Hi the deadline for applying for travel grants for the Third ESWC Summer School which will be held in Crete, September 2nd-7th 2013 has been extended to June 14th and the deadline for applying to the school itself extended to June 21st.
Please see below and http://summerschool2013.eswc-conferences.org/attending/registration-fees/ and http://summerschool2013.eswc-conferences.org/attending/apply/ for more details. Thanks John On 20 May 2013, at 16:14, John Domingue wrote: > Hi, a reminder of the approaching deadline for the ESWC Summer School grants > - we offer three types: > > "Traditional" travel grant: A grant of 1000 € goes to one selected > participant of the Summer School. To apply, please send an email to > [email protected] with the subject "Travel grant application" > including one paragraph on each of the following: > > - Why is it important to you to attend the school > - CV highlights to date > - What impact you expect the school to have on your research and career > ambitions > > The deadline for the application is 1st of June 2013. > > "Spread-the-word grant": Spread the word about the ESWC Summer School 2013 > among your friends and peers and receive an award of 250 Euros for bringing > the most unique visitors to the Website. > The grant winner will be the user who brought the most unique visitors to the > site by 1st of June 2013. > > "Referral grant": Receive 250€ for effectively bringing the most participants > to the school. The application form does have a field for entering who > referred the applicant to the school. The most successful referrer in terms > of accepted applications until 1st of June 2013 will be announced the winner > of this grant. > > More details can found on the ESWC Summer School site at: > http://summerschool2013.eswc-conferences.org/attending/registration-fees/ > > Best > > John > > On 12 Apr 2013, at 10:05, John Domingue wrote: > >> “Attending this summer school eventually lead not only to some nice paper >> collaborations but also paved the way to the PhD position in Germany that >> I’m currently holding.” Former Venezuelan student now at KIT. >> >> “Looking back after two years, I can say that the ESWC summer school has >> been the most influential event in my research career so far.” Former >> student from Ghent University >> >> Main Page: http://events.kmi.open.ac.uk/eswc-ss2013/ >> Registration page: http://events.kmi.open.ac.uk/eswc-ss2013/attending/apply/ >> >> Closing date for registration: June 7th, 2013 >> >> The third ESWC Summer School will take place the beautiful village of >> Kalamaki Crete 2nd – 7th September, 2013. The overall goal for this event is >> to provide intensive training and networking opportunities for the next ESWC >> generation. In particular we wish to facilitate the creation of a new cohort >> of ESWC: Master's, Ph.D. students and junior researchers who will in time >> become the next leaders of the ESWC conference and of the Linked >> Data/Semantic Web research area in general. >> >> Recent press articles have highlighted the value of Open Educational >> Resources (OERs) within Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs). The summer >> school will make extensive use of OERs from the Euclid and PlanetData EU >> projects allowing participants to: >> >> · View the materials which form the basis for the technical part of the >> Summer School as high quality eBooks (available on eBook readers, on iPads >> and Kindle) and in web form before attending (see >> http://events.kmi.open.ac.uk/eswc-ss2013/learning-materials/). >> · View the technical presentations as Webinars (see above URL). >> · View other associated materials including a series of interviews with >> Big Data experts (see above URL). >> · Provide feedback on all materials to the course authors and Summer >> School tutors for the benefit of both educators and learners. >> >> Keynotes >> · Stefan Decker, DERI, National University of Ireland >> · Steffen Staab, University of Koblenz-Landau >> · Kieron O’Hara, University of Southampton >> · Vassilis Christophides, University of Crete >> >> Tutors >> · Dan Brickley, Free University of Amsterdam >> · Aiden Hogan, DERI, National University of Ireland >> · Barry Norton, Ontotext >> · Elena Simperl, University of Southampton >> >> Organisation >> · John Domingue, KMi, The Open University and STI International >> · Elena Simperl, University of Southampton >> >> The topics of the ESWC summer school will be aligned with the most prominent >> and emerging topics of the ESWC conference. This year our topics are aligned >> with the latest developments in Linked Data and also with Big Data. >> >> We will also provide opportunities for attendees to network with their >> peers, the school tutors and keynotes as well as senior members of STI >> International and senior members of the Semantic Web community who are >> participate in related events. >> >> The organization and tutorial team for this summer school have extensive >> experience in these types of events having organized similar events in >> Europe, the US and Asia over a number of years. Building from this >> experience, and also knowledge of pedagogy we know that learning-by-doing >> leads to successful learning. We also know the true value of networking in >> the research context and that this is best supported by an informal >> atmosphere coupled with an enjoyable inclusive social program. Supporting >> the above will be a dominant theme of the EWSC summer school and a >> significant portion of the school will involve hands-on sessions with the >> latest generation of Linked Data and Semantic Web tools. >> >> The summer school is open to anyone studying in a Semantic Web related >> post-graduate course or is at an early stage of a Semantic Web related >> career and is engaged in suitable Semantic Web activities. Places will be >> limited to 50 in order to ensure that all participating students receive >> quality time with their tutors. Accepted students will be obliged to attend >> the whole week. >> >> We encourage anyone who is at an early stage of their Semantic Web career to >> apply our school which benefits from its close association with the >> conference. >> >> The ESWC summer school is supported by a number of European projects >> including Euclid, PlanetData and also videolectures.net. >> >> John >> >> _________________________________________ >> Deputy Director, Knowledge Media Institute, The Open University >> Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK >> phone: 0044 1908 653800, fax: 0044 1908 653169 >> email: [email protected] web: kmi.open.ac.uk/people/domingue/ >> >> President, STI International >> Amerlingstrasse 19/35, Austria - 1060 Vienna >> phone: 0043 1 23 64 002 - 16, fax: 0043 1 23 64 002-99 >> email: [email protected] web: www.sti2.org >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> The Open University is incorporated by Royal Charter (RC 000391), an exempt >> charity in England & Wales and a charity registered in Scotland (SC 038302). >> >> > > _________________________________________ > Deputy Director, Knowledge Media Institute, The Open University > Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK > phone: 0044 1908 653800, fax: 0044 1908 653169 > email: [email protected] web: kmi.open.ac.uk/people/domingue/ > > President, STI International > Amerlingstrasse 19/35, Austria - 1060 Vienna > phone: 0043 1 23 64 002 - 16, fax: 0043 1 23 64 002-99 > email: [email protected] web: www.sti2.org > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________ Deputy Director, Knowledge Media Institute, The Open University Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK phone: 0044 1908 653800, fax: 0044 1908 653169 email: [email protected] web: kmi.open.ac.uk/people/domingue/ President, STI International Amerlingstrasse 19/35, Austria - 1060 Vienna phone: 0043 1 23 64 002 - 16, fax: 0043 1 23 64 002-99 email: [email protected] web: www.sti2.org
