CALL for PARTICIPATION
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES
EWSCS is a series of regional-scope international winter schools held annually in Estonia. EWSCS are organized by Institute of Cybernetics, a research institute of Tallinn University of Technology.
The main objective of EWSCS is to expose Estonian, Baltic, and Nordic graduate students in computer science (but also interested students from elsewhere) to frontline research topics usually not covered within the regular curricula. The working language of the schools is English.
EWSCS'16 is the twenty first event of the series.
PROGRAMME
The schools' scientific programme consists of short courses by renowned specialists and a student session.
Courses of EWSCS'16
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Herman Geuvers (Institute for Computing and Information Science, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands):
The power of lambda calculus and types (details) -
Ralf Hinze (Institute for Computing and Information Science, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands):
An introduction to string diagrams (details) -
Sun-Yuan Kung (Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University, USA):
Kernel learning machines for compressive privacy protection of internet/cloud data (details) -
Matteo Maffei (Fachrichtung Informatik, Universität des Saarlandes, Germany):
Differential privacy, theory and applications (details) -
Thomas Schneider (CRISP, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany):
Practical secure two-party computation and applications (details)
The purpose of the student session is to give students an opportunity to present their work (typically, thesis work) and get feedback. Registrants are invited to propose short talks (20 min) on topics of theoretical computer science, broadly understood. The selection will be based on abstracts of 150-400 words (see the instruction).
The social programme consists of an excursion and a conference dinner.
VENUE
Palmse is a small settlement 80 kms to the east from Tallinn in the county of Lääne-Viru. It is renowned for a large manor that used to belong to the von Pahlen family, today hosting the visitors' center of the Lahemaa National Park, a museum, and a hotel.
The school will organize a bus from Tallinn to Palmse and back.
View EWSCS venue - Palmse in a larger map
APPLICATION AND COST
To apply for a place, fill in the online participation application form.
The deadline for application and submission of student talk abstracts (see the instruction) is 26 February 2016. We will notify within a day from application.
Admitted participants are entitled and expected to attend the courses and student session of the school. They will also receive a memory stick with the course material and access to additional materials on the school website.
The participation fee is 320 EUR and includes full board accommodation at Palmse, transportation from Tallinn to Palmse, an excursion and conference dinner (by contributing towards the associated expense). Payment will be by bank transfer and credit card, but please do not pay before having been accepted to the school.
For some applicants from abroad with funding difficulty, we may be able to reduce the fee by 50 pct. To apply for this fee reduction, please fill in the online fee reduction request form.
PROGRAMME COMMITTEE / ORGANISING COMMITTEE
- Tarmo Uustalu (Institute of Cybernetics) (chair)
- Monika Perkmann (Institute of Cybernetics) (secretary)
- Peeter Laud (Cybernetica AS)
- Varmo Vene (University of Tartu)
- Dominique Unruh (University of Tartu)
SPONSORS
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EMAIL CONTACTewscs16(at)cs.ioc.ee |
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February 16, 2016 22:00 Europe/Helsinki (GMT +02:00)
by
local organizers, ewscs16(at)cs.ioc.ee
EWSCS'16 page:
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