[UAI] [Call for Applications] [Postdoc Position Open at the Chilean National Center for Artificial Intelligence]  deadline for application: March 30, 2024

[Giovanna Campos]

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Dear colleagues,
The Chilean National Center for Artificial Intelligence 
(cenia.cl),
 has a 2-year postdoctoral fellowship opening with a competitive salary, access 
to state-of-the-art high-performance computing system, and vibrant AI research 
community composed of more than 10 universities accross the country. To promote 
gender equity in STEM, this call is specifically targeted for female 
researchers only.

Researchers must have a PhD in Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, 
Mathematics, Robotics, Computational Neuroscience, Physics, or related 
scientific areas. Applicants must have previous experience in AI. A good level 
of English is highly recommended.

Here is the link with further details on the call.

We look forward to your application.
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[UAI] Call for Applications: Doctoral Consortium of KR 2021 -- Extended Deadline: July 23

[Jens Classen]

(apologies for cross-posting)

The submission deadline for the Doctoral Consortium has been extended.
Moreover, the date for the main part of the DC has been fixed. Please
find below the updated dates.

We also want to stress that students who are at an earlier or more
advanced stage of the completion of their thesis are encouraged to
apply if they would benefit from participation at the DC.

*Important Dates*
Submission: July 23, 2021
Notification: July 30, 2021
Doctoral Consortium: November 5, 2021

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KR Doctoral Consortium Call for Applications

November 5, 2021

Virtual (Originally: Hanoi, Vietnam)

https://kr2021.kbsg.rwth-aachen.de

The 18th International Conference on Principles of Knowledge
Representation and Reasoning (KR 2021) invites PhD students to apply
for the Doctoral Consortium program.

1) AIMS AND SCOPE

The Doctoral Consortium (DC) is a student mentoring program bringing
together PhD students and senior researchers from the area of KR. The
aims of the consortium are:

* to provide a forum for students to present their current research,
   and receive feedback from other students and senior researchers;
* to promote contacts among PhD students working in similar areas;
* to support students with information and advice on academic,
   research, and industrial careers.

The DC is intended for PhD students who have a specific research
proposal and some preliminary results, but who have sufficient time
prior to completing their dissertation to benefit from the consortium
experience. Preference will be given to students satisfying these
criteria, but we also encourage students to apply who are at an earlier
or more advanced stage of the completion of their thesis.

Accepted students will participate in several dedicated DC events,
which are planned to include a lightning talk session, a poster
session, a mentoring event, and a DC invited talk. Details will be
announced in due time. Each student will be given ample time to
present their work and therefore be able to fully benefit from
direct feedback from the assigned senior researcher mentor and the
wider KR conference audience.

Note that due to the ongoing global Covid-19 pandemic, KR 2021 and all
of the DC events will take place online.

2) APPLICATION SUBMISSION

Applications must be submitted through the EasyChair conference system
(a link will be provided later). Each application must contain the
following elements combined into a single PDF document:

(1) Thesis summary. A description of the problem being addressed, your
 motivation for addressing the problem, proposed plan of research,
 the progress to date (what you have already achieved and what
 remains to be done), and related work. It must be four pages
 maximum and use the same style as for KR paper submissions.

(2) Curriculum Vitae. A description of your background and relevant
 experience (research, education, employment), of two pages
 maximum.

(3) Letter of recommendation. A letter from your thesis advisor that
 states that he/she supports your participation in the DC.

(4) Optionally, a suggestion of up to 5 potential mentors with similar
 research interests, who could give good advice on technical
 aspects related to the work, and/or career opportunities.

The selection process will consider the quality of the submitted
proposal and the stage of the student's PhD project.

Doctoral students who submit to the DC are permitted to have
previously published their research, and are encouraged to submit
papers to workshops associated to KR 2021.

3) IMPORTANT DATES

Application deadline: July 23, 2021

Acceptance notification: July 30, 2021

Doctoral Consortium: November 5, 2021 (main part)
 November 8, 2021 (lightning talks at main conference)


For further information, please contact the DC chairs:


Jens Classen, Simon Fraser University (jens_clas...@sfu.ca)
Magdalena Ortiz, TU Vienna (or...@kr.tuwien.ac.at)
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[UAI] Call for Applications: Doctoral Consortium of KR 2021 (deadline: June 30)

[Thanh Dinh]

KR Doctoral Consortium Call for Applications

November 3-12, 2021

Virtual (Originally: Hanoi, Vietnam)

https://kr2021.kbsg.rwth-aachen.de

The 18th International Conference on Principles of Knowledge
Representation and Reasoning (KR 2021) invites PhD students to apply
for the Doctoral Consortium program.

1) AIMS AND SCOPE

The Doctoral Consortium (DC) is a student mentoring program bringing
together PhD students and senior researchers from the area of KR. The
aims of the consortium are:

* to provide a forum for students to present their current research,
  and receive feedback from other students and senior researchers;
* to promote contacts among PhD students working in similar areas;
* to support students with information and advice on academic,
  research, and industrial careers.

The DC is intended for PhD students who have a specific research
proposal and some preliminary results, but who have sufficient time
prior to completing their dissertation to benefit from the consortium
experience. Preference will be given to students satisfying these
criteria, but well-motivated applications from students who are at
earlier or later stages of their doctoral studies will still be
considered.

Accepted students will participate in several dedicated DC events,
which are planned to include a lightning talk session, a poster
session, a mentoring event, and a DC invited talk. Details will be
announced in due time. Each student will be given ample time to
present their work and therefore be able to fully benefit from
direct feedback from the assigned senior researcher mentor and the
wider KR conference audience.

Note that due to the ongoing global Covid-19 pandemic, KR 2021 and all
of the DC events will take place online.

2) APPLICATION SUBMISSION

Applications must be submitted through the EasyChair conference system
(a link will be provided later). Each application must contain the
following elements combined into a single PDF document:

(1) Thesis summary. A description of the problem being addressed, your
    motivation for addressing the problem, proposed plan of research,
    the progress to date (what you have already achieved and what
    remains to be done), and related work. It must be four pages
    maximum and use the same style as for KR paper submissions.

(2) Curriculum Vitae. A description of your background and relevant
    experience (research, education, employment), of two pages
    maximum.

(3) Letter of recommendation. A letter from your thesis advisor that
    states that he/she supports your participation in the DC.

(4) Optionally, a suggestion of up to 5 potential mentors with similar
    research interests, who could give good advice on technical
    aspects related to the work, and/or career opportunities.

The selection process will consider the quality of the submitted
proposal and the stage of the student's PhD project.

Doctoral students who submit to the DC are permitted to have
previously published their research, and are encouraged to submit
papers to workshops associated to KR 2021.

3) IMPORTANT DATES

Application deadline: June 30, 2021

Acceptance notification: July 21, 2021

Doctoral Consortium: November 3 - 12, 2021


For further information, please contact the DC chairs:


Jens Classen, Simon Fraser University (jens_clas...@sfu.ca)
Magdalena Ortiz, TU Vienna (or...@kr.tuwien.ac.at)

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[UAI] Call for Applications - ACM MobiSys 2021 Student Mentorship Program & Student Conference Grant

[yuukin]

Dear Colleagues,

[Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message]

*
Call for Applications - ACM MobiSys 2021 Student Mentorship Program & Student 
Conference Grant 
*

ACM MobiSys 2021 is calling for applications to this year's student mentorship 
program & conference grant.
The application deadline is May 31st 2021. Please fill out the form here: 
https://forms.gle/JxJxss7Nc3PyjTNR8

This is your chance to meet the person whose work you follow and discuss 
research with them!

The mentorship program will run from June 18 to 24 and engage students with the 
conference and with senior researchers. 

