MBC2 – 2nd International
Workshop on
Model-Based Clustering and
Classification
Dipartimento
di Economia e Impresa, Università di Catania
Catania (Italy),
September 3-5, 2014
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 3-5, 2014 with the
support of the Italian Statistical Society and the
Classification and Data Analysis Group (CLADAG).
Scientific
Committee
Andrea Cerioli
(Italy), Christian Hennig (UK), Salvatore Ingrassia (Italy), Tsung-I Lin
(Taiwan), Geoffrey J. McLachlan (Australia), Paul D. McNicholas (Canada), Angela
Montanari (Italy), Roberto Rocci (Italy), Jeroen K. Vermunt (Nederlands),
Maurizio Vichi (Italy)
The scientific
program of the workshop is based on
·
5 main lectures (40’+20’
discussion)
·
7 three-talk sessions (3 x 20’
+ 30’ discussion)
·
A poster session
Preliminary information on the scientific program: http://mbc2.unict.it/program.html
Important
Dates
·
May 5, 2014: 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, 2014: Notification of
the acceptance.
·
August 25,
2014: Submission of either the
slides (for lectures and talks) or a short paper (for poster session, 4 pages), references
concerning contributions to be presented in either paper or poster sessions.
These documents will be available
to the participants of the workshop.
Registration
fee
The
registration fee includes lunches, coffee breaks and workshop material.
·
Standard
registration
(until June 30, 2014): 150 euro.
·
Late
registration (after
June 30, 2014): 180 euro.
The workshop will
take place at Collegio d’Aragona (Via Ventimiglia 184, 95129 Catania, Italy).
Website: http://mbc2.unict.it
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