Date and place
The 15th Thematic CERN School of Computing, this time on Machine Learning, will be held in Split, Croatia from Sunday 13 October in the afternoon until Saturday 19th of October, morning. Students should arrive on Sunday 13 October morning/midday and leave on Saturday 19 October.
The school is organized by CERN in collaboration with the Faculty of Science, University of Split and will be hosted at the Mediterranean Institute For Life Sciences (MEDILS) Conference Centre. The Centre is a historical renovated building situated in a wooded and landscaped park located on the Adriatic Sea coast, a few kilometres from the centre of Split.
MedILS –Mediterranean Institute for Life Sciences
Meštrovićevo šetalište 45
HR – 21000 Split
Republic of Croatia
tel: +385 (0)21 555 600
Travel
See http://www.medils.org/contact under the "Where are we" and "How to reach us" tabs for transport links.
- The nearest airport is Split (SPU).
- For bus departures and arrivals, see Bus station Split
- Additional information on Split is available at The City of Split
Transport to MedILS
The CSC does not organise transport from the airport or Split city to MedILS. Ample information is provided on MedILS How to Reach Us tab on their website. Here are the suggestions on how to get to MedILS from the airport:
· Public transport: From airport to the Main Bus Station
o Croatia Airlines provides a bus directly from the airport exit station to the main bus station in Split, the ticket price being (approximately EUR 4).
· Public transport: From Main Bus Station to MEDILS
o The main bus station is located in the east part of the Split ferry harbor and is close to the main train station.
o It is advised you then walk ~10 min to the western part of the harbour, near the St. Francis Church (Sveti Frane), where there are two options:
§ take a taxi
§ take a bus, local line number 12 which would lead you straight to MedILS (ask the bus driver for the MEDILS station)
· Taxi: From airport to MedILS
Another option is to take a taxi directly from the airport to MedILS.
Participants should arrive at the MEDILS conference centre for on-site registration during Sunday 13 October 2024.
Participants are responsible for organising their own travel to and from the School location. The School does not organize travel tickets for participants. The travel cost to and from the school is not included in the school fee. Important: do not book your travel before you get a confirmation from us that you have been accepted at the school.
Participants are responsible for obtaining a valid visa to enter the country of the School location when this is required. The cost of a visa is not included in the school fee.
Accommodation and Meals
Participants will be housed in the MEDILS conference centre, or in a nearby hotel. Participants will be hosted in shared twin or triple rooms, with private bathrooms. The room allocation is done by the school organisers.
Accommodation from October 13th until October 19th is included in the School fee.
Smoking is banned in the entire conference centre.
All meals are included in the School fee. The first meal will be the dinner on Sunday 13 October, and the last meal will be breakfast on Saturday 19 October.
All food onsite at MEDILS is served as a buffet, while the special meals outside will take place at local restaurants.
We will ask you in your application form about any specific dietary requirements you may have, and do our best to accommodate accordingly, given the local catering options available. However we cannot make any guarantees.
Applications and selection
We are committed to achieving an inclusive and stimulating environment at our schools, and we encourage all qualified persons to apply. Applicants will be considered regardless of nationality, gender, age, ethnic origin, individual differences of belief, sexual orientation, or disability.
The school is aimed at postgraduate (i.e. minimum of Bachelor degree or equivalent) students, engineers and scientists with a few years' experience in computing, in information security, or in related fields. We welcome applications from all countries and nationalities.
Please make sure that you know if your university or employer is prepared to finance your school and travel should you be selected, or if you are funding the participation yourself.
Students who have attended any previous CERN Schools of Computing, and who are interested in deepening their knowledge on the theme of this Thematic CSC, are also welcome to apply.
People who wish to attend this school are expected to be familiar with (should have some experience with):
To apply, please fill in the application and make sure you provide the requested information.
In order to login, you may use a CERN account, an EduGAIN-enabled account, or a public service account (GitHub, Google, Facebook or LinkedIn account). Alternatively, you can create a CERN lightweight account, and then login with your email ("Guess access"). You will also need to create an Indico account during the application process, if you do not already have one.
Applicants should ensure that they have:
- completed the applicatoni form online, and
- uploaded a signed formal letter of reference (on formal headed paper from the applicant's institute/organization) from their professor or supervisor.
- If your professor or supervisor does not wish to provide you with a letter directly, s/he can email us your letter of reference instead. This should be sent directly to Computing.School@cern.ch, with the subject: Reference Letter tCSC ML 2024: [name of applicant]
The letter of reference needs to be received by the school (whether uploaded or emailed) by the applicatoin deadline, at the latest.
