Tuesday, 25 July 2023 ESSAI & ACAI-2023 SUMMER SCHOOL BRINGS TOGETHER EXPERTS IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

On Monday, 24 July 2023, the new and first European Summer School on Artificial Intelligence took place at the Faculty of Computer and Information science of the University of Ljubljana, bringing together top experts from a number of world-renowned universities. Among the speakers at the opening was prof. dr. Klavdija Kutnar, Rector of the University of Primorska. The event was honoured with the honorary patronage of the President of the Republic of Slovenia, Nataša Pirc Musar.

       
                                            The President of the Republic of Slovenia, Nataša Pirc Musar
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Until 28 July, the ESSAI & ACAI 2023 Summer School will be a central space for topical discussions and exchange of views among students, young researchers in the field of artificial intelligence. There will be 24 one-week courses in different areas of AI and its sub-disciplines.

    
                                            Prof. dr. Klavdija Kutnar, Rector of the University of Primorska
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ESSAI and ACAI are organised as a single event with 6 parallel tracks. ACAI-2023 will bring together 10 sessions on AI and science, while ESSAI-2023, together with the third TAILOR Summer School, will offer 24 courses on all the topics of AI selected by an International Programme Committee. The main organising committee is chaired by assist. prof. dr. Vida Groznik, an employee of UP FAMNIT.

  
    Assist. prof. dr. Vida Groznik from the Department of Information Sciences and Technologies, UP FAMNIT
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The lectures will be delivered by top researchers from a number of world-renowned Universities such as Stanford (USA), University of Washington (USA), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (Australia) and other renowned EU Universities. To ensure that the breadth of skills is truly inclusive, a number of AI companies will be present, one of which is DeepMind.

The University of Primorska is also co-organising the summer school together with the Slovenian Artificial Intelligence Society (SLAIS), a member of EurAI, the University of Ljubljana and the Jožef Stefan Institute.

    
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