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<h2>Call for Participation / EU COST Action `Multi3Generation' Training School</h2><p><br></p><p><strong>TRAINING SCHOOL 2022</strong></p><p><strong>REPRESENTATION MEDIATED MULTIMODALITY: </strong>GROUNDED REPRESENTATION, REASONING, AND LEARNING FOR INTERACTIVE INTERPRETATION</p><p><a href="https://codesign-lab.org/school2022/" target="_blank">https://codesign-lab.org/school2022/</a></p><p>Initiative of EU COST Action / Multi3Generation > <a href="https://multi3generation.eu/" target="_blank">https://multi3generation.eu</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>ABOUT THE TRAINING SCHOOL</strong></p><p>The
training school on ``Representation Mediated Multimodality'' provides a
consolidated perspective on the theoretical, methodological, and
applied understanding of representation mediated multimodal sensemaking
at the interface of language, knowledge representation and reasoning,
and visuo-auditory computing. Intended purposes -addressed in the
school- encompass diverse operative needs such as explainable multimodal
commonsense understanding, multimodal generation/synthesis for
communication, multimodal summarisation, multimodal interpretation
guided decision-support, adaptation & autonomy, and analytical
visualisation.</p><p>The training school particularly consolidates and
presents a novel and emerging view of state-of-the-art multimodal,
neurosymbolic grounding primarily through a confluence of methods in
Artficial Intelligence, Computational Linguistics, Vision, Speech and
their impact on interactional and communicative acts/artefacts in
everyday life and specialist professional work. Here, multimodal
interpretation is to be construed in the context of diverse forms of
imagery, e.g., encompassing perceptual and communicative data sources
such as image, video, language, audition, text, eye-tracking,
neurophysiological markers in behavioural / clinical settings. </p><p>In
this backdrop, the training school particularly focusses on grounded
knowledge representation, reasoning, and learning (for linguistic
purposes) through the following emerging research-driven themes that are
of high interest:</p><ul><li>Space and Language</li><li>Computational Linguistics</li><li>Cognitive Linguistics</li><li>Cognitive Vision</li><li>Vision and Language</li><li>Neurosymbolism</li><li>Narrative - Discourse</li><li>Computational Models of Narrative</li><li>Speech and Language Technologies</li><li>Human-Centred AI</li></ul><p>The
principal training school programme --consisting of keynotes, invited
talks, and tutorials-- will categorically address questions such as: </p><ul><li>Explainability and transparency in multimodal models</li><li>Neurosymbolism / Interaction between symbolic and sub-symbolic representations in models</li><li>Commonsense knowledge representation and reasoning, and its role in multimodal models</li><li>Complementarity / redundancy among data sources or modalities</li><li>Situated reasoning, e.g., for language generation, decision-making</li></ul><p>Of
particular significance to the training school are themes that benefit
both public and private human-centred technological services most
directly affecting EU citizens in an accessible, multilingual Europe,
and have strong economic and societal impacts. The training school will
focus on human-machine interaction considerations in select application
areas of emerging societal significance, such as autonomous systems,
cognitive robotics, multi-lingual language technologies.</p><p>Location: Schloss Etelsen / Bremer Straße 2, 27299 Langwedel, Germany</p><p>Travelling to Schloss Etelsen / <a href="http://schloss-etelsen.de/" target="_blank">https://schloss-etelsen.de</a></p><p>The school is being organised as part of the COST action Multi3Generation (<a href="https://multi3generation.eu/" target="_blank">https://multi3generation.eu</a>)</p><p>For more information on the school and programme visit: <a href="https://codesign-lab.org/school2022/" target="_blank">https://codesign-lab.org/school2022/</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>TARGET AUDIENCE</strong></p><p>Participants
are expected to primarily be doctoral candidates and research-driven
students. Participants interested in obtaining a scholarship should
submit an application to participate as per Application Guidelines
(details below). Selected applicants will be financially supported for
their participation in the school.</p><p>The Scholarship includes travel
