BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:US/Central BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20180311T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20171105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171205T211502Z UID:74E3D28D-CE3A-11E7-A02F-0050568D7F66 DTSTART;TZID=US/Central:20171206T180000 DTEND;TZID=US/Central:20171206T194500 DESCRIPTION:Please join us for an educational and technical event on Illino is State University (ISU) campus. Drs. Elliackin Messias Figueiredo and Hu go Valadares Siqueira are Brazilian Visiting Scholars in the Department of Technology at ISU. They are here as part of the Fulbright Distinguished C hair award that Prof. Anu A. Gokhale received for 2016-17. The research te am comprises of professors\, post-doctoral fellows\, and graduate students in Brazil and at ISU. The talk will provide an overview of the studies un dertaken by this group.\n\nParticle Swarm Optimization (PSO) is a bio-insp ired technique that has been applied successfully in many fields to solve optimization problems. In particular\, the speakers will address applicati ons in machine learning such as clustering\, classification\, and feature selection. The focus will be on two machine learning tasks\, namely\, time series forecasting of riverflow and pollutant dispersion\, and clustering undergraduate students based on their grammatical errors.\n\nAdditionally \, the speakers will briefly reflect on their experiences in the U.S. and provide some personal insights into similarities and differences between t he U.S. and Brazilian cultures.\n\nSpeaker(s): Dr. Elliackin Messias Figue iredo\, Dr. Hugo Valadares Siqueira\, Dr. Elliackin Messias Figueiredo\, D r. Hugo Valadares Siqueira\n\nAgenda: \n6:00 - 6:30: Networking and Refesh ments\n\n6:30 - 7:30: Talk and Discussion\n\n7:30 - 7:45: Central IL Secti on announcements\, Wrap-up and Adjourn\n\nRoom: 172\, Bldg: Turner Hall\, Illinois State University campus\, Normal\, Illinois\, United States\, 617 90 LOCATION:Room: 172\, Bldg: Turner Hall\, Illinois State University campus\, Normal\, Illinois\, United States\, 61790 ORGANIZER:aagokhale@ilstu.edu SEQUENCE:12 SUMMARY:Particle Swarm Optimization Applications on Clustering\, Classifica tion and Feature Selection URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/48634 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>Please join us for an educational and tech nical event on Illinois State University (ISU) campus. Drs. Elliackin Mess ias Figueiredo and Hugo Valadares Siqueira are Brazilian Visiting Scholars in the Department of Technology at ISU. They are here as part of the Fulb right Distinguished Chair award that Prof. Anu A. Gokhale received for 201 6-17. The research team comprises of professors\, post-doctoral fellows\, and graduate students in Brazil and at ISU. The talk will provide an overv iew of the studies undertaken by this group.</p>\n<p>Particle Swarm Optimi zation (PSO) is a bio-inspired technique that has been applied successfull y in many fields to solve optimization problems.&nbsp\;In particular\, the speakers will address applications in machine learning such as clustering \, classification\, and feature selection. The focus will be on two machin e learning tasks\, namely\, time series forecasting of riverflow and pollu tant dispersion\, and clustering undergraduate students based on their gra mmatical errors.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Additionally\, the speakers will briefly r eflect on their experiences in the U.S. and provide some personal insights into similarities and differences between the U.S. and Brazilian cultures .</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p>6:00 - 6:30:&nbsp\; Netw orking and Refeshments</p>\n<p>6:30 - 7:30:&nbsp\; Talk and Discussion</p> \n<p>7:30 - 7:45:&nbsp\; Central IL Section announcements\, Wrap-up and Ad journ</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR