Call for Applications

IEEE International Summer School on Semantic Computing

July 20-24, 2009
at the University of California, Berkeley

co-sponsored by the Institute of Semantic Computing and STI International

Semantic Computing is currently emerging as a new field that integrates methods from multimedia (computer vision, speech processing), natural language processing, Semantic Web and ontology engineering, software engineering, and other fields, with the goal of creating new applications that connect intuitively formulated user intentions with the content of data. The summer school will provide an introduction to the field to senior undergraduate and graduate students. A mix of young and well-established researchers and educators will present recent research results, as for example presented
in the IEEE conferences on Semantic Computing. The tutorials will be complemented by keynote talks by renowned experts in the respective areas.

The 5-day event is taking place on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley and the curriculum will include the following topics:

• Formal Semantics
• Semantic Web and Services
• Ontology Engineering
• Multimedia
• Natural Language Processing

Application
Applicants are kindly requested to fill in the application form at http://sssc2009.org/application/.

Upon acceptance by the organization committee of the summer school, the successful applicants will be expected to pay the registration fee of 1200 US-Dollar before June, 1st 2009. The fee covers tuition, teaching materials, hands-on sessions, use of computers, room and board, from Sunday evening (July, 19th 2009) to Friday lunch (July, 24th 2009), as well as social events.

Important Dates

• February, 15: Application opens
• May, 1: Application closes
• May, 8: Notification of acceptance/Registration opens
• June, 1: Registration completed
• July, 20: School starts

For more information about the summer school, please visit the following website: http://sssc2009.org/.