[Forum SIS] MBC2 - Workshop on "Model-Based Clustering and Classification - Call for papers

[Salvatore Ingrassia]

MBC2  – 3rd International Workshop on 

Model-Based Clustering and Classification 

Dipartimento di Economia e Impresa, Università di Catania (Italy), September 5-7, 2016

 

The workshop aims at providing a focus on the state-of-the-art research in the field of model-based clustering and classification as well as a forum of scientific discussions and comparisons among young and senior researchers. Topics concern methodological, applied and computational issues in model-based clustering and classification. The workshop will take place in Catania (Italy) on September 5-7, 2016 with the support of the Italian Statistical Society and the Classification and Data Analysis Group (CLADAG). 

Scientific Committee

Andrea Cerioli (Italy), Sylvia Frühwirth-Schnatter (Austria), Salvatore Ingrassia (Italy), Víctor H. Lachos Dávila (Brazil), Agustin Mayo-Iscar (Spain), Angela Montanari (Italy), Thomas Brendan Murphy (Ireland), Mohammed Nadif (France), Roberto Rocci (Italy), Maurizio Vichi (Italy).

 

The scientific program of the workshop is based on 

·         5 main lectures (40'+15' discussion)

·         21 oral presentations organized in 7 talk sessions (20' for each talk + 25' discussion in each session)

·         18 Lightning talks (3') + poster session for discussion

 

Confirmed Main Lecturers

·         Marco Alfò (Roma, Italy)

·         Christophe Biernacki (Lille, France)

·         Christian Hennig (London, UK)

·         David Hunter (PennState, USA)

·         Richard Samworth (Cambridge, UK)

 

Important Dates

·         May 7, 2016: Submission of an abstract (max 2000 characters) and some background literature (max 3 papers or technical reports) for either paper or poster sessions.

·         June 8, 2016: Notification of the acceptance.

·         June 30, 2016: Payment of registration fee (standard registration: 180 euro).

·         August 29, 2016: Submission of the slides and references (to be uploaded in the dropbox folder).

 

Registration fee

The registration fee includes lunches, coffee breaks and workshop material. 

·         Standard registration (until June 30, 2016): 180 euro.

·         Late registration (after June 30, 2016): 220 euro.

 

The workshop will take place at Collegio d’Aragona (Via Ventimiglia 184, 95129 Catania, Italy). 

 

Contact: mbc2 at unict.it

 

Website: http://mbc2.unict.it/

 

 

 

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Salvatore Ingrassia, Ph.D. 
Professor of Statistics
Department of Economics and Business 
University of Catania (Italy)

Corso Italia, 55 - 95129 Catania, Italy 
Tel. +39 095 7537732
Fax +39 095 7537610
e-mail: s.ingrassia at unict.it 
web: www.dei.unict.it/ingrassia
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