The main objective of EWSCS is to expose Estonian, Baltic, and Nordic graduate students in computer science (but also interested students from elsewhere) to frontline research topics usually not covered within the regular curricula. The working language of the schools is English.
EWSCS'11 is the sixteenth event of the series.
PROGRAMME
The schools' scientific programme consists of short courses by renowned specialists and a student session.
Courses of EWSCS'11
(Lecture titles are only rough indications of topic areas)
Xavier Boyen (Université de Liege, Belgium):
[Lattice-based cryptology] (details)
Rajeev Goré (Australian National University, Canberra, Australia):
Automated reasoning in modal, tense and temporal logics (details)
Martin Hofmann (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany):
[Implicit computational complexity / resource reasoning] (details)
Bart Jacobs (Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, The Netherlands):
[Coalgebra] (details)
Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi (Technische Universität Darmstadt and Fraunhofer-Institut für Sichere Informationstechnologie, Germany):
Secure and trusted computing (details)
The purpose of the student session is to give students an opportunity to present their work (typically, thesis work) and get feedback. Registrants are invited to propose short talks (20 min) on topics of theoretical computer science, broadly understood. The selection will be based on abstracts of 150-400 words (see the instruction).
The social programme consists of an excursion and a conference dinner.
VENUE
Palmse is a small settlement 80 kms to the east from Tallinn in the county of Lääne-Viru. It is renowned for a large manor that used to belong to the von Pahlen family, today hosting the visitors' center of the Lahemaa National Park, a museum, and a hotel.
Tallinn, Estonia's capital, is famous for its picturesque medieval Old Town, a UNESCO World Heritage site. There are direct flights to Tallinn airport from Amsterdam, Berlin Tegel, Brussels, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Gothenburg, Helsinki, Kiev, Lappeenranta, London Gatwick and Stansted, Milan Malpensa, Minsk, Moscow, Munich, Oslo, Prague, Riga, Stockholm Arlanda, St Petersburg, Turku, Vilnius, ferries from Stockholm and Helsinki. From Vilnius, Riga, St Petersburg the Eurolines coach services are the practical travel option.
APPLICATION AND COST
To apply for a place, fill in the online participation application form. Please apply early; the number of participants we can admit is limited.
The deadline for application and submission of abstracts (see the instruction) is 14 January 2011. All applicants will be notified of admission to the school and acceptance of their talks by 28 January 2011.
Admitted participants are entitled and expected to attend the courses and student session of the school. They will also receive a binder with the course material and access to additional materials on the school website.
The participation fee is 320 EUR and includes full board accommodation at Palmse, transportation from Tallinn to Palmse, an excursion and conference dinner (by contributing towards the associated expense; it does not cover the whole cost). The fee must be paid by 11 February 2011 (see the payment options)
Please do not transfer payments or send us credit card data before you have received a notification of being accepted to the school.
For some applicants with funding difficulty, we may be able to reduce the fee from 10-50%. To apply for a fee reduction, please fill in the online fee reduction request form.
PROGRAMME COMMITTEE / ORGANISING COMMITTEE
Tarmo Uustalu (Institute of Cybernetics) (chair)
Monika Perkmann (Institute of Cybernetics) (secretary)
Helger Lipmaa (Cybernetica AS)
Peeter Laud (Cybernetica AS)
Varmo Vene (University of Tartu)
Sven Laur (University of Tartu)
SPONSORS
Tiger University Plus programme of the Estonian Information Technology Foundation (expected)
Estonian Centre of Excellence in Computer Science, EXCS (funded mainly by the European Regional Development Fund)
