2nd Advanced Course on Data Science & Machine Learning – ACDL , July 15-19, 2019, Certosa di Pontignano, Siena , Italy

The ACDL 2019 Web Site is ready! ACDL 2018 Sold-Out! Probably also ACDL 2019!

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It follows the preliminary list of the ACDL 2019 Lecturers:

Josh Tenenbaum, MIT, USA
Topics: Computational Cognitive Science, probabilistic generative models, and probabilistic programming

Ruslan Salakhutdinov, Carnegie Mellon University & AI Research at Apple, USA
Topic: Deep Learning

Oriol Vinyals, Google DeepMind, UK
Topic: Deep Learning & Reinforcement Learning

Naftali Tishby, Hebrew University, Israel
Topic: Theory of Deep Learning – Information Bottleneck

Joaquin Vanschoren, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
Topic: Automatic machine learning

Phillip Isola, MIT, USA
Topic: Generative Adversarial Networks

Giuseppe Di Fatta, University of Reading, UK
Topic: Data Science & Knime

Marco Gori, University of Siena, Italy
Topic: Constraint-Based Approaches to Machine Learning

Dolores Romero Morales, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Topic: Big Data

ACDL 2018 Sold-Out! Probably also ACDL 2019!

See you at the Certosa di Pontignano – Siena – Tuscany –  Italy next July for ACDL 2019!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A kind reminder for delegates who do not stay at the Certosa di Pontignano

For the delegates residing at the Certosa di Pontignano, that is, who have paid using the following form:

https://acdl2018.icas.xyz/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/02/ACDL-accommodation-form-r3.pdf

https://acdl2018.icas.xyz/registration/

everything is included.

While for delegates who do not stay in the Certosa di Pontignano,

please note that meals, transport and social tours must be paid.

We therefore invite the course participants (who do not live in the Certosa di Pontignano) to contact the Dr. Lorenzo Pasquinuzzi info@lacertosadipontignano.com

to pay for meals and social tours as soon as possible, thanks.

https://acdl2018.icas.xyz/registration/

How to get to Certosa di Pontignano (from Siena city center)

The Certosa di Pontignano is located just a few km from Siena, in the hills of Chianti and Tuscany, famous all over the world.

Once arrived in Siena, the easiest way to catch Certosa di Pontignano, where the Course is going to be held, is by taxi, it will take about 20 minutes. Telephone number of the radio taxi is: +39 (0)577 49222.

There is also a urban Bus from Siena – Piazza Gramsci to Pontignano (bus number 34), but there are only five daily trips. Here you can find the timetable to Pontignano and from Pontignano.

By bus

In Siena (Piazza Gramsci) take number 34 of the bus service (by TIEMME SPA). For schedules and more information, please visit www.tiemmespa.it.

By taxi

For taxi service, use this phone number: (+39) 0577-49222.

http://www.lacertosadipontignano.com/en/contacts/how-to-reach-us.php

Useful Information: Program, Posters, Oral Sessions, Transfer, Travel & Lifestyle in Siena and Tuscany

1) ACDL 2018 Program
In the ACDL 2018 web site you can see the Program of the Course

2) Poster Session
As written in the notification emails and in the ACDL 2018 web site
(News section) all the abstracts have been accepted for Poster Presentation.

The Poster Session will be held on Thursday July 19th from 16:50 to 19:20.
Suitable space will be reserved to the applicants for showing their
posters. Obviously, the poster must be written in English. For your
poster, a board will be provided which measures 90cm tall by 70cm
wide. You need to print and bring with you the poster to the school.
Push tacks or Velcro adhesive will be provided at the conference to
mount your poster to the board.

3) Oral Sessions
The ACDL 2018 Talks are exactly 30 minutes long: approximately 25
minutes for the talk + 5 minutes for the questions.

Oral Session I, July 20, 16:50 – 19:20

Oral Session II, July 21, 16:50 – 19:20

Oral Session III, July 22, 15:20 – 16:20

4) Transfer
There will be a transfer from Pisa International Airport to Certosa di
Pontignano:

From Pisa Airport to Course Location (Certosa di Pontignano):
departure: July 18, 18.00
arrival: July 18, 19.50

From Course Location (Certosa di Pontignano) To Pisa Int. Airport:
departure: July 24, 8.00am
arrival: July 24, 10:00 am

Please, do not hesitate to call Dr. Pasquinuzzi – Certosa di
Pontignano to book your transfer.

