April 25th, 2016 
CI2S Enterprise Content Admin 2016 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence
Vancouver Convention Centre, Vancouver, Canada
24-29 July 2016
24-29 July 2016
– Call for Participations –
On behalf of the organizing committee, it is our great pleasure to invite you to the bi-annual IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (IEEE WCCI) which will be held in the magnificent city of Vancouver, Canada, 24-29 July 2016.
Financially sponsored by the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (CIS), IEEE WCCI 2016 will host three conferences: The 2016 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN 2016), the 2016 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE 2016), and the 2016 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (IEEE CEC 2016) under one roof.
The IEEE WCCI 2016 received over 3,000 paper submissions (a record for the Congress). The highlights of the Congress include,
- 5 Keynotes by top-notch researchers – Leslie Valiant, Ronald R. Yager, Marco Dorigo, Ricardo Baeza-Yates and Charles C. Ragin;
- 15 Plenary speeches by world-renown scholars on pertinent and captivating topics within the technical scope of each conference;
- A public lecture by David B. Fogel on the topic of “Fun and Games with Artificial Intelligence”;
- 4 valuable and engaging panel sessions by revered researchers within the field of computational intelligence, including a panel session on “Turning Big Data Challenges into Opportunities”;
- 24 free tutorials covering a diverse range of topics offering a unique opportunity to disseminate in-depth information on specific topics in computational intelligence;
- 4 workshops to stimulate discussions between participants on active and emerging topics of computational intelligence;
- 175 special sessions organized by domain experts that are encompassed within the technical scope of the conference;
- 10 challenging and contemporary competitions offering distinctive topics in each track to cater to every participant's needs. Do not miss the Human vs. Computer Go demonstration games to be held during IEEE WCCI 2016 and supported by IEEE CIS. Applied with the deep learning technologies, the very strong computer Go programs including Zen (Japan), DarkForest (Facebook / USA), and CGI (Taiwan), are invited to compete with top professional Go players.
More information on IEEE WCCI 2016 Programmes is now available at: http://www.wcci2016.org/programs.php?id=home
Apart from the technical programs, participants are also cordially invited to attend various social events, such as welcome reception, award banquet, student activities and young professionals reception, women in computational intelligence reception, IEEE CIS chapters forum etc.
In addition, participants are also encouraged to explore the beautiful city of Vancouver which has an endless supply of attractions and things to see and do. Do not miss the annual musical fireworks competition held over English Bay in Vancouver – 2016 Honda Celebration of Light (Competition begins at 10PM each night on the following dates: Saturday, July 23 – Royal Fireworks representing Netherlands; Wednesday, July 27 – representing Australia; Saturday, July 30 – Walt Disney representing United States. The musical headliner is Loverboy.)!
IEEE WCCI 2016 online registration is still open. Please register at: http://wcci2016.org/registration.php
We look forward to welcoming you in Vancouver in July 2016!
Best wishes,
Kay Chen Tan and Gary G. Yen
2016 IEEE WCCI General Co-Chairs
For more information on the Congress, please visit: www.wcci2016.org
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