If no letter is included, the application will be considered void and discarded from the selection process. It is your responsibility to ensure we receive it.
The number of participants is limited to 34.
Participant selection is done by members of the CSC Advisory + Programme Committee, and is based on the profile and the motivation of the applicants. The goal is to select participants who have enough education and work experience to profit fully from the school, and for whom the academic programme of the school is relevant to their work or research.
Selected applicants will receive an Acceptance Letter from the school. Payment of the registration fee will confirm your place, at which point you will be considered a participant Payments must have arrived no later than 4 weeks before the start of the event.
If you have received an invitation to attend the school, you will be required to pay the school's registration fee. The deadline for payment of the fee is:
Wednesday 4 September
If you have been offered a place at the school and we have not received your fee by this date, you risk losing your place at the school and it being offered to another applicant.If you know that you are not able to participate, please tell us ASAP.
The total fee of the School is 750 EUR per participant for accommodation in a shared twin or triple room.
The fee covers:
- Tuition and handouts.
- Accommodation in a shared twin or triple room, with private bathroom, from Sunday 13 October until Saturday 19th of October, at the MEDILS conference center or in a nearby hotel.
- All meals including breakfast, lunches and coffee breaks, starting from Sunday 13 October dinner until Saturday 19 October breakfast.
- All organized social activities (special dinners, excursion etc.).
The fee does NOT cover:
- Travel expenses from the participants' home location or working place to the MEDILS Conference Centre or to the hotel where you will be accommodated.
- The cost of a travel visa where required.
- Any extra cost incurred during the stay (including private excursions, private expenses in the hotel and on the campus, private transport costs, private meals etc.) will not be covered by the School organization.
- Any cost incurred by a participant not following the official excursion or social programme (e.g. meal cost of a participant not attending an excursion which includes a meal) will not be covered by the School organization.
- Any other expenses not explicitly mentioned as included in the fee.
The School will neither arrange accommodation nor will cover any cost associated with an extended stay of students in Split. Participants arriving before Sunday 13 October morning/midday, or leaving after Saturday 19 October morning must organize their extended stay themselves.
The CERN School of Computing is offering a limited number of grants for the participation to its courses. These grants are awarded to students that would normally not be able to participate in the schools. The students should be studying or have an employment related to the topic of the school.
The grant will cover the full or half inscription fee for the school, which includes the stay at the school, all meals, the tuition, and scheduled social activities.
It does not cover the travel expenses and eventual visa cost, which will remain at the expense of the student. The students must have a health and accident cover that includes adequate protection for the country in which the school takes place.
Applicants are expected to provide a curriculum vitae and a recommendation letter to support their application and show how they are related to the field. They should have a sufficient level of English to be able to follow the course.
The applications will be analysed and ranked according to their relevance:
- It primarily important that the content of the CSC school is of direct use for the present or immediate professional future of the applicant.
- The pre-education needs to be sufficient in order to follow the course.
The number of grants is not guaranteed and can change according to the circumstances of the school and the number of applicants.
Important information: If you apply for a funding grant, you will not be able to change this to a standard application in case of a negative reply for a grant.
There are four ways to pay:
- TID - for participants located at CERN and/or with CERN internal transfer capabilities;
- Bank transfer - for participants external to CERN and/or with no CERN internal transfer capabilities. Please make sure that the banc tranfer cost is paid by you;
- Credit card directly from the indico page for accepted registrations Please note the cost of transactions by credit card (2.5% of the transaction for payments by Visa or Mastercard)
- Via invoice, you have to ask for it BEFORE paying.
TID and bank transfer details will be provided in the invitation.
Insurance
Participants must have health and accident cover that includes adequate protection (including emergency medical treatment, hospitalisation and repatriation in case of illness or accident), and against disability or death resulting from illnesses and accidents, for the country in which the School takes place.
Participants shall hold CERN free and harmless from any cost or expense resulting from the situation where adequate insurance cover is not in place.
Sustainability
Organizing the school in an environmentally responsible way is one of our goals.
During the school, we will:
- Serve meals and drinks with washable plates, glasses and utensils; or with recycled and/or biodegradable ones
- Have vegetarian and vegan dishes available
- Limit the amount of printed materials (and in particular, only provide the printed version of the school booklet to those who want to have one)
- Separate and recycle waste
Please help us:
- Consider travelling to the school by train or bus, or any other less polluting means of transport, if possible
- Bring your own reusable water bottle or cup
