Running parallel with EII’s ECR Career Development Workshop

Call for Participation

DATE: 15-20 August 2008

LOCATION: ANU's Kioloa Coastal Campus, Kioloa NSW

URL: http://www.eii.edu.au/winter-school-08

Delegate List

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Presentations

Information Page for Delegates

Program

Themes

Research Theme: Data Management & Data Quality

Foundation Themes: Machine Learning & Research Methods

Topics & Speakers

Research Methods for Computer Science & Information Systems - A/Prof Joseph Davis, The University of Sydney, Australia

Machine Learning - Prof Rao Kotagiri, The University of Melbourne, Australia

Understanding the Semantics of Data Provenance  - Dr Sudha Ram, University of Arizona, USA

Entity Linkage: Similarity Measures and Algorithms - Dr Divesh Srivastava, AT&T Labs-Research, USA

Software/OS Profiling for Design and Assessment of Dependable Software (& OS's) - Prof Neeraj Suri, TU Darmstadt, Germany

Querying Large Graph Databases - Prof Jeffrey Xu Yu, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Objectives

The School is targeted at research students as well as early career researchers [ECRs] interested in exploring current research topics in the areas of data management and data quality as well as a foundational overview of research methods in CS & IS, and machine learning. The series of EII Schools brings PhD students and ECRs together with experienced national and international researchers from institutions across the EII network to enhance and invigorate research education, and to improve a depth of understanding of emerging and fundamental topics in ICT. The Schools offer an opportunity for PhD students and ECRs to share and discuss their research with peers and mentors, and to start developing ideas & concepts into research papers for submission to major international journals and conferences. The experience will also advance the development and raise the standard of the students’ dissertations and research publications in general.

Winter School Program

The program commences with a welcome dinner at 7.00pm Friday 15 August, and continues for 4.5 days [9am Saturday 16 to 2pm Wednesday 20 August] at the Kioloa Coastal Campus of the ANU, located 2.5 hours from Canberra and 3.5 hours from Sydney.

As well as the research and foundation lectures, the program will also include evening research poster sessions where delegates can discuss their research with the guest speakers and with each other. School participants are expected to present their research in poster form during the School. Please bring your research poster [A3 size or larger] with you to the School.

Travel & Accommodation Support

Students & ECRs from EII Member Universities

The registration fee is waived for the School, and full financial support for attendance may be available from the ARC Research Network in Enterprise Information Infrastructure [EII] for successful applicants from EII-member universities. This support includes, where relevant, return economy airfare, accommodation, catering, chartered bus from Sydney or Canberra airports, and School materials. To be considered for financial support, please submit an application.

Students & ECRs from other Australian Universities

The registration fee is $550 for the School. This charge includes accommodation, catering, chartered bus from Sydney or Canberra airports, and School materials.

Students & ECRs attending VLDB 2008

The registration fee is $550 for the School. This charge includes accommodation, catering, chartered bus from Sydney or Canberra airports, and School materials.

Other Applicants

The registration fee is $850 for the School. This charge includes accommodation, catering, chartered bus from Sydney or Canberra airports, and School materials.

Application Form for Winter School

The capacity of the School is strictly limited to 50 delegates only. Please submit your application by 1 July 2008. Application forms are available here. Delegates will be selected based on the relevance of their research backgrounds and interests to the School topics.

Registration

Registration Form for Winter School - Interstate Delegates

Registration Form for Winter School - Delegates from Canberra, Sydney, Newcastle & Wollongong

Important Dates

• 1 July 2008: Applications Due

• 4 July 2008: Successful Applicants Notified

• 15-20 August: Winter School & ECR Workshop

How the School is Funded

This event is supported under the Australian Research Council's Research Networks scheme. EII is funded from the Australian Research Council (ARC) in conjunction with funding provided by 21 institutions.

CONTACT:

Ms Kathleen Williamson, EII Network Manager

Tel (07) 3365 1649 Fax (07) 3365 3248

School of Information Technology & Electrical Engineering
The University of Queensland
Brisbane Q 4072 Australia