Call for participation

10th Estonian Summer School in Computer and Systems Science (ESSCaSS 2011)

Location: Bernhard Spa Hotel, Estonia, August 21-25, 2011
http://courses.cs.ut.ee/schools/esscass2011/

Registration for ESSCaSS 2011 is closed as of August 5.

Background and Objectives

The Estonian Summer School in Computer and Systems Science is an annual international event promoting interdisciplinary education of graduate students specializing in (but not limited to) computer science, systems science, software engineering, artificial intelligence, and bioinformatics. These schools carry an important role in doctoral education in Estonia.

To apply, please fill in the online registration form. Preference will be given to early applicants.

Programme

The programme of an ESSCaSS school consists of short courses by renowned specialists accompanied by a student session of short talks and poster presentations.

The courses to be presented at ESSCaSS'11 are:

Eric Ruppert - Lock-Free Shared Data Structures
Dietmar Maringer - Heuristical approximation of functions
Peter Ryan - e-Voting and security
Farhad Arbab - Coordination, Reo, and software composition

Posters and Student Presentations

The school will have sessions for poster presentations and talks from participants. Please register your tentative topic at the application form. We will send the notification and ask for poster abstracts by August 10th from the accepted participants.

Venue

The summer school will take place at Bernhard Spa Hotel in Otepää. Link to map.

Tallinn, Estonia's capital, is famous for its picturesque medieval Old Town, a UNESCO World Heritage site. In 2011 Tallinn is the European Capital of Culture.

Travel

There are direct flights to Tallinn from many cities in Europe by many different carriers. Alternatively, one can travel to Riga, Latvia and from there by bus to Tallinn, or alternatively, to Helsinki, Finland and from there by ferry to Tallinn. For more detailed travel information, please take a look at the travel information web page at IoC.

There are flights to Tartu via Tallinn. Tartu Airport information.

There will be bus transfer from Tallinn and Tartu on the arrival day Sunday 21st, and back after the school ends.

Important Dates

Early bird registration: July 24th (Su)
Notification: July 25th (Mo)
Late registration: August 4th (Th)

Registration and Cost

The participation fee is 260 EUR for early bird and 320 EUR later. Fee includes the school materials, full board and lodging for the duration of the summer school, and transportation to and from Tallinn and Tartu by bus.

Students are expected to contact their supervisors or department heads about covering the registration fee. The doctoral students of the Estonian Doctoral School in Information and Communication Technology do not have to pay a registration fee (please mark that you are an IKTDK student to the payment comment line when registering).

Organizers

The series is organised by University of Tartu and Tallinn University of Technology.

Programme Committee:

Jaak Vilo (University of Tartu), chair
Marlon Dumas (University of Tartu)
Juhan Ernits (University of Birmingham, UK)
Meelis Kull (University of Tartu)
Sven Laur (University of Tartu)
Innar Liiv (Tallinn University of Technology)
Helger Lipmaa (University of Tartu, Cybernetica Ltd)
Tarmo Uustalu (Tallinn University of Technology)

Organising Commitee:

Jaak Vilo (University of Tartu), chair
Laura Kalda (University of Tartu), administrative tasks

Contacts:

E-mail: esscass at ut.ee
Telephone: +372 737 5425; +372 50 49365
Facebook page for ESSCaSS

10th Estonian Summer School on Computer and Systems Science