[TYPES/announce] Shonan school on "Semantics of Effects, Resources, and Applications" (May 2017)

[sinya at kurims.kyoto-u.ac.jp]

Call for Participants
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Shonan school on "Semantics