Joint DELOS-MUSCLE Summer School
Multimedia Digital Libraries
Machine learning and cross-modal technologies for access and retrieval
12-17 June 2006, San Vincenzo, Italy

Call for Participation

Presentation

About one hundred European universities and research centres have been involved in the last few years in projects funded by EU addressing multimedia data analysis, computer vision and object recognition, multimedia management in large audio and video collections. Presently, two Network of Excellence of the sixth EU Framework Program, namely DELOS and MUSCLE, are addressing these subjects: the former, working in new generations of digital libraries, has a specific work package devoted to audio, video and non traditional objects digital libraries; the latter has many work packages oriented to exploiting machine learning for multimedia data retrieval and for cross-media analysis.

The Summer School on "Multimedia Digital Libraries, Machine learning and cross-modal technologies for access and retrieval" has been jointly organized by those two Networks, and will be held in San Vincenzo, Italy (about 50 Km South of Pisa), from 12 to 17 June 2006.

The aim of the school is to promote advanced experiences and implementations and, more in general, to improve knowledge in these fields. The school will be open to researchers and practitioners who are interested in audio-visual and multimedia digital libraries and in advanced solutions and technologies for their implementation. It will also contribute to establish a common vision of the future ICT technologies for digital libraries, and ultimately will represent a significant opportunity to exchange experiences, to share common problems and to start new joint activities. No specific prerequisites are required, but it is recommended that participants have experience in using information management systems dealing with multimedia data.

Technologies for multimedia digital libraries span over many disciplines: information systems, knowledge representation, computer vision, audio and image processing, compression and storage, machine learning and information retrieval, multimedia data mining, cross-media analysis, user interfaces and interoperability. On these topics, the School program has planned highly qualified lectures given by international researchers, addressing theoretical approaches and practical solutions.

School Programme

This one-week intensive school will consist of eight half-day lectures and one half-day dedicated to BOF (Birds of a Feather) sessions, i.e., discussions in smaller groups on specific topics of common interest, with the participation of the lecturers. The morning half-day lectures will begin at 9:00 and end at 12:00, with a coffee break during the morning. The afternoon lectures will begin at 15:30 and end at 18:30, with a coffee break in the afternoon. The programme of the School is shown below.

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REGISTRATION

For other attendants the registration fees are as follows:
Early registration (before 20 May 2006) 400€
Regular registration (after 20 May 2006) 500€

To register please send all the requested registration information (see below) to Francesca Borri by email (francesca.borri@isti.cnr.it) or by fax (+39-050-315-3464 or +39-050-315-2810). Please specify if you qualify for the waiving of the registration fee, and in that case attach a recommenadtion letter. Within a week from the receipt of the application the registration will be confirmed (or rejected if no more places are available). The deadline for receipt of registration requests is June 2nd, 2006.

Registration information

Registration Payment

Your registration will not become final until we receive payment. Cancellations received before May 5th, 2006 will be completely refunded. Cancellations received after May 5th, 2006 but before June 2nd, 2006 will incur a charge of 25% to cover administration costs. Refunds for cancellations after June 2nd, 2006 cannot normally be made. Substitutions of participants may be made at any time up to the start of the School. Payment can be made by credit card, bank transfer or money order, banker's draft or international cheque.

Credit Card
Payment by credit card can be done by printing and filling-in the attached form, and sending it via fax to Francesca Borri (+39 050 315 3464). Please note that we can accept only VISA and Mastercard credit cards for payment of the registration fee. The credit card form can also be dowloaded from the DELOS web site (www.delos.info).

Bank Transfer
Payment by bank transfer can be done with the following information.
" Bank: Banco Popolare di Verona e Novara, Filiale di Pisa 1, Via San Francesco 54, 56127 Pisa, Italy
" International bank code (IBAN): IT 26 D 05188 14002 000000013761
" Account holder: Ettore Ricciardi - C.O.C.E.S. Treasurer
" Reference: Make sure to specify the name of the person who is being registered for the Summer School as well the name of the school: "Audio Visual 2006".

For your convenience, please find attached a form that can be printed, filled-in and brought to your bank. The bank transfer form can also be dowloaded from the DELOS web site (www.delos.info).

Money Order
The money order, banker's draft or international cheque should be made payable to "Ettore Ricciardi - Treasurer" and sent, along with a copy of your registration information, to the following address:

Francesca Borri
ISTI-CNR
Via Moruzzi, 1
56124 Pisa, Italy
Tel: +39 050 315 3470
Fax: +39 050 315 3464
E-mail: francesca.borri@isti.cnr.it

Registration FORMS

Registration payment by bank transfer
Registration payment by credit card

Accommodation

About the location

School venue
The Palace of culture and the Communal Library, with a recently restored wide conference room, host meetings, expositions and cultural events all year round. The school will be located in the Tower, built in 1406 A.D. from the Republic of Pisa as a coastal Tower.

How to reach San Vincenzo
It can be easily reached from Pisa and Florence by car (Rosignano exit of A12 motorway, hence following the Aurelia highway) and by train (San Vincenzo train station on the Italian Railroad line Modane - Turin - Genova - Pisa - Rome). The "Galileo Galilei" International Airport of Pisa is only 50 kilometers away.

In the neighbourhood
Very close to S. Vincenzo are the promontory of Populonia and the splendid gulf of Baratti, surrounded by an important archaeological area dated from the Etruscan age. San Vincenzo is only a few kilometres away from old villages and medieval towns such as Suvereto, Sassetta, Campiglia Marittima, Bolgheri, Catagneto Carducci, Volterra, San Gimignano and Siena. Pisa and Florence are also just around the corner. San Vincenzo is also a few minutes away from the island of Elba and is in front of the island of Capraia. From the harbour depart tours on sea routes of very interesting landscapes (http://www.costadeglietruschi.it/).