expenses and a daily allowance which covers accommodation, meals, and
local travel expenses. The exact amount of the scholarship is based on
the expected costs and the maximal amount for reimbursement will be
communicated after acceptance.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>APPLICATION -OR- EXPRESSION OF INTEREST</strong></p><p>Applications are accepted and evaluated in two rounds, with a first deadline on <strong>May 15 2022</strong>, and a second deadline on <strong>June 5 2022</strong>;
after this date, new applications will only be considered if there are
still places available (please note that places are limited even if a
scholarship is not sought).</p><ul><li>Application to participate (with scholarship): PRESENTLY OPEN / Submit: <a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dcts2022" target="_blank">Easychair: Training School 2022</a></li><li>Expression of interest to participate (without scholarship): PRESENTLY OPEN / Email: contact School Chair</li></ul><p><strong>Important Dates: </strong></p><ul><li>First deadline : May 15 2022 (application process remains open for late applications)</li><li>First notification: May 23 2022</li><li>Second deadline: June 5 2022</li><li>Second notification: June 13 2022</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>SCHOLARSHIP ELIGIBILITY AND GUIDELINES </strong> </p><p>For
participation with a scholarship, the Training School is primarily (but
not exclusively) aimed at early stage doctoral researchers and
research-inclined students enrolled full-time in an advanced educational
programme. </p><p>Eligible candidates have to comply with the COST Vademecum (<a href="https://www.cost.eu/uploads/2021/04/Vademecum-28-April-2021.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.cost.eu/uploads/2021/04/Vademecum-28-April-2021.pdf</a>),
i.e., they shall be affiliated to, an academic institution,
organisation or company which has within its remit a clear association
with performing research and is from a COST Full Member, a COST
Cooperating Member country, or a Near Neighbour Country (NNC) (<a href="https://www.cost.eu/about/members/" target="_blank">https://www.cost.eu/about/members/</a>).</p><p>Eligible candidates need to submit the following items in a single PDF document via Easychair:</p><ol><li>One-page CV</li><li>Reference letter by principal research/thesis advisor, motivating the need for financial support</li><li>In
max 300 words, Research Description (if already pursuing a thesis or
similar), or else a Motivating Statement of Interest in the topics of
the school. If applicable, also include at most two brief citations to
your own most relevant peer-reviewed publications (do not cite
unpublished or informal publications).</li><li>Candidates who receive a
Scholarship to join the Training School are expected to participate and
present their research in a doctoral colloquium during the school;
further guidelines about the doctoral colloquium will be provided with
the letter of acceptance.</li></ol><p><br></p><p><strong>SELECTION CRITERIA</strong></p><p>Applicants
will be selected based on personal research interest and experience
relevant to the school’s theme and topics. The selection committee will
do their best in terms of ensuring fair and inclusive distribution with
respect to gender, geographic location.</p><p>Following acceptance,
applicants will have to register via the e-COST platform and add their
banking and other details in order to receive a formal invitation via
e-COST and be eligible for reimbursement of costs. A requirement to be
reimbursed is that accepted participants officially apply to become
members of Multi3Generation (details will be provided as part of the
notification).</p><p><br></p><p><strong>ORGANIZATION</strong></p><p><strong>Training School 2022 Chairs</strong></p><ul><li>Mehul Bhatt (Örebro University, Sweden)</li><li>Albert Gatt (Utrecht University, Netherlands)</li><li>Erkut Erdem (Hacettepe University, Turkey)</li><li>Helena Moniz (University of Lisbon, Portugal)</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Doctoral Colloquium Chairs</strong></p><ul><li>Adrian Muscat (University of Malta, Malta)</li><li>Jakob Suchan (DLR, Germany)</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Publicity and Industrial Outreach Chairs</strong></p><ul><li>Iacer Calixto (University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Netherlands)</li><li>Fabio Kepler (Unbabel)</li><li>José Guilherme Camargo de Souza (Unbabel)</li></ul></div>
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