Planned activities include
* warm up bootcamp with daily challenges on a slack channel
* 1-on-1 mentorship sessions, after a match making based on interest from 
mentors and mentees

There will be other opportunities for student engagement during the conference
* A student mentorship workshop organised by the students 
* GatherTown events for students to network, including a collaborative game 
* Daily debriefing sessions to discuss your thoughts on the technical sessions

Generous conference grants are available for students to cover the conference 
registration. Please apply for this grant in the same form. Decisions will be 
announced a week after the application deadline. Student grant awardees will be 
provided with free registration codes.

Apart from the student conference grant, those who are eligible can also apply 
for the MobiSys N2Women Fellowship. Details are at 
http://committees.comsoc.org/n2women/ and the deadline for this is May 15, 
2021. 

You need to register for MobiSys to participate in the mentorship program. 
However, please *do not* register before hearing back about the student grant, 
because reimbursement will be harder.

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[UAI] Call for Applications: Helmut Veith Stipend for Female Master’s Students in Computer Science_DL: November 30

[Traxler, Alexandra]

Grant: Helmut Veith Stipend for Female Master’s Students in Computer Science -
Scholarship for women in mathematics/computer science – Annual Deadline: 
November 30



The VCLA invites applications for the Helmut Veith Stipend from motivated and 
outstanding female master's students who plan to pursue one of the programs in 
Computer Science at TU Wien taught in English in one of the following semesters:


- winter semester 2021/2022

- summer semester 2022

-

HELMUT VEITH STIPEND

-
The Helmut Veith Stipend is awarded annually to exceptionally talented and 
motivated female students in the field of computer science who pursue (or plan 
to pursue) one of the master's programs in Computer Science at TU Wien taught 
in English and have (or have the interest to develop) a solid mathematical and 
technical background in at least one of the areas in which Austrian scientist 
Helmut Veith worked.

The Helmut Veith Stipend is dedicated to the memory of Helmut Veith 
(1971-2016), an outstanding computer scientist who worked in the fields of 
logic in computer science, computer-aided verification, software engineering, 
and computer security. The Helmut Veith Stipend's fund is set up by the TU Wien 
(Vienna University of Technology), the Wolfgang Pauli Institute, and the 
colleagues and friends of the late Prof. Veith.

-
Award
-
Students who are awarded the Helmut Veith Stipend receive:
-EUR 6000 annually for a duration of up to two years.
-Waiver of all tuition fees at TU Wien.

-
Eligibility
-
1. Applicants must be eligible for admission to one of the master's programs in 
computer science at TU Wien that are taught in English. In 2021/2022 those are:
• Logic and Computation
• Business Informatics
• Computer Engineering
• Data Science
• Media and Human-Centered Computing

2. While applications for funding can be filed before or in parallel with the 
admissions process, the funding will only be awarded to applicants who have 
been unconditionally admitted to the master's program. An application for 
funding does not replace the admissions process; neither does a conditional 
offer of funding entitle the applicant to study at TU Wien.

3. Female students who meet the following conditions are eligible to apply for 
the stipend:
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Mathematics (Bologna first cycle) or 
equivalent degree
• Extensive mathematical and technical knowledge and interest in (at least one 
of) Helmut Veith's areas of research:
-Logic in Computer Science
-Formal Methods and Verification
-Foundations of Artificial Intelligence
-Algorithms and Complexity Theory
-Computer Security
• Proficiency in English

-
Conditions
-
• Recipients of funding must be committed to demonstrating good progress during 
their studies, i.e.:
-obtain at least 25 ECTS credits from the respective master's curriculum per 
term on average since the beginning of their master's studies (the deadlines 
are April 30 for the winter term and November 30 for the summer term), and
-achieve a grade average of at most 1.5.
• Recipients of funding have to reside in Austria during term time for the 
duration of their studies. Exceptions and temporary interruptions of the stay 
during term time (e.g., for internships or research visits) are subject to 
approval.
• The stipend is provided for the duration of the master's program (subject to 
the conditions listed above), for up to 2 years.

-
Application Process
-
Students are required to submit the following documents:
• Cover Letter, describing the type of funding the student is applying for, and 
all other aspects the student deems relevant for the application
• Curriculum Vitae
• Motivation Letter, describing why the student wants to study in the program 
Logic and Computation, why funding is necessary, and with which groups of the 
faculty the student would be interested to work with during their master's 
thesis and why.
• Reports on university examinations (transcripts)
• Diplomas and/or certificates (first degree, bachelor degree, or higher). If 
the final academic certificate is not yet available at the time of the 
application deadline, a preliminary certificate (indicating the type of degree 
and the expected graduation date) signed and stamped by the degree-awarding 
university must be provided.
• Contact details of two referees (for letters of recommendation)
• English language certificate 

[UAI] Call for Applications - ACM MobiSys 2021 Student Mentorship Program & Student Conference Grant

[yuukin]

Dear Colleagues,

[Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message]

*
Call for Applications - ACM MobiSys 2021 Student Mentorship Program & Student 
Conference Grant 
*

ACM MobiSys 2021 is calling for applications to this year's student mentorship 
program & conference grant.
The application deadline is May 31st 2021. Please fill out the form here: 
https://forms.gle/JxJxss7Nc3PyjTNR8

This is your chance to meet the person whose work you follow and discuss 
research with them!

The mentorship program will run from June 18 to 24 and engage students with the 
conference and with senior researchers. 

Planned activities include
* warm up bootcamp with daily challenges on a slack channel
* 1-on-1 mentorship sessions, after a match making based on interest from 
mentors and mentees

There will be other opportunities for student engagement during the conference
* A student mentorship workshop organised by the students 
* GatherTown events for students to network, including a collaborative game 
* Daily debriefing sessions to discuss your thoughts on the technical sessions

Generous conference grants are available for students to cover the conference 
registration. Please apply for this grant in the same form. Decisions will be 
announced a week after the application deadline. Student grant awardees will be 
provided with free registration codes.

Apart from the student conference grant, those who are eligible can also apply 
for the MobiSys N2Women Fellowship. Details are at 
http://committees.comsoc.org/n2women/ and the deadline for this is May 15, 
2021. 

You need to register for MobiSys to participate in the mentorship program. 
However, please *do not* register before hearing back about the student grant, 
because reimbursement will be harder.

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[UAI] Call for applications: Neuromatch Summer Academy Students, TAs and Mentors

[alish dipani]

The pandemic has shut down nearly every summer program in the world at
which students, postdocs and faculty would normally gather to acquire
crucial skills and build networks.  We’re building a program to replace
this loss. Our plan is to have a 3-week online course July  13-31 focused
on computational analysis and simulation of neural data with intensive
mentoring by knowledgeable TAs and faculty mentors to help with projects.
Tuition will be relatively minimal  (~ 100-200 USD) and also voluntary. TAs
will be paid a stipend for their time because it will be intensive.
Mentorship by faculty will be substantially less work.

Interested in signing up as a potential participant, a TA, or a faculty
mentor?  Fill out one of the three forms below. Also, please feel free to
send this out as widely as possible.  We’re trying to cast a global net,
especially to people outside of the US and Europe. Tutorials will take
place in parallel tracks in different time zones and in multiple languages
when possible.

Note that the deadline for applications is April 27.

