INTRODUCTION

INTRODUCTION On April 20 and 21 2009 the School for Information and Knowledge Systems (SIKS) will organize an advanced course on "Probabilistic Methods for Entity Resolution and Entity Ranking". The course takes two days, will be given in English and is part of the Advanced Components Stage of the Educational Program for SIKS-PhD Students. Although these courses are primarily intended for SIKS-PhD Students, other participants are not excluded. However, their number of passes will be restricted and depends on the number of students taking the course. The course is given by experienced lecturers actively involved in the research areas related to the topics of the course. Especially PhD-students working on the SIKS-foci “Data management, Storage and Retrieval” and "Web-based Information Systems" are strongly encouraged to participate.

LOCATION: Conference Center Woudschoten, Zeist

DATE: 20-21 April 2009

SCIENTIFIC DIRECTORS:
Dr. ir. Djoerd Hiemstra (UT)
Dr. ir. Maurice van Keulen (UT)

PROGRAM:

The program is now available

REGISTRATION
In the conference center there is a limited number of places and there is interest from other groups in the topic as well. Therefore, an early registration is required.

Deadline for registration for SIKS-Ph.D.-students: March 21 2009

After that date, applications to participate will be honoured in a first-come first-serve manner. Of course, applications to participate from other interested groups are welcome already. They will receive a notification whether they can participate as soon as possible.

For registration you are kindly requested to fill in the registration form

Arrangement 1 includes single room, all meals, and course material. Arrangement 2 includes two lunches, one dinner and course material. So no stay in the hotel and no breakfast.