<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Dear Colleagues, </div><div>I deeply apologize if you received multiple copies of this call. </div><div><br></div><div>We cordially remind you that only a few days remain until the deadline!</div><p>Do not miss the opportunity to participate in the SAND
Challenge! <br>
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Join this competition, where your expertise in speech analysis,
signal processing, and artificial intelligence can make a real
difference in the fight against neurodegenerative diseases, such
as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).</p>
We're inviting you to tackle two critical tasks:<br>
- Classifying subjects;<br>
- Predicting disease progression over time.<br>
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The top-scoring teams will have the opportunity to present their
work at the prestigious 2026 edition of the IEEE International
Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP) in
Barcelona and publish their contributions in the official conference
proceedings, which are indexed in major academic databases.<br>
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For more information and to participate, please, visit the official
website: <a href="http://www.sand.icar.cnr.it" target="_blank">www.sand.icar.cnr.it</a><br>
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The SAND challenge is organized by ICAR-CNR - University of Naples
Federico II - University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
<p>A particular thanks to the Fondazione Dł4Health for its technical
support.</p><br clear="all"></div><br><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#666666">Nadia Brancati
</font><br><font color="#666666">Researcher @ <a href="https://www.icar.cnr.it/en/gruppi-di-ricerca/artificial-intelligence-in-image-and-signal-analysis/" target="_blank">AI-ISA Lab</a></font><br><font color="#666666">Institute for High Performance Computing and Networking - National Research Council of Italy (CNR - ICAR)</font><br><font color="#666666">Via P. Castellino, 111 - 80131 Napoli
</font><br><font color="#666666">Tel. 081.6139228
</font><br><a href="mailto:nadia.brancati@icar.cnr.it" style="color:rgb(102,102,102)" target="_blank">nadia.brancati@icar.cnr.it</a><font color="#666666"> </font><br></div></div></div>