Webpage: https://neuromatch.io/academy/

Form for student applications

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSen1oyFWIQ38vlBSxUdlWU4AwQ_UYGqQZcGAS_cEmMdN6cdNw/viewform

Form for TA applications

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc4aL49WV_dnt7WlXjEwsY8Mb30I2E0VHa8LROYPcmmwkzLdw/viewform

Form for Mentor Applications

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSef-slmLcnVT7H-wkM-7wT5ePBh3TVg7UXzl7FP9C17ciojxQ/viewform
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[UAI] Call for Applications: Reasoning Web Summer School (RW 2020)

[Jean Jung]

= 

** 
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS 

The 16th Reasoning Web Summer School (RW 2020) 
24-26 June, 2020 
Virtual event (free registration)

https://2020.declarativeai.net/events/rw-summer-school 

Part of "Declarative AI 2020: Rules, Reasoning, Decisions and Explanations" 
(DeclarativeAI 2020, https://2020.declarativeai.net) 
** 

The purpose of the Reasoning Web Summer School is to disseminate recent 
advances on reasoning techniques and related issues that are of particular 
interest to Semantic Web and Linked Data applications. It is primarily intended 
for postgraduate (PhD or MSc) students, postdocs, young researchers, and senior 
researchers wishing to deepen their knowledge. In 2020, the broad theme of the 
school is: 

“Declarative Artificial Intelligence” 

As in the previous years, lectures in the summer school will be given by a 
distinguished group of expert lecturers.

This year the school is part of Declarative AI 2020 
(https://2020.declarativeai.net), 
an event which is co-organised by SINTEF AS, University of Oslo, and 
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, under the umbrella of the 
SIRIUS Centre for Scalable Data Access. Due to the current situation regarding 
the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, Declarative AI 2020 will be held as an 
ONLINE event.

The school is co-located with: 

- RuleML+RR: International Joint Conference on Rules and Reasoning, Virtual
29 June - 1 July, 2020 
http://2020.ruleml-rr.org

- DecisionCAMP, Virtual 
29 June - 1 July, 2020 
https://decisioncamp2020.home.blog

The students attending the RW school are particularly encouraged to apply to 
the Doctoral Consortium of RuleML+RR (deadline: 22 May, 2020). 


== CONFIRMED LECTURES  == 

- Stream Reasoning: From Theory to Practice 
Emanuele Della Valle (Politecnico di Milano), Riccardo Tommasini (University of 
Tartu) 

- Aggregates and Generalized Atoms in Answer Set Programming 
Wolfgang Faber (University of Klagenfurt) 

- Knowledge Graphs: Past, Present and Future Research Directions 
Aidan Hogan (University of Chile) 

- Declarative Data Analysis using Limit Datalog Programs 
Egor V. Kostylev (University of Oxford) 

- Reasoning with Learned Knowledge 
Loizos Michael (Open University of Cyprus) 

- Learning Description Logic Ontologies 
Ana Ozaki (Free University of Bozen-Bolzano & University of Bergen) 

- Introduction to Probabilistic Ontologies 
Rafael Penaloza (University of Milano-Bicocca) 

- Explanation via Machine Arguing 
Francesca Toni, Oana Cocarascu, Antonio Rago (Imperial College London) 

- Ontology-Mediated Query Answering over Temporal Data 
Michael Zakharyaschev (Birkbeck University of London) 


== APPLICATIONS == 

The number of attendees will be limited and participation will depend on 
submitting an application which will undergo a reviewing process. Applications 
have to be submitted by filling the following form:

https://forms.gle/bDupPJyBrse1vFgP7 


== IMPORTANT DATES == 

Application deadline: 1 June, 2020 
Notification: 8 June, 2020 
Summer school: 24-26 June, 2020 


== COMMITTEE == 

Chairs 

- Marco Manna, University of Calabria, Italy 
- Andreas Pieris, University of Edinburgh, UK 

Scientific Advisory Board 

- Leopoldo Bertossi, Universidad Adolfo Ibanez, Chile 
- Thomas Eiter, TU Wien, Austria 
- Birte Glimm, University of Ulm, Germany 
- Markus Krotzsch, TU Dresden, Germany 
- Yuliya Leierler, University of Nebraska Omaha, US 
- Carsten Lutz, University of Bremen, Germany 
- Emanuel Sallinger, University of Oxford, UK 


== CONTACT == 

For further information please contact the chairs: 

- Marco Manna: marco.ma...@unical.it 
- Andreas Pieris: apie...@inf.ed.ac.uk___
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[UAI] Call for Applications

[Jan Peters]

Robotics & Machine Learning Positions
===

The Intelligent Autonomous Systems Labs (IAS) at the Technical University
of Darmstadt (TU Darmstadt) is seeking for several

*highly qualified postdoctoral researchers.*

(exceptionally talented Ph.D. students will also be considered)
with strong interest in one or more of the following research
topics:

* Robot Learning (especially Robot Reinforcement Learning,
Imitation, and Model Learning)
* Robot Grasping and Manipulation
* Robot Control, Learning for Control
* Robot Table Tennis

Please relate clearly to these topic in your Research Statement.
Note that we currently can only consider PhD students with real
robot experience (for post-docs, we are more open-minded).

Outstanding students and researchers from the areas of robotics and
robotics-related areas including machine learning, control engineering
or computer vision are welcome to apply. The candidates are expected
to conduct independent research and at the same time contribute to
ongoing projects in the areas listed above. Successful candidates can
furthermore be given the opportunity to work with undergraduate, M.Sc.
and Ph.D. students.

Due to our strong ties to the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent
Systems, many companies (ABB, Bosch Centre for AI, Honda Research
Institute, Intel, NVIDEA NVAIL, Porsche Motor Sports, VW AI Lab, etc)
there will be ample opportunities of collaboration with these institutes.



ABOUT THE APPLICANT
Ph.D. position applicants need to have a Master's degree in a
relevant field (e.g., Robotics, Computer Science, Engineering,
Statistics & Optimization,  Math and Physics) and have exhibited
their ability to perform research in either robotics or machine
learning.

A successful Post-doc applicant should have a strong robotics and/or
machine learning background with a track record of top-tier research
publications, including relevant conferences (e.g., RSS, ICRA, IROS or
ICML, IJCAI, AAAI, NIPS, AISTATS) and journals (e.g., AURO, TRo,
IJRR or JMLR, MLJ, Neural Computation) . A Ph.D. in Computer Science,
Electrical or Mechanical Engineering (or another field clearly related
to robotics and/or machine learning) as well as strong organizational
and coordination skills are a must.

Expertise in working with real robot systems is a big plus for all
applicants.



THE POSITIONS
The positions are started with a 24 months contract and may be
extendable up to 48 months. Payment will be according to the German
TVL E-13 or E-14 payment scheme, depending on the candidates
experience and qualifications.



HOW TO APPLY?
All complete applications submitted through our online application
system found at

http://www.ias.tu-darmstadt.de/Jobs/Application

will be considered. There is no fixed deadline: the positions will be
filled as soon as possible. Ph.D. applicants should provide at least a
research statement, a PDF with their CV, degrees, and grade-sheets,
and two references who are willing to write a recommendation letter.
PostDoc applicants require three references and, in addition,  should
provide their top three publications. Please ensure to include a link
to your research web-site as well as your date of availability.



ABOUT IAS
The Intelligent Autonomous Systems Lab (IAS) aims at endowing robots with
the ability to learn new tasks and adapt their behavior to their
environment. To accomplish this goal, IAS focuses on the intersection
between Machine Learning, Robotics and Biomimetic Systems. Resulting
research topics range from algorithm development in machine learning
over robot grasping/manipulation and robot table tennis to biomimetic
motor control/learning and brain-robot interfaces. Members of CLAS and IAS
have been highly successful, as exhibited by recent awards, which include a
Daimler Benz Fellowship, several Best Cognitive Robotics Paper Awards, the
Georges Giralt Best 2013 Robotics PhD Thesis Award, an IEEE RAS Early
Career Award, etc. The lab collaborates with numerous universities in
Germany, Europe, the USA and Japan. IAS is partner in several
European projects with many top institutes in ML and Robotics..

