<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></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">the
International AI Doctoral Academy (</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.i-aida.org/" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">AIDA</span></a><span style="color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">)</span><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span><span style="color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">is
excited to invite you to attend the upcoming short e-courses “<b>Graph
Neural Networks</b>” & “<b>Generative AI with Diffusion Models”</b>. </span></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">“Graph Neural Networks</span></b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">” <b>by AIDA Lecturer Octavian Radu</b>.</span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:36pt;margin-right:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Host Institution: <span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Doctoral School
of Electronics, Telecommunications & Information Technology | National
University of Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:36pt;margin-right:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Level: Postgraduate</span></p>
<p style="margin-left:36pt;margin-right:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Schedule: Online via Google Meet (the video call invitation
(Google Meet) will be provided on May 27 by the lecturer), <b>May 29-31, 2024,
12:00-14:00 GMT</b></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:36pt;margin-right:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Join us and explore further: <a href="https://www.i-aida.org/course/graph-neural-networks/" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">https://www.i-aida.org/course/graph-neural-networks/</a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:36pt;margin-right:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Participations terms: <b>Free of charge</b> </span><img border="0" width="32" height="32" style="height: 0.333in; width: 0.333in;" alt="👇"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p>
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<li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 47.25pt;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"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.1pt">AIDA Students</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.1pt"> (PhD students/candidates, Post-doc researchers belonging to any
AIDA </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.i-aida.org/about/members/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)"><span style="color:black;text-decoration-line:none">Member</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.1pt">) should enroll on this course using the “ENROLL ON THIS COURSE”
button on the <a href="https://www.i-aida.org/course/graph-neural-networks/" 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 course. Please also
fill in the </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://forms.gle/KGABjuzMsCF6oEam7" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">Registration Form</a><span style="letter-spacing:0.1pt">.</span></span></li>
<li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 47.25pt;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 lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.1pt">Students/participants <b>not</b> associated with any AIDA member
can join the course by filling out the <a href="https://forms.gle/KGABjuzMsCF6oEam7" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">Registration Form</a>. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></li>
</ul>
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<li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin:0cm;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"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">“Generative AI
with Diffusion Models” by </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.1pt">Prof. Dr. Andras Hajdu and Mr. Gergo
Bogacsovics</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.1pt">.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></li>
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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="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;color:black">Host Institution: Nvidia Deep Learning Institute, Faculty of
Informatics, University of Debrecen, Hungary</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="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;color:black">Level: Intermediate</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="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;color:black">Schedule: Online, <b>31 May or 8 June, 2024,</b> <b>09:00-17:00
CET (UTC + 2)</b>. Participants will select their preferred day to attend the
course.</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="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 lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Join us and explore further: <a href="https://www.i-aida.org/course/nvidia-dli-generative-ai-with-diffusion-models/" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">https://www.i-aida.org/course/nvidia-dli-generative-ai-with-diffusion-models/</a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="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;color:black">Participation terms: </span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Free of charge for
university students and staff</span></b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>
<ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom:0cm">
<li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;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"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.1pt">AIDA
Students</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.1pt"> (PhD students/candidates, Post-doc researchers belonging to any
AIDA </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.i-aida.org/about/members/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)"><span style="color:black;text-decoration-line:none">Member</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.1pt">) should enroll on this course using the “ENROLL ON THIS COURSE”
button on the <a href="https://www.i-aida.org/course/nvidia-dli-generative-ai-with-diffusion-models/" 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 course. Please also
fill in the <a href="https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=bsvzSAd4qkmnuBXZjtyusyrqjAj2iHdIpSTcWVUOHT1UMjRBR1FSN1RFTlRIVFFDVk9DWVRDMDEzOC4u" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">Registration
Form</a> and select your preferred day of attendance.</span><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></b></li>
<li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;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 lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.1pt">Students/participants
<b>not</b> associated with any AIDA member can join the course by filling
out the <a href="https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=bsvzSAd4qkmnuBXZjtyusyrqjAj2iHdIpSTcWVUOHT1UMjRBR1FSN1RFTlRIVFFDVk9DWVRDMDEzOC4u" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">Registration
Form</a> and selecting their preferred day of attendance.</span><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></b></li>
<li class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;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 lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.1pt">All
participants will receive an Nvidia Certificate of Competency upon
successful completion of the assessment.</span><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></b></li>
</ul>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 72pt;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"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0cm 0cm;text-align:justify;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;color:black">The</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80)"> </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">International AI Doctoral
Academy (AIDA), a joint initiative of the European R&D projects <a href="https://ai4media.eu/" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">AI4Media</a>, <a href="https://www.elise-ai.eu/" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">ELISE</a>,
<a href="https://www.humane-ai.eu/" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">Humane AI Net</a>, <a href="https://tailor-network.eu/" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">TAILOR</a>, <a href="https://www.vision4ai.eu/" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">VISION</a>, </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">supports
a world-level AI education and research program. AIDA has regular lecture
series, short courses, semester courses, and seasonal schools with the
participation of hundreds of academics and serving a growing community of AI
PhD students and researchers.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;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"> </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0cm;text-align:justify;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 lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Best regards</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0cm;text-align:justify;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 lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">AIDA Secretariat</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80)"></span></p></div>