PROMISE Winter School in Italy

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Deadline: 28th December 2012
Open  to: PhD students, Masters students or senior researchers such as post-doctoral researchers from the fields of databases, information retrieval, and related fields.
Venue: Bressanone, Italy 4 – 8 February 2013

Description

The aim of the PROMISE Winter School 2013 on “Bridging between Information Retrieval and Databases” is to give participants a grounding in the core topics that constitute the multidisciplinary area of information access and retrieval to unstructured, semistructured, and structured information. The school is a week-long event consisting of guest lectures from invited speakers who are recognized experts in the field.

Eligibility

The school is intended for  PhD students, Masters students or senior researchers such as post-doctoral researchers from the fields of databases, information retrieval, and related fields.

Costs

Registration fees

  1. Master / Phd student: 350 Euro (double room)
  2. Academia / Industry: 500 Euro (single room), 450 Euro (double room)
Registration fees Include:
  • admission to all lectures
  • course material
  • accommodation (including breakfast)
  • daily coffee breaks
  • dinners
  • social event
** lunch needs to be organized by the participants.

STUDENT GRANTS

  • A few student grants are available. The GRANT will COVER registration fees for double room and, as far as possible, some travel support.
  • The organizers will select students who will be awarded the grant on the basis of their research profile and its relevance to the topic of the winter school.
  • The grant will be paid at the registration desk in Bressanone, when the student will register himself/herself. Therefore, the registration fees and the travel expenses have to be anticipated by the organization sending the student.
Accommodation
The accommodation for the participants registered with student status will be at Accademia Cusano and at the Bressanone Youth Hostel (Ostello Jugendhaus Kassianeum).
The accommodation for the participants registered with academia/industry status will be at the Hotel Goldenes Rossl Centre of Bressanone.

How to apply?

You can register and apply  here

Request for Student Grant is available here

Deadline for applications is 28 December 2012.

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