<div dir="ltr"><h3 style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:1.2em;vertical-align:baseline;clear:both;color:rgb(42,42,42);font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;line-height:16.7999992370605px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Call for 2016 IEEE CIS Winter Schools Proposals</h3><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 10px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(42,42,42);font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;line-height:16.7999992370605px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">Important Dates:</strong></p><ul style="margin:0px 0px 10px 20px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-position:outside;color:rgb(42,42,42);font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;line-height:16.7999992370605px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><li style="margin:0px 0px 5px;padding:0px 0px 0px 5px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">Eligible period: <strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">1 December 2015 to 31 March 2016</strong></li><li style="margin:0px 0px 5px;padding:0px 0px 0px 5px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">Deadline for submitting the proposal: <strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(255,0,0);background:transparent">15 September 2015</span></strong></li><li style="margin:0px 0px 5px;padding:0px 0px 0px 5px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">Notification of the outcome of the review process: <strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">01 October 2015</strong></li></ul><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 10px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(42,42,42);font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;line-height:16.7999992370605px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">You are encouraged to submit a proposal to hold a CIS winter school in Computational Intelligence from <strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">Dec 2015 to Mar 2016</strong>. If the proposal is approved, and upon request, CIS will provide a financial contribution to support the initiative. The amount of the financial support from CIS depends on the available budget, the number of financed proposals and the soundness of the school budget. </p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 10px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(42,42,42);font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;line-height:16.7999992370605px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">The CIS Summer schools subcommittee will review received proposals based on the following criteria:</p><ol style="margin:0px 0px 10px 26px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-position:outside;color:rgb(42,42,42);font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;line-height:16.7999992370605px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><li style="margin:0px 0px 5px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:1.4em;background:transparent">The quality of the proposed technical program and topic balance;</span></li><li style="margin:0px 0px 5px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:1.4em;background:transparent">The length of the school;</span></li><li style="margin:0px 0px 5px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:1.4em;background:transparent">The geographical balance of the proposals.</span></li></ol><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 10px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(42,42,42);font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;line-height:16.7999992370605px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">In writing your proposal, please address the following aspects:</p><ol style="margin:0px 0px 10px 26px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-position:outside;color:rgb(42,42,42);font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;line-height:16.7999992370605px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><li style="margin:0px 0px 5px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">Aim and target.</li><li style="margin:0px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