Call for participation to the Summer School on AI Technologies for Trust, Interoperability and Autonomy in Industry 4.0

[Olivier Boissier]

The Summer School on
AI Technologies for Trust, Interoperability and Autonomy in Industry 4.0
8th to 12th of July 2019
Saint-Étienne, France
https://wiss.univ-st-etienne.fr/

We would like to invite PhD students and early stage researchers to apply to the summer school that we organise in July this year on the topic of AI Technologies for Trust, Interoperability and Autonomy in Industry 4.0, in a collaboration between Université Jean Monnet Saint-Étienne, École des Mines de Saint-Étienne, Universität Bonn, and Fraunhofer IAIS Bonn.
This summer school will have a unique format where participants will be intensively working on concrete industry use cases based on key challenges identified by industrial partners during a workshop in April (https://www.iais.fraunhofer.de/en/business-areas/enterprise-information-integration/workshop-series-artificial-intelligence-industry-4-0.html) where academia and industry will join forces to prepare them.
If you are a company interested in supporting this summer school, see sponsorship plans at the end of this email.

Topics
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The summer school will address various aspects of AI in Industry 4.0 (or Industry of the future) with a particular focus on:
	• knowledge graphs
	• the web of things
	• decentralised AI
	• responsible AI
Each of these topics will be covered in lectures and practical sessions, then applied to the industry use cases to devise potential solutions.

Expected candidates and benefits
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We welcome applications from PhD students and early stage researchers that have already some knowledge in at least one of the topics above, but want to broaden their perspective and have a chance to apply their skills on real problems. The benefits for the participants are:
	• learn or improve knowledge in several areas of Artificial Intelligence
	• get in touch with high profile researchers and professors
	• build a network with other talented young researchers
	• hack together plausible solutions to stimulating real-life problems
	• have the opportunity to further develop your approach in collaboration with industry partners
The most promising contributions from the participants will be presented at a follow-up workshop in September (http://ci.emse.fr/ai4industry/) where again, academics and industry partners will meet to build a roadmap for future research and development. Contributors will be solicited, potentially giving them real career opportunities.

How to apply
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We will limit the number of participants to 30 people. Therefore, in case we receive too many applications, we will select attendees based on their résumés and cover letter. Please use the form at https://wiss.univ-st-etienne.fr/en/registration.html to submit your files.

Dates
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* Opening of application for participation: 12 March 2019
* End of application: 15 May 2019
* Notification of acceptance: 20 May 2019
* Deadline for registration: 1 June 2019
* Summer school: 8-12 July 2019


Sponsorship
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If you are a company who would like to get privileged access to the results of the summer school and get a chance to make your products known, you may want to take a look at our sponsoring options at https://wiss.univ-st-etienne.fr/en/sponsorship.html. 


Contact and organising institutions
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Main contact person: Antoine Zimmermann (antoine.zimmermann at emse.fr)
École des Mines de Saint-Étienne
Université Jean Monnet Saint-Étienne
Universität Bonn
Fraunhofer IAIS