Connectionists: Call for participation: Southeast Asia Machine Learning School 2019

[Wittawat Jitkrittum]

Dear all,

The 1st edition of the Southeast Asia Machine Learning School (SEA MLS
<https://www.sea-mls.com/>) will be held at Universitas Indonesia in Depok
(Greater Jakarta), Indonesia, between July 8th - July 12th, 2019. The SEA
MLS provides a unique opportunity for the underrepresented Southeast Asian
machine learning community to learn from the top experts in the field,
engage with like-minded students, academics, researchers, industry
practitioners, and thought leaders in the field, and understand the current
and future challenges in machine learning research, theory, and
applications.

SCOPE
As the Southeast Asian community has been largely underrepresented in the
machine learning field, the SEA MLS aims to kickstart an effort to inspire,
encourage, and educate more machine learning engineers, researchers, and
data scientists within the Southeast Asian region and beyond in the coming
years. In particular, we work towards a critical vision of more Southeast
Asians as pioneers, contributors, and shapers within the machine learning
community.

INVITED SPEAKERS
1. Chris Dyer <https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=W2DsnAkAAAAJ&hl=en>
(DeepMind
and PECASE awardee from the Obama administration)
2. Kyunghyun Cho
<https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=0RAmmIAAAAAJ&hl=en> (New York
University and Facebook AI Research)
3. Manaal Faruqui <https://www.manaalfaruqui.com/>
 (Google)
4. Douwe Kiela <https://douwekiela.github.io/>
 (Facebook AI Research)
5. Hung Bui <https://sites.google.com/site/buihhung/> (VinAI Research)
6. Yun-Nung Vivian Chen <https://www.csie.ntu.edu.tw/~yvchen/>
 (National Taiwan University)
7. Wee Sun Lee <https://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~leews/>
 (National University of Singapore)
8. Wray Buntine <https://research.monash.edu/en/persons/wray-buntine>
 (Monash University)
9. Truyen Tran <https://truyentran.github.io/> (Deakin University)
10. Huyen Chip <https://huyenchip.com/> (NVIDIA)
We are currently inviting more speakers, which will be updated on the
website <https://www.sea-mls.com/speakers>.

APPLICATION
We are currently inviting applications for the SEA MLS. The application
process can be accessed here <https://www.sea-mls.com/participate>; please
consult our FAQ <https://www.sea-mls.com/faq> for more details. The
application process will close on *April 20th 2019*.

Everyone is welcome to apply regardless of nationality or place of
residence.  No deep knowledge or prior experience in machine learning is
required, although participants are expected to have some basic background
on probabilities and programming.

TRAVEL GRANTS
We will have a limited number of financial assistance available for student
participants traveling from within the Southeast Asian region. Depending on
the financial needs, the travel grant can include travel cost
reimbursements (including airplane tickets, up to a certain amount) and
accommodation near the event venue, although we may not be able to cover
the costs in full.

STRUCTURE
The SEA MLS will cover a one-week program that includes technical lecture
sessions on basic and intermediate topics in machine learning and its
applications, along with panel sessions. In addition, the event features a
hands-on practical session to learn how to implement deep learning models
in a modern software stack, social sessions, and poster presentation
sessions.

The tentative schedule is available here
<https://www.sea-mls.com/schedule_new>.

REGISTRATION FEES
Student participants - free-of-charge
General participants - US$ 200
The registration fee covers access to al lectures, panels, practical
sessions, and social events, along with lunch and two coffee breaks per day.

VENUE
The event will be held at Fasilkom <http://www.cs.ui.ac.id/?lang=en>
, Universitas Indonesia <http://www.ui.ac.id/>
 in Depok, West Java, which is part of the Greater Jakarta Metropolitan
Area, Indonesia. The venue is about 1.5 hour drive from Jakarta's main
airport, Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK), and about an hour
drive from Jakarta's Central Business District.

ORGANIZERS AND CONTACT
1. Dani Yogatama (DeepMind)
2. Adhi Kuncoro (University of Oxford & DeepMind)
3. Wittawat Jitkrittum (Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems)
4. Thang Luong (Google Brain)
Please direct any queries to *seaml-team at googlegroups.com
<seaml-team at googlegroups.com>*

Thank you for your kind attention and please do not hesitate to contact us
for any questions.

Kind regards,

The SEA MLS Organizing Team.
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