Call for Participation

2010 IEEE-CIS / Surrey Summer School on Computational Intelligence - Theory and Industrial Applications

August 9-13, 2010, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK

Aim and Target


It is our pleasure to call for participation to the 2010 IEEE-CIS / Surrey Summer School on Computational Intelligence - Theory and Industry Applications (SSS-TIA'2010). The main goal of the summer school is to provide senior undergraduate students, M.Sc. or PhD students, academics, and engineers from industry with hands-on knowledge on sophisticated CI algorithms and methods, most recent advances and developments in CI research, and substantial examples of successful CI applications to solving industry problems, thereby strengthening the connection between academia and industry. The courses will be given by both leading CI researchers from academia and experienced CI practitioners and managers from major industry. The summer school is co-sponsored by University of Surrey and the Education Committee of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society.


Courses and Lecturers


The courses consist of five modules of Computational Intelligence Methods (CIM), and five modules of Computational Intelligence Applications (CIA). Each CIM module is composed of two 1.5-hour lectures, while each CIA consists of one 2-hour lecture. The following speakers have already confirmed to give a lecture at SSS-TIA'2010:


• Prof. Erkki Oja, Aalto University, Finland
  Neural Networks and Unsupervised Machine Learning
  
  • Part 1: Linear Latent Variable Models: PCA, NMF, and ICA
    
  • Part 2: Clustering and Self-Organization: k-NN and SOM
• Dr Ke Chen, Manchester University, UK
  State-of-the-Art of Supervised and Semi-Supervised Machine Learning
  • Part 1: Supervised learning
  • Part 2: Semi-supervised learning
• Dr Shengxiang Yang, Brunel University, UK
  
  • Part 1: Evolutionary Optimization in Stationary Environments
  • Part 2: Evolutionary Optimization in Dynamic Environments
• Dr Xiaojun Zeng, Manchester University, UK
  Learning from Data - Fuzzy System Theory, Algorithms and Applications
• Dr Ricardo Baeza-Yates, VP for EMEA & LatAm, Yahoo! Research Barcelona
  Mining the Web 2.0 to Improve Search
• Prof. Edward Tsang, University of Essex, UK
  How Computational Intelligence can help Economics
• Prof. Yaochu Jin, University of Surrey, UK
  Promises and Challenges in Evolutionary Aerodynamic Design Optimization
• Dr Thomas Runkler, Siemens AG, Corporate Technology, Germany
  Intelligent Systems and Control at Siemens Corporate Technology
• Dr Danil Prokhorov, Toyota Technical Center, USA
  Computational Intelligence in Automotive R&D

Poster Sessions


We have two afternoon poster sessions for participants of the summer school to present their own research results. Selected work will be considered to be published in a book collection.

Registration and Accommodation


The registration fee includes registration of the lectures, lunch and coffee during the breaks. We will be able to provide a limited number of rooms within our campus accommodation. The rate for these rooms including breakfast is 42.55 GBP per night. Late registration is possible, but we cannot guarantee the availability of campus accommodation. The registration fees are:


• Full-time students (early /late): 400.00 / 500.00 GBP
• Part-time students / Academics: (early / late): 500.00 / 600.00 GBP
• Industry (early / late): 900.00 / 1000.00 GBP

The early registration deadline is July 12, 2010. Inquiries regarding registrations and accommodation should be directed to Mrs. Maggie Burton (email: M.Burton@surrey.ac.uk, Phone: +44 1483 686140).

Download the Registration Form in Word Document or in PDF..


IEEE CIS Student Scholarships


The IEEE Computational Intelligence Society is able to provide four student Scholarships to participants of the SSS-TIA'2010, including one international student outside Europe, one from Europe outside UK, and two from UK. If you want to apply for a student scholarship, please visit IEEE CIS Summer School Webpage at http://ieee-cis.org/edu/schools/. If you have any questions regarding student scholarships, you may contact Dr. Moufid Harb (Email: mharbh@ieee.org), Chair of the Summer School Subcommittee of the IEEE CIS.


Please contact Prof Yaochu Jin ( Email: Yaochu.Jin@surrey.ac.uk, Phone: +44 1483 686037 ), Department of Computing, University of Surrey, UK for general enquiries.



Last updated in June 22, 2010.