Connectionists: Call for 2016 IEEE CIS Winter Schools Proposals

[Huajin Tang]

Call for 2016 IEEE CIS Winter Schools Proposals

*Important Dates:*

   - Eligible period: *1 December 2015 to 31 March 2016*
   - Deadline for submitting the proposal: *15 September 2015*
   - Notification of the outcome of the review process: *01 October 2015*

You are encouraged to submit a proposal to hold a CIS winter school in
Computational Intelligence from *Dec 2015 to Mar 2016*. If the proposal is
approved, and upon request, CIS will provide a financial contribution to
support the initiative. The amount of the financial support from CIS
depends on the available budget, the number of financed proposals and the
soundness of the school budget.

The CIS Summer schools subcommittee will review received proposals based on
the following criteria:

   1. The quality of the proposed technical program and topic balance;
   2. The length of the school;
   3. The geographical balance of the proposals.

In writing your proposal, please address the following aspects:

   1. Aim and target.
   2. Courses and lecturers.
   3. Tentative program.
   4. Local organizer(s).
   5. Registration and accommodation.
   6. School budget, financial sponsor(s) and requested co-finance from CIS.

The main organizer must be a CIS member. A template
<http://cis.ieee.org/images/files/Documents/SS_proposal_template.docx> is
provided for your reference. Further details can be found at the website:
http://cis.ieee.org/summer-schools.html.

Please submit your proposal by the deadline to the Summer Schools
Subcommittee Chair, Dr. Huajin Tang, at huajin.tang at ieee.org.
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