Moreover, all the videos of the talks delivered by the speakers (along with the slides) are available here!
Have a look at the General Report on the 1st ESSENCE Autumn School by Pavlos Andreadis!
Finally, check out the interviews page!
Stay tuned!
]]>If you are an Autumn School student you can pay your participation fees by using the buttons below. Only upon payment can your participation be confirmed. If you were offered a bursary you still need to pay, and we will reimburse your costs after the event.
Account details for payment by bank transfer are also available upon request.
Pay the registration fee here:
| Registration fee (210€) |
Pay the accommodation here by choosing the length of your stay:
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Three nights of full board at the hotel, in a double room shared with another Autumn School attendee (340€). Ferry transfer from Naples to Ischia and back is included in the price. |
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Four nights of full board at the hotel, in a double room shared with another Autumn School attendee (425€). Ferry transfer from Naples to Ischia and back is included in the price. |
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Five nights of full board at the hotel, in a double room shared with another Autumn School attendee (510€). Ferry transfer from Naples to Ischia and back is included in the price. |
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Six nights of full board at the hotel, in a double room shared with another Autumn School attendee (595€). Ferry transfer from Naples to Ischia and back is included in the price. |
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Seven nights of full board at the hotel, in a double room shared with another Autumn School attendee (660€). Ferry transfer from Naples to Ischia and back is included in the price. |
Workshop Programme
The 2nd ESSENCE Workshop is a private event open only to ESSENCE members and invited guests.
Day 1: Thursday 30 October
| 14:00–15:00 | Welcome and Opening of Workshop by Michael Rovatsos |
| 15:00–15:30 | Presentation of the Gender Action Plan by Fiona McNeill |
| 15:30–16:00 | Coffee Break |
| 16:00–18:00 | Cohort 1 Fellows: Poster Session and ‘Rapid Fire Talks’: Yana Knight Tânia Marques Julian Schlöder Thomas Brochhagen Paul van Eecke Mladjan Jovanovic Nicola Bova |
Day 1 (Thursday afternoon) of the workshop is dedicated to opening talks and very short poster presentations from ‘cohort 1’ fellows (recruited in early 2014). Cohort 1 fellows are asked to prepare a poster in advance on their respective research topics. At the workshop the posters will be exhibited in the conference room and fellows will present them in short five-minute talks.
Day 2: Friday 31 October
| 09:30–11:00 | Cohort 2 Fellows: presentations Aimilios Vourliotakis Mercedes Huertas |
| 11:00–11:30 | Coffee break |
| 11:30–13:00 | Cohort 2 Fellows: presentations Kristof Kessler Adrian Kemo |
| 13:00–14:00 | Lunch break |
| 14:00–15:30 | Further discussions and summing up |
| 15:30–16:00 | Coffee break |
| 16:00–17:00 | Empty slot |
Day 2 is dedicated to new ‘cohort 2’ fellows, recruited during Summer 2014. Fellows are asked to prepare a 15-minute talk with slides where they present their planned research topics. After each talk, around 30 more minutes will be allocated for questions and a free discussion of the plan and ideas put forward by the student, involving both seniors and fellows.
The ESSENCE Summer School registration fee is 210€. Prices for accommodation and meals are given in more detail on the Practical Information page. While it is possible in principle to choose your own accommodation, we strongly recommend staying at the School venue, which offers very good value for accommodation and full board, and also will enable to fully benefit from interaction with speakers and members of the ESSENCE community.
- Please note that participants are responsible for their accommodation and travel expenses, unless these are covered by a bursary offered by ESSENCE.
Registration is now closed
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For ESSENCE Fellows, there will be a pre-School excursion on Sunday 26th October. Information on this excursion can be found here. Please note that this is an internal event that is not open to non-ESSENCE participants.
