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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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