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MBC^2 – 4th International Workshop on Model-Based Clustering and Classification Catania (Italy), September 5-7, 2018 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 in different areas of statistics and data science. 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, 2018 with the support of the Italian Statistical Society and the Classification and Data Analysis Group (CLADAG). Scientific Committee Christophe Biernacki (France), Andrea Cerioli (Italy), Luis Angel García-Escudero (Spain), Christian Hennig (UK), Salvatore Ingrassia (Italy), Geoffrey McLachlan (Australia), Volodymyr Melnykov (USA), Angela Montanari (Italy), Roberto Rocci (Italy), Maurizio Vichi (Italy). Scientific Program • 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 Confirmed Main Lecturers • Peter Bühlmann (ETH Zürich, CH) • Nello Cristianini (University of Bristol, UK) • Eustasio del Barrio (University of Valladolid, Spain) • Dimitris Karlis (Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece) • Cinzia Viroli (University of Bologna, Italy) Important Dates • May 7, 2018: Submission of an abstract (max 2000 characters) for either paper or poster sessions. • June 4, 2018: Notification of the acceptance. • June 30, 2018: Payment of registration fee (standard registration: 210 euro). • August 26, 2018: 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, 2018): EUR 210. • Late registration (after June 30, 2018): EUR 260. The workshop will take place at Collegio d’Aragona (Via Ventimiglia 184, 95129 Catania, Italy). For more information, visit: http://mbc2.unict.it/ ************************************************************************** Salvatore Ingrassia, Ph.D. Professor of Statistics Department of Economics and Business Data Science Research Group University of Catania (Italy) Corso Italia, 55 - 95129 Catania, Italy Tel. +39 095 7537732 Fax +39 095 7537610 e-mail: [log in to unmask] http://www.dei.unict.it/docenti/salvatore.ingrassia http://www.datasciencegroup.unict.it/content/salvatore-ingrassia ************************************************************************** I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best. (Oscar Wilde) You may leave the list at any time by sending the command SIGNOFF allstat to [log in to unmask], leaving the subject line blank.