<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Dear
engineer, scientist, engineer, or AI enthusiast,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">the
International AI Doctoral Academy (<a href="https://www.i-aida.org/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">AIDA</a>) is excited to invite you to register and attend the
upcoming hybrid (local/remote)<b> </b>short course / tutorial on<b> “<a href="https://icarus.csd.auth.gr/short-course-on-deep-learning-and-computer-vision-for-industrial-infrastructure-inspection-2/" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">Deep
Learning and Computer Vision for Industrial Infrastructure Inspection</a>”</b>,
taking place on <b>July 15, 2025, </b>as part of the <a href="https://icarus.csd.auth.gr/aida-auth-ai-cutting-edge-trends-aicet2025-summer-symposium-and-school/" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">AIDA
AICET2025 – Symposium & Summer School on "AI/ML Cutting Edge Trends</a>,
taking place in<b> </b>Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), Greece,
14-18th July 2025.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Course
Overview</span></b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br>
This short course / tutorial will explore cutting-edge AI/ML and computer
vision methods used for industrial infrastructure inspection. Topics include:</span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Deep
learning-based defect detection</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">AI-driven
visual inspection of buildings and infrastructure</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Real-world
applications in transport, energy, and manufacturing sectors<br>
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Details: <a href="https://icarus.csd.auth.gr/short-course-on-deep-learning-and-computer-vision-for-industrial-infrastructure-inspection-2/" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">https://icarus.csd.auth.gr/short-course-on-deep-learning-and-computer-vision-for-industrial-infrastructure-inspection-2/</a></span></li>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The course
offers the following lectures:</span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="http://icarus.csd.auth.gr/elongated-object-detection-segmentation-and-tracking/" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">Elongated
object detection, segmentation and tracking</a></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="http://icarus.csd.auth.gr/electrical-infrastructure-inspection/" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">Electrical
Infrastructure Inspection</a></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="http://icarus.csd.auth.gr/industrial-pipeline-infrastructure-inspection/" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">Industrial
Pipeline Infrastructure Inspection</a></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="http://icarus.csd.auth.gr/human-centered-ai-for-autonomous-vehicles-lecture/" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">Human-Centered
AI for Autonomous Vehicles</a></span></li>
</ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The <b>AIDA
AICET2025</b> will feature:</span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">18
top-tier keynote and invited lectures,</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">32
excellent tutorials/short courses/special sessions covering the latest
advances in <b>AI and Machine Learning</b>, with distinguished
speakers from leading universities in the USA and Europe (many having 50K+
and several having more than 100K+ citations).</span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Its various
tracks are suitable for students, scientists, engineers, professionals from any
ECE/EE or CS/CSE discipline and for any AI enthusiast.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">AIDA
AICET2025 technical sponsorship: IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic
Engineers) SP Society.</span></b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Why
Attend?</span></b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Learn
from internationally renowned experts</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Certificate
of Attendance upon request</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Participate
in networking events, and a gala dinner</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Hybrid
format: attend either in person in Thessaloniki or remotely via Zoom</span></li>
</ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">💸</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> <b>Scholarships - Prizes</b><br>
Four full registration scholarships - prizes will be awarded based on
excellence. Visit the <a href="https://icarus.csd.auth.gr/aida-auth-ai-cutting-edge-trends-aicet2025-summer-symposium-and-school/#scholarships" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">Scholarships Section</a> to apply. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Register
Now</span></b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br>
</span><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">👉</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
<a href="https://icarus.csd.auth.gr/aida-auth-ai-cutting-edge-trends-aicet2025-summer-symposium-and-school/" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">https://icarus.csd.auth.gr/aida-auth-ai-cutting-edge-trends-aicet2025-summer-symposium-and-school/</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">AIDA
AICET2025 is under the auspices of:</span></b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The
Ministry of Labor and Social Security</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Aristotle
University of Thessaloniki</span></li>
</ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Gold
Sponsor:</span></b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> Cook
Medical</span></p>
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Sponsors: <a href="https://signalprocessingsociety.org/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">IEEE
Signal Processing Society</a>,</span></b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> <a href="https://www.eetn.gr/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)"> Hellenic AI Society</a> , <a href="https://tema-project.eu/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">TEMA</a>, <a href="https://tema-project.eu/projects-cluster" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">AI.BIG cluster</a>, <a href="https://simar-project.eu/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">SIMAR</a> R&D
projects and <a href="https://www.i-aida.org/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">AIDA</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">We look
forward to seeing you in Thessaloniki this summer, where AI meets impact!</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Post
scriptum: To stay current on AIDA, AI, or CV/ML matters, you may want to
register in the CVML email list, following instructions in: <a href="https://lists.auth.gr/sympa/info/cvml" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">https://lists.auth.gr/sympa/info/cvml</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Best regards,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Prof. Ioannis
Pitas (AIDA chair, AUTH, AICET2025 chair)</span></p></div>