I am sorry for this off-topic post, but you may be interested or willing to forward. Best Regards, Hélio ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: A. Ismael F. Vaz <aivaz(a)dps.uminho.pt&gt; Date: Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 9:50 AM Subject: [APDIO] NEURAL NETWORKS in CLASSIFICATION, REGRESSION and DATA MINING To: Apdio(a)ci.uc.pt SUMMER SCHOOL NN2012 NEURAL NETWORKS in CLASSIFICATION, REGRESSION and DATA MINING July 2-6, 2012, Porto, Portugal ============================================================= http://www.isep.ipp.pt/nn   email: nn-2012(a)isep.ipp.pt GENERAL INFORMATION The Summer School will be held at Porto, Portugal, jointly organized by the Engineering Biomedical Institute (INEB) and the School of Engineering, Polytechnic of Porto (ISEP), with the collaboration of LEMA and GECAD. This year's edition also includes a POSTER/WORKSHOP SESSION providing a discussion forum where the participants can obtain peer guidance for their projects. PROGRAMME COMMITTEE • Colin Campbell (Reader, Merchant Venturer's School of Engineering, Bristol, UK) • Craig Saunders (Research Scientist, Xerox Research Centre Europe, France) • Hans-Georg Zimmermann (Senior Principal Research Scientist, Siemens AG, Corporate Technology Dpt., Munich, Germany) • Igor Aizenberg (Department Chair and Professor, Department of Computer and Information Sciences, Texas A&M University-Texarkana, USA) • Joaquim Marques de Sá (Full Professor, University of Porto and INEB, Portugal) • Jorge M. Santos (Assistant Professor, School of Engineering and INEB Porto, Portugal) • José Carlos Príncipe (Distinguished Professor of ECE, BellSouth Professor, Director Computational NeuroEngineering Laboratory, Florida, USA) • Luis Silva (Assistant Professor, University of Aveiro and INEB, Portugal) • Mark Embrechts (Associate Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, U.S.A.) • Markus Hofmann (Lecturer in Informatics, Institute of Technology Blanchardstown, Dublin, Ireland) • Noelia Sánchez Maroño (Assistant Professor, Coruna University, Spain) • Petia Georgieva (Assistant Professor, University of Aveiro, Portugal) COURSE CONTENTS Neural networks (NN) have become a very important tool in classification and regression tasks. The applications are nowadays abundant, e.g. in the engineering, economy and biology areas. The Summer School on NN is dedicated to explain relevant NN paradigms, namely multilayer perceptrons (MLP), radial basis function networks (RBF) and support vector machines (SVM) used for classification and regression tasks, illustrated with applications to real data. Specific topics are also presented, namely Deep Neural Networks, Recurrent Neural Networks, Functional Networks, Multi-Valued and UB Neurons, Entropic Neural Networks Criteria and Data Mining using NN. Classes include practical sessions with appropriate software tools. The trainee has, therefore, the opportunity to apply the taught concepts and become conversant with a broad range of NN topics and applications. A special poster session will also provide a discussion forum where the participants can obtain peer guidance for their projects PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME A preliminary programme and further information about the classes are available at the school webpage ( http://www.isep.ipp.pt/nn ) IMPORTANT DEADLINES Early Registration: 20 May 2012 Poster Submission: 15 June 2012 Hotel booking : 15 June 2012 Summer School: 2-6 July 2012 All participants are required to register prior to the start of the School - until the June 15 - even if you choose to pay the late registration fee at the registration desk. Please note that only a LIMITED number of participants can be accepted. REGISTRATION In order to attend the School you must fill in the registration form, available at the School web page. Please note that if you have any guests who would like to take part in the social programme, you must register them as well, by filling in the corresponding field in the registration form. SCHOOL FEES The registration fee for participants amounts to: - Early registration fee (paid until May 20th)         * 370 Euro (students or ISEP/INEB members)         * 420 Euro (all other participants) - Late registration fee (paid after May 20th)         * 420 Euro (students, ISEP/INEB members)         * 470 Euro (all other participants) The registration fee includes: * school package (manuscripts, lecture's notes, CD) * coffee breaks * daily lunch * welcome reception * school banquet NOTE: The registration fee for those who attended previous editions amounts to 30/35 euro per lecture and includes the school package and coffee-breaks. Please, contact the LOC  for further details. LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE (LOC) • Alexandra Oliveira - Assistant Professor, ESTSP, IPP, Portugal • Chen Ning - Researcher, ISEP(GECAD), Portugal • Jorge M. Santos - Assistant Professor, ISEP(LEMA) and INEB, Portugal • Luís Silva, Assistant Professor, INEB, Portugal • Rui Chibante - Assistant Professor, ISEP(LEMA), Portugal • Vânia Lopes - Research Technician, INESC, Portugal CONTACT ADDRESS Local Organizing Committee (LOC) - Summer School NN2012 A/C Jorge M. Santos Departamento de Matemática Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto Rua Dr. António Bernardino de Almeida 431 4200-072 PORTO / PORTUGAL Email: nn-2012(a)isep.ipp.pt NN2012 Secretariat Ms. Ana Costa Email: amac(a)isep.ipp.pt Programme Chair: Prof. Jorge M. Santos Tel. +351 228340500 ext. 1571 - Email: jms(a)isep.ipp.pt ============================================== _______________________________________________ Apdio mailing list Apdio(a)ci.uc.pt http://ml.ci.uc.pt/mailman/listinfo/apdio