On 3 Jun 2013, at 17:34, John Domingue wrote: > 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 > > > > > > > > > >
_________________________________________ 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
