Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce that the 37th International Workshop on
Bayesian Inference and Maximum Entropy Methods in Science and
Engineering (MaxEnt 2017) will be held in the city of São Carlos, São
Paulo State, Brazil from 9 to 14 July, 2017.
http://www.gis.des.ufscar.br/meetings/2017maxent/Important dates
Abstract submission closes: April 28
Notification of acceptance: May 19
Early registration closes: June 2
Proceedings paper deadline: June 30
In the last 36 years, the MaxEnt workshops have explored the use of
Bayesian and Maximum Entropy methods in scientific and engineering
applications. The workshop is open to contributions on all aspects of
probabilistic inference, including novel techniques and applications,
and work that sheds new light on the logical and foundational aspects
of the statistical inference. The areas of application have included
astronomy and astrophysics, chemistry and biochemistry, communication
and information theories, cosmology, climate studies, earth science,
fluid mechanics, genetics, geophysics, machine learning, material
science, medical imaging, nanoscience, source separation,
thermodynamics (equilibrium and non-equilibrium), particle physics,
plasma physics, quantum mechanics, robotics and social sciences.
Bayesian computational techniques such as Markov chain Monte Carlo
sampling have been regular topics, as are approximate inferential
methods. Foundational issues involving probability theory and
information theory, and the novel application of inference to
illuminate the foundations of physical theories, have also been of
keen interest.
The workshop will include a four tutorials, invited papers,
contributed papers and poster presentations. Contributed papers
related to the above topics are being solicited. We encourage the
submission of articles that present new concepts and methods and even
new ways of solving applied problems of alternative scientific areas.
MaxEnt has provided a good environment for discussions of high-level
scientific problems. The involvement of all participants in these
discussions is most welcome. MaxEnt's scientific atmosphere has been
incredibly healthy and exciting. Scientific collaborations between
participants of different nationalities came naturally from our
meetings. The social atmosphere of the meeting has been superb. We
have some social events for everyone to enjoy the city, meet other
people, providing new ideas and a scientific network while maintaining
the best of a research environment.
One-page abstracts of the proposed talks, posters and papers to the
proceedings should be submitted via the website (more information in
the site soon). Papers will be sent to a peer-review process and the
selected ones will be edited and published in the proceedings book (by
Springer). In addition, a special edition of the Entropy Journal is
being planned for the publication of extended articles that were
presented at the meeting. These papers will be subjected to the
journal's policy and usual peer review process.
Kindly forward this announcement to other interested parties.
On behalf of the Organizing Committee, we look forward to welcoming
you in São Carlos in July!
Adriano Polpo