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                <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="color:#500050">D</span>ear
                  Al Professors, Postdocs or Senior AI researchers,<o:p></o:p></p>
                <p class="MsoNoSpacing"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                <p class="MsoNoSpacing">the International AI Doctoral
                  Academy (<a href="https://www.i-aida.org/"
                    target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">AIDA</span></a>)
                  offers a series of courses on Artificial Intelligence
                  and related fields given by distinguished lecturers.<o:p></o:p></p>
                <p class="MsoNoSpacing">AIDA had an excellent
                  AI course offer in the past 4 years: 106 courses and
                  14 seasonal schools with more than 4200 registrants.<o:p></o:p></p>
                <p class="MsoNoSpacing"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                <p class="MsoNoSpacing">This semester (Spring
                  2026), AIDA is excited to once again present an
                  exciting selection of short, semester courses and
                  web-lecture series designed to deepen your knowledge
                  and skills.<o:p></o:p></p>
                <p class="MsoNoSpacing"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>We invite you to contribute
                    to AIDA Spring semester course program (from Feb.
                    1st, 2026, to June 30th, 2026) by offering AIDA
                    courses and becoming part of this vibrant learning
                    community</b>.<o:p></o:p></p>
                <p class="MsoNoSpacing"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                <p class="MsoNoSpacing">The benefits for offering an
                  AIDA course can be found in: <a
                    href="https://www.i-aida.org/why-aida-courses/"
                    moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">https://www.i-aida.org/why-aida-courses/</span></a>
                  <o:p></o:p></p>
                <p class="MsoNoSpacing"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="color:black">You
                    can participate in the AIDA </span>course <span
                    style="color:black">program by offering new or
                    opening-up existing courses targeted
                    to AIDA students</span>*<span style="color:black"> </span>and
                  <span style="color:black">other students worldwide</span>,<span
                    style="color:black"> according to the participation
                    terms of your own organization.
                    Short/Very Short course formats (5-16 hours) are
                    typically encouraged, while semester courses, or
                    asynchronous mode web courses will be considered as
                    well. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                <p class="MsoNoSpacing">See the related AIDA pages:<o:p></o:p></p>
                <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><a
href="https://www.i-aida.org/phd-studies/short-courses/"
                    moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">https://www.i-aida.org/phd-studies/short-courses/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
                <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><a
href="https://www.i-aida.org/phd-studies/lecture-series-2/"
                    moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">https://www.i-aida.org/phd-studies/lecture-series-2/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
                <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><a
href="https://www.i-aida.org/phd-studies/summer-school/"
                    moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">https://www.i-aida.org/phd-studies/summer-school/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
                <p class="MsoNoSpacing"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                <p class="MsoNoSpacing">Any qualified Al
                  Professor/Postdoc or Senior AI researcher (PhD holder)
                  can apply to offer a course or seasonal school, no
                  matter if she/he belongs to a host University that is
                  an AIDA member or not. <o:p></o:p></p>
                <p class="MsoNoSpacing">The course lecturer(s) and/or
                  their host University/Institution define course fees
                  and other course-related issues.<o:p></o:p></p>
                <p class="MsoNoSpacing"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                <p class="MsoNoSpacing">Course/school proposals using
                  the <a
href="https://www.i-aida.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/AIDA-COURSE-APPLICATION-FORM-v4.0.docx"
                    moz-do-not-send="true">AIDA course/school proposal
                    form</a> should be sent to: Prof. Stefano Berretti <a
                    href="mailto:stefano.berretti@unifi.it"
                    target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
                    class="moz-txt-link-freetext">stefano.berretti@unifi.it</a>, and
                  to the AIDA secretariat <a
                    href="mailto:secretariat@i-aida.org"
                    moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">secretariat@i-aida.org</a>
                    They will be evaluated by the AIDA Educational
                  Planning Committee.<o:p></o:p></p>
                <p class="MsoNoSpacing">They <span style="color:black">will
                    be evaluated by the AIDA Educational Planning
                    Committee.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                <p class="MsoNoSpacing"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="color:black">Accepted courses will
                    be listed on AIDA website (<a
                      href="https://www.i-aida.org/" target="_blank"
                      moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">https://www.i-aida.org/</span></a>) and
                    will be </span>promoted through <o:p></o:p></p>
                <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="color:black">The</span>
                  <span style="color:black">AIDA</span>/AUTH<span
                    style="color:black"> dissemination channels</span>
                  reaching 50K+ AI professionals and students worldwide<span
                    style="color:black">. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                <p class="MsoNoSpacing"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                <p class="MsoNoSpacing">Best regards<o:p></o:p></p>
                <p class="MsoNoSpacing">S. Berretti, Ioannis Pitas<o:p></o:p></p>
                <p class="MsoNoSpacing"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                <p class="MsoNoSpacing">* AIDA Students  are PhD
                  students, or Postdoc researchers of AIDA Members.<o:p></o:p></p>
                <p class="MsoNoSpacing">Post scriptum: To stay current
                  on AIDA, AI, or CV/ML matters, you may want to
                  register in the CVML email list, following
                  instructions in: <a
                    href="https://lists.auth.gr/sympa/info/cvml"
                    moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">https://lists.auth.gr/sympa/info/cvml</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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