From: Mario Pavone <mpavone@dmi.unict.it>
Call for Participation (apologies for multiple copies)
MESS 2020 – Metaheuristics Summer School – Learning & Optimization from Big Data – 27-31 July 2020, Catania, Italy
https://www.ANTs-lab.it/mess2020/
mess.school@ANTs-lab.it
https://www.facebook.com/groups/MetaheuristicsSchool/
** APPLICATION DEADLINE: 5th March 2020 **
Application
MESS 2020 is aimed at qualified and strongly motivated MSc and PhD students; post-docs; young researchers, and both academic and industrial professionals to provide an overview on the several
metaheuristics techniques, and an in-depth analysis of the state-of-the-art. The main theme of the 2020 edition is “Learning and Optimization from Big Data”, therefore MESS 2020 wants to focus on (i) Learning for Metaheuristics; (ii) Optimization in Machine Learning; and (iii) how Optimization and Learning affect the Metaheuristics making them relevant in handling Big Data.
All participants will have plenty of opportunities for debate and work with leaders in the field, benefiting from direct interaction and discussions in a stimulating environment. They will also have the possibility to present their recently results and/or their working in progress through oral or poster presentations, and interact with their scientific peers, in a friendly and constructive environment.
Participants will be delivered a certificate of attendance indicating the number of hours of lectures (36-40 hours of lectures). In according to the academic system all PhD and master students attending
to the summer school will may get 8 ECTS points.
