<div dir="ltr"><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">Dear AI/CS/ECE student<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80)">/</span>scientist/engineer/enthusiast,</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">the
Artificial Intelligence and Information Analysis (<a href="https://aiia.csd.auth.gr/" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">AIIA</a>) Lab of Aristotle University of
Thessaloniki (AUTH) in cooperation with (</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm"><a href="https://tema-project.eu/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">TEMA) </a><span style="color:black">R&D project, the International AI Doctoral Academy (</span><a href="https://www.i-aida.org/" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">AIDA</a><span style="color:black">), is
excited to invite you to register and attend the upcoming “<a href="https://icarus.csd.auth.gr/cvml-programming-short-course-and-workshop-on-deep-learning-computer-vision-and-big-data-analytics-2024/" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">CVML
Programming Short Course and Workshop on Deep Learning, Computer Vision and Big
Data Analytics 2024</a>” which will take place in Thessaloniki, Greece from
August 27<sup>th</sup> to 29<sup>th</sup> 2024.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:19.5pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">This Summer School offers a three-day short course that delivers
an in-depth exploration of programming tools and techniques for addressing a
variety of computer vision and deep learning challenges. The course focuses on
the fundamentals of deep learning and its applications in Natural Disaster
Management.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(13,13,13);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">Here's a glimpse of what the course entails: </span></p>
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<li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;line-height:19.5pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">Deep neural networks –
Convolutional NNs</span></li>
<li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;line-height:19.5pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">2D Object Tracking in
Embedded Systems</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;line-height:19.5pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">Real Time Object
Detection.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;line-height:19.5pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">Real-Time Image
Segmentation.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;line-height:19.5pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">Natural Language
Processing.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;line-height:19.5pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">Explainability in Computer
Vision applications.</span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:19.5pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">Additionally, hands-on programming workshops will be conducted on
each topic, providing participants with practical experience and skills
enhancement.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:19.5pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><u><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">Details</span></u></b></p>
<p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(36,36,36);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">Host Institution</span></b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(36,36,36);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">: <b>Aristotle University of
Thessaloniki</b></span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(36,36,36)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:19.5pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">27, 28, 29 August 2024, 08:30 - 16:30 EEST (UTC + 3 hours)</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:19.5pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">On-site Participation: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps?ll=40.626813,22.962576&z=16&t=m&hl=en&gl=GR&mapclient=embed&cid=15378852460087723486" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">KEDEA</a>
Building, AUTH, Thessaloniki, Greece </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:19.5pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">General Registration</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:19.5pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm"><a href="https://rc.auth.gr/product-list/single-product/138" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">Early
registration</a> (till 15/07/2024)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">Students/Scientists,
Engineers from other scientific disciplines having the necessary mathematical
background are also welcomed to register. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">Special
Registration for AIDA Students*</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm"> On
top of the above registration, also enroll on this course using the “ENROLL ON
THIS COURSE” button on the <a href="https://www.i-aida.org/course/cvml-programming-short-course-and-workshop-on-deep-learning-computer-vision-and-big-data-analytics-2024/" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">AIDA
course page</a>, so that this course is included on your AIDA Certificate of
Course Attendance upon successful completion of the program.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">*AIDA
Students are PhD students/candidates or Postdoc researchers belonging to
any <a href="https://www.i-aida.org/about/members/" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">AIDA member</a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:19.5pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">Upon successful completion of the course, participants will
receive a <b>certificate of attendance</b> issued by Aristotle University of
Thessaloniki.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:19.5pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">For more details, please visit</span></b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">: <a href="https://icarus.csd.auth.gr/cvml-programming-short-course-and-workshop-on-deep-learning-computer-vision-and-big-data-analytics-2024/" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">https://icarus.csd.auth.gr/cvml-programming-short-course-and-workshop-on-deep-learning-computer-vision-and-big-data-analytics-2024/</a></span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm"> </span></p>
<p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(36,36,36);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">This summer school is technically
sponsored</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm"> </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(36,36,36);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">by </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm"><a href="https://tema-project.eu/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">TEMA </a></span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(36,36,36);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">, <a href="https://tema-project.eu/projects-cluster" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">AI.BIG Cluster</a>, </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm"><a href="https://www.i-aida.org/" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">AIDA</a>, <a href="https://www.ai4media.eu/" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">AI4Media</a>
</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(36,36,36);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">R&D projects.</span></p>
<p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(36,36,36);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm"> </span></p>
<p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(36,36,36);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">School
Organizer: Prof. Ioannis Pitas </span></p>
<p class="gmail-xmsonormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Chair of the
International AI Doctoral Academy (AIDA), Director of the Artificial
Intelligence and Information analysis (AIIA) Lab,</span></p>
<p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece</span><span lang="EL" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p></div>