<div dir="ltr"><p style="color:rgb(36,36,36);font-family:Arial;font-size:14px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Dear distinguished AI Professor or Senior Scientist (PhD holder),</span></p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14px"> </span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14px">the International AI Doctoral Academy (AIDA) aims to become a reference initiative for AI education in Europe and implement mechanisms for inter-university sharing of AI educational assets at PhD-level. As part of the program, AIDA offers a series of courses on Artificial Intelligence and related fields given by distinguished lecturers.</span><p style="color:rgb(36,36,36);font-family:Arial;font-size:medium;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">  </span><br aria-hidden="true"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><b>w</b></span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><b>e invite you to contribute to the definition of the AIDA Spring 2024 semester </b></span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><b>course offer </b></span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><b>program</b>.<br aria-hidden="true"> <br aria-hidden="true">You can participate in the AIDA program by offering new or opening-up existing courses targeted to AIDA students^* or other students worldwide according to the participation terms of your own organization. Short/Very Short course formats (5-16 hours) are typically encouraged, while semester courses, or asynchronous mode web courses will be considered as well. Accepted courses will be listed on AIDA website (</span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:blue"><u><a href="https://www.i-aida.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="gmail-x_OWAAutoLink" id="gmail-OWAe2b1cc19-d41b-786e-37d2-38986f5cd11b" name="x_OWAe2b1cc19-d41b-786e-37d2-38986f5cd11b" style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:blue">https://www.i-aida.org/</a></u></span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">) and will be advertised for free with the support of AIDA dissemination channels. Proposals for courses for the AIDA Spring 2024 semester program should be sent to: Prof. Stefano Berretti </span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:blue"><u><a href="mailto:stefano.berretti@unifi.it" class="gmail-x_OWAAutoLink" id="gmail-OWA7ab52b3d-e68f-58b2-3fdf-9a15a437d7ce" name="x_OWA7ab52b3d-e68f-58b2-3fdf-9a15a437d7ce" style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:blue">stefano.berretti@unifi.it</a></u></span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">, and Ms. Efi Patmanidou </span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:inh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