Our lab member have been *EXCEPTIONALLY* successful. All our former postdocs
have been offered faculty positions and five of our 14 graduated PhD
students have taken on faculty jobs.

The IAS lab is located in the Robert Piloty Building in the beautiful
Herrngarten park. It is less than fifty meters from a beer garden
frequently used for lab meetings and after successful paper submissions.


ABOUT TU DARMSTADT
The TU Darmstadt is one of the top technical universities in
Germany, and is well known for its research and teaching. It was
one of the first universities in the world to introduce programs in
electrical engineering. our chemical elements were discovered at
Darmstadt, most prominently, the element darmstadtium, and it is
Germany's first fully autonomous university. More information can be
found on: 

[UAI] Call for Applications: Helmut Veith Stipend for Female Master´s Students in Computer Science at TU Wien - November 30, 2019

[Mihaela Rozman]

Helmut Veith Stipend for Women in Computer Science – Deadline: November 30,
2019 

 

Female students in the field of computer science (CS) who plan to pursue (or
are currently pursuing) one of the master‘s programs in Computer Science at
the Vienna University of Technology – TU Wien taught in English are invited
to apply for the annually awarded Helmut Veith Stipend. 

 

The annually awarded Helmut Veith Stipend for female master students is
dedicated to the memory of an outstanding computer scientist who worked in
the fields of logic in computer science, computer-aided verification,
software engineering, and computer security. – Professor Helmut Veith
(1971-2016). 

 

The Helmut Veith Stipend was established with generous support of TU Wien,
Wolfgang Pauli Institute and with contributions by family and friends of the
late Helmut Veith.

 

BENEFITS

-EUR 6000 per year

-Waiver of tuition fees at TU Wien

 

LOCATION OF MASTER STUDY

For study in Austria, at Vienna University of Technology – TU Wien 

 

FOR FIELD OF STUDY

Applicants must be eligible for admission to one of the master’s programs in
computer science at Vienna University of technology - TU Wien that are
taught in English. 

 

In 2018/2019 and 2019/2020 those are:

• Master in Logic and Computation

• Master in Business Informatics

• European Master in Computational Logic

• Master in Computer Engineering (Technische Informatik)

• Master in Data Science

• Master in Media and Human-Centered Computing

 

APPLICATION 

Applications for funding can be filed after, before or in parallel with the
admissions process. Your application must be submitted electronically to
mas...@logic-cs.at as a single PDF document, by November 30, 2019.

 

DEADLINE

November 30, 2018.

 

INQUIRES

Electronically to mas...@logic-cs.at

 

WEBSITE

http://www.vcla.at/helmut-veith-stipend/ 

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[UAI] Call for Applications

[Jan Peters]

Robotics & Machine Learning Positions
===

The Intelligent Autonomous Systems Labs (IAS) at the Technical University
of Darmstadt (TU Darmstadt) is seeking for several

*highly qualified postdoctoral researchers.*

(exceptionally talented Ph.D. students will also be considered)
with strong interest in one or more of the following research
topics:

* Robot Learning (especially Robot Reinforcement Learning,
Imitation, and Model Learning)
* Robot Grasping and Manipulation
* Robot Control, Learning for Control
* Robot Table Tennis

Please relate clearly to these topic in your Research Statement.
Note that we currently can only consider PhD students with real
robot experience (for post-docs, we are more open-minded).

Outstanding students and researchers from the areas of robotics and
robotics-related areas including machine learning, control engineering
or computer vision are welcome to apply. The candidates are expected
to conduct independent research and at the same time contribute to
ongoing projects in the areas listed above. Successful candidates can
furthermore be given the opportunity to work with undergraduate, M.Sc.
and Ph.D. students.

Due to our strong ties to the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent
Systems, many companies (ABB, Bosch Centre for AI, Honda Research
Institute, Intel, NVIDEA NVAIL, Porsche Motor Sports, VW AI Lab, etc)
there will be ample opportunities of collaboration with these institutes.



ABOUT THE APPLICANT
Ph.D. position applicants need to have a Master's degree in a
relevant field (e.g., Robotics, Computer Science, Engineering,
Statistics & Optimization,  Math and Physics) and have exhibited
their ability to perform research in either robotics or machine
learning.

A successful Post-doc applicant should have a strong robotics and/or
machine learning background with a track record of top-tier research
publications, including relevant conferences (e.g., RSS, ICRA, IROS or
ICML, IJCAI, AAAI, NIPS, AISTATS) and journals (e.g., AURO, TRo,
IJRR or JMLR, MLJ, Neural Computation) . A Ph.D. in Computer Science,
Electrical or Mechanical Engineering (or another field clearly related
to robotics and/or machine learning) as well as strong organizational
and coordination skills are a must.

Expertise in working with real robot systems is a big plus for all
applicants.



THE POSITIONS
The positions are started with a 24 months contract and may be
extendable up to 48 months. Payment will be according to the German
TVL E-13 or E-14 payment scheme, depending on the candidates
experience and qualifications.



HOW TO APPLY?
All complete applications submitted through our online application
system found at

http://www.ias.tu-darmstadt.de/Jobs/Application

will be considered. There is no fixed deadline: the positions will be
filled as soon as possible. Ph.D. applicants should provide at least a
research statement, a PDF with their CV, degrees, and grade-sheets,
and two references who are willing to write a recommendation letter.
PostDoc applicants require three references and, in addition,  should
provide their top three publications. Please ensure to include a link
to your research web-site as well as your date of availability.



ABOUT IAS
The Intelligent Autonomous Systems Lab (IAS) aims at endowing robots with
the ability to learn new tasks and adapt their behavior to their
environment. To accomplish this goal, IAS focuses on the intersection
between Machine Learning, Robotics and Biomimetic Systems. Resulting
research topics range from algorithm development in machine learning
over robot grasping/manipulation and robot table tennis to biomimetic
motor control/learning and brain-robot interfaces. Members of CLAS and IAS
have been highly successful, as exhibited by recent awards, which include a
Daimler Benz Fellowship, several Best Cognitive Robotics Paper Awards, the
Georges Giralt Best 2013 Robotics PhD Thesis Award, an IEEE RAS Early
Career Award, etc. The lab collaborates with numerous universities in
Germany, Europe, the USA and Japan. IAS is partner in several
European projects with many top institutes in ML and Robotics..

Our lab member have been *EXCEPTIONALLY* successful. All our former postdocs
have been offered faculty positions and five of our 14 graduated PhD
students have taken on faculty jobs.

The IAS lab is located in the Robert Piloty Building in the beautiful
Herrngarten park. It is less than fifty meters from a beer garden
frequently used for lab meetings and after successful paper submissions.


ABOUT TU DARMSTADT
The TU Darmstadt is one of the top technical universities in
Germany, and is well known for its research and teaching. It was
one of the first universities in the world to introduce programs in
electrical engineering. our chemical elements were discovered at
Darmstadt, most prominently, the element darmstadtium, and it is
Germany's first fully autonomous university. More information can be
found on: 

[UAI] Call for Applications: Helmut Veith Stipend for Female Master´s Students in Computer Science

[Mihaela Rozman]

[Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this email. Please distribute
to interested parties.]

 

Female students in the field of computer science (CS) who plan to pursue (or
are currently pursuing) one of the master‘s programs in Computer Science at
the Vienna University of Technology – TU Wien taught in English are invited
to apply for the annually awarded Helmut Veith Stipend. The computer science
department at Vienna University of Technology – TU Wien, has been ranked
among the 70 world´s best (THE Times Higher Education Ranking). 

