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

[Wittawat Jitkrittum]

Dear all,

This is a reminder that the application for attending the first Southeast
Asia Machine Learning School (SEA MLS <https://www.sea-mls.com/>, 8th-12th
July 2019 in Indonesia) will close on *20th April 2019*. Everyone is
welcome to apply. We will have a number of financial assistance available
for student participants traveling from within the Southeast Asian region.
Please apply here https://www.sea-mls.com/participate .

Best,
On behalf of the SEA MLS Organizing Team

On Mon, 1 Apr 2019 at 12:08, Wittawat Jitkrittum <wittawatj at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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