The CoIL Summer School (http://www.dcs.napier.ac.uk/coil/summerschool/)
28 August – 3 September 2000 at Limerick, Ireland

Please excuse this mail if you have already received something about the
CoIL Summer School, but this is to remind you of this excellent
opportunity to learn more about computational intelligence techniques
and have great fun for a week in Ireland at a very reasonable cost.

CoIL is the Computational Intelligence and Learning Cluster supported by
the European Commission which integrates the four communities
undertaking research and applications development in fuzzy logic,
evolutionary computing, machine learning and neural networks.

The aim of the Summer School is to give participants an opportunity to
apply various computational intelligence methods to an array of
problems. By special invitation, Lotfi Zadeh  will give a seminar on
“soft computing”.  A number of research “seniors” representing the four
CoIL networks will lead tutorial sessions on the different technologies
and will select a range of challenging and relevant problems, outlining
various methodological solutions. Summer School participants will join
in teams to work on a chosen problem, exploring how different techniques
can be used for problem solution.  Ideally a combination of techniques
will be used and the “seniors” will be available for consultation and
support through out the week.

The idea is for team members to develop solutions together using their
complementary skills and backgrounds, and at the end of the week each
team will present their work and be expected to prepare a short two-page
paper.  Prizes will be given to the teams with the

a) solution with best success rate
b) solution using best combination of techniques
c) most innovative solution
d) best paper
e) best presentation

Summer School participants will be encouraged to continue to work, or
publish, together once they return to their own organisations.

Registration fees have been kept as low as possible and include
attendance at all sessions, accommodation and meals as well as workshop
materials. Local sponsorship provides for some enjoyable social outings
including a visit to a nearby Irish castle and a cruise up the River
Shannon. You can take advantage of the early registration fee of 500
Euro by booking your place by 22 July. On-line registration is available
at http://www.dcs.napier.ac.uk/coil/summerschool/registration.html

I hope you can manage to join us at this informative Summer School.
Check the website for the draft programme and information updates.
EvoNet is organising this event on behalf of CoIL, so please feel free
to contact me if you need more information.

Jennifer Willies
EvoNet Administrator