Machine Learning for Computer Vision

The courses will be delivered by world renowned experts in the field, from both academia and industry, and will cover both theoretical and practical aspects in exploiting machine learning techniques for real computer vision application problems.

The school is especially aimed to provide a stimulating space for young researchers and Ph.D. students. The participants will benefit from direct interaction and discussions with world leaders in computer vision and machine learning. Participants will also have the possibility to present the results of their research on the topic of the school, and to interact with their scientific peers, in a friendly and constructive environment.

LIST OF SPEAKERS

Michael Black Brown University, USA Nello Cristianini University of Bristol, UK Rob Fergus New York University, USA Andrew Fitzgibbon Microsoft Research Ltd, Cambridge, UK David Forsyth University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

Dariu Gavrila Daimler Research, D, and University of Amsterdam, NL Zoubin Ghahramani University of Cambridge, UK Dan Huttenlocher Cornell University, USA Matthew Johnson Nokia Point and Find San Francisco, USA Takeo Kanade Carnegie Mellon University, USA

Pushmeet Kohli Microsoft Research Ltd, Cambridge, UK Tae-Kyun Kim University of Cambridge, UK Stefano Soatto UCLA, USA Björn Stenger Toshiba Research Europe Ltd, Cambridge, UK John Winn Microsoft Research Ltd, Cambridge, UK

SCHOOL APPLICATION
The school will be open to about 100 qualified, motivated and pre-selected candidates.

Master Students, Ph. D. students, post-docs, young researchers (both academic and industrial), senior researchers (both academic and industrial) or academic/industrial professionals are encouraged to apply.

POSTER SUBMISSION
Accepted students may submit a poster to present their research activity. The poster should b'e submitted before 10 May 2009. Suitable space will be reserved to students for showing their posters. The electronic version of the posters will also be available from the ICVSS web site.

Best Presentation Prize
A selected subset from the submitted posters will be selected by the school committee for short oral presentation. A best presentation prize (supported by Toshiba Research Europe) will be given to the best presentation selected by the school committee.

SCHOLARSHIP
A scholarship (grant offered by the GIRPR) will be awarded to the best PhD student attending the school. The decision will be made by the school committee at the time of the school, taking into account candidates'cv, poster and oral presentation. All PhD students attending the school will be considered for the GIRPR grant.

SCHOOL DEADLINES
Student Application: 21 March 2009
Notification Acceptance: 31 March 2009
Early Registration: 10 April 2009
Late Registration (with extra payment of 150 €): After 10 April 2009
Accommodation Reservation at Hotel Village Baia Samuele: 10 April 2009
Poster Submission: 10 May 2009
Notification of Decision for Oral Presentation: 08 June 2009
Local Arrangements Information: 14 June 2009

LOCATION OF ICVSS 2009
ICVSS 2009 will be hosted by Hotel Village Baia Samuele in Punta Sampieri - Scicli (Ragusa), Sicily from 6-11 July 2009. Sicily is one of the most beautiful islands of the Mediterranean. The island is very rich in archeological sites from various Ancient Civilizations. The sea, weather, food and the wine are excellent.
In particular Punta Sampieri - Scicli (RG) is located in the south east of Sicily in a late Baroque area called Val di Noto. The Val di Noto area is included in the Unesco World Heritage List and includes eight nearby towns: Caltagirone, Militello Val di Catania, Catania, Modica, Noto, Palazzolo, Ragusa and Scicli.
The location of the school rises in the middle of an ample bay delimited on the west from Sampieri and on the east from a cliff, on which is founded an ancient furnace, rare example of industrial archaeology. The Hotel Village “Baia Samuele” stretches in a gentle slant to the beach: 120 thousand square meters delimited from rows of secular cypresses. An ultramodern village with an original architecture, pleasant design and all comforts you can imagine. The frame of plants and flowers, typical of this angle of Sicily, in front of the island of Malta, completes this gilded dream of the Mediterranean.

ACCOMMODATION RESERVATION AT HOTEL VILLAGE BAIA SAMUELE
ICVSS participants may choose either to stay at Hotel Village Baia Samuele (school location) at very special rates. ICVSS participants must make reservations for accommodation at Hotel Village Baia Samuele, no later than 10th April 2009, using the attached form (Accommodation Reservation Module) to be sent by fax (+39 0932848603) to Baia Samuele reception. After 10th April 2009 there is no guarantee for reservations in Hotel Village Baia Samuele. For any further information please send an email to Baia Samuele Staff baiasamuele@baiasamuele.it (To the attention of Dr. Tania Tricoli).

OTHER SUGGESTED ACCOMMODATIONS
The following accommodations are located near Sampieri city (1 Km far from School Location):

SCHOOL BUS SERVICE
The following bus service will be provided by the school (without charge):

SHUTTLE SERVICE
A shuttle service is available provided by Eraclea Travels Staff. Reservation can be done directly on site during the school or by email to info@eracletravels.it (To the attention of Dr. Barbara Iurato)

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
The following indications can be used for participants who want to use public transportation:

BY CAR
Route 1 (From Catania to School Location through Ragusa):
Catania - Ragusa (SS 194), go on in direction Marina di Modica, go out at the exit for Sampieri-Marina di Modica. 2 Km after Marina di Modica you arrive to the village.
Get Detailed map on Route 1

Route 2 (From Catania to School Location through Siracusa):
Catania - Siracusa (SS 114), Siracusa-Gela (A18), go on in direction Pozzallo (SS 115), go on direction Sampieri-Marina di Modica. 2 Km after Marina di Modica you arrive to the village.
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Route 3 (From Palermo to School Location through Caltanissetta):
Palermo - Caltanissetta (A 19), Exit SS 626 Caltanissetta/Gela/Agrigento, go on in direction Modica by SS 115, go on direction Sampieri-Marina di Modica. 2 Km after Marina di Modica you arrive to the village.
Get Detailed map on Route 3

FLIGHTS TO SICILY AND CAR RENTAL
Useful informations on Flights and Car Rental can be found here.

Red markers indicate Catania Airport and the School Location.