Meetings

PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT
SUMMER SCHOOL ON INTELLIGENT DATA ANALYSIS
Palermo, Italy, September 18-22, 2000

Over the last decade or so, the size of machine-readable data sets has
increased dramatically and the problem of "data explosion" has become
apparent. In parallel with this recent developments in computing have
provided the basic infrastructure for fast access to online data. In
particular many advanced computational methods for extracting
information from large quantities of heterogeneous data and for data
representation are now beginning to mature. These developments have
created a new range of problems and challenges for the analysts, as
well as new opportunities for intelligent systems in data
analysis. All this has led to the emergence of the field of
Intelligent Data Analysis (IDA), a combination of diverse disciplines
including Artificial Intelligence and Statistics in particular.

The School on Intelligent Data Analysis (IDA) will focus on the core
techniques of Intelligent Data Analysis:

-	Statistics,
-	Bayesian Networks,
-	Neural networks,
-	Time Series Analysis,
-	Rule Induction,
-	Fuzzy Logic
-	Evolutionary Computation.

All courses are organized as to provide a wide description of the
theoretical and practical aspects of each discipline. For this purpose
also speakers from industry are invited to show practical and already
implemented applications of Intelligent Data Analysis techniques.

The target audience of the IDA Summer School are advanced
undergraduate students, PhD students, postdoctoral students and
academic and industrial researchers and developers. The Summer School
will take place at the University of Palermo (Italy) from September
18th and September 22nd 2000.

More information - including the preliminary program and the list of
speakers - will be available since early June on the IDA summer
school's web page:

http://www.cere.pa.cnr.it/IDAschool/

FINANCIAL SUPPORT.

At the moment it is very likely that financial support from the
European Commission will be available for young researchers (<35) to
attend the school. This support will cover the registration fee and
part of the travel and subsistence expenses. In the course of June
more details will be made available.

If you are interested in attending the school or would like to inquire
about the possibility for financial support, please send e-mail to
ida@cere.pa.cnr.it.