24.1952, Summer Schools: International Summer School on Agent-based Computational Models of Creativity/ Cortona, Italy

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Subject: 24.1952, Summer Schools: International Summer School on Agent-based Computational Models of Creativity/ Cortona, Italy

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Date: Tue, 07 May 2013 10:47:00
From: Freek Van de Velde [freek.vandevelde at arts.kuleuven.be]
Subject: International Summer School on Agent-based Computational Models of Creativity/ Cortona, Italy

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 Music and the Origins of Language: International Summer School on Agent-based Computational Models of Creativity

Host Institution: Scuola Normale Superiore
Coordinating Institution: The Evolutionary Linguistics Association (ELA)
Website: http://ai.vub.ac.be/events/cortona-2013/

Dates: 15-Sep-2013 - 20-Sep-2013
Location: Cortona, Italy

Focus: This summer school centers on agent-based models of creativity, 
focusing on the domains of language and music.
Minimum Education Level: MA

Special Qualifications:
The school is open to all researchers with sufficient scientific and technical 
background to actively participate in the lectures and ateliers. The number 
of possible participants is limited and we therefore use a strict selection procedure.

Description:
The summer school has a wide-ranging program of background lectures
introducing concepts from biology, anthropology, psychology, music theory and
linguistics that are helpful to understand the nature of creativity, the role
and intimate relations between language and music, and the mechanisms
underlying cultural evolution. It further contains technical lectures on the
fundamental computational components required for language processing as well
as technical ateliers to learn how to set up evolutionary linguistics
experiments. Participants have the opportunity to present their latest
research in a poster session. Embedded in the school is an ERC workshop of the
Flow Machines project on musical style and composition. The school also
features artistic ateliers in which participants create new creative works and
engage in performance.

Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics
                      General Linguistics

Tuition: 920.00 EUR

Financial Aid: Applications accepted until 15-May-2013
The Summer School has a limited number of stipends available for participants.

Financial Aid Instructions:
 The stipend includes registration, accommodation and meals, and a contribution 
to travel costs. Participants who wish to apply for a stipend must have a degree in 
artificial intelligence, computer science or an acceptable equivalent. Applicants 
who have demonstrable experience in (computational) linguistics and/or music will be 
prioritized.

The deadline of application is Wednesday 15 May 2013 – 23h59 CET.

Notification of acceptance is sent before 1st of June. Preference is given to early applicants.

Registration: 03-May-2013 to 15-May-2013

Contact Person: Ellen Geerts
                Phone: +32 3 629 37 00
                Email: elgeerts at ai.vub.ac.be

Apply by Email: cortona2013 at ai.vub.ac.be
Apply on the web: http://ai.vub.ac.be/events/cortona-2013/registration/

Registration Instructions:
Send an email with the following information to the application email address:

-  Name, current affiliation and contact details
-  A short CV (including a recent photo)
-  Additional background
-  Your programming experience
-  Which music instruments you play (if any)
-  Which training your received in linguistics or natural language processing
(if any)
-  Which languages you speak
-  Three of your publications most relevant for the Summer School
-  For pre-docs: a recommendation letter
-  Abstract for a poster (optional)

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