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Advances in Data Science Conference

The University of Manchester Data Science Institute has announced a call for abstracts for their 'Advances in Data Science' Conference to be held on the 15th – 16th May.

The conference is a two-day meeting to present recent developments in data science, with a focus on advanced analytics (machine learning, Bayesian statistics, scalable algorithms), privacy, visualisation, software and diverse applications. Speakers include leading data scientists from industry and academia.


To be considered for a short oral presentation or poster please submit an abstract through the meeting's submission page. Abstracts should be prepared on one side of a4 (pdf format) and should describe new or recently published data science research. Relevant topics for the meeting include advances in machine learning and computational statistics, data science applications, privacy, visualisation and software. The deadline for abstracts is the 3rd of April.

For more information on the conference, including the conference programme, please visit the conference website.