 Registration https://lod2018.icas.xyz/registration/ LOD 2018 Program Committee The current LOD 2018 Program Committee includes about 300 Program Committee members: https://lod2018.icas.xyz/program-committee/ Any questions regarding the submission process can be sent to conference organizers: lod@icas.xyz We look forward to seeing you in Tuscany! LOD 2018 Chairs & Organizing Committee. https://lod2018.icas.xyz/ lod@icas.xyz MOD 2017 Keynote Speakers: Yi-Ke Guo, Imperial College London, UK. Founding Director of Data Science Institute Panos Pardalos, University of Florida, USA. Director of the Center for Applied Optimization Ruslan Salakhutdinov,Carnegie Mellon University, USA. Director of AI Research at Apple. My Thai, University of Florida, USA Jun Pei, Hefei University of Technology, China Vincenzo Sciacca, Cloud and Cognitive Division – IBM Rome, Italy http://www.taosciences.it/mod/keynote-speakers/ MOD 2016 Keynote Speakers: Nello Cristianini, University of Bristol, UK George Michailidis, University of Florida, USA Stephen Muggleton, Imperial College London, UK Panos Pardalos, University of Florida, USA http://www.taosciences.it/mod-2016/keynote-speakers/ MOD 2015 Keynote Speakers: Vipin Kumar, University of Minnesota, USA Panos Pardalos, University of Florida, USA Tomaso Poggio, MIT, USA http://www.taosciences.it/mod-2015/MOD 2015 Best Paper Award of the Previous Editions: https://lod2018.icas.xyz/best-paper-award/