 

The annually awarded Helmut Veith Stipend for female master students is
dedicated to the memory of an outstanding computer scientist who worked in
the fields of logic in computer science, computer-aided verification,
software engineering, and computer security. – Professor Helmut Veith
(1971-2016). 

 

The Helmut Veith Stipend was established with generous support of TU Wien,
Wolfgang Pauli Institute and with contributions by family and friends of the
late Helmut Veith.

 

BENEFITS

-EUR 6000 per year

-Waiver of tuition fees at TU Wien

 

LOCATION OF MASTER STUDY

For study in Austria, at Vienna University of Technology – TU Wien 

 

FOR FIELD OF STUDY

Applicants must be eligible for admission to one of the master’s programs in
computer science at Vienna University of technology - TU Wien that are
taught in English. 

 

In 2018/2019 and 2019/2020 those are:

• Master in Logic and Computation 

• Master in Business Informatics;

• Master in Computational Logic

• Master in Computer Engineering (
 Technische Informatik) 

 

APPLICATION 

Applications for funding can be filed before or in parallel with the
admissions process. Your application must be submitted electronically to
mas...@logic-cs.at as a single PDF document, by November 30, 2018.

 

DEADLINE

November 30, 2018.

 

INQUIRES

Electronically to mas...@logic-cs.at

 

WEBSITE

http://www.vcla.at/2018/05/call-for-applications-helmut-veith-stipend-for-fe
male-masters-students-in-computer-science   

 

DOWNLOAD THE FLYER 

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[UAI] Call for Applications for the 14th INTERNATIONAL REASONING WEB SUMMER SCHOOL

[Amal TAWAKULI]

Dear All,


Please find below Call for Applications for the 14th INTERNATIONAL REASONING  
WEB SUMMER SCHOOL - RW2018 to be held in Luxembourg as part of Luxembourg Logic 
for AI Summit (LuxLogAI, https://luxlogai.uni.lu)


For further information visit https://luxlogai.uni.lu/


Please feel free to circulate.


=


Call for Applications


THE 14th INTERNATIONAL REASONING WEB SUMMER SCHOOL - RW 2018

Luxembourg, 22 - 25 Sep 2018

http://2018.ruleml-rr.org/rw.html


The Reasoning Web Summer School 2018, as part of the annual series of summer 
schools, welcomes applications from Master and PhD students as well 
postdoctoral researchers, young researchers, and senior researchers wishing to 
learn about the research areas of Semantic Web and related sub-areas such as 
Linked Data and Knowledge Graphs, Ontologies, Rules, and Logic.


Participants to the summer school will have the opportunity to attend lectures, 
to be involved in working groups concerning small case studies or research 
tasks to focus on and to be presented in a final plenary session, discuss ideas 
and closely interact with leading researchers in the Semantic Web community and 
beyond.


This year school program will include the following topics and lecturers 
(additional names will come shortly, whilst the final school program will be 
available at: http://2018.ruleml-rr.org/rw.html)


  *   Information Extraction for Knowledge Graph Construction - Philipp 
Cimiano, University of Bielefeld

  *   Semantic Data in the Cloud - Steffen Staab and Daniel Janke, University 
of Koblenz Landau

  *   Machine Learning with and for Knowledge Graphs - Heiko Paulheim, 
University of Mannheim

  *   Stream Reasoning - Emanuele Della Valle, Politecnico di Milano

  *   Learning and Reasoning in Knowledge Graphs - Daria Stepanova, Max Planck 
Institute

  *   Normative reasoning for the Semantic Web - Guido Gorvernatori, 
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

  *   Efficient SPARQL queries on very large Knowledge Graphs - Hannah Bast, 
University of Freiburg


Although no specific background knowledge is required for attending the summer 
school, basics of knowledge representation and the Semantic Web (including 
technologies such as RDF, OWL, etc.) will be helpful for benefitting from the 
contents of school. Students are also committed to a full participation for the 
whole duration of the school.


REGISTRATION FEES:

  *   The registration fees for attending the RW Summer School will be 450€. 
This includes lectures and teaching sessions, lunches, coffee breaks, school 
proceedings and a social event.


STUDENT GRANTS:


  *   A limited number of grants will be available for selected students who 
would otherwise not be able to attend the summer school. As such, please ask 
for financial support in your application (see “Application” section) only if 
this is the necessary condition for you to participate in the summer school.


APPLICATION:


  *   Students and researchers interested in participating at the school needs 
to submit their application by June 30, 2018 via easychair using the following 
link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rw2018.

  *   The application should consist of a single pdf file including:

 *   A single-page CV.

 *   A short motivation letter of up to 300 words stating research 
interests and reasons for the willingness to attend the summer school.

 *   Necessity for a visa to enter Luxembourg (Yes or No). If required, 
invitation letters will be set up.

 *   Necessity (and motivation) for financial support. A limited number of 
grants will be provided, please ask for financial support only if this is the 
necessary condition for joining the school.

  *   Notifications about the selection results will be sent by July 15, 2018.

  *   For any questions, please contact: 
rw2...@easychair.org



RW2018 Chairs

Claudia d’Amato and Martin Theobald





Schéi Gréiss | Mit Freundlichen Grüßen | Meilleures Salutations | With Kind 
Regards

Amal Tawakuli
Doctoral Candidate
Big Data and Data Science Research Group - ILIAS Lab - CSC Research Unit

UNIVERSITÉ DU LUXEMBOURG

Campus Belval
6, avenue de la Fonte
L-4364 Esch-sur-Alzette/Belval
T +352 46 66 44 9811
amal.tawak...@uni.lu
www.uni.lu
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[UAI] Call for Applications for Participation

[Patrick Göttsch]

Call for Applications for Participation


RoboCup 2018 Standard Platform League


  spl.robocup.org


Saturday 16th June through Friday 22nd June 2018 (Montréal, Canada)


  http://www.robocup2018.com


  RoboCup is an international initiative that fosters 
research and education in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence through a 
variety of competitions (RoboCupSoccer, RoboCupRescue, RoboCup@Home, 
RoboCupJunior) involving mostly multi-robot systems. RoboCup currently includes 
a number of different robot soccer leagues that focus on different research 
challenges.

The Standard Platform League (SPL) is characterized using an identical robot 
platform by all the teams. Participating researchers focus on algorithmic 
development for fully autonomous robots, i.e., robots that operate with no 
external control. The SPL at RoboCup 2018 will use V5 (Maybe also V6, but 
currently no final decision has been made) or older versions of the NAO 
humanoid robot manufactured by   
SoftBank Robotics. The SPL robot soccer team competition games at RoboCup 2018 
will be played indoor and outdoor between teams of five robots on a 6m x 9m 
playing surface. Teams should be able to play on a randomly assigned indoor or 
outdoor field within one hour.

The RoboCup 2018 SPL will host both a team competition and a mixed teams 
competition.

The team competition will consist of more games for most teams than in recent 
years. We expect to qualify 24 teams. The structure from 2017 will be used and 
extended in the team competition to allow all teams to play more games and 
against teams with similar skill levels. See Appendix A.3 of the  
 
preliminary rulebook for more details.

Teams applying for the team competition may also apply for the mixed team 
competition. Each mixed team will consist of two teams. Mixed teams will play 
6v6 games on the normal SPL field. Only 4 or 6 mixed teams will be selected to 
compete at RoboCup 2018. Teams, who participated in 2017, are encouraged to 
select another partner then in 2017. See Appendix B of the  
 
preliminary rulebook for more details.


