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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'><b><font
size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:Calibri;color:black;font-weight:bold'>**We apologize for possible
duplicates of this message, sent to distributions lists only**<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'><b><font
size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:Calibri;color:black;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:115%'><b><font
size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:Calibri;color:black;font-weight:bold'>SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS<br>
ESTSP'08<span class=GramE> -</span> European Symposium on Time
Series Prediction<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'><b><font
size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:Calibri;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Following the successful 2007
conference, ESTSP 2008 will be<br>
<span class=GramE>organized</span> in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Finland</st1:country-region></st1:place> in 17-19 September 2008 at <span
class=SpellE>Haikko</span>,<br>
<span class=SpellE><span class=GramE>Porvoo</span></span><span class=GramE>,
30-40 minutes from <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Helsinki</st1:City></st1:place>.</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'><b><font
size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;
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More information will be available at<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a
href="http://www.estsp.org/" title="blocked::http://www.estsp.org/">http://www.estsp.org/</a><br>
Conference site:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a
href="http://www.haikko.fi/kokoukset/en_GB/presentation/"
title="blocked::http://www.haikko.fi/kokoukset/en_GB/presentation/">http://www.haikko.fi/kokoukset/en_GB/presentation/</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'><b><font
size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:Calibri;color:black;font-weight:bold'><br>
The conference is co-organized with the AKRR'08 - ADAPTIVE KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION
AND REASONING.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'><b><font
size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:Calibri;color:black;font-weight:bold'><br>
The second European Symposium on Time Series Prediction (TSP) is a new event in
the fields of Neural Networks, Statistics and Econometrics. It will be held in <span
class=SpellE>Porvoo</span>, one of the most beautiful towns in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Finland</st1:country-region></st1:place>.
Contributions are welcome. Webpage:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a
href="http://www.estsp.org/" title="blocked::http://www.estsp.org/">http://www.estsp.org/</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'><b><font
size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:Calibri;color:black;font-weight:bold'><br>
DEADLINES<br>
Submission of papers: 15 May 2008<br>
Notification of acceptance: 15 June 2008<br>
ESTSP conference: 17 - 19 September 2008<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'><b><font
size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:Calibri;color:black;font-weight:bold'><br>
PREDICTION COMPETITION<br>
A new prediction competition is organized. The goal of the competition is the
long-term prediction of 3 Time Series. The competition deadline is on 01 May
2008, same date as the paper submission deadline. The prediction competition
dataset is now available. The schedule of the competition will favor fast
methods.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'><b><font
size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:Calibri;color:black;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'><b><font
size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:Calibri;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Special Session on Analysis
of Environmental Time Series <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'><b><font
size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:Calibri;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Environmental monitoring
programs and modeling of large-scale databases of environmental time series are
becoming increasingly important due to growing concerns about nature and the
global changes in it. <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'><b><font
size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:Calibri;color:black;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'><b><font
size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:Calibri;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Objective, large-scale
analysis of the environment often requires data analysis and prediction
expertise to turn measurement data into reliable findings about the environment.
The goal of the special session "Analysis of environmental time series"
is to report on the advances in time series analysis and prediction methodology
in this domain and to show innovative applications of established methods to
environmental time series data. The special session "Analysis of
environmental time series" is held during the European Symposium on Time
Series Prediction (ESTSP'08), 17 - 19 September, 2008 in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on"><span class=SpellE>Porvoo</span></st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Finland</st1:country-region></st1:place>. We invite methods-oriented
contributions on all topics of the conference, specifically developed for the
analysis of environmental <span class=GramE>times</span> series or applied to
environmental time series data. <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'><b><font
size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:Calibri;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Submission procedure, format
and the important dates are the same as for the main conference. Please refer
to the conference main page for instructions. Please mark your submission with "Submission
to the special session: Analysis of environmental time series". <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'><b><font
size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:Calibri;color:black;font-weight:bold'>The special session
organizers: <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'><b><font
size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:Calibri;color:black;font-weight:bold'>D.Sc<span class=GramE>.(</span>Tech.)
