Call for participation
13th Estonian Summer School in Computer and Systems Science (ESSCaSS 2014)
- Dates: August 17-21 2014 (Sun-Thu)
- Location: Roosta Holiday Village, Estonia
- https://courses.cs.ut.ee/t/esscass2014/
- Online registration form will be awailable shortly
- International summer school for PhD and MSc students, postdocs, faculty
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.
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.
- Thomas Ertl - Interactive Visual Analysis of Complex Data
- Peter A. Flach - Machine learning for interpretable knowledge and better decisions
- David Lo - Data Analytics for Automated Software Engineering
- Pavel Laskov -Reactive Cybersecurity: Attack, Detect, Evade
- Valtteri Niemi - Security of mobile communication systems.
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 July 30th from the accepted participants.
Venue
The summer school will take place at Roosta Holiday Village
Tallinn, Estonia's capital, is famous for its picturesque medieval Old Town, a UNESCO World Heritage site.
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 Tartu, 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 will be bus transfer from Tallinn and Tartu on the arrival day Sunday 17th, and back after the school ends.
Important Dates
- Early bird registration: July 13 (Mo)
- Notification: July 18th (Fri)
- Late registration last deadline: Aug 3 (Su)
Registration and Cost
The participation fee is 300 EUR for early bird and 380 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 (there will be dedicated funds available for most students). 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 Institute of Computer Science and Tallinn University of Technology.
Programme Committee:
- Jaak Vilo (University of Tartu), chair
- Marlon Dumas (University of Tartu)
- Meelis Kull (University of Tartu)
- Sven Laur (University of Tartu)
- Konstantin Tretyakov (University of Tartu)
- Helger Lipmaa (University of Tartu, Cybernetica Ltd)
- Innar Liiv (Tallinn University of Technology)
- Tarmo Uustalu (Tallinn University of Technology)
Organising Commitee:
- Jaak Vilo (University of Tartu), chair
- Eva Pruusapuu (University of Tartu), administrative tasks
Contacts:
- E-mail: esscass@ut.ee
- Telephone: +372 50 49365
- Facebook page for ESSCaSS
Sponsors
The organisers of ESSCaSS'12 wish to thank the supporters and sponsors:
- Information Technology Foundation for Education "Tiigriülikool+ programme"
- University of Tartu, Institute of Computer Science
