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Applications for the 20th Reasoning Web Summer School (RW 2024) are open now.</div>
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The 20th Reasoning Web Summer School (RW 2024) will take place in Bucharest, Romania
<span style="font-weight: 700;">19-22 September, 2024</span>.</div>
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RW 2024 will be part of <span style="font-weight: 700;">Declarative AI 2024</span>, an event co-organised by
<span style="font-weight: 700;">Bucharest University of Economic Studies (ASE)</span>,
<span style="font-weight: 700;">OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University</span>, and
<span style="font-weight: 700;">SINTEF AS</span> at the premises of ASE. </div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">RW 2024</span> will be collocated with: </div>
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- <span style="font-weight: 700;">RuleML+RR</span>: The 8th International Joint Conference on Rules and Reasoning,</div>
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16-18 September 2024, <a href="https://2024.declarativeai.net/events/ruleml-rr" target="_blank" id="OWAf9480d85-2745-15fd-e4a3-9ca6840e212d" class="ms-outlook-linkify OWAAutoLink">
https://2024.declarativeai.net/events/ruleml-rr</a> and</div>
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- <span style="font-weight: 700;">DecisionCAMP</span>: Decision Intelligence Technologies,</div>
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18-20 September 2024, <a href="https://2024.declarativeai.net/events/decisioncamp" target="_blank" id="OWA5ea87cc8-a59d-2bc0-4eb8-c6bd8a83361a" class="ms-outlook-linkify OWAAutoLink">
https://2024.declarativeai.net/events/decisioncamp</a></div>
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The purpose of the Summer School is to disseminate recent advances in reasoning techniques, and relevant topics to Semantic Web and Linked Data applications. The summer school is intended for individuals who are currently pursuing or have already completed
postgraduate degrees (PhD or MSc). It is also open to researchers at all levels interested in deepening their knowledge in the respective area. In 2024, the theme of the summer school will be:</div>
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“Data and Knowledge”</div>
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=== CONFIRMED LECTURERS ===</div>
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As in previous years, the summer school will feature lectures by area experts. A tentative list of speakers, ordered alphabetically, is as follows.</div>
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Patrick Betz & Christian Meilicke (University of Mannheim, Data and Web Science Group, Germany): Rule-based Knowledge Graph Completion</div>
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Ismail Ilkan Ceylan (University of Oxford, Department of Computer Science, UK): Foundations of Graph Neural Networks</div>
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Cristina Feier (Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania): Fine-Grained Complexity of Ontology Mediated Query Answering</div>
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Eleonora Giunchiglia (Vienna University of Technology, Austria): Deep Learning with Logical Requirements</div>
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Jean Christoph Jung (TU Dortmund, Germany): Reverse Engineering Queries From Data Examples</div>
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Jurek Marcinkowski (University of Wroclaw, Poland): Towards Multiset-Semantics Database Theory: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Linear Algebra</div>
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Josef Urban (Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics and Cybernetics, Czechia): Machine Learning and Theorem Proving</div>
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Nikolay Yakovets (TU Eindhoven, Netherlands): Property Graph Data Management</div>
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=== APPLICATION PROCESS ===</div>
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We will accept applications on a rolling basis, but the number of attendees will be limited. Participation will depend on submitting an application, which will undergo a review process. To apply, please use the form linked below:</div>
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To complete the application form, please submit a <span style="font-weight: 700;">
CV</span> and <span style="font-weight: 700;">personal statement (250 words)</span> outlining why you are applying to the Summer School and how the lectures are relevant to your research or studies. The deadline for applications is
<span style="font-weight: 700;">1 August 2024</span>. </div>
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Accepted participants will receive a registration link. <span style="font-weight: 700;">
Participation fee is 250 EUR.</span> <span style="font-weight: 700;">Student accommodation is available at 60 EUR per night.</span> Please see the web page for more information: </div>
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If you require additional information, please get in touch with the chairs.</div>
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* Yazmin Ibanez-Garcia, Cardiff University, UK</div>
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* Filip Murlak, University of Warsaw, Poland</div>
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