Dear Professor/Researcher,

You are invited to attend and participate in-person in the Conference of the International Federation of Classification Societies, which will take place on July 15-19, 2024, at the University of Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica.

IFCS 2024 is a joint organization of the Central American and Caribbean Society for Classification and Data Analysis, SoCCCAD, and the University of Costa Rica, UCR.

The conference will feature keynote speakers, invited and contributed sessions, and organized streams on specific topics, such as Data Science, Clustering and Classification, Big Data, Machine Learning and many more. The conference will also include on up-to-date fields from international experts. The Local Organizing Committee is working enthusiastically to make sure IFCS 2024 will be a successful conference and is looking forward to welcoming all of you in Costa Rica. Do not forget to add IFCS 2024 to your agenda!

Full information can be found at the conference website: https://ifcs.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/en/

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Conference topics:

AI for Government: Methods and Data Analysis • Big Data • Biplots • Clustering, Classification and Discrimination • Compositional Data Analysis • Computer Graphics and Visualization • Data Fusion • Data Mining • Data Science • Data Streams • Deep Learning • Dependence Modelling and Copulas • Dimension Reduction • Functional Data Analysis • Generalized Linear Models • Generative and Explainable AI • Image Analysis and Computer Vision • Information-theoretic Statistical Modelling and Model Selection • Knowledge Representation and Discovery • Machine Learning • Mathematical Foundations of Data Science • Missing Data Handling • Model-based Clustering • Modelling High-Dimensional and Complex Data • Multiview Learning • Natural Language Processing • Optimization in Classification and Clustering • Pattern Recognition • Robust Methods • Social Network Analysis • Spatial Data Analysis • Statistical and Econometric Methods • Statistical Learning and Data Mining • Symbolic Data Analysis • Text Mining • Time Series Analysis • Web Mining.

With applications on:

Archaeology • Biology • Business and Management • Climate Change • Economics • Education • Engineering • Finance • Geosciences • Government • Industry • Linguistics • Marketing • Medicine and Health Care • Musicology • Neuroscience • Psychology • Risk Management • Social Sciences.

We look forward to meeting you in Costa Rica in July 2024!

Best regards,

Organizing Committee International Federation of Classification Societies (IFCS)

DEADLINES

Submission of full papers February 15th, 2024

Notification to authors April 1st, 2024

Submission of revised papers April 15th, 2024

Deadline Submission of Single Abstracts March 31st, 2024

Notification to Single Abstract Authors April 30th, 2024

Early registration deadline May 15th, 2024

Standard registration deadline June 15th, 2024

Late registration deadline After June 15th, 2024

More information in our web site: https://ifcs.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/es/