MBC2 - Workshop on Model-Based Clustering and Classification

MBC 2 – 2 nd 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 places in Catania (Italy) on September 3-5, 2014 and will take place 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

· 5-6 main lectures (40’+20’ discussion)

· 18-21 talks organized in 5 three-paper sessions (3 x 20’ + 30’ discussion)

· A poster session





Important Dates

· May 5 th , 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 th , 2014 : Notification of the acceptance.

· August 25 th , 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).



Contact: mbc2@unict.it



Website: http://www.economia.unict.it/mbc2




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Salvatore Ingrassia, Ph.D.
Professor of Statistics
Department of Economics and Business
University of Catania, Italy
Corso Italia, 55 - 95129 Catania, Italy

Tel. +39 095 7537732
Fax +39 095 7537610
e-mail: s.ingrassia@unict.it
web: www.economia.unict.it/ingrassia
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