<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="col-6 col-sm-12 column kspeaker col-md-6"><h4 class=""><div class="" style="font-weight: normal;">**** We apologise for cross-postings ****</div><div class="" style="font-weight: normal;">****<b class=""> Please forward this e-mail to potentially interested students/researchers</b> ****</div><div class="" style="font-weight: normal;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="font-weight: normal;">International Summer School on Situation Awareness in Cognitive Technologies 2021</div><div class="" style="font-weight: normal;">Theory and Application</div><div class="" style="font-weight: normal;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="font-weight: normal;">September 6-11th, 2021 at Magdeburg, Germany. In conjunction with ICHMS 2021.</div><div class="" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://isact.cogsy.de/" class="">http://isact.cogsy.de/</a></div><div class="" style="font-weight: normal;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="font-weight: normal;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="font-weight: normal;">*** Scope: ***</div><div class="" style="font-weight: normal;">We are pleased to announce that the International Summer School on Situation Awareness in Cognitive Technologies (ISACT 2021) will be held from September 6 to 11, 2021 in Magdeburg, Germany, in conjunction with the IEEE International Conference on Human-Machine Systems (ICHMS 2021). </div><div class="" style="font-weight: normal;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="font-weight: normal;">Situation Awareness in Cognitive Technologies is a trending research direction that gained a lot of interest from the industry in recent years. Therefore, the summer school aims to present the fundamental aspects of situation awareness in cognitive technologies which can be discussed in an interdisciplinary context. There are a couple of aspects to consider: Situation Awareness, Cognitive Technologies, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), and Explainable AI (XAI). Especially the HCI context provides a link between theory and application which receives special attention in this summer school along with the recent trends in Explainable AI. To make this school an interactive learning experience, we would encourage the participants to share their research presentations (posters) related to the above-mentioned topics.</div><div class="" style="font-weight: normal;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="font-weight: normal;">This year’s edition intends to bring together academia and industry to provide a large practical perspective to undergraduate and graduate (including early-stage Ph.D.) students, as well as to young industry personnel.</div><div class="" style="font-weight: normal;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="font-weight: normal;">*** Speakers: ***</div><div class="" style="font-weight: normal;">- Abir Das, Boston University, IIT Kharagpur</div><div class="" style="font-weight: normal;">- Albrecht Schmidt, LMU Munich</div><div class="" style="font-weight: normal;">- Catherine Burns, University of Waterloo</div><div class="" style="font-weight: normal;">- Chiara Bartolozzi, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia</div><div class="" style="font-weight: normal;">- Chinmay Kulkarni, Carnegie Mellon University</div><div class="" style="font-weight: normal;">- Christoph Guger, g.tec</div><div class="" style="font-weight: normal;">- Daniele Magazzeni, JPMorgan, King’s College London</div><div class="" style="font-weight: normal;">- Ivan Gligorijević, mBrainTrain</div><div class="" style="font-weight: normal;">- Ronald Böck, University of Magdeburg</div><div class="" style="font-weight: normal;">- Raimund Dachselt, TU Dresden (ICHMS Keynote)</div><div class="" style="font-weight: normal;">- Tiago Falk, MuSAE Lab, INRS Montreal</div><div class="" style="font-weight: normal;">- Xudong Zhang, Texas A&M University (ICHMS Keynote)</div></h4><h4 class=""><div class="" style="font-weight: normal;">The International Summer School on Situation Awareness in Cognitive Technologies is a great opportunity to learn about new technologies, meet fellow students/employees, discuss ideas with experts, participate in an international conference and simply have a splendid time in the city of Otto von Guericke!</div></h4><h4 class=""><div class="" style="font-weight: normal;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="font-weight: normal;">*** Important Dates: ***</div><div class="" style="font-weight: normal;">Application Deadline: <strike class="">July 19th, 2021</strike> July 26th, 2021 (extended)</div><div class="" style="font-weight: normal;">Notification of Acceptance: July 28th, 2021</div><div class="" style="font-weight: normal;">Summer School Date: September 6-11th, 2021</div><div class="" style="font-weight: normal;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="font-weight: normal;">*** Application: ***</div><div class="" style="font-weight: normal;">The application deadline is <strike class="">July 19th, 2021</strike> July 26th, 2021 (extended). Please fill out the application form at <a href="http://isact.cogsy.de/apply" class="">isact.cogsy.de/apply</a> and upload your CV to <a href="http://isact.cogsy.de/cv" class="">isact.cogsy.de/cv</a>. Moreover, we also accept applications for travel grants. The travel grant intends to cover the traveling costs to the summer school's venue. Therefore, the application must provide an additional list of estimated travel costs to Magdeburg. For further information please refer to <a href="http://isact.cogsy.de/" class="">isact.cogsy.de</a>.</div><div class="" style="font-weight: normal;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="font-weight: normal;">*** Organisers: ***</div><div class="" style="font-weight: normal;">Ronald Böck, OVGU Magdeburg</div><div class="" style="font-weight: normal;">Ingo Siegert, OVGU Magdeburg</div><div class="" style="font-weight: normal;">Sayantan Polley, OVGU Magdeburg</div><div class="" style="font-weight: normal;">Johannes Schleiss, OVGU Magdeburg</div><div class="" style="font-weight: normal;">Soumick Chatterjee, OVGU Magdeburg</div><div class="" style="font-weight: normal;">Andreas Nürnberger, OVGU Magdeburg</div><div class="" style="font-weight: normal;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="font-weight: normal;">*** Covid-19 Situation ***</div><div class="" style="font-weight: normal;">We are looking forward to having the summer school as an interactive in-person event in the beautiful city of Magdeburg. However, it is difficult to predict the conditions of September about this dynamic situation of COVID-19. We will be prepared to switch to a fully online interactive conference if necessary. In any way, we will offer ways for virtual/hybrid participation for those participants who are, e.g. due to travel restrictions, unable to attend.</div></h4></div></div></body></html>