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Joint DELOS-MUSCLE Summer School on Multimedia Digital Libraries, Machine learning and cross-modal technologies for access and retrieval 12-17 June 2006, San Vincenzo, Italy
School site at INRIA (with lectures available for download and video lectures) Call for Participation Press release Presentation About one hundred European universities and research centres have been involved in the last few years in projects funded by EU addressing multimedia data analysis, computer vision and object recognition, multimedia management in large audio and video collections. Presently, two Network of Excellence of the sixth EU Framework Program, namely DELOS and MUSCLE, are addressing these subjects: the former, working in new generations of digital libraries, has a specific work package devoted to audio, video and non traditional objects digital libraries; the latter has many work packages oriented to exploiting machine learning for multimedia data retrieval and for cross-media analysis.
The Summer School on "Multimedia Digital Libraries, Machine learning and cross-modal technologies for access and retrieval" has been jointly organized by those two Networks, and will be held in San Vincenzo, Italy (about 50 Km South of Pisa), from 12 to 17 June 2006.
The aim of the school is to promote advanced experiences and implementations and, more in general, to improve knowledge in these fields. The school will be open to researchers and practitioners who are interested in audio-visual and multimedia digital libraries and in advanced solutions and technologies for their implementation. It will also contribute to establish a common vision of the future ICT technologies for digital libraries, and ultimately will represent a significant opportunity to exchange experiences, to share common problems and to start new joint activities. No specific prerequisites are required, but it is recommended that participants have experience in using information management systems dealing with multimedia data.
Technologies for multimedia digital libraries span over many disciplines: information systems, knowledge representation, computer vision, audio and image processing, compression and storage, machine learning and information retrieval, multimedia data mining, cross-media analysis, user interfaces and interoperability. On these topics, the School program has planned highly qualified lectures given by international researchers, addressing theoretical approaches and practical solutions. School Programme This one-week intensive school will consist of eight half-day lectures and one half-day dedicated to BOF (Birds of a Feather) sessions, i.e., discussions in smaller groups on specific topics of common interest, with the participation of the lecturers. The morning half-day lectures will begin at 9:00 and end at 12:00, with a coffee break during the morning. The afternoon lectures will begin at 15:30 and end at 18:30, with a coffee break in the afternoon. The programme of the School is shown below.
Programme
School Chairs Nozha Boujemaa - INRIA Roquencourt, France
Local Organizers Marco Bertini - University of Florence, Italy (
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School Secretariat Francesca Borri - ISTI - CNR, Pisa, Italy, ( )
Website Management INRIA Roquencourt, France
Sponsors DELOS NoE
Location and dates San Vincenzo, Italy, 12-17 June 2006
Venue San Vincenzo Harbour Tower
REGISTRATIONFor university students, PhD students and young researchers supported only by a research grant, the registration fee is waived (covered by DELOS) and attendance to the school is free. A letter of recommendation from the University or the research organization is required. The number of free places is limited and will be granted under a first come, first served policy.
For other attendants the registration fees are as follows:
To register please send all the requested registration information (see below) to Francesca Borri by email ( ) or by fax (+39-050-315-3464 or +39-050-315-2810). Please specify if you qualify for the waiving of the registration fee, and in that case attach a recommendation letter. Within a week from the receipt of the application the registration will be confirmed (or rejected if no more places are available). The deadline for receipt of registration requests is June 2nd, 2006.
Registration information
Registration PaymentYour registration will not become final until we receive payment. Cancellations received before May 5th, 2006 will be completely refunded. Cancellations received after May 5th, 2006 but before June 2nd, 2006 will incur a charge of 25% to cover administration costs. Refunds for cancellations after June 2nd, 2006 cannot normally be made. Substitutions of participants may be made at any time up to the start of the School. Payment can be made by credit card, bank transfer or money order, banker's draft or international cheque.
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For your convenience, please find attached a form that can be printed, filled-in and brought to your bank. The bank transfer form can also be dowloaded from the DELOS web site (www.delos.info).
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Francesca Borri
Registration FORMSRegistration payment by bank transfer
AccommodationA number of hotels with a broad range of prices are within walking distance from the school. We regret that we are not able to provide support for hotel reservations. Information about accommodations in San Vincenzo can be found at:
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