ICAPS Summer School 2013

[Julie Porteous]

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ICAPS Summer School on Planning and Scheduling
4th - 7th June 2013
Perugia (ITALY)

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Event Description
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The International Summer School on Planning and Scheduling is a well-
established event attracting students in AI from all over the world.
This year is the 8th edition and it will be held in Perugia (Italy),
the week immediately before the ICAPS 2013 Conference in Rome. The
school is an intense four-day educational and mentoring program for
graduate students and young researchers.
The Summer School offers as usual high level introductory courses to
basic research planning issues and moreover the two special sessions:
Hands-on Planning and P&S for Aerospace Applications.
The special aim of this year edition is to provide the participants a
practical hands-on perspective in order to address a variety of
domains where P&S systems represent a potential solution. The
Aerospace area represents a remarkable example of a field where P&S
has been successfully applied and which is a source of basic research
issues. The case-studied and discussion oriented approach of these
Special Sessions aims at increasing the participants ability to
recognize and successfully face the practical issues which arise when
modeling, designing and running P&S applications.
Speakers will be high level experts widely acknowledged by the P&S
community, which include the former organizers of ICAPS P&S
Competitions for the Hands-on Planning track and leading scientists
from NASA, Space Telescope Science Institute, ONERA and European Space
Agency for the P&S for Aerospace Applications track.


Venue
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The summer school will be hosted in Perugia by the Department of
Mathematics and Computer Science of the University of Perugia, Via
Vanvitelli 1, 06123 Perugia, Italy.

Web Site
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http://icaps13.icaps-conference.org/student-program/summer-school/

Application and Important Dates
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In order to apply to the summer school the candidates must submit:
--- the completed application form available at the school web-site
--- a CV
--- an intention letter describing how the applicant's planned
research is
connected to the topics of automated planning and scheduling

To apply, please send the above documents by email to
icaps_sum...@dmi.unipg.it

Important dates
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Application deadline.... March 25, 2013
Notification............ March 31, 2013
Registration............ April 20, 2013
Grant / scolarship
Notification............ May 15, 2013

In order to ensure the success of the school, the registration will be
restricted to 60 participants. In case of over-application, the
preference will be given to students at the beginning of their
research path.

Registration Fee
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The registration fee is 400 EUR. It covers:
--- Admission to all school courses and laboratories
--- Coffee breaks and lunches during the school
--- Accommodation for 5 nights in a double room
from June 3 (check-in) to June 8 (check-out)
--- Social dinner

Support
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A limited number of scolarships and grants will be available. Every
student of the summer school can apply for a grant that can be used to
partially cover registration fee, accommodation, and travel expenses.
Decisions about allocation and size of the grants will be announced as
soon as possible, after the registration, and by May 15th, 2013.
Request for such financial support should be indicated on the
application, and additional documentation should be provided.
Grants applicants should provide:
--- a presentation letter of the student's supervisor/director of
research,
--- the completed grant request part in the application form

Organizing Committee
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Alfredo Milani
Valentina Poggioni

University of Perugia (Italy)