[Fwd: 2nd annoucement of NN2008]

[Carlos Soares]

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Assunto: 	2nd annoucement of NN2008
Data: 	Tue, 6 May 2008 15:00:43 +0100
De: 	alexandra <aao at fe.up.pt>
Para: 	alexandra <aao at fe.up.pt>



Apologies for multiple copies.

We appreciate if you can forward this Announcement to potential candidates.

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SUMMER SCHOOL NN2008

NEURAL NETWORKS in CLASSIFICATION, REGRESSION and DATA MINING

July 7-11, 2008, Porto, Portugal

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http://www.nn.isep.ipp.pt email: nn-2008 at isep.ipp.pt

GENERAL INFORMATION

The Summer School will be held at Porto, Portugal, jointly organized by 
the Polytechnic School of Engineering of Porto (ISEP) and the Faculty of 
Engineering, Porto University (FEUP).

Following last year experience, 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

• Alexander Zien (Research Scientist at the Friedrich Miescher 
Laboratory, Germany)

• Carlos Soares (Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economy, University of 
Porto, Portugal)

• Christopher Bishop (Deputy Managing Director at Microsoft Research 
Laboratory in Cambridge and Chair of Computer Science at the University 
of Edinburgh, UK)

• Igor Aizenberg (Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer and 
Information Sciences, Texas A&M University-Texarkana, USA)

• Joaquim Marques de Sá (Full Professor, Dept. Electr. and Comp. 
Engineering, Fac. of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal)

• Jorge Santos(Assistant Professor, Engineering Polythecnic Institute, 
Porto, Portugal)

• Mark Embrecht (Associate Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 
RPI Troy, New York, U.S.A.)

• Noelia Sánchez Maroño (Assistant Professor, Coruna University, Spain)

• Paulo Cortez (Assistant Professor, University of Minho, Portugal)

• Petia Georgieva (Assistant Professor, University of Aveiro, Portugal)

• Yann Guermeur (Scientific Director of the Laboratoire Lorrain de 
Recherche en Informatique et ses Applications, France)

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 Multi-Valued and UB Neurons , Functional Networks , 
MLP's with Entropic 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 workshop session will 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.nn.isep.ipp.pt)

IMPORTANT DEADLINES

Early Registration: 18 May 2008

Poster Submission: 15 June 2008

Hotel booking : 15 June 2008

Summer School: 7-11 July 2008

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 before the 18th of May)

* 350 Euro (students, ISEP and FEUP staff)

* 400 Euro (all other participants)

- Late registration fee (paid after the 18th of May)

* 400 Euro (students, ISEP and FEUP staff)

* 450 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 25/30 euro per lecture and includes the school package and 
coffee-breaks. Please, contact the LOC for further details.

LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE (LOC)

- Helena Brás Silva – Assistant Professor, Dept. Mathematics, ISEP, 
Portugal

- Jorge M. Santos - Assistant Professor, Dept. Mathematics, ISEP, Portugal

- Rui Chibante - Assistant Professor, Dept. Mathematics, ISEP, Portugal

CONTACT ADDRESS

Local Organizing Committee (LOC) - Summer School NN2008

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-2008 at isep.ipp.pt

NN2008 Secretariat

Ms. Gabriela Afonso

Email: gafonso at fe.up.pt

Programme Chair:

Prof. Joaquim Marques de Sá

Tel. +351 225081828 - Email: jmsa at fe.up.pt

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