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. EWSCS'06 is the eleventh event of the series.

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 subject of the schools is general computer science, with a bias towards theory, this comprising both algorithms, complexity and models of computation, and semantics, logic and programming theory. The working language of the schools is English.

PROGRAMME

The schools' scientific programme consists of short courses by renowned specialists and a student session.

The course list for EWSCS'06 is the following:

Jan Bergstra (Universiteit van Amsterdam, The Netherlands):
From Program Algebra to Thread Algebra (details)
Yvo Desmedt (University College London, UK):
Robust Operations Research (details)
Nicolas Halbwachs (Université Grenoble I / CNRS, France):
Synchronous Programming: Principles, Compilation, Verification (details)
James Massey (em., ETH Zürich, Switzerland):
Information Theory and Cryptography (details)
John Reynolds (Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA):
An Introduction to Separation Logic (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) or posters. The selection will be based on abstracts of 150-400 words.

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.

Tallinn, Estonia's capital, is famous for its picturesque medieval Old Town, a UNESCO World Heritage site. There are direct flights to Tallinn from London, Dublin, Paris, Milan, Amsterdam, Brussels, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Berlin, Prague, Warsaw, Moscow, Kiev, Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm, Gothenburg, Helsinki, Vilnius, Riga, ferries from Stockholm and Helsinki. From Vilnius, Riga, the Eurolines coach service is the practical travel option.

REGISTRATION AND COST

To register, fill in the online registration form. Please register early; the number of participants is limited.

The deadline for registration and submission of abstracts is 20 January 2006. All registrants will be notified of acceptance to school and acceptance of their talks/posters by 3 February 2006.

The participation fee is 4000 EEK (260 EUR) and includes the course material, full boarding, the transportation from Tallinn to Palmse, excursion and conference dinner. The fee must be paid by 17 February 2006 by one of the following methods:

By bank transfer to Institute of Cybernetics (Akadeemia tee 21, EE-12618 Tallinn, Estonia), Hansapank (Liivalaia 8, EE-15040 Tallinn, Estonia, BIC/SWIFT code HABA EE2X), account No. 22 100 712 2812 (IBAN EE78 2200 2210 0712 2812). Please refer to EWSCS'06 plus your name and make sure that the payment is made in EEK or EUR and that you are paying both the sender's and receiver's costs.

By Visa or Mastercard. Please fill out this form, submit it, then print and sign the generated pdf file and send it by fax or regular mail to Institute of Cybernetics, Akadeemia tee 21, 12618 Tallinn, Estonia, fax no. +372 620 4151.

Participants from Tallinn University of Technology and University of Tartu should check with their supervisors about the funds they have to support them. They can also apply for funding from the Tiigriülikool+ programme of the Estonian Information Technology Foundation, the deadline is 30 November 2005.

EWSCS'06 is an ETN DEC affiliated event, hence the partners of the project can use the project funds to support their students' participation in the school. In addition, it is likely that the Baltech consortium of technical universities can support some students of its member universities; come back for updates on this.

For some participants from elsewhere, we may be able to reduce the fee. To apply for such a partial fee waiver, please fill in the online fee reduction application form.

PROGRAMME COMMITTEE / ORGANISING COMMITTEE

Tarmo Uustalu (Institute of Cybernetics) (chair)
Monika Perkmann (Institute of Cybernetics) (secretary)
Helger Lipmaa (Cybernetica AS)
Jaan Penjam (Institute of Cybernetics)
Jüri Vain (Tallinn University of Technology)
Peeter Laud (University of Tartu)
Varmo Vene (University of Tartu)

WEBPAGE

www.cs.ioc.ee/yik/schools/win2006/

EMAIL CONTACT

ewscs06(at)cs.ioc.ee

11th Estonian Winter School in Computer Science (EWSCS) XI Eesti Arvutiteaduse Talvekool

Palmse, Estonia, March 5-10, 2006

under the auspices of European Educational Forum