CFP Summer School on AI Technologies for Trust, Interoperability and Autonomy in Industry 4.0

Dear all,


see below a Call for Participation to our summer school in France, with strong focus on WoT technologies. This summer school shall give participants an overview of what comes along with WoT to create an industrial AI, in particular Knowledge Graphs and Multi-Agent Systems.


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Call for participation to the Summer School on
AI Technologies for Trust, Interoperability and Autonomy in Industry 4.0
27th to 31st of July 2020
Saint-Étienne, France
http://ci.mines-stetienne.fr/ai4industry

We invite PhD students and early stage researchers from academia or  industry to apply to the summer school we organise 27th to 31st of July  2020 on the topic of AI Technologies for Trust, Interoperability and  Autonomy in Industry 4.0, in a collaboration between French and German  institutions.
This summer school will have a unique format where participants will be  intensively working on concrete industry use cases: we plan to dedicate  most of the summer school to hands-on sessions while providing an  overview of the theoretical foundations underlying the practical work.

Topics
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The summer school will address various aspects of AI in Industry 4.0 (or Industry of the future) with a particular focus on:
* knowledge graphs
* the web of things
* decentralised AI
* responsible AI
Each of these topics will be covered in lectures and practical sessions,  then applied to the industry use cases to devise potential solutions.

Expected candidates and benefits
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We welcome applications from PhD students and early stage researchers  that have already some knowledge in at least one of the topics above,  but want to broaden their perspective and have a chance to apply their  skills on real problems. The benefits for the participants are:
* learn or improve knowledge in several areas of Artificial Intelligence
* get in touch with high profile researchers and professors
* build a network with other talented young researchers
* hack together plausible solutions to stimulating real-life problems
* have the opportunity to further develop your approach in collaboration with industry partners

How to apply
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We will limit the number of participants to 30 people. Therefore, in  case we receive too many applications, we will select attendees based on  their résumés and cover letter. Please use the form at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ai4industry to submit them in a single file.

The registration fees are 300 € including meals, coffee breaks, lunches  and special event dinner and accommodation at the student residence of  Mines Saint-Étienne. Thanks to our sponsorships, some fees may be  waived. If you need a fee waiver, please send us a motivation letter,  and we will consider your request in the limit of our budget.

Dates
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* Opening of application for participation: 27 February 2020
* End of application: 15 May 2020
* Notification of acceptance: 20 May 2020
* Deadline for registration: 15 June 2020
* Summer school: 27-31 July 2020


Contact and organising institutions
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Main contact: contact-ai4if@emse.fr
Mines de Saint-Étienne
Université Jean Monnet Saint-Étienne
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Fraunhofer IIS-SCS
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Best,

Victor