Loc. Pontignano, 5 – 53019, Castelnuovo Berardenga (Siena) – Tuscany – Italy
phone: +39-0577-1521104
email: info@lacertosadipontignano.com
https://acdl2018.icas.xyz/accommodation/

5) Travel
It follows a list of additional links and information:

5.1) Travel Information at the ACDL 2018 web site:

https://acdl2018.icas.xyz/travel/

5.2) From Siena Railway Station  to the Certosa di Pontiganno (the
Course venue) there are 15 minutes (about 10Km, that is, about 6 mi),
it costs about 20 Euro by taxi.

http://www.taxisiena.it/en/contatti/

https://www.apptaxi.it/home-en/

5.3) Directions from Siena Train Station to Certosa di Pontignano – Siena

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/dir/Siena+Train+Station,+53100+Siena+SI,+Italia/Certosa+di+Pontignano+-+Siena,+Pontignano,+SI,+Italia/@43.3550219,11.3060271,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x132a2dc29c4415cf:0xdae9ad7800ae5970!2m2!1d11.3217065!2d43.3322873!1m5!1m1!1s0x132bd2a49e1d875b:0x4e184663b831d960!2m2!1d11.3597716!2d43.3688812!3e0?hl=en

5.4) From Florence to Siena, there is a direct Train (about 1h17  – 1h28).

https://www.trainline.eu/search/firenze/siena/2018-07-18-10:00

5.4) For additional information about the transfer you can ask to
Dr. Pasquinuzzi – Certosa di Pontignano to book your transfer.
Loc. Pontignano, 5 – 53019, Castelnuovo Berardenga (Siena) – Tuscany – Italy
phone: +39-0577-1521104
email: info@lacertosadipontignano.com

6) Lifestyle in Siena and Tuscany
6.1) The Top  Experience in the World is  a Cooking Class and Lunch at a Tuscan Farmhouse with Local Market Tour from Florence, Florence, Italy

https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/TravelersChoice-Experiences

https://acdl2018.icas.xyz/tripadvisor-travelers-choice-awards-for-worlds-best-experiences-cooking-class-at-a-tuscan-farmhouse/

6.2) The 7 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Tuscany
* Florence,the Cradle of Renaissance: the Core of Tuscany’s Cultural Identity
* The White Splendor Pisa’s Piazza dei Miracoli
* San Gimignano and its Medieval Towers
* Siena, the Beauty
* Pienza, the Ideal City for Man
* Val d’Orcia: greetings from Tuscany
* The Medici Villas and Gardens

https://acdl2018.icas.xyz/activities/

See you next week!

Beware of phishing emails!

Unfortunately there have been attempts of fraud 
through phishing emails.

We remind you that all official communications take place 
only through the email address of the course, or 
through the organizers.

Moreover, we remind you that the course venue is 
The Certosa di Pontignano.

Finally, we stress the fact that all email addresses can be 
easily falsified, hence if you have any doubts, 
do not hesitate to contact the organizers.

Tripadvisor Travelers’ Choice awards for World’s Best Experiences: Cooking Class at a Tuscan farmhouse

TripAdvisor Travelers’ Choice awards for Experiences. The awards recognize 345 experiences, tours, and activities globally, highlighting the world’s best experiences overall.

The Top  Experience in the World is  a Cooking Class and Lunch at a Tuscan Farmhouse with Local Market Tour from Florence, Florence, Italy

  1. Cooking Class and Lunch at a Tuscan Farmhouse with Local Market Tour from Florence – Florence, Italy.

Here the Top 25 Experiences – World.  

 

ACDL 2018 Program

This year due to the high number of submissions many Contributions/Abstracts will be presented during the various Poster Sessions of the Course.

Suitable space will be reserved to the applicants for showing their posters. Obviously, the poster must be written in English. For your poster, a board will be provided which measures 90cm tall by 70cm wide. You need to print and bring with you the poster to the school. Push tacks or velcro adhesive will be provided at the conference to mount your poster to the board.

It follows the ACDL 2018 Program: see  Program page