ACDL 2020, 3rd Advanced Course on Data Science & Machine Learning
An Interdisciplinary Course: Big Data, Deep Learning & Artificial Intelligence without Borders
ACDL 2020 – A Unique Experience:
Data Science, Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence with the World’s Leaders in the fascinating atmosphere of the ancient Certosa di Pontignano
Certosa di Pontignano, Siena – Tuscany, Italy
July 13-17, 2020
The past 2 editions have attracted more than 150 students per year and world-renowned experts in ML, AI, DP and DS including Yoshua Bengio, Leslie Kaelbling, Peter Norvig, Alex 'Sandy' Pentland, Marc'Aurelio Ranzato, Ruslan Salakhutdinov, Josh Tenenbaum, Naftali Tishby and Oriol Vinyals.
More info about our current and past editions can be found here:
ACDL 2018 & ACDL 2019 Sold-out! Probably also ACDL 2020 😉
Early registration deadline: February 20, 2020
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION, POSTER & ORAL PRESENTATIONS:
During the Registration Process we accept abstract submissions for posters and oral presentations to be presented during the poster sessions and the talk sessions.
Early registration deadline: February 20, 2020
Deadlines:
Oral/Poster Presentation Submission: February 20, 2020.
Notification of Decision for Oral/Poster Presentation: by March 12, 2020.
Early Registration: Until February 20, 2020.
Late Registration: After February 20, 2020.
LECTURERS:
Each Lecturer will hold three/four lessons on a specific topic.
* Igor Babuschkin, DeepMind – Google, London, UK
* Pierre Baldi, University of California Irvine, USA
* Michael Bronstein, Twitter & Imperial College London, UK
* Marco Gori, University of Siena, Italy
* Victor Lempitsky, Samsung AI Center, Moscow Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Russia
* Diederik P. Kingma, Google Brain, San Francisco, CA, USA
* Panos Pardalos, University of Florida, USA
* Daniela Rus, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, MIT, USA
* Mihaela van der Schaar, University of Cambridge, UK
More speakers coming soon!
Tutorial Speakers
* Chip Huyen, Stanford University, USA
4-hour tutorial on "TensorFlow 2.0 for Deep Learning Research"
* Adam Paszke, University of Warsaw, Poland
4-hour tutorial on "PyTorch: A Modern Library for Machine Learning"
More tutorial speakers coming soon!
SCOPE:
The Advanced Course is not a summer school suited only for younger scholars. Rather, a significant proportion of seasoned investigators are regularly present among the attendees, often senior faculty at their own institutions. The balanced audience that we strive to maintain in each Advanced Course greatly contributes to the development of intense cross-disciplinary debates among faculty and participants that typically address the most advanced and emerging areas of each topic.
Each faculty member presents lectures and discusses with the participants for one entire day. Such long interaction together with the small, exclusive Course size provides the uncommon opportunity to fully explore the expertise of each faculty, often through one-to-one mentoring. This is unparalleled and priceless.
The Certosa di Pontignano provides the perfect setting to a relaxed yet intense learning atmosphere, with the stunning backdrop of the Tuscan landscapes. World-class wines and traditional foods will make the Advanced Course on Data Science and Machine Learning the experience of a lifetime.
8 ECTS POINTS:
Participants will be delivered a certificate of attendance indicating the number of hours of lectures (36-40 hours of lectures). In according to the academic system all PhD and master students attending to the summer school will may get 8 ECTS points.
A formal certificate of successful participation in the event will be delivered indicating the number of hours of lectures.
VENUE & ACCOMMODATION:
The venue of ACDL 2020 will be The Certosa di Pontignano — Siena
Dr. Lorenzo Pasquinuzzi
The Certosa di Pontignano
Località Pontignano, 5 – 53019, Castelnuovo Berardenga (Siena) – Tuscany – Italy
phone: +39-0577-1521104
fax: +39-0577-1521098
A few Kilometres from Siena, on a hill dominating the town stands the ancient Certosa di Pontignano, a unique place where nature, history and hospitality blend together in memorable harmony. Built in the 1300, its medieval structure remains intact with additions of the following centuries. The Certosa is centred on its historic cloisters and gardens.
ACCOMMODATION:
REGISTRATION:
We remind you that ACDL 2018 and ACDL 2019 sold out a long time before the registration deadline!
Anyone interested in participating in ACDL 2020 should register as soon as possible!
Similarly for accommodation at the Certosa di Pontignano (the School Venue), book your full board accommodation at the Certosa as soon as possible!
All course participants should/must stay at the Certosa di Pontignano.
See you in Tuscany next July!
ACDL 2020 Organizing Committee.
* Apologies for multiple copies. Please forward to anybody who might be interested *
February 14th, 2020 
Daniela Lopez de Luise 
