Call for course proposals for ECI 2010

CALL FOR COURSE PROPOSALS FOR ECI 2010

Deadline: March 12, 2010

Escuela de Ciencias Informáticas - ECI 2010

July 26-31, 2010

Departamento de Computación

Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales

Universidad de Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA

The organizing committee of ECI 2010 invites proposals for one-week courses at ECI 2010. (Suggestions of lecturers that could be invited are also welcome.) Proposals must be emailed to eci2010@dc.uba.ar, and must include the title and an outline of the course, and the lecturer's CV. Courses can be given either at the advanced undergraduate or graduate level on any subject on Informatics, preferably not covered by the regular curriculum.

Course lectures can be in Spanish, Portuguese or English. Each course has 15-18 hours in total -- 3 hours per day from Monday to Friday, with a final evaluation that can be either a take-home exam or written test given on Saturday.

ECI provides funds to cover travel and/or stay of invited lecturers.

Proposals must be emailed to eci2010@dc.uba.ar by March 12, 2010, and must include:

1) Course title.

2) Course abstract (max 1000 chars).

3) Brief outline of the course syllabus.

4) Lecturer's CV.

For more information about previous editions of ECI, please visit our website at http://www.dc.uba.ar/eci.

ABOUT ECI:

ECI (School of Informatics) has been held yearly since 1987 by the Computer Science Department at the School of Sciences (FCEN) of the University de Buenos Aires (UBA), Argentina.

Its main objective is to offer participants high-quality intensive courses on subjects usually not covered by the regular curriculum. Attendants to the ECI are graduate and undergraduate students from UBA and other universities, and practitioners from the industry/government, both from Argentina and from neighboring countries. Courses are taught by visiting professors from Universities and institutions from around the world. This gives participants the opportunity to learn new research topics and establish links of academic cooperation. The ECI has repeatedly proven to be an excellent means for promoting research and development. In previous editions, ECI was attended by 350 to 800 participants, each taking from one to three courses.

Throughout these years, ECI has been made possible thanks to the efforts of many renowned professors and researchers, the cooperation of the authorities and staff of FCEN-UBA, and the financial support of several private companies and organizations. Previous editions of ECI have been supplemented with software, hardware and book presentations from different companies. Other activities at ECI include talks, tutorials and seminars, making it an excellent venue for academic and professional exchange.