Jaakko Hollmen<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Helsinki</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> of Technology<br>
Department of Information and Computer Science<br>
P.O. Box 5400, FI-02015 HUT, <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><span
class=GramE>FINLAND</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class=GramE>
<br>
<span class=SpellE>tel</span></span> +358-9-451 5290 <br>
fax +358-9-451 3277<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'><b><font
size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:Calibri;color:black;font-weight:bold'>D.Sc<span class=GramE>.(</span>Tech.)
Mika <span class=SpellE>Sulkava</span><br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Helsinki</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> of Technology<br>
Department of Information and Computer Science <br>
P.O. Box 5400, FI-02015 HUT, FINLAND <br>
<span class=SpellE>tel</span> +358-9-451 5290 <br>
fax +358-9-451 3277<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'><b><font
size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:Calibri;color:black;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'><b><font
size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:Calibri;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Special Session on Prediction
for Corporate Finance <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'><b><font
size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:Calibri;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Submission procedure, format
and the important dates are the same as for the main conference. Please refer
to the conference main page for instructions. Please mark your submission with "Submission
to the special session: Prediction for Corporate Finance". <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'><b><font
size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span lang=FR style='font-size:11.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR;
font-weight:bold'>The <span class=SpellE>special</span> session <span
class=SpellE>organizer</span>: <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'><b><font
size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span lang=FR style='font-size:11.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR;
font-weight:bold'>Eric Séverin, <span class=SpellE>Associate</span> Professeur <br>
LEM –Laboratoire Economie Management, <br>
Avenue du peuple Belge 59043 Lille cedex France<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'><b><font
size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span lang=FR style='font-size:11.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri;color:black;mso-ansi-language:FR;
font-weight:bold'><br>
</span></font></b><b><font size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri;color:black;
font-weight:bold'>PROCEEDINGS AND JOURNAL SPECIAL ISSUE<br>
The proceedings will include all communications presented to the conference,
and will be available on-site. Extended versions of selected papers will be
published in the <span class=SpellE>Neurocomputing</span> journal (Elsevier).<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'><b><font
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LOCATION<br>
The ESTSP 2008 conference will be held in <span class=SpellE>Haikko</span>
Manor in <span class=SpellE>Porvoo</span>. <span class=SpellE>Porvoo</span> is <span
class=GramE>a</span> about 50 kilometers from <st1:City w:st="on">Helsinki</st1:City>
near the southern coast of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Finland</st1:country-region></st1:place>.
The Manor itself is very old and classy place with historically valuable and
stimulating atmosphere. The conference facilities have been recently renovated
to meet the demands of modern conferences. <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Helsinki</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of Technology is one of the
top-level universities in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Finland</st1:country-region></st1:place>
for both education and research. The ESTSP 2008 is organized by the Adaptive
Informatics Research Centre from the Department of Information and Computer
Science (ICS) of HUT. The Adaptive Informatics Research Centre is a Centre of
Excellence of the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Academy</st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Finland</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>. HUT is
located in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Espoo</st1:City></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'><b><font
size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:Calibri;color:black;font-weight:bold'><br>
Conference location:<br>
Hotel <span class=SpellE>Haikko</span> Manor<br>
<span class=SpellE>Haikkoontie</span> 114<br>
06400 <span class=SpellE>Porvoo</span><br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Finland</st1:country-region></st1:place><br>
Phone: +358 19 576 01<br>
Fax: +358 19 576 0399<br>
Email:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a
href="mailto:hotelli.haikko@haikko.fi"
title="blocked::mailto:hotelli.haikko@haikko.fi">hotelli.haikko@haikko.fi</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'><b><font
size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:Calibri;color:black;font-weight:bold'><br>
CONTACT AND CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT<br>
All questions concerning ESTSP'2008 may be sent by e-mail (preferred) to<span
class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="mailto:amaury.lendasse@hut.fi"
title="blocked::mailto:amaury.lendasse@hut.fi">amaury.lendasse@hut.fi</a>.<br>
Contact address:<br>
Dr. Amaury Lendasse<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Helsinki</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> of Technology<br>
Laboratory of Computer and Information Science<br>
<st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">P.O. Box</st1:Street> 5400</st1:address><br>
FI-02015 HUT<br>
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">FINLAND</st1:place></st1:country-region><br>
<span class=GramE>fax</span> +358-9-451 3277<br>
<a href="http://www.estsp.org/" title="blocked::http://www.estsp.org/">http://www.estsp.org/</a></span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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