Apr 27, 2008

DAAD International Summer School Computational Logic

Call for Participation

This summer school is an academic and cultural event sponsored by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD - Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst) and Technische Universität Dresden, Germany. This event will be hosted by the Faculty of Computer Science, University of Indonesia. It provides an in-depth introduction into computational logic and its applications.

It is primarily intended for graduate students and researchers with interests in logical foundations of intelligent systems and related issues.

The courses are conducted in English. The number of participants is limited.

The school will take place in the Faculty of Computer Science, University of Indonesia Kampus UI Depok/Jakarta, Indonesia. Information on how to reach the school location can be found here or here.

Registration

Registration is requested before June 12th, 2008; please fill in the registration form and email it to cl-ss@cs.ui. ac.id (or click the apply button to register online), making sure you include a very brief biography (5-10 lines) stating your experience, interests, home page (if available), etc. We select applicants in case of excessive demand. Final decisions will be made on June 19th, 2008.

We ask for a participation fee of 50 EUR or Rp.700 000,-. Please pay this fee in cash on your arrival at the school.

A limited number of grants covering basic expenses are available; please indicate in your application if the only possibility for you to participate is via a grant. Applications for grants must include an estimate for economic travel costs and they should be sent together with the registration. We provide assistance in finding an accommodation in Depok/Jakarta.

Course Program

The courses are scheduled over two weeks from 4 August until 15 August 2008. The time table is described below, whereas the abstracts of each course as well as the course materials can be found here

First week: 4 August - 8 August Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri
09:30 - 10:30 Opening Hölldobler Großmann Stefanus Alumni Day
11:00 - 12:00 Hölldobler Großmann Tiu Hölldobler Alumni Day
13:30 - 14:30 Großmann Tiu Hölldobler Tiu Alumni Day
15:00 - 16:00 Hölldobler Großmann visit to a German company Stefanus Alumni
Day
16:30 - 17:30 Großmann Tiu visit to a German company Tiu Alumni Day
Evening joint dinner

Second week: 11 August - 15 August Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri
09:30 - 10:30 Stefanus Stefanus Posegga Ganter Posegga
11:00 - 12:00 Turhan Ganter Turhan Turhan Ganter
13:30 - 14:30 Ganter Posegga Ganter Posegga Farewell
15:00 - 16:00 Posegga Stefanus guided city tour Turhan
16:30 - 17:30 Turhan funding infos by DAAD guided city tour infos by German
Embassy
Evening joint dinner

On the first day (Monday August 4, 2008), an opening ceremony is planned to
start at 9:30 AM.

Cultural Programs

The city of Jakarta, being the capital of Indonesia, is by far, the largest and most important city in Indonesia. Amidst crowded and dynamic city life, you can find many interesting and historic sightseeing sites accross the city. To discover what Jakarta is really like, a guided city tour will be organized for all participants of the summer school on Wednesday, August 13, 2008.

Aside from the guided city tour, there will be two joint dinners for lecturers and students. The first dinner will be held on Wednesday August 6, 2008, whereas the second one on Wednesday August 13, 2008.

Accomodation

University of Indonesia has a Hotel inside the Depok Campus, called Wisma Makara. See the information in English or in Bahasa Indonesia. The cost of a standard plus room is Rp. 290.000,00 per night, whereas a standard room costs Rp. 260.000,00 per night. This cost includes breakfast.

There is also a guesthouse at the Japanese Study Center inside UI. A suite double room costs Rp. 210.000,00 per night, whereas the cost of a single room is Rp. 210.000 (with Air Conditioner) Rp. 120.000,00 per night without breakfast and dinner.

To reserve your accomodation, please fill in the accomodation form before July 11th, 2008. For information about currency exchange rates, please click here. (Note: all values are in thousands; actual rates may vary slightly).

http://www.cs. ui.ac.id/ summerschool/

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