July 4th, 2017 
Daniela Lopez de Luise You may have received recently, the Third CFP from LA-CCI. The paper submissions
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2017 IEEE LA-CCI – 4rd Latin-American Conference on Computational Intelligence
Arequipa, Peru (close to Machu Picchu).
November, 8-10th, 2017 [The 6-7th, prior, will be dedicated to the LA-School on CI]
WEBSITE => http://la-cci.org/
3rd CFP LINK => http://la-cci.org/wp-conten
LA-CCI is supported by CI Societies/Groups from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru(Host) and Venezuela.
IMPORTANT DATES
-Submission of full papers (23:59, GMT -5) * July 10th, 2017 [and also MSc/PhD Theses Contest]
-Notification of acceptance and Theses Contest Notification: August 10th, 2017.
-Final (camera ready) paper due: by August 27th, 2017.
-Author registration: by August 27th, 2017.
-Early registration: August 1st, 2017.
-Regular registration: September 10th, 2017 and onwards.
*School on CI: November 6-7th, 2017.
*Conference Meeting: November 8-10th, 2017.
KEY-SPEAKERS (CONFIRMED):
1) José Príncipe * University of Florida (USA) * Talk: “Information Theoretic Deep Learning”
2) Giuseppe Zollo * Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II (Italy) * Talk: “The Aesthetics of Complexity: how the mind computes the beauty”
3) Tshilidzi Marwala * University of Johannesburg (South Africa) * Talk: “The Challenges and Opportunit
4) Fernando Buarque de Lima Neto * Universidade de Pernambuco (Brazil) * Talk: “Why Metaheuristics are so useful”
5) Omar Florez * Intel Labs (USA) * Talk: “From Machine Learning to Machine Understanding”
6) Mike Preuss * University of Münster (Germany) * Talk: “Novel developments in CI and Games”
7) Pablo Estevez * Universidad de Chile (Chile) * Talk: “Big Data Analytics using Deep Learning and Information-Theoretical Le
8) Ronaldo Menezes * Florida Institute of Technology (USA) * Talk: “Network and Data Science” *** Key-speaker at LA-CCI School
CONFERENCE OVERVIEW (4th Edition of LA-CCI):
The IEEE 2017 Latin American Conference on Computational Intelligence aims to (i) bring together the Soft Computing
community to present the latest achievements and innovations in the multiple areas of Computational Intelligence and
(ii) encourage participation by young researchers. Following the ethos of LA-CCI (check the Manifesto at http://la-cci.org
we are glad to put together a high-level international forum for scientists, researchers, engineers, professionals, and educators
to jointly disseminate latest research results and exchange views of the future research directions in the areas associated
to Computational Intelligence.
MAIN-TRACKS:
* Evolutionary & Swarm Computation: Genetic Algorithms, Genetic Programming, Artificial Immune Systems, Swarm
Intelligence, Collective Intelligence, Evolvable Hardware, Bio-inspired Methods.
* Neural & Learning Systems: Neural Networks, Machine Learning, Complex Systems, Molecular and Quantum
Computing, Complex Networks.
* Fuzzy & Stochastic Modeling: Fuzzy Systems, Fuzzy Control & Decision Making, Uncertainty Analysis, Rough Sets,
Fractals, Multiagent Systems, Reinforcement Learning, Game Theory.
SUBMISSIONS:
Papers should be no longer than 6 pages with original contributions, using the IEEE conference format, available at the
event homepage along with other instructions. Papers can be submitted using the Easychair system (https://easychair.org/confere
PUBLICATION (And Special Issues):
-Accepted and presented papers will be published in the IEEE LA-CCI 2017 Conference Proceedings and submitted to IEEE Xplore®
-Top papers of IEEE LA-CCI 2017 will be indexed with IEEE / Scopus and published as extended versions in
IJSIR (Int’l Journal of Swarm Intelligence Research) e no LNLM (Learning and Non-Linear Models).
POST GRADUATE THESIS CONTEST
Students graded between January 1st 2016 and June 30th 2017 can send your summaries (2500 words) to Ph.D. Diego Peluffo at diegohpo@gmail.com
LA-CCI SCHOOL on COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE
Check instructions on the website.
VENUE
Arequipa, a pleasant colonial and touristic Peruvian city (18.C in November), is located 1,000 kilometers southeast of Peru’s capital, Lima.
The town is next to three volcanoes and close to the world heritage of Machu Picchu.
ORGANIZERS
-General Chair LA-CCI 2017
Yván Jesús Túpac Valdivia, Universidad Católica San Pablo – Peru
-General Co-Chair
Efren Gorrostieta, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro – Mexico
-Program Chair
Fernando Buarque de Lima Neto, Universidade de Pernambuco – Brazil
–Director of 2017 LA-CCI Summer School
Miguel Núñez del Prado, Universidad del Pacífico – Peru
-Competitions-Chair
Diego Hernán Peluffo-Ordóñez– Universidad Técnica del Norte – Ecuador
-Publications Chairs
Nadia Nedjah, Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro – Brazil
Carmelo Bastos Filho, Universidade de Pernambuco – Brazil
-Finance Chair and Treasurer
Yessenia Deysiy Yari Ramos, Universidad Católica San Pablo – Peru
-Publicity and Public Relations Chairs
ARGENTINA: Cristian Rodriguez Rivero – Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
BOLIVIA: René V. Reynaga – Universidad La Salle
BRAZIL: Hugo Valadares – Federal Technological University of Paraná
COLOMBIA: Álvaro Orjuela – Universidad Antono Nariño
CHILE: Gloria Millaray Curilem Saldías – Universidad de La Frontera
ECUADOR: Diego Hernán Peluffo-Ordóñez– Universidad Técnica del Norte
PERU: Ernesto Cuadros Vargas, Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología
MEXICO: Alma Alanis – University of Guadalajara
VENEZUELA: Niriaska del Carmen Perozo – Universidad Centroccidental “Lisandro Alvarado”
Come & enjoy a nice conference as well as a very nice region of Peru
Cultural visits will be organized to the world heritage of Machu Picchu)
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