// EXTENDED DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION // // March 8 > March 20 // Mathematical and Computational Evolutionary Biology (MCEB) June 17-21, 2024 Hameau de l'Etoile, near Montpellier, France https://mceb2024.sciencesconf.org/ Dates and deadlines: February 1: Opening of abstract submission on the conference web site March 20: End of abstract submission March 27: Notification of decisions to applicants, opening of registrations April 26: End of registrations and payment (~650 euro , including accommodation) June 17 (evening) - 21 (early afternoon): conference This year's meeting will put the emphasis on machine learning, in particular simulation-based inference techniques. These approaches are getting traction in population genetics, phylogenetics, phylodynamics and areas in evolutionary biology whereby the complexity of the probabilistic models at play forbid the application of classical, likelihood-driven, estimation tools. The conference will provide a good opportunity to provide an overview of the techniques themselves with a focus on their applications to shed light on interesting biological processes. Beyond this year's theme, general concepts, models, methods and algorithms will be presented and discussed, just as in the previous editions of MCEB. As usual, the meeting will bring together researchers originating from various disciplines: mathematics, statistics, computer science, phylogenetics, population genetics, epidemiology, ecological modeling... Keynote speakers (see below) will introduce a field of research and discuss their own work in this field. Afternoon will be for short presentations and posters, with plenty of time for discussions. We will stop early every day, thus leaving time for other activities, such as hiking, rock climbing or river kayaking Keynote speakers: - Carolin Colijn https://www.sfu.ca/math/people/faculty/ccolijn/ - Claire Guinat https://envt.fr/chercheur/claire-guinat/ - Jean-Michel Marin https://imag.umontpellier.fr/~marin/ - Tal Pupko https://www.tau.ac.il/~talp/ - Claudia Solís-Lemus https://solislemuslab.github.io/ - Yun S. Song https://people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~yss/ For more information and abstract submission, visit the website at: https://mceb2024.sciencesconf.org/ We are looking forward to seeing you all at the Hameau in June! Best regards, The MCEB organizing team -- Stephane Guindon (to subscribe/unsubscribe the EvolDir send mail to golding@mcmaster.ca)