*To be removed from our mailing list, please respond to this message with UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line* ********************************************************************* 2014 TARRAGONA INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL ON TRENDS IN COMPUTING SSTiC 2014 Tarragona, Spain July 7-11, 2014 Organized by Rovira i Virgili University http://grammars.grlmc.com/sstic2014/ ********************************************************************* AIM: SSTiC 2014 is the second edition in a series started in 2013. For the previous event, see http://grammars.grlmc.com/SSTiC2013/ SSTiC 2014 will be a research training event mainly addressed to PhD students and PhD holders in the first steps of their academic career. It intends to update them about the most recent developments in the diverse branches of computer science and its neighbouring areas. To that purpose, renowned scholars will lecture and will be available for interaction with the audience. SSTiC 2014 will cover the whole spectrum of computer science through 5 keynote lectures and 30 six-hour courses dealing with the hottest topics in the field. The organizers share the idea that outstanding speakers will really attract high-quality students. ADDRESSED TO: Graduate students from around the world. There are no formal pre-requisites in terms of the academic degree the attendee must hold. However, since there will be several levels in the courses, reference may be made to specific knowledge background in the description of some of them. SSTiC 2014 is also appropriate for more senior people who want to keep themselves updated on developments in their own field or in other branches of computer science. They will surely find it fruitful to listen and discuss with scholars who are main references in computing nowadays. REGIME: In addition to keynotes, 3 parallel sessions will be held during the whole event. Participants will be able to freely choose the courses they will be willing to attend as well as to move from one to another. VENUE: SSTiC 2014 will take place in Tarragona, located 90 kms. to the south of Barcelona. The venue will be: Campus Catalunya Universitat Rovira i Virgili Av. Catalunya, 35 43002 Tarragona KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: Larry S. Davis (U Maryland, College Park), A Historical Perspective of Computer Vision Models for Object Recognition and Scene Analysis George Karypis (U Minnesota, Twin Cities), Recommender Systems Past, Present, & Future Ronald R. Yager (Iona C, New Rochelle), tba ... more will come ... COURSES AND PROFESSORS: Divyakant Agrawal (U California, Santa Barbara), [intermediate] Scalable Data Management in Enterprise and Cloud Computing Infrastructures Rajkumar Buyya (U Melbourne), [intermediate] Cloud Computing Kwang-Ting (Tim) Cheng (U California, Santa Barbara), [introductory/intermediate] Smartphones: Hardware Platform, Software Development, and Emerging Apps Richard M. Fujimoto (Georgia Tech, Atlanta), [introductory] Parallel and Distributed Simulation Mark Guzdial (Georgia Tech, Atlanta), [introductory] Computing Education Research: What We Know about Learning and Teaching Computer Science George Karypis (U Minnesota, Twin Cities), [intermediate] Programming Models/Frameworks for Parallel & Distributed Computing Arie E. Kaufman (U Stony Brook), [advanced] Visualization Sudhakar M. Reddy (U Iowa, Iowa City), [introductory] Test and Design for Test of Digital Logic Circuits Robert Sargent (Syracuse U), [introductory] Validation of Models Mubarak Shah (U Central Florida, Orlando), [intermediate] Visual Crowd Analysis Steffen Staab (U Koblenz), [intermediate] Programming the Semantic Web Mike Thelwall (U Wolverhampton), [introductory] Sentiment Strength Detection for Twitter and the Social Web Nitin Vaidya (U Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), [introductory/intermediate] Distributed Consensus: Theory and Applications Philip Wadler (U Edinburgh), [intermediate] Topics in Lambda Calculus and Life ... more will come ... ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: Adrian Horia Dediu (Tarragona) Carlos Martín-Vide (Tarragona, chair) Bianca Truthe (Magdeburg) Florentina Lilica Voicu (Tarragona) REGISTRATION: It has to be done at http://grammars.grlmc.com/sstic2014/registration.php The selection of up to 8 courses requested in the registration template is only tentative and non-binding. For the sake of organization, it will be helpful to have an approximation of the respective demand for each course. Since the capacity of the venue is limited, registration requests will be processed on a first come first served basis. The registration period will be closed when the capacity of the venue will be complete. It is very convenient to register prior to the event. FEES: As far as possible, participants are expected to attend for the whole (or most of the) week (full-time). Fees are a flat rate allowing one to attend all courses. They vary depending on the registration deadline. If seats will still be available, shortly prior to the event attending only a few days (part-time) may be permitted, with the appropriate adjustment of the fees. ACCOMMODATION: Information about accommodation will be available on the website of the School in due time. CERTIFICATE: Participants will be delivered a certificate of attendance. QUESTIONS AND FURTHER INFORMATION: florentinalilica.voicu@urv.cat POSTAL ADDRESS: SSTiC 2014 Lilica Voicu Rovira i Virgili University Av. Catalunya, 35 43002 Tarragona, Spain Phone: +34 977 559 543 Fax: +34 977 558 386 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Departament dEconomia i Coneixement, Generalitat de Catalunya Universitat Rovira i Virgili