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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: en-us">MBC<SUP>2</SUP><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>– </SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: en-us">3<SUP>rd</SUP> International
Workshop on <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; mso-ansi-language: en-us"><FONT size=5>Model-Based
Clustering and Classification <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Dipartimento di Economia e Impresa, Università di
Catania (Italy), </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">September 5-7,
2016<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: en-us">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. </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: it'>The
workshop will take place in Catania (Italy) on September 5-7, 2016 with the
support of the Italian </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: en-us">Statistical Society and the
Classification and Data Analysis Group (CLADAG). <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: en-us">Scientific
Committee</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: en-us"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="BACKGROUND: white; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt"><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: en-us">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).<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: en-us"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
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lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: en-us">The scientific
program of the workshop is based on <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: en-us">5 main lectures (40'+15'
discussion)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: en-us">21 oral presentations
organized in 7 talk sessions (20' for each talk + 25' discussion in each
session)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: en-us">18 Lightning talks (3') +
poster session for discussion<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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lang=EN-US
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: en-us">Confirmed Main
Lecturers<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Marco Alfò</SPAN></I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">
(Roma, Italy)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: en-us">Christophe
Biernacki</SPAN></I><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: en-us"> (Lille,
France)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: en-us">Christian Hennig
</SPAN></I><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: en-us">(London,
UK)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: en-us">David Hunter </SPAN></I><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: en-us">(PennState,
USA)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; mso-ansi-language: en-us">Richard Samworth
</SPAN></I><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: en-us">(Cambridge,
UK)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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Dates<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><U><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: en-us">May 7, 2016</SPAN></U><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: en-us">: Submission of an
abstract (max 2000 characters) and some background literature (max 3 papers or
technical reports) for either paper or poster sessions.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><U><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: en-us">June 8, 2016</SPAN></U><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: en-us">: Notification of
the acceptance.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><U><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: en-us">June 30, 2016</SPAN></U><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: en-us">: Payment of
registration fee (standard registration: 180 euro).<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><U><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: en-us">August 29,
2016</SPAN></U><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: en-us">: Submission of the slides and
references (to be uploaded in the dropbox folder).<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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fee<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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registration fee includes lunches, coffee breaks and workshop material.
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(until June 30, 2016): 180 euro.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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June 30, 2016): 220 euro.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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take place at Collegio d’Aragona (Via Ventimiglia 184, 95129 Catania, Italy).
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color=#0000ff>mbc2@unict.it</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN lang=EN-US
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<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000">****************************************************<BR>Salvatore
Ingrassia, Ph.D. <BR>Professor of Statistics<BR>Department of Economics and
Business <BR>University of Catania (Italy)<BR><BR>Corso Italia, 55 - 95129
Catania, Italy <BR>Tel. +39 095 7537732<BR>Fax +39 095 7537610<BR>e-mail:
s.ingrassia@unict.it <BR>web:
www.dei.unict.it/ingrassia<BR>****************************************************<BR></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>