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> 2014 TARRAGONA INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL ON TRENDS IN COMPUTING
>
> SSTiC 2014
>
> Tarragona, Spain
>
> July 7-11, 2014
>
> Organized by
> Rovira i Virgili University
>
> http://grammars.grlmc.com/sstic2014/
>
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>
> AIM:
>
> SSTiC 2014 is the second edition in a series started in 2013. For the
> previous event, see http://grammars.grlmc.com/SSTiC2013/
>
> SSTiC 2014 will be a research training event mainly addressed to PhD
> students and PhD holders in the first steps of their academic career. It
> intends to update them about the most recent developments in the diverse
> branches of computer science and its neighbouring areas. To that purpose,
> renowned scholars will lecture and will be available for interaction with
> the audience.
>
> SSTiC 2014 will cover the whole spectrum of computer science through 5
> keynote lectures and 30 six-hour courses dealing with the hottest topics in
> the field. The organizers share the idea that outstanding speakers will
> really attract high-quality students.
>
> ADDRESSED TO:
>
> Graduate students from around the world. There are no formal pre-requisites
> in terms of the academic degree the attendee must hold. However, since there
> will be several levels in the courses, reference may be made to specific
> knowledge background in the description of some of them.
>
> SSTiC 2014 is also appropriate for more senior people who want to keep
> themselves updated on developments in their own field or in other branches
> of computer science. They will surely find it fruitful to listen and discuss
> with scholars who are main references in computing nowadays.
>
> REGIME:
>
> In addition to keynotes, 3 parallel sessions will be held during the whole
> event. Participants will be able to freely choose the courses they will be
> willing to attend as well as to move from one to another.
>
> VENUE:
>
> SSTiC 2014 will take place in Tarragona, located 90 kms. to the south of
> Barcelona. The venue will be:
>
> Campus Catalunya
> Universitat Rovira i Virgili
> Av. Catalunya, 35
> 43002 Tarragona
>
> KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
>
> Larry S. Davis (U Maryland, College Park), A Historical Perspective of
> Computer Vision Models for Object Recognition and Scene Analysis
>
> George Karypis (U Minnesota, Twin Cities), Recommender Systems Past,
> Present, & Future
>
> Ronald R. Yager (Iona C, New Rochelle), tba
>
> ... more will come ...
>
> COURSES AND PROFESSORS:
>
> Divyakant Agrawal (U California, Santa Barbara), [intermediate] Scalable
> Data Management in Enterprise and Cloud Computing Infrastructures
>
> Rajkumar Buyya (U Melbourne), [intermediate] Cloud Computing
>
> Kwang-Ting (Tim) Cheng (U California, Santa Barbara),
> [introductory/intermediate] Smartphones: Hardware Platform, Software
> Development, and Emerging Apps
>
> Richard M. Fujimoto (Georgia Tech, Atlanta), [introductory] Parallel and
> Distributed Simulation
>
> Mark Guzdial (Georgia Tech, Atlanta), [introductory] Computing Education
> Research: What We Know about Learning and Teaching Computer Science
>
> George Karypis (U Minnesota, Twin Cities), [intermediate] Programming
> Models/Frameworks for Parallel & Distributed Computing
>
> Arie E. Kaufman (U Stony Brook), [advanced] Visualization
>
> Sudhakar M. Reddy (U Iowa, Iowa City), [introductory] Test and Design for
> Test of Digital Logic Circuits
>
> Robert Sargent (Syracuse U), [introductory] Validation of Models
>
> Mubarak Shah (U Central Florida, Orlando), [intermediate] Visual Crowd
> Analysis
>
> Steffen Staab (U Koblenz), [intermediate] Programming the Semantic Web
>
> Mike Thelwall (U Wolverhampton), [introductory] Sentiment Strength Detection
> for Twitter and the Social Web
>
> Nitin Vaidya (U Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), [introductory/intermediate]
> Distributed Consensus: Theory and Applications
>
> Philip Wadler (U Edinburgh), [intermediate] Topics in Lambda Calculus and
> Life
>
> ... more will come ...
>
> ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
>
> Adrian Horia Dediu (Tarragona)
> Carlos Martín-Vide (Tarragona, chair)
> Bianca Truthe (Magdeburg)
> Florentina Lilica Voicu (Tarragona)
>
> REGISTRATION:
>
> It has to be done at
>
> http://grammars.grlmc.com/sstic2014/registration.php
>
> The selection of up to 8 courses requested in the registration template is
> only tentative and non-binding. For the sake of organization, it will be
> helpful to have an approximation of the respective demand for each course.
>
> Since the capacity of the venue is limited, registration requests will be
> processed on a first come first served basis. The registration period will
> be closed when the capacity of the venue will be complete. It is very
> convenient to register prior to the event.
>
> FEES:
>
> As far as possible, participants are expected to attend for the whole (or
> most of the) week (full-time). Fees are a flat rate allowing one to attend
> all courses. They vary depending on the registration deadline.
>
> If seats will still be available, shortly prior to the event attending only
> a few days (part-time) may be permitted, with the appropriate adjustment of
> the fees.
>
> ACCOMMODATION:
>
> Information about accommodation will be available on the website of the
> School in due time.
>
> CERTIFICATE:
>
> Participants will be delivered a certificate of attendance.
>
> QUESTIONS AND FURTHER INFORMATION:
>
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> POSTAL ADDRESS:
>
> SSTiC 2014
> Lilica Voicu
> Rovira i Virgili University
> Av. Catalunya, 35
> 43002 Tarragona, Spain
>
> Phone: +34 977 559 543
> Fax: +34 977 558 386
>
> ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
>
> Departament d’Economia i Coneixement, Generalitat de Catalunya
> Universitat Rovira i Virgili
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