BISS'03 call for participation

[Eugenio Moggi]

BISS 2003 - First Call for Participation
Bertinoro International Spring School
for Graduate Studies in Computer Science
3-14 March 2003, Bertinoro (Forli), Italy
URL: http://www.cs.unibo.it/biss2003/

SCOPE
The consortium of Italian Computer Science PhD granting institutions
sponsors an annual school offering four graduate-level courses
aimed at first-year PhD students.  In addition to introducing
students to timely research topics, the school is meant to promote
acquaintance and collaboration among young European researchers.

COURSES
The 2003 edition of the School is the 9th in the series.  The school
will offer 4 courses each consists of 15 hours of lecturing:

- Reliability theory and methods, A.Bobbio (Univ. Piemonte Orientale)
- Multi-resolution Geometric Modeling, L.De Floriani, E.Puppo (Univ. di Genova)
- Statistical learning theory, A.Verri (Univ. di Genova)
- Advanced Algorithm Design and Engineering, C.Zaroliagis (Univ. of Patras)

A final evaluation for each course is possible through a final exam or
project as determined by the instructor.  The daily schedule admits
laboratory, recitation or working group activities to be organized in
addition to the lectures.

REGISTRATION
The registration fee for the School is 850.00 Euro and includes all
local expenses from the evening of 2 March to mid-day on 14 March
including on-site lodging in double occupancy rooms and meals.
Attendance is limited to 50 students and will be allocated on a
first-come-first-served basis.

SCHOLARSHIPS
There is limited funding from COOPERLINK to cover the registration fee
for PhD students coming from the following countries: Albania, Bosnia
and Herzegowina, Croatia, Greece, Federal Republic of Yugoslava, Slovenia.

IMPORTANT DATES
10 January 2003	scholarship application deadline
20 January 2003 notification of scholarship award
31 January 2003 registration deadline
3-14 March 2003 school

LOCATION
The School will be held in the small medieval hilltop town of
Bertinoro. This town is in Emilia Romagna about 50km east of Bologna
at an elevation of about 230m.  It is easily reached by train and taxi
from Bologna and is close to many splendid Italian locations such as
Ravenna, Rimini on the Adriatic coast, and the Republic of San Marino.
The School will be held in an ex-Episcopal fortress that has been
converted by the University of Bologna into a modern conference center
with computing facilities and Internet access.

MORE INFORMATION is available from http://www.cs.unibo.it/biss2003/

SCIENTIFIC DIRECTORS: E.Moggi (Genova) O.Babaoglu (Bologna) A.Maggiolo (Pisa)

LOCAL ORGANIZATION: A.Montresor (Bologna) A.Bandini, M.Schiavi (CeUB)

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