Connectionists: Southeast Asia Machine Learning School 2020 in Vietnam

[Wittawat Jitkrittum]

Dear all,



The second edition of the Southeast Asia Machine Learning School (SeaMLS
<http://seamls.ai/> 2020) will be held at  Da Nang City People’s Committee
in Da Nang, Vietnam between July 20th - July 25th, 2020. The SeaMLS
provides a unique opportunity for the underrepresented Southeast Asian
machine learning community to learn from the top experts in the field,
engage with like-minded students, academics, researchers, industry
practitioners, and thought leaders in the field, and understand the current
and future challenges in machine learning research, theory, and
applications.



== SCOPE ==

As the Southeast Asian community has been largely underrepresented in the
machine learning field, the SeaMLS aims to kickstart an effort to inspire,
encourage, and educate more machine learning engineers, researchers, and
data scientists within the Southeast Asian region and beyond in the coming
years. In particular, we work towards a critical vision of more Southeast
Asians as pioneers, contributors, and shapers within the machine learning
community.




== INVITED SPEAKERS ==

   1.

   Aishwarya Agrawal <https://www.cc.gatech.edu/~aagrawal307/index.html>
   (DeepMind)
   2.

   Hung Bui <http://www.ai.sri.com/~bui/> (VinAI Research)
   3.

   Wray Buntine <https://research.monash.edu/en/persons/wray-buntine>
   (Monash University)
   4.

   Yun-Nung Vivian Chen
   <https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=jQLg-_UAAAAJ&hl=en> (National
   Taiwan University)
   5.

   Kyunghyun Cho <http://www.kyunghyuncho.me/> (NYU & Facebook AI Research)
   6.

   Jeff Dean <https://research.google/people/jeff/> (Google AI)
   7.

   Domenic Donato
   <https://www.linkedin.com/in/domenicdonato?originalSubdomain=uk>
   (DeepMind)
   8.

   Sara Hooker <https://www.sarahooker.me/> (Google Brain)
   9.

   Wee Sun Lee <https://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~leews/> (National University
   of Singapore)
   10.

   Huyen Nguyen <https://huyenchip.com/> (Machine learning startup)
   11.

   Seong Joon Oh <https://seongjoonoh.com/> (NAVER)
   12.

   Maneesh Sahani <https://www.gatsby.ucl.ac.uk/~maneesh/> (Gatsby Unit,
   University College London)



We are currently inviting more speakers, which will be updated on the
website <https://www.seamls.ai/speakers/>.




== APPLICATION ==

We are currently inviting applications for the SeaMLS. The application
process can be accessed here <https://www.seamls.ai/participate/>; please
consult our FAQ <https://www.seamls.ai/faq/> for more details. The
application process will close on April 3rd, 2020.



Everyone is welcome to apply regardless of nationality or place of
residence.  No deep knowledge or prior experience in machine learning is
required, although participants are expected to have some basic background
on probabilities and programming.




== TRAVEL GRANTS ==

We will have a limited number of financial assistance available for student
participants traveling from within the Southeast Asian region. Depending on
the financial needs, the travel grant can include travel cost
reimbursements (including airplane tickets, up to a certain amount) and
accommodation near the event venue, although we may not be able to cover
the costs in full.




== STRUCTURE ==

The SeaMLS will cover a one-week program that includes technical lecture
sessions on basic and intermediate topics in machine learning and its
applications, along with panel sessions. In addition, the event features a
hands-on practical session to learn how to implement deep learning models
in a modern software stack, social sessions, and poster presentation
sessions.




== REGISTRATION FEES ==

Student participants - free-of-charge

Industry - US$ 300

Academia - US$ 200



The registration fee covers access to all lectures, panels, practical
sessions, and social events, along with lunch and two coffee breaks per day.




== VENUE ==

The event will be held at Da Nang City People's Committee in Da Nang,
Vietnam.

The venue is about 15 minutes by car from Da Nang International Airport.




== ORGANIZERS AND CONTACT ==

1. Dani Yogatama <https://dyogatama.github.io/> (DeepMind)

2. Adhi Kuncoro <https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~akuncoro/> (University of Oxford &
DeepMind)

3. Wittawat Jitkrittum <http://wittawat.com/> (Max Planck Institute for
Intelligent Systems)

4. Thang Luong <https://research.google/people/105176/> (Google Brain)

5. Febria Roosita
<https://www.linkedin.com/in/febriaroo/?originalSubdomain=id> (Google
Indonesia)

6. Ngân Vũ <http://ngan.vu/> (NV) (DeepMind)


Please direct any queries to seamls-team at googlegroups.com.



Thank you for your kind attention and please do not hesitate to contact us
for any questions.



Kind regards,



The SeaMLS Organizing Team
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