Connectionists: CfP: International Summer School on Situation Awareness in Cognitive Technologies 2021 (Extended Deadline 26.07.2021 + Speaker Announcement)

[ISACT2021 Organising Committee]

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International Summer School on Situation Awareness in Cognitive Technologies 2021
Theory and Application

September 6-11th, 2021 at Magdeburg, Germany. In conjunction with ICHMS 2021.
http://isact.cogsy.de/ <http://isact.cogsy.de/>


*** Scope: ***
We are pleased to announce that the International Summer School on Situation Awareness in Cognitive Technologies (ISACT 2021) will be held from September 6 to 11, 2021 in Magdeburg, Germany, in conjunction with the IEEE International Conference on Human-Machine Systems (ICHMS 2021). 

Situation Awareness in Cognitive Technologies is a trending research direction that gained a lot of interest from the industry in recent years. Therefore, the summer school aims to present the fundamental aspects of situation awareness in cognitive technologies which can be discussed in an interdisciplinary context. There are a couple of aspects to consider: Situation Awareness, Cognitive Technologies, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), and Explainable AI (XAI). Especially the HCI context provides a link between theory and application which receives special attention in this summer school along with the recent trends in Explainable AI. To make this school an interactive learning experience, we would encourage the participants to share their research presentations (posters) related to the above-mentioned topics.

This year’s edition intends to bring together academia and industry to provide a large practical perspective to undergraduate and graduate (including early-stage Ph.D.) students, as well as to young industry personnel.

*** Speakers: ***
- Abir Das, Boston University, IIT Kharagpur
- Albrecht Schmidt, LMU Munich
- Catherine Burns, University of Waterloo
- Chiara Bartolozzi, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
- Chinmay Kulkarni, Carnegie Mellon University
- Christoph Guger, g.tec
- Daniele Magazzeni, JPMorgan, King’s College London
- Ivan Gligorijević, mBrainTrain
- Ronald Böck, University of Magdeburg
- Raimund Dachselt, TU Dresden (ICHMS Keynote)
- Tiago Falk, MuSAE Lab, INRS Montreal
- Xudong Zhang, Texas A&M University (ICHMS Keynote)

The International Summer School on Situation Awareness in Cognitive Technologies is a great opportunity to learn about new technologies, meet fellow students/employees, discuss ideas with experts, participate in an international conference and simply have a splendid time in the city of Otto von Guericke!


*** Important Dates: ***
Application Deadline: July 19th, 2021 July 26th, 2021 (extended)
Notification of Acceptance: July 28th, 2021
Summer School Date: September 6-11th, 2021

*** Application: ***
The application deadline is July 19th, 2021 July 26th, 2021 (extended). Please fill out the application form at isact.cogsy.de/apply <http://isact.cogsy.de/apply> and upload your CV to isact.cogsy.de/cv <http://isact.cogsy.de/cv>.  Moreover, we also accept applications for travel grants. The travel grant intends to cover the traveling costs to the summer school's venue. Therefore, the application must provide an additional list of estimated travel costs to Magdeburg. For further information please refer to isact.cogsy.de <http://isact.cogsy.de/>.

*** Organisers: ***
Ronald Böck, OVGU Magdeburg
Ingo Siegert, OVGU Magdeburg
Sayantan Polley, OVGU Magdeburg
Johannes Schleiss, OVGU Magdeburg
Soumick Chatterjee, OVGU Magdeburg
Andreas Nürnberger, OVGU Magdeburg

*** Covid-19 Situation ***
We are looking forward to having the summer school as an interactive in-person event in the beautiful city of Magdeburg. However, it is difficult to predict the conditions of September about this dynamic situation of COVID-19. We will be prepared to switch to a fully online interactive conference if necessary. In any way, we will offer ways for virtual/hybrid participation for those participants who are, e.g. due to travel restrictions, unable to attend.
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