a fourth reminder noting that the closing deadline is this Friday and that our 4th Keynote is Dominic Oldman of the British Museum…
On 20 Feb 2014, at 16:18, John Domingue <[email protected]> wrote: > [apologies for cross postings] > > “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 > > “It has been a fantastic experience that ironed out many of the gaps I found > during self learning, while also pointing me to the topics I should further > learn. It also left me with many contacts whom I can readily approach.” 2013 > student > > ------------------------------------- > Main Page: http://summerschool2014.eswc-conferences.org/ > Registration page: http://summerschool2014.eswc-conferences.org/apply/ > > Closing date for registration: June 20th, 2014 > Notification of Acceptance: June 27th, 2014 > Deadline for Payment: July 21st, 2014 > > Fees for STI International Members: 735 > Fees for non-members: 790 > > ------------------------------------- > > The fourth ESWC Summer School will take place the beautiful village of > Kalamaki Crete 1st – 6th September, 2014. 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. > > This year there will be a parallel track associated with the PRELIDA EU > project allowing attendees to also gain knowledge on the digital preservation > of Linked Data if so desired. > > Over the last few years the value of Open Educational Resources (OERs) within > Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) has received significant attention in the > media. 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://summerschool2014.eswc-conferences.org/learning-materials/). > · View the technical presentations as Webinars (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 > · Abraham Bernstein, University of Zurich, > · Marko Grobelnik, Josef Stefan Institute > · Guus Schreiber, VU University Amsterdam > > Tutors > · Maribel Acosta, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology > · Irini Fundulaki, FORTH > · Max van Kleek, University of Southampton and the Open Data Institute > · Barry Norton, British Museum > · 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 FORGE, PRELIDA, 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