Day 1: Monday 27th October
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Welcome |
| 09:30 - 11:00 | Tutorial 1 (Part 1) - Ontology Matching by Pavel Shvaiko |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee break |
| 11:30 - 13:00 | Tutorial 1 (Part 2) - Ontology Matching by Pavel Shvaiko |
| 13:00 - 14:30 | Lunch break |
| 14:30 - 16:00 | Tutorial 2 (Part 1) - Iterated Learning by Simon Kirby |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Coffee break |
| 16:30 - 18:00 | Tutorial 2 (Part 2) - Iterated Learning by Simon Kirby |
| 19:00 - 20:00 | Opening reception |
| 20:00 - 21:00 | Dinner |
Day 2: Tuesday 28th October
| 09:00 - 10:00 | Lecture 1 - Linguistic and Knowledge Resources by Vincenzo Maltese |
| 10:00 - 11:00 | Lecture 2 - Agreement Computing by Carles Sierra |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee break |
| 11:30 - 12:30 | Lecture 3 - Reformation: A Domain-Independent Algorithm for Theory Repair by Alan Bundy |
| 13:00 - 14:30 | Lunch break |
| 14:30 - 16:00 | Tutorial 3 (Part 1) - Dialogue Semantics and Pragmatics by David Schlangen |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Coffee break |
| 16:30 - 18:00 | Tutorial 3 (Part 2) - Dialogue Semantics and Pragmatics by David Schlangen |
| 20:00 - 21:00 | Dinner |
| 21:00 - 22:00 | After-dinner speaker: Carles Sierra - How to do the PhD and survive it |
Day 3: Wednesday 29th October
| 09:30 - 11:00 | Tutorial 4 (Part 1) - Decision-theoretic Approaches in Multiagent Systems by Matthijs Spaan |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee break |
| 11:30 - 13:00 | Tutorial 4 (Part 2) - Decision-theoretic Approaches in Multiagent Systems by Matthijs Spaan |
| 13:00 - 14:30 | Lunch break |
| 14:30 - 16:00 | Tutorial 5 (Part 1) - Argumentation and Dialogue by Sanjay Modgil |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Coffee break |
| 16:30 - 18:00 | Tutorial 5 (Part 2) - Argumentation and Dialogue by Sanjay Modgil |
| 20:00 - 21:00 | Dinner |
Day 4: Thursday 30th October
| 09:30 - 11:00 | Course (Part 1) - Taking Control of your Research Project by Sara Shinton |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee break |
| 11:30 - 13:00 | Course (Part 2) - Taking Control of your Research Project by Sara Shinton |
| 13:00 - 14:30 | Closing lunch |
Post-School Event: Thursday 30th and Friday 31st October
2nd ESSENCE Workshop - Ad Hoc Approaches to ESSENCE problems
The Autumn School will be followed by an internal ESSENCE Workshop which is not open to non-network participants.
General Information on Ischia
In the following PDFs you can find general touristic information on the island of Ischia and on the Amalfi Islands, respectively.
Travel Information
Transfer from Naples Airport to Seaport
The Naples Alibus Airport Shuttle is a direct bus from the Naples Capodichino Airport, to the Central Train Station and Naples Molo Beverello Port. It is a cheap alternative to taking a taxi and more convenient than using the city buses. The Alibus bus stop is located approximately 50 metres from the entrance to the airport, and stops just outside the ferry ticket booths at the Naples Molo Beverello Port. The ticket costs around 4€ and can be purchased on board.
Alternatively, you can hire a taxi for around 25-35€ (max. 4 people).
Transfer from Naples Seaport to Ischia
The ferry from Naples to Ischia and vice versa is included in the hotel accommodation price. You can check out the timetable of arrivals and departures of the Medmar and Caremar companies. N.B., you should take the line Napoli-Ischia and not Pozzuoli. Important: in order to obtain a personal registration number to board your ferry, you should send your exact departure and arrival dates and hours to Francesca Annunziata at the travel agency taking care of bookings: [email protected]. Besides the dates and hours, please indicate in your email the fact that you are attending the ESSENCE event. You can also contact the travel agency by phone (see below).
Transfer from Ischia Seaport to Hotel Terme Tritone
The transfer from the port of Ischia to the hotel is not included in the price. You have three options:
- take a taxi to the hotel;
- take one of the following three lines of the Eavbus company: 1, 2, or CS, and get off at the stop ‘San Francesco’, between ‘Lacco’ and ‘Forio’ (buses leave more or less each 30 minutes, timetables here);
- if a group of attendees arrive to the Ischia sea port at the same time, we can arrange to pick you up: in this case, the travel agency will contact you in advance to inform you of this possibility. (Of course, for this to happen you need to inform them of your arrival times, as explained above.)
Accommodation Information
The Autumn School will be held at the Hotel Tritone**** which is located in the town of Forio, on the beach of San Francesco.
General Hotel Information
- Location: Forio
- Facilities: two restaurants, two bars.
- Rooms: equipped with air-conditioner, TV, hairdryer, fridge, and telephone.
- Services: indoor and outdoor swimming pool, Turkish bath, Kneipp pool, gym, TV room, wellness centre, and free Wi-Fi point. There is also a beautiful park around the hotel.
- Beach equipment: one sun umbrella and two loungers per room are included in the price.
- Spa: private spa facilities.
Room prices
- 3 nights: 340€;
- 5 nights: 510€;
- 7 nights: 660€;
- single room: +15€ extra per day.
Autumn school attendees should ideally stay for 4 or 5 nights with an arrival date on Sunday 26 October and a departure date on 30 or 31 October. Nothing stops you from staying longer though, if you wish to do so, and we will help make arrangements upon request.
Contact Us
For any information related to travel or accommodation, you can contact directly the travel agency taking care of bookings (they speak English):
Pietro - 0039 366 2074154
Francesca - 0039 389 9410648
Silvana - 0039 331 4319763
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We offer a number of generous bursaries for the Autumn School. Young researchers, including students, are strongly encouraged to apply. Please provide a Curriculum Vitae and a motivation letter to be considered for funding. Two types of bursaries are offered:
- a full bursary covers registration, accommodation, and full board for 5 nights: you just need to pay for your travel;
- a registration-only bursary covers the registration fee only (210€).
Bursaries are subject to availability and applications are examined individually. In order to be eligible for a bursary, you must register before 5 October. To apply, please register using this form.
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