About us

The 19th conference of the International Federation of Classification Societies (IFCS 2026) is a collaborative effort between the Classification and Data Analysis Group (ClaDAG) of the Italian Statistical Association, the Departments of Statistics and Quantitative Methods of the University of Milano-Bicocca, and the Department of Economics, Management, and Quantitative Methods of the University of Milano.

Important Dates

Tue, Mar 31, 2026
Deadline for submission of single abstracts
Wed, Apr 15, 2026
Notification to authors of single abstracts
Fri, May 29, 2026
Deadline for poster submissions

Call For Paper

Machine learning
Classification and Clustering
Data analysis
Statistical methods

In order to participate in the conference as a speaker for oral presentations, submission of an abstract is mandatory. For the poster session, please see the specific guidelines.

Committee

Scientific Program Committee

Francesca Greselin

Chair

University of Milano-Bicocca

Silvia Salini

Co-chair

University of Milan

Krzysztof Jajuga

IFCS

Wrocław University of Economics and Business

Rebecca Nugent

IFCS

Carnegie Mellon University

Mark de Rooij

IFCS

Leiden University

Vladimir Batagelj

SSS

University of Ljubljana

Paula Brito

CLAD

Universidade do Porto

Sonya Coleman

IPRCS

Ulster University

Rosa Crujeiras

Universidad de Santiago de Compostela

Jean Diatta

SFC

University of La Réunion

Luca Frigau

ClaDAG

University of Cagliari

Raeesa Ganey

MDAG

University of the Witwatersrand

Stefano A. Gattone

Gabriele d’Annunzio University

Aurea Granè

SEIO-AMyC

Univ. Carlos III de Madrid

Julien Jacques

Université Lumière Lyon 2

Joanna Landmesser-Rusek

SKAD

Warsaw University of Life Sciences

Berthold Lausen

BDSS

University of Essex

Angelos Markos

GSDA

Democritus Univ. of Thrace

AgustĂ­n Mayo-ĂŤscar

Universidad de Valladolid

Raffaella Piccarreta

Bocconi University

Riccardo Rastelli

University College Dublin

Pieter Schoonees

VOC

Erasmus Univ. Rotterdam

Luca Scrucca

University of Bologna

Piercesare Secchi

Politecnico di Milano

Gianluca Sottile

University of Palermo

Yoshikazu Terada

JCS

Osaka University

Cristina Tortora

CS

San José State University

Tom Wilderjans

VOC

Leiden University

Adalbert Wilhelm

GFKL

Constructor University

Local Organizing committee

Francesca Greselin

Chair

University of Milano-Bicocca

Luca Brusa

University of Milano-Bicocca

Andrea Cappozzo

Catholic University of Milan

Alessandro Casa

Free University of Bozen-Bolzano

Francesca De Battisti

University of Milan

Francesco Denti

University of Padova

SĂłnia Dias

Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo

Andrea Marletta

University of Milano-Bicocca

Marta Nai Ruscone

University of Genova

Giorgia Zaccaria

University of Milano-Bicocca

Mariangela Zenga

University of Milano-Bicocca

Speakers

Krzystof Jajuga

Wrocław University of Economics and Business

Sugnet Lubbe

Stellenbosch University

Brendan Murphy

University College Dublin

Mohamed Nadif

Université Paris Cité

Laura Sangalli

Politecnico di Milano