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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">< We apologize for multiple posting. Please kindly disseminate this Call for Abstracts to your colleagues and contacts><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">****************************************************************************************************<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Call for Papers: </span></b><a name="home"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">2017 IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Multicriteria Decision-Making (IEEE MCDM'2017) <o:p></o:p></span></b></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:home"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">****************************************************************************************************<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:home"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:home"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Place and time<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:home"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Hawaii, USA, Nov 27 - Dec 1, 2017</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:home"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:home"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:home"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Description<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:home"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">IEEE MCDM'2017 will be held simultaneously with over 30 other symposia and workshops in one location at the 2017 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational
Intelligence (IEEE SSCI 2017). This international event promotes all aspects of the theory and applications of computational intelligence. Sponsored by the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, this event will attract top researchers, professionals, practitioners
and students from around the world. The registration to SSCI 2017 will allow participants to attend all the symposia, including the complete set of the proceedings of all the meetings, coffee breaks, lunches, and the banquet.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:home"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:home"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Topics </span></b></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">IEEE MCDM'2017 aims to bring together scientists, engineers and students from around the world to discuss the latest advances in the field of CI applied to issues in MCDM. Topics covered
include applications of computational intelligence technologies, such as neural networks and learning algorithms, fuzzy systems, evolutionary computation, and other emerging techniques in the following or similar areas:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Multiobjective Search/Optimization (MOO)<o:p></o:p></span>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Multi-objective evolutionary algorithms<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Data-driven and model-based multi-objective optimization<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Multi-objective meta-heuristics (scatter, Tabu search, particle swarm optimization, ant colony etc.)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Handling a large number of objectives<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Handling large-scale multi-objective problems<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Multiobjective Machine Learning (MOML)<o:p></o:p></span>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Accuracy and complexity trade-off<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Accuracy-interpretability, stability-plasticity dilemma<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3"><span style="color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Pareto-based ensemble generation</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Multi-objective parameter and structure optimization in deep learning<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Pareto-analysis of learning systems<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Decision Making (DM) Techniques<o:p></o:p></span>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Preference elicitation and representation<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Aggregation/trade-off operators & algorithms<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Fuzzy logic based DM techniques<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Bayesian and other DM techniques<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Interactive Visualization (IV)<o:p></o:p></span>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Progressive aggregation methods<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Decision maker in the loop<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Integration of MOO, ML, DM, and IV to support Multicriteria Decision Making<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Important dates<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6"><i><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Paper Submissions:
<b>July 2, 2017</b><o:p></o:p></span></i></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Notification to Authors: August 27, 2017<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Final Submission: September 24, 2017<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Early Registration: September 24, 2017<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Symposium: November 27 - December 1, 2017<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Co- chairs<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Joshua Knowles (University of Birmingham, UK)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Jussi Hakanen (University of Jyväskylä, Finland)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Yaochu Jin (University of Surrey, UK)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">More information: </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.ele.uri.edu/ieee-ssci2017/MCDM.htm"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ele.uri.edu/ieee-ssci2017/MCDM.htm</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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