Qualification


All interested teams must submit an original qualification document. For the 
qualification document to be considered, it must (1) be no longer than 6 pages 
and (2) include all the following information in sections with the specified 
headings:

1.Team Information: the team name, the team leader(s), and the 
university/company affiliation(s) of the team

2.Mixed Teams: If the team is interested in participating in the mixed 
teams competition, indicate the name of the partner team, the proposed mixed 
team name, and the proposed mixed team jersey colour. Include a short note 
about infrastructure plans as well as why this team and the proposed partner 
wish to perform as a mixed team.

3.Code Usage: acknowledge the team’s use of any other team’s code (1) 
previously from 2015 to present and (2) anticipated at RoboCup 2018. If code is 
used from other teams, is this code integrated into a code base that is mainly 
designed by the applying team? If not, describe in detail the ‘research 
publishable’ significant advancements to a module the applying team has made to 
the other team’s code release and what advancements the team is currently 
pursuing. A module is a larger part of the code base, that has to be changed 
significantly. Changing or implementing a behaviour is not a significant 
change. If the applying team does not use any other team’s code, state so.

4.Past History: provide game results in RoboCup Open competitions as well 
as main RoboCup competitions from 2016 onward. Include opponents and game 
scores from each competition in a table. State if the team plans to participate 
in any RoboCup Open competitions or friendlies prior to RoboCup 2018.

5.Impact: what is the impact of the team’s participation and research in 
RoboCup on (1) the SPL, (2) the team’s university/community

6.Other: present any other information that you believe supports your 
application

The written material must be complemented by a link to a video (maximum 5 min 
long, uploaded on the team’s web site or on some video server) that 
demonstrates the status of the team. The TC uses the video to determine the 
readiness of the team to compete effectively, and hence should focus on the 
team’s ability to play soccer. Teams who did not participate in the team 
competition at RoboCup 2017 must include footage of at least one robot 
attempting to kick off and score (this footage must be captured as a single 
wide shot with no cuts). In cases where footage from multiple teams is shown 
(such as game footage), please include a textual overlay denoting which team is 
the 

[UAI] Call for applications to the IVA 2016 Doctoral Consortium (http://iva2016.ict.usc.edu/doctoral-consortium/)

[Gale Lucas]

Call for applications to the IVA 2016 Doctoral Consortium 
(http://iva2016.ict.usc.edu/doctoral-consortium/)


The Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA) 2016 Doctoral Consortium occurs September 
20, 2016, the day before the start of the main conference. We invite Ph.D. 
students working in the area of intelligent virtual agents to present their 
research to peers and a panel of distinguished researchers, who will then 
provide students with valuable feedback, additional ideas, and suggestions 
about parallel ongoing work. The Doctoral Consortium will also introduce the 
students to a network that can be very helpful with their career once they 
graduate. We particularly encourage applications from Ph.D. candidates who have 
made some progress on a clear topic and research approach, but are not too far 
advanced to benefit from feedback and guidance.

Based on the student applications, the organizing committee will select a group 
of students that will be invited to participate. The students selected are 
expected to attend and to give an oral presentation at the Doctoral Consortium. 
Students will also be given the possibility to present a poster during the 
poster session of the main conference.

Submissions consist of the following:
1. A four-page extended abstract of the student's thesis work (in the IVA 
submission format) submitted through the IVA submission system. (Select the 
doctoral consortium track)
2. A short (2-page) resume (Curriculum Vitae) of the student.
3. A recommendation letter from the student's advisor/supervisor.

The last two items should be emailed to the Doctoral Consortium chair: Volkan 
Ustun ustun@ ict.usc.edu.
The student's advisor/supervisor should directly email their letter of 
recommendation to the consortium chair. The letter should address the expected 
benefit of the student attending, the significance of the research, and the 
anticipated graduation date of the student.

Submissions due: June 24, 2016

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[UAI] Call for applications to PhD/Postdoc study in Data Science/Big Data for Health Informatics

[Gang Luo]

Call for applications to PhD/Postdoc study in Data Science/Big Data for Health 
Informatics  in the Department of Biomedical Informatics at the University of 
Utah

TheDepartment of Biomedical Informatics (http://medicine.utah.edu/bmi/) 
at the University of Utah was established in 1964 as the first one of 
its kind in the world. We have openings for PhD and Postdoc students to 
work on data science / big data projects for health informatics. The 
applicants for these projects should have formal education background in 
computer science or related fields, preferably in the areas of data 
science / big data, machine learning, data mining, database, and/or text 
processing.


The Department has a Biomedical Informatics Training Grant from the 
National Library of Medicine (NLM). The primary purpose of this grant is 
to train research investigators in Biomedical Informatics. The NLM 
funding for students is limited to US citizens and permanent residents. 
For Pre-doctoral students, this grant is designed to fund students to 
achieve the PhD degree. The NLM training grant pays a stipend, tuition 
expenses, health insurance premiums, and travel expenses to the annual 
NLM trainees meeting. Continuation of funding is made on a year-to-year 
basis and is contingent upon adequate student performance each year and 
the availability of funds.


Pre-doctoral Training Positions:

Eligible funding for 1-5 years for advanced informatics training and 
leads towards a PhD degree. Please follow the general application 
instructions at 
http://medicine.utah.edu/bmi/academics-education/application-instructions.php


Post-doctoral Training Positions (trainees from a non-health related 
field):


Eligible funding for 1-3 years for advanced informatics training, and 
typically do not lead to a degree. Applicants must have a PhD to apply. 
These positions are funded at the NLM stipend support rates 
(http://www.nlm.nih.gov/ep/trainingdirectors.html).


Application Requirements:

1.Statement of Research Interests

2.CV

3.Faculty member(s) you are interested in working with

4.Completion of Department Supplementary Application 
Form (http://medicine.utah.edu/bmi/documents/supplementary-form2014.pdf)



   Applicants interested in data science / big data projects for
   health informaticsare welcome to contact Gang Luo at gang dot
   luo at utah dot edu for more information. The application
   deadline is December 31, 2014.

Each NLM informatics research training program makes special efforts to 
recruit individuals from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, 
individuals with disabilities, and those from economically, socially, 
culturally or educationally disadvantaged backgrounds, into careers in 
biomedical informatics. The positions are for US citizens and permanent 
residents. For more information, see 
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/trainedu.html


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[UAI] Call for Applications: The 10th Reasoning Web Summer School (RW 2014)

[Giorgos Stoilos]

**
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
The 10th Reasoning Web Summer School (RW 2014)
Athens, Greece, September 8-13, 2014
http://reasoningweb.org/2014/
**

co-located with the:

- 8th International Conference on Web Reasoning and Rule Systems (RR 2014),
  Athens, Greece, September 15-17, 2014
  http://www.rr-conference.org/RR2014

The purpose of the Reasoning Web Summer School is to disseminate
recent advances on reasoning techniques which are of particular
interest to Semantic Web and Linked Data applications. It is
primarily intended for postgraduate (PhD or MSc) students,
postdocs, young researchers, and senior researchers wishing to
learn about Reasoning on the Semantic Web and related issues.
In 2014, the theme of the school is:

Reasoning on the Web in the Big Data Era

As in the previous years, lectures in the summer school will be
given by a distinguished group of expert lecturers. Apart from
their lectures, lecturers will also be present for the duration
of the school to interact and establish contacts with the students.

The summer school is co-located with RR2014, hence, there will be
a great opportunity for students to also attend a major event in
the area after the school. In addition, RR will also include a
Doctoral Consortium and students of RW are particularly encouraged
to also apply to the Doctoral consortium of RR - joint applications
are explicitly encouraged.

