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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-GB link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><u><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Call for Participation</span></u></b><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>The sixth edition of the Vision Understanding and Machine Intelligence (VISUM) Summer School will take place between 5 and 13, July 2018, in Porto - Portugal. This year the following topics will be covered:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>1.</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Computer Vision and Machine Learning</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>2.</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Affective Computing</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>3.</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Deep Learning</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>4.</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Statistical Shape Modelling</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>5.</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Human Behaviour Analysis</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>6.</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Brain Image Analysis</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>World-renowned experts in the fields will deliver the courses, and the material covered will guide you in building your own AI system as a curricular project.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Aside from the theoretical relevance of the topics covered, and the experience of building a practical AI application, the school aims to provide a stimulating opportunity for students, young researchers and professionals with interests in Computer Vision and Machine Learning.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>The participants will benefit from direct interaction with representatives from the most relevant industries in the field, as well as top academics. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><u><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Application deadline</span></u></b><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>23 February 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><u><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Grants<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>In partnership with <a href="http://www.aprp.pt/"><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>APRP</span></a>, we will provide a grant that covers a full registration for an APRP member, according to the relevance of the applicant’s CV.</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Raleway;color:#141F23'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><u><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Intended audience</span></u></b><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>In general, people that have been exposed to introductory topics of Computer Vision and Machine Learning will find this to be an excellent opportunity to grow their knowledge base. The target audience is therefore:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>1.</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>MSc and PhD students</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>2.</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Researchers and Post-doctoral scholars</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>3.</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Industry professionals</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><u><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Social Program</span></u></b><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Porto is an eclectic city. Benefiting from low-cost flights, thousands of tourists visit each year. You’ll get a chance to see why so many people are attracted by the city. Well known by its cellars, resting place for the famous wine, Porto as a lot to offer. In the social day (Sunday), we’ll tour the city and check some of its coolest spots.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b id=docs-internal-guid-ce3f87b4-bbb0-93d1-1f45-80ec55117eab><u><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>List of invited speakers</span></u></b><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Alejandro Frangi, University of Sheffield, UK</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Björn W. Schuller, University of Augsburg, DE</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Michel Valstar, University of Nottingham, UK</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Jaime S. Cardoso, University of Porto, PT</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Luís Teixeira, University of Porto, PT</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><u><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Industry panel</span></u></b><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>IBM Research AI, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center / by John R. Smith, USA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Bosch / by Jochen Wingbermühle, PT<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Tecnalia / by Thierry Keller, ES<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Neadvance / by Manuel João Ferreira, PT<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>CardioID / by André Lourenço, PT<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Abyssal / by Pedro Costa, PT<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>NOTE: the completed list of speakers and industrial panel will be revealed soon!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><u><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Website</span></u></b><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>visum.inesctec.pt</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p><o:p> </o:p></p><p><o:p> </o:p></p><p><o:p> </o:p></p><p><o:p> </o:p></p><p><o:p> </o:p></p><p><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>