Connectionists: [Call for participation] Reasoning Web Summer School on “Explainable AI"

[Livia Predoiu]

Late call for applications
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THE 15th INTERNATIONAL REASONING WEB SUMMER SCHOOL - RW 2019

on “Explainable Artificial Intelligence"

Bolzano, Italy, 20 - 24 Sep 2019

https://rulemlrr19.inf.unibz.it/rw2019

Late application deadline: 28 July 2019

The 15th Reasoning Web Summer School brings together leading AI researchers
to share their ideas and knowledge about how to make AI more explainable.
The school is a five-day intensive training course that interleaves
lectures and hands-on sessions. Participants learn about exciting new
methods and technologies, and at the same time get to know their peers and
senior researchers in their area.

Reasoning Web is co-located with RuleML+RR 2019, GCAI 2019, and
DecisionCAMP 2019, which come together for the Bolzano Rules and Artificial
Intelligence Summit (BRAIN).

==PROGRAM==

This year’s school program includes the following topics and lecturers:

* Logic-Based Learning - Alessandra Russo, Mark Law, Krysia Broda (Imperial
College London)

* Explainable AI Planning - Jörg Hoffmann (Saarland University), Daniele
Magazzeni (King’s College London)

* Explaining Data with Formal Concept Analysis - Sebastian Rudolph (TU
Dresden)

* Knowledge Representation and Rule Mining in Entity-Centric Knowledge
Bases - Fabian Suchanek (Télécom ParisTech University), Gerhard Weikum
(Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik, Saarbrücken)

* Provenance in Databases: Principles and Applications - Pierre Senellart
(École Normale Supérieure Paris)

* Efficient Reasoning and Explanation in Description Logic Ontologies -
Yevgeny Kazakov (University of Ulm)

* Modest Explanations in a Memoryless World - Holger Hermanns (Saarland
University), Arnd Hartmanns (University of Twente)

* Explanation-Friendly Query Answering Under Uncertainty - Maria Vanina
Martinez (Universidad de Buenos Aires), Gerardo I. Simari (Universidad
Nacional del Sur, Bahia Blanca)

* Constraint Learning - Stefano Teso (KU Leuven)

RW 2019 is aimed at a wide audience of young post-graduate researchers,
most typically early-stage Ph.D. candidates, but also advanced Master
students and more senior Ph.D. candidates and PostDocs who want to deepen
their knowledge. Although no specific background knowledge is required for
attending the summer school, basics of knowledge representation and
reasoning will be helpful for benefiting from the contents of the school.
Students are also committed to a full participation for the whole duration
of the school.

==APPLICATION==

Students and researchers interested in participating should submit a short
application by 28 July 2019 via EasyChair using the following link:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rw2019. Applications sent before
this deadline might still receive notification before early registration.

The application should consist of a single pdf file that includes:

* A short statement of motivation (half a page)

* A CV (one page)

* If financial support is needed: a short statement that explains why
support is needed to attend the school, and that gives a quotation for the
cost that would need to be covered

* Whether a letter of invitation is needed for visa applications

==REGISTRATION FEES==

The registration fees for attending the RW Summer School will be 300 EUR
(if your RW registration is bundled with the one for BRAIN 2019) and 350
EUR (if you choose to only register for RW), respectively. This includes
all lectures and teaching sessions, lunches, coffee breaks, and a social
event.

==STUDENT GRANTS==

A limited number of grants will be available for selected students who
would otherwise not be able to attend the summer school. As such, please
ask for financial support in your application only if this is the necessary
condition for you to participate in the summer school.

==BRAIN 2019==

RW 2019 is part of BRAIN 2019, the Bolzano Rules and Artificial
Intelligence Summit. With its special focus theme on "Beneficial AI", BRAIN
2019 brings together the 3rd International Joint Conference on Rules and
Reasoning (RuleML+RR 2019), DecisionCAMP 2019, the Reasoning Web Summer
School (RW 2019) and The 5th Global Conference on Artificial Intelligence
(GCAI 2019).

BRAIN 2019 is supported by:

- Free University of Bozen-Bolzano -- http://www.unibz.it/

- Bosch -- https://www.bosch.com/

- Center for Perspicuous Computing (CPEC):
https://www.perspicuous-computing.science/

If you have any questions, please contact: rw2019 at easychair.org

Reasoning Web 2019 Chairs

Daria Stepanova & Markus Krötzsch
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