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This is just a gentle reminder that the paper submission deadline for the Second International Workshop</p>
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on Machine Learning for Cyber-Agricultural Systems (MLCAS 2019) is fast approaching.</p>
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<a href="https://register.extension.iastate.edu/mlcas2019/about" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://register.extension.iastate.edu/mlcas2019/about</a></p>
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Due to multiple requests, we are moving the<span> </span><b>paper submission deadline to July 22, 2019</b>, which would be a</p>
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firm deadline. Selected papers will be invited to a Special Issue in Plant Phenomics (<a href="https://spj.sciencemag.org/plantphenomics/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://spj.sciencemag.org/plantphenomics/</a>).</p>
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We are also happy to announce that student/early career researcher authors of the top three</p>
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papers will receive travel grants as listed below (Note that the amounts listed below are per paper, not individual</p>
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authors)</p>
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<strong><span style="margin:0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:roboto;color:rgb(51,51,51)">1st prize </span></strong><span style="margin:0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:roboto;color:rgb(51,51,51)"></span></p>
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<strong><span style="margin:0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:roboto;color:rgb(51,51,51)">$1000 </span></strong><span style="margin:0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:roboto;color:rgb(51,51,51)"></span></p>
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<strong><span style="margin:0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:roboto;color:rgb(51,51,51)">$750</span></strong><span style="margin:0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:roboto;color:rgb(51,51,51)"></span></p>
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Also, our competition (Sorghum head detection challenge) submission deadline will be extended to<span> </span><b>July 28, 2019</b>.</p>
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We sincerely hope to see you and your team/students at MLCAS this year. Please feel free to let me know if you any question. </p>
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Sincerely,</p>
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Soumik, Asheesh (Danny), Arti, Baskar, Wei</p>
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MLCAS 2019 Organizers</p>
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