PhD summit on Intelligent Systems on Oct. 2-4, 2019 at EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland

https://phdsummit.epfl.ch/  Please circulate widely.

Dear Colleagues, dear PhD students,

The School of Engineering of EPFL in Switzerland is pleased to announce the 2nd edition of the annual Engineering PhD Summit, a workshop for final year PhD students interested in a career in academia. This year the summit will focus on "Intelligent Systems", i.e. software and/or hardware systems that can interact with their dynamic environments, process data, perform proper actions, and improve over time,  see  https://phdsummit.epfl.ch/intelligent-systems/

• Workshop dates: October 2-4, 2019
• Deadline for application: May 31st, 2019

Top final year PhD students active in intelligent systems are invited to apply. We will select up to 20 candidates on a very competitive basis and invite them to EPFL Switzerland where they will get the opportunity to present their research and get informal feedback from top faculty members. Each accepted student will be given the opportunity to visit EPFL laboratories related to summit theme and have intensive exchange with the lab head and the students. The PhD Summit prize for the best presentation and research content will be awarded at the end of the workshop. Funds for travel and accommodation will be provided for the selected candidates.

Visit the Engineering PhD Summit website: https://phdsummit.epfl.ch/

More details about the application process: https://phdsummit.epfl.ch/application-process/

Many thanks in advance and best regards,

Auke Ijspeert

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