FSNC 2012: FALL SCHOOL IN NATURAL COMPUTING

Цієї осені, 19–23 листопада, в іспанській Таррагоні відбудеться Міжнародна осіння школа з натуральних/природних обчислень (така ж, але весняна школа проходить там само). Повідомлення від організаторів:

Tarragona, Spain
November 19-23, 2012

http://grammars.grlmc.com/fsnc2012/

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AIM:

FSNC 2012 offers a broad and intensive series of lectures at different levels on selected topics in nature-inspired computing. The students choose their preferred courses according to their interests and background. Instructors are top names in their respective fields. The School intends to help students initiate and foster their research career.

ADDRESSED TO:

Graduate (and advanced undergraduate) students from around the world. Most appropriate degrees include: Computer Science, Biology, Neuroscience, Physics and Mathematics. Other students (for instance, from Engineering or Information Sciences) are welcome too.

The School is appropriate also for people more advanced in their career who want to keep themselves updated on developments in the field.

There will be no overlap in the class schedule.

COURSES AND PROFESSORS:

• Andries P. Engelbrecht (Pretoria), Learning from Zero-Knowledge [intermediate/advanced, 6 hours]
• Etienne E. Kerre (Gent), Basic Principles of Fuzzy Set Theory [introductory, 8 hours]
• Xiaodong Li (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology), Advances in Particle Swarm Optimization [introductory/advanced, 6 hours]
• Leandro Nunes de Castro (Mackenzie Presbiterian, São Paulo), Introduction to Evolutionary Data Clustering [introductory/intermediate, 10 hours]
• Sankar K. Pal (Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata), Granular Mining in Soft Computing and Pattern Recognition [introductory/advanced, 4 hours]
• Ned Seeman (New York), Structural DNA Nanotechnology [introductory/advanced, 10 hours]
• Tatsuya Suda (University Netgroup Inc., Irvine), Molecular Communication and the Bio-networking Architecture [introductory/intermediate, 6 hours]

REGISTRATION:

It has to be done on line at

http://grammars.grlmc.com/fsnc2012/Registration.php

FEES:

They are variable, depending on the number of courses each student takes. The rule is:

1 hour =

• 10 euros (for payments until September 24, 2012),
• 12.50 euros (for payments between September 25 and October 22, 2012),
• 15 euros (for payments after October 22, 2012).

PAYMENT PROCEDURE:

The fees must be paid to the School's bank account:

Uno-e Bank
bank’s address: Julian Camarillo 4 C, 28037 Madrid, Spain
IBAN: ES3902270001820201823142
SWIFT/BIC code: UNOEESM1
account holder: C. Martin – GRLMC
account holder’s address: Av. Catalunya 35, 43002 Tarragona, Spain

Please mention FSNC 2012 and your name in the subject. A receipt will be provided on site.

Remarks:

• Bank transfers should not involve any expense for the School.
• People claiming early registration will be requested to prove that the bank transfer order was carried out by the deadline.
• The organizers reserve the right to cancel a course if the number of students who signed up for it is less than 10.
• Students will be refunded only in the case when a course gets cancelled due to the unavailability of the instructor or because of insufficient registration numbers.

People registering on site at the beginning of the School must pay in cash. For the sake of local organization, however, it is much recommended to do it earlier.

ACCOMMODATION:

Information about accommodation will be available on the website of the School.

CERTIFICATE:

Students will be delivered a certificate stating the courses attended, their contents, and their duration.

IMPORTANT DATES:

Announcement of the programme: August 27, 2012
Very early registration deadline: September 24, 2012
Early registration deadline: October  22, 2012
Starting of the School: November 19, 2012
End of the School: November 23, 2012

QUESTIONS AND FURTHER INFORMATION:

Lilica Voicu:
florentinalilica.voicu@urv.cat

WEBSITE:

http://grammars.grlmc.com/fsnc2012/

POSTAL ADDRESS:

FSNC 2012
Research Group on Mathematical Linguistics (GRLMC)
Rovira i Virgili University
Av. Catalunya, 35
43002 Tarragona, Spain

Phone: +34-977-559543
Fax: +34-977-558386

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

Diputació de Tarragona
Universitat Rovira i Virgili