Call for Participation

2011 IEEE-CIS / Surrey Winter School on Computational Intelligence - Theory and Industrial Applications

4-7 January, 2011, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK

Organizers


• Prof Yaochu Jin
  Department of Computing, University of Surrey, UK
  yaochu.jin@surrey.ac.uk
• Dr Damien Coyle
  School of Computing and Intelligent Systems, University of Ulster, UK
  dh.coyle@ulster.ac.uk
• Dr David Elizondo
  Department of Informatics, De Montfort University, UK
  elizondo@dmu.ac.uk


Aim and Target


It is our pleasure to call for participation to the 2011 IEEE-CIS / Surrey Winter School on Computational Intelligence - Theory and Industry Applications (SWS-TIA'2011). The main goal of the winter 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 winter 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. A detailed schedule can be found here.


• Prof. Erkki Oja, Aalto University, Finland (confirmed)
  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 (confirmed)
  State-of-the-Art of Supervised and Semi-Supervised Machine Learning
  • Part 1: Supervised learning
  • Part 2: Semi-supervised learning
• Dr Xiaojun Zeng, Manchester University, UK (confirmed)
  Learning from Data - Fuzzy System Theory, Algorithms and Applications
• Dr Godfried Williams, Intellas UK Ltd, UK (confirmed)
  The Role of Cyber Security Technologies in Emergency Management Planning
• Prof. Edward Tsang, University of Essex, UK (confirmed)
  How Computational Intelligence can help Economics
• Prof. Yaochu Jin, University of Surrey, UK (confirmed)
  Evolutionary Optimization in Uncertain Environments with Application to Aerodynamic Design
• Dr Thomas Runkler, Siemens AG, Corporate Technology, Germany (confirmed)
  Intelligent Systems and Control at Siemens Corporate Technology
• Dr Danil Prokhorov, Toyota Technical Center, USA (confirmed)
  Computational Intelligence in Automotive R&D

Poster Sessions


We have two afternoon poster sessions for participants of the winter 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. Information for accommodation will be made available soon. The registration fees are:


• Full-time students (early / late): 300.00 / 400.00 GBP
• Part-time students / Academics (early / late): 400.00 / 500.00 GBP
• Industry (early / late): 600.00 / 700 GBP

The early registration deadline is 29 November, 2010. Inquiries regarding registrations and accommodation should be directed to Mrs. Maggie Burton (email: Maggie.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 SWS-TIA'2011, 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.




Last updated in 27 September, 2010.