MBC²  – 3^rd International Workshop on

Model-Based Clustering and Classification

Dipartimento di Economia e Impresa, Università di Catania

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

Preliminary information on the scientific program: http://mbc2.unict.it/program.shtml

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).

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