the International AI Doctoral  Academy (AIDA) https://www.i-aida.org/ is doing very well.

It has 73 excellent members (Universities, Research Centers and Companies with top AI record), 100 AIDA Lecturers (offering courses and/or supervising AIDA students) and 200 AIDA Students (PhD candidates or Postdoc researchers from AIDA members).

So far, in its first year (2021), it had a robust educational offer, consisting of many AI short courses, summer schools and semester courses/lecture series, as well as top AI Excellence Lectures on bi-weekly basis.

External AI Professors (from outside AIDA membership) and , of course AIDA Lecturers, can offer AIDA courses, by proper arrangements with the AIDA Educational Planning Committee (send a message to pitas@csd.auth.gr)

External students (from outside AIDA membership) and of course AIDA Students can register in AIDA courses, according to the arrangements of each course.

Anybody can attend for free lectures in the AIDA Excellence Lecture series:

https://www.i-aida.org/event_cat/ai-lectures/

https://www.i-aida.org/resource_cat/ai-excellence-lecture-series-repository/

and access material in the AIDA educational repository: https://www.i-aida.org/resource_cat/aida-educational-resource-repository/

These offers continue in the Spring semester 2022, as you can see in the AIDA www site:

https://www.i-aida.org/phd-studies/short-courses/

https://www.i-aida.org/phd-studies/lecture-series-2/

Furthermore, AIDA started collecting quality AI educational material that can be found in:

https://www.i-aida.org/resource_cat/aida-educational-resource-repository/

https://www.i-aida.org/resource_cat/ai-excellence-lecture-series-repository/   

The AIDA web system (beta version) is in good state, thanks to the efforts of LOBA and the AUTH AIIA Lab staff.

You are invited to attend the 1-hour free e-lecture and Q & A session on ’How to get involved and get the most out of the AIDA web system’, on Tuesday 15/3/2022, 17:00-18:00 CET. Please book this time slot!

Telco Zoom link:
https://authgr.zoom.us/j/94866425617
Passcode: 867064

You will learn how-to:

1. become AIDA Lecturer and start offering AIDA courses or contributing to AIDA Educational Resource Repository
2. become AIDA Student and start attending AIDA courses that will enter your AIDA Certificate  of Course Attendance (CCA) and/or use AIDA educational resources
3. get involved in AIDA activities
4. ask your Institution (University, Research Center or Company with AI record) to become AIDA member.

It is best to attend, even if you are already AIDA Lecturer or Student and you know things, in order to avoid errors and make the most out of the AIDA Web system.

In the Q & A session, priority will be given to AIDA Lecturer and AIDA Student questions.

Anybody coming from AIDA members or external is welcomed to attend and spread the word. AIDA aims high to become an international reference point on AI excellence.

To continue being informed on AIDA educational offers, you may want to register to the AIDA email list, following instructions in https://lists.auth.gr/sympa/info/aida

Best regards

Prof. Ioannis Pitas

AIDA Chair