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Call for Participation (apologies for multiple copies)
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MESS 2020 - Metaheuristics Summer School
- Learning & Optimization from Big Data -
27-31 July 2020, Catania, Italy
https://www.ANTs-lab.it/mess2020/
mess.school@ANTs-lab.it
https://www.facebook.com/groups/MetaheuristicsSchool/
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** APPLICATION DEADLINE: 5th March 2020 **
https://www.ants-lab.it/mess2020/application/
MESS 2020 is aimed at qualified and strongly motivated MSc and PhD
students; post-docs; young researchers, and both academic and
industrial professionals to provide an overview on the several
metaheuristics techniques, and an in-depth analysis of the
state-of-the-art. The main theme of the 2020 edition is ?Learning
and Optimization from Big Data?, therefore MESS 2020 wants to
focus on (i) Learning for Metaheuristics; (ii) Optimization in
Machine Learning; and (iii) how Optimization and Learning affect
the Metaheuristics making them relevant in handling Big Data.
All participants will have plenty of opportunities for debate and
work with leaders in the field, benefiting from direct interaction
and discussions in a stimulating environment. They will also have
the possibility to present their recently results and/or their
working in progress through oral or poster presentations, and
interact with their scientific peers, in a friendly and
constructive environment.
Participants will be delivered a certificate of attendance
indicating the number of hours of lectures (36-40 hours of
lectures). In according to the academic system all PhD and master
students attending to the summer school will may get 8 ECTS
points.
** LIST OF LECTURERS
+ Swagatam Das, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata
+ Luca Maria Gambardella, IDSIA Istituto Dalle Molle for
Artificial Intelligence, Switzerland
+ Salvatore Greco, University of Catania, Italy & University
of Portsmouth, UK
+ Emma Hart, Edinburgh Napier University, UK
+ Mauricio Resende, AMAZON, USA
+ Roman Slowinski, Pozna? University of Technology, Poland
+ El-Ghazali Talbi, University of Lille 1, France
+ Daniele Vigo, University of Bologna, Italy
More Lecturers will be announced soon.
** SCHOOL DIRECTORS
+ Pascal Bouvry, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
+ Salvatore Greco, University of Catania, Italy
+ Ender Ozcan, University of Nottingham, UK
+ Mario Pavone, University of Catania, Italy
+ El-Ghazali Talbi, University of Lille 1, France
+ Daniele Vigo, University of Bologna, Italy
** METAHEURISTICS COMPETITION
All participants to the school will be involved in the
?Metaheuristics Competition?, where each of them will must develop
a metaheuristic solution on the given problem. The top three of
the competition ranking will receive the MESS 2020 prize. Students
whose algorithm will rank in the first five top of the competition
ranking, will be invited to submit a report/manuscript of their
work to be published in the special MESS 2020 Volume of the AIRO
Springer Series.
** METAHEURISTICS COMPETITION CHAIRS
+ Raffaele Cerulli, University of Salerno, Italy
+ Andrea Schaerf, University of Udine, Italy
** SHORT TALK & POSTER PRESENTATION
All participants may submit an abstract of their recent results,
or works in progress, for presentation and having the
opportunities for debate and interact with leaders in the field.
Mini-Workshop Organizers and Scientific Committee will review the
abstracts and will recommend for the format of the presentation
(oral or poster). All abstracts will be published on the
electronic hands-out book of the summer school.
The Abstracts must be submitted by *March 5, 2020*.
** WORKSHOP CHAIRS
+ Vincenzo Cutello, University of Catania, Italy
+ Paola Festa, University of Naples ?Federico II?, Italy
+ Isaac Triguero, University of Nottingham, UK
*See Previous Edition - MESS 2018*
https://www.ants-lab.it/mess2018/
** MORE INFORMATION:
https://www.ANTs-lab.it/mess2020/ --
mess.school@ANTs-lab.it
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