<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 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 (</span><a href="https://aiia.csd.auth.gr/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">AIIA</span></a><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">) Lab of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) in cooperation with (</span><a href="https://tema-project.eu/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">TEMA) </span></a><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">R&D project, the International AI Doctoral Academy (</span><a href="https://www.i-aida.org/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">AIDA</span></a><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">), is excited to invite you to register and attend the upcoming “</span><a href="https://icarus.csd.auth.gr/cvml-programming-short-course-and-workshop-on-deep-learning-computer-vision-and-big-data-analytics-2024/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">CVML Programming Short Course and Workshop on Deep Learning, Computer Vision and Big Data Analytics 2024</span></a><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">” which will take place in Thessaloniki, Greece from August 27^th to 29^th 2024.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;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;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><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><li style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;color:black;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">Deep neural networks – Convolutional NNs</span></li><li style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;color:black;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">2D Object Tracking in Embedded Systems</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;color:black;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="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;color:black;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="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;color:black;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="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;color:black;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="margin:0cm;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;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="margin:0cm;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"><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></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;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"><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="margin:0cm;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"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">On-site Participation: </span></b><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps?ll=40.626813,22.962576&z=16&t=m&hl=en&gl=GR&mapclient=embed&cid=15378852460087723486" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">KEDEA</span></b></a></span><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm"> Building, AUTH, Thessaloniki, Greece</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;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"><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="margin:0cm;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="color:black"><a href="https://rc.auth.gr/product-list/single-product/138" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">Early registration</span></a></span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm"> (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;fo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<span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">, </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.ai4media.eu/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">AI4Media</span></a></span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;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">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 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></p><img src="cid:ii_lxogb6lp0" alt="poster_summer school 2024 (1).jpg" width="320" height="453" style="margin-right: 0px;"><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"><br></p></div>