== IMPORTANT DATES ==

Application deadline: June 6, 2014
Notifications: June 15, 2014
Summer School Registration:  June 28, 2014

== CONFIRMED LECTURES ==

* Axel Ngonga (University of Leipzig)
  An Introduction to the Linked Data Web

* Philipp Cimiano, Christina Unger and André Freitas (Bielefeld University)
  Question answering over linked data

* Tasos Kementsietsidis (IBM Research New York) and
  Zoi Kaoudi (IMIS, Athena Research Center)
  Query Processing for RDF databases

* Josep Lluís Larriba Pey, Norbert Martínez Bazán
  (Polytechnic University of Catalonia)
  and
  David Dominguez
  (Sparsity Technologies)
  Graph databases and their applications

* Roman Kontchakov (Birkbeck College)
  An introduction to description logics

* Marie-Laure Mugnier (University of Montpellier 2, France)
  Rules and Ontology-Based Data Access

* Özgür L. Özçep and Ralf Möller (Hamburg University of Technology)
  Ontology based data access on temporal and streaming data

* Spyros Kotoulas (IBM Research Ireland)
  Large-scale semantic and reasoning systems for cities

* Martin Theobald (University of Antwerp) and
  Iris Miliaraki (Yahoo Labs, Barcelona)
  Probabilistic Databases and Reasoning

* Danny Bickson (GraphLab)
  GraphLab: Large-Scale Machine Learning on Graphs

== APPLICATIONS ==

The number of attendees will be limited and participation will
depend on submitting an application which will undergo a
reviewing process.

Applications have to be submitted via Easychair using the
following URL and by selecting the RW2014 track:

https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rw2014

The program of the school will include a poster session, where
students can present and discuss their ongoing research with
lecturers and colleagues. Applicants who wish to participate
in the poster session shall tick the participation in poster
session group and include a poster title and abstract with
their application submission.

A selection of students attending RW will have the possibility to
also attend the RR Doctoral Consortium with the opportunity to
present their poster in a regular session of RR 2014. Students
interested to be considered in this selection process should
indicate it in their application.

Applications must be submitted in PDF format not exceeding 2
pages (min. font size 11pt) and contain the following information:

- Name, contact details
- Affiliation
- Motivation for participation
- Summary of profile
- Willing to present a poster? (if yes, add a poster title and abstract)
- Willing to be considered for RR2014 Doctoral Consortium?
- Supervisor (if applicable)
- Publications (if applicable)

== LECTURE NOTES ==

The course material used during the summer school will be
published with Springer's Lecture Notes in Computer Science
(LNCS) series.  A copy of the proceedings will be included in
the registration fees.

== GRANTS ==

There will be a limited number of student grants available for
the summer school (8-13 Sept 2014) and for the co-located RR2014
conference (15-17 Sept 2014).

== ORGANIZATION ==

* Organizing Chairs
   Manolis Koubarakis (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 
Greece)

   Giorgos Stamou (National Technical University of Athens, Greece)
   Giorgos Stoilos (National Technical University of Athens, Greece)

* Scientific Advisory Board
   Ian Horrocks (University of Oxford, UK)
   Phokion Kolaitis (University of California, Santa Cruz, USA)
   Georg Lausen (University of Freiburg, Germany)
   Gerhard Weikum (Max-Planck 

[UAI] Call for Applications: The 10th Reasoning Web Summer School (RW 2014)

[Giorgos Stoilos]

**
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
The 10th Reasoning Web Summer School (RW 2014)
Athens, Greece, September 8-13, 2014
http://reasoningweb.org/2014/
**

co-located with the:

- 8th International Conference on Web Reasoning and Rule Systems (RR 2014),
  Athens, Greece, September 15-17, 2014
  http://www.rr-conference.org/RR2014

The purpose of the Reasoning Web Summer School is to disseminate
recent advances on reasoning techniques which are of particular
interest to Semantic Web and Linked Data applications. It is
primarily intended for postgraduate (PhD or MSc) students,
postdocs, young researchers, and senior researchers wishing to
learn about Reasoning on the Semantic Web and related issues.
In 2014, the theme of the school is:

Reasoning on the Web in the Big Data Era

As in the previous years, lectures in the summer school will be
given by a distinguished group of expert lecturers. Apart from
their lectures, lecturers will also be present for the duration
of the school to interact and establish contacts with the students.

The summer school is co-located with RR2014, hence, there will be
a great opportunity for students to also attend a major event in
the area after the school. In addition, RR will also include a
Doctoral Consortium and students of RW are particularly encouraged
to also apply to the Doctoral consortium of RR - joint applications
are explicitly encouraged.

== IMPORTANT DATES ==

Application deadline: June 6, 2014
Notifications: June 15, 2014
Summer School Registration:  June 28, 2014

== CONFIRMED LECTURES ==

* Philipp Cimiano, Christina Unger and André Freitas (Bielefeld University)
  Question answering over linked data

* Tasos Kementsietsidis (IBM Research New York)
  Query Processing for RDF databases

* Josep Lluís Larriba Pey and
  Norbert Martínez Bazán (Polytechnic University of Catalonia)
  Graph databases and their applications

* Roman Kontchakov (Birkbeck College)
  An introduction to description logics

* Marie-Laure Mugnier (University of Montpellier 2, France)
  Rules and Ontology-Based Data Access

* Özgür L. Özçep and Ralf Möller (Hamburg University of Technology)
  Ontology based data access on temporal and streaming data

* Spyros Kotoulas (IBM Research Ireland)
  Large-scale semantic and reasoning systems for cities

* Martin Theobald (University of Antwerp) and
  Iris Miliaraki (Yahoo Labs, Barcelona)
  Probabilistic Databases and Reasoning

== APPLICATIONS ==

The number of attendees will be limited and participation will
depend on submitting an application which will undergo a
reviewing process.

Applications have to be submitted via Easychair using the
following URL and by selecting the RW2014 track:

https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rw2014

The program of the school will include a poster session, where
students can present and discuss their ongoing research with
lecturers and colleagues. Applicants who wish to participate
in the poster session shall tick the participation in poster
session group and include a poster title and abstract with
their application submission.

A selection of students attending RW will have the possibility to
also attend the RR Doctoral Consortium with the opportunity to
present their poster in a regular session of RR 2014. Students
interested to be considered in this selection process should
indicate it in their application.

Applications must be submitted in PDF format not exceeding 2
pages (min. font size 11pt) and contain the following information:

- Name, contact details
- Affiliation
- Motivation for participation
- Summary of profile
- Willing to present a poster? (if yes, add a poster title and abstract)
- Willing to be considered for RR2014 Doctoral Consortium?
- Supervisor (if applicable)
- Publications (if applicable)

== LECTURE NOTES ==

The course material used during the summer school will be
published with Springer's Lecture Notes in Computer Science
(LNCS) series.  A copy of the proceedings will be included in
the registration fees.

== GRANTS ==

There will be a limited number of student grants available for
the summer school (8-13 Sept 2014) and for the co-located RR2014
conference (15-17 Sept 2014).

== ORGANIZATION ==

* Organizing Chairs
   Manolis Koubarakis (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 
Greece)

   Giorgos Stamou (National Technical University of Athens, Greece)
   Giorgos Stoilos (National Technical University of Athens, Greece)

* Scientific Advisory Board
   Ian Horrocks (University of Oxford, UK)
   Phokion Kolaitis (University of California, Santa Cruz, USA)
   Georg Lausen (University of Freiburg, Germany)
   Gerhard Weikum (Max-Planck Institute for Informatics, Germany)

== CONTACT ==

For further information including sponsorship opportunities,
please contact the organizing chairs.

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[UAI] Call for Applications: RR 2014 Doctoral Consortium

[Giorgos Stoilos]

***
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS/PARTICIPATION
Doctoral Consortium, RR 2014
Athens, Greece, September 15-17, 2014
http://www.rr-conference.org/RR2014
***

The Doctoral Consortium of the 8th International Conference on Web
Reasoning and Rules Systems (RR 2014) will provide doctoral
students in Web Reasoning and related areas with a unique opportunity
to present and discuss their research directions, be involved into
state-of-the-art research discussion and supported in establishing
fruitful collaborations with prominent researchers and pioneers in
the field of Web Reasoning and Rules and related areas. The RR-DC
will also provide a forum where PhD students can share ideas, and
receive constructive feedback on ongoing work from peer students.

The co-location of RR 2014 with the Reasoning Web Summer School
and with other relevant related events will provide multiple
opportunities for participating students to enhance their education.

The RR-DC will allow participants to interact with established
researchers through the following initiatives:

- Student Workshop: a specific event conceived for creating a
  forum for fellow students interested in Web Reasoning and
  related topics.

- Mentoring Session: a session dedicated to DC Students which will
  be part of the program of the main conference.

During the Student Workshop participants will present their
research ideas in a regular talk, listen to ongoing work from peer
students and discuss their ongoing research with colleagues.
During the Mentoring Session each participant will have the
opportunity to present ongoing research to the broader audience of
the main conference by means of a poster. Moreover, during the
poster session each RR-DC attendee will meet its mentor, who is
a senior researcher that is in charge of providing feedback and
suggestions on topics of research, career and trends in Web Reasoning.

== IMPORTANT DATES ==

- Abstract submission: April 27, 2014
- Notification of acceptance: May 18, 2014
- Camera-Ready: June 6, 2014

== SUBMISSION INFORMATION ==

To apply for participation to the RR 2014 Doctoral Consortium
students are asked to submit

1. Cover Letter (max 1 page) containing:
  - The title of the research
  - Applicant's complete name, address and affiliation, email,
telephone number Name(s) and affiliation(s) of your
supervising professor(s)
  - A statement of interest in participating to the Doctoral
Consortium (less than 1 page)
2. Research Summary (max 7 pages) of their PhD research addressing
   the following aspects (possibly organized in separate sections):
  - Introduction and Motivation: The main problem you are trying to
tackle and why it is relevant
  - Background: What is the state-of-the-art in relation to existing
solutions to the problem
  - Goals and Results: Advances beyond the state-of-the-art in terms
of your specific contribution and research plan, as well as
expected achievements and possible evaluation metrics to establish
the level of success of your results
  - Research Plan: Current status of the research plan, and already
accomplished results (if any)
  - Bibliographical References
3. Letter of Recommendation
  - a short letter of recommendation written by your advisor(s)
indicating expected date of thesis submission and the current
status of your studies and research results.

Submission will be managed via Easychair.

https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rrdc2014

All the accepted contributions have to be presented.

== BEST DC CONTRIBUTION AWARD ==

The DC program committee will review student's applications and
will assign the Best RR-DC 2014 Contribution award among
participants. The award-winning contributor will present in the RR
2013 main program as regular (15 min) presentation, and will have
the option to have its research summary included in the proceedings
of the main conference in the form of a two-page extended abstract.

Students presenting a poster to the Reasoning Web Summer School can
use the same poster for the DC if accepted as short presentations.

== GRANTS ==

RR will be offering scholarships to participants to partially cover
registration and/or accommodation fees. Details will be announced
as soon as we have more information about the number and amount of
scholarships.

== CHAIR ==

- Francesco Ricca (University of Calabria, Italy)

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[UAI] Call for Applications: The 10th Reasoning Web Summer School (RW 2014)

[Giorgos Stoilos]

**
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
The 10th Reasoning Web Summer School (RW 2014)
Athens, Greece, September 8-13, 2014
http://reasoningweb.org/2014/
**

co-located with the:

- 8th International Conference on Web Reasoning and Rule Systems (RR 2014),
  Athens, Greece, September 15-17, 2014
  http://www.rr-conference.org/RR2014

The purpose of the Reasoning Web Summer School is to disseminate
recent advances on reasoning techniques which are of particular
interest to Semantic Web and Linked Data applications. It is
primarily intended for postgraduate (PhD or MSc) students,
postdocs, young researchers, and senior researchers wishing to
learn about Reasoning on the Semantic Web and related issues.
In 2014, the theme of the school is:

Reasoning on the Web in the Big Data Era

As in the previous years, lectures in the summer school will be
given by a distinguished group of expert lecturers. Apart from
their lectures, lecturers will also be present for the duration
of the school to interact and establish contacts with the students.

The summer school is co-located with RR2014, hence, there will be
a great opportunity for students to also attend a major event in
the area after the school. In addition, RR will also include a
Doctoral Consortium and students of RW are particularly encouraged
to also apply to the Doctoral consortium of RR - joint applications
are explicitly encouraged.

== IMPORTANT DATES ==

Application deadline: June 6, 2014
Notifications: June 15, 2014
Summer School Registration:  June 28, 2014

== CONFIRMED LECTURES ==

* Philipp Cimiano (Bielefeld University)
  Question answering over linked data

* Tasos Kementsietsidis (IBM Research New York)
  Query Processing for RDF databases

* Josep Lluís Larriba Pey and
  Norbert Martínez Bazán (Polytechnic University of Catalonia)
  Graph databases and their applications

* Roman Kontchakov (Birkbeck College)
  An introduction to description logics

* Marie-Laure Mugnier (University of Montpellier 2, France)
  Rules and Ontology-Based Data Access

* Özgür L. Özçep and Ralf Möller (Hamburg University of
  Technology)
  Ontology based data access on temporal and streaming data

* Spyros Kotoulas (IBM Research Ireland)
  Large-scale semantic and reasoning systems for cities

* Martin Theobald (University of Antwerp)
  Probabilistic Databases and Reasoning

== APPLICATIONS ==

The number of attendees will be limited and participation will
depend on submitting an application which will undergo a
reviewing process.

Applications have to be submitted via Easychair using the
following URL and by selecting the RW2014 track:

https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rw2014

The program of the school will include a poster session, where
students can present and discuss their ongoing research with
lecturers and colleagues. Applicants who wish to participate
in the poster session shall tick the participation in poster
session group and include a poster title and abstract with
their application submission.

A selection of students attending RW will have the possibility to
also attend the RR Doctoral Consortium with the opportunity to
present their poster in a regular session of RR 2014. Students
interested to be considered in this selection process should
indicate it in their application.

Applications must be submitted in PDF format not exceeding 2
pages (min. font size 11pt) and contain the following information:

- Name, contact details
- Affiliation
- Motivation for participation
- Summary of profile
- Willing to present a poster? (if yes, add a poster title and abstract)
- Willing to be considered for RR2014 Doctoral Consortium?
- Supervisor (if applicable)
- Publications (if applicable)

== LECTURE NOTES ==

The course material used during the summer school will be
published with Springer's Lecture Notes in Computer Science
(LNCS) series.  A copy of the proceedings will be included in
the registration fees.

== GRANTS ==

The organizing committee will offer a limited number of
student grants to summer school and to the co-located RR2014
conference participants to partially cover registration and/or
accommodation fees, depending on available sponsorships.

== ORGANIZATION ==

* Organizing Chairs
   Manolis Koubarakis (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 
Greece)

   Giorgos Stamou (National Technical University of Athens, Greece)
   Giorgos Stoilos (National Technical University of Athens, Greece)

* Scientific Advisory Board
   Ian Horrocks (University of Oxford, UK)
   Phokion Kolaitis (University of California, Santa Cruz, USA)
   Georg Lausen (University of Freiburg, Germany)
   Gerhard Weikum (Max-Planck Institute for Informatics, Germany)

== CONTACT ==

For further information including sponsorship opportunities,
please contact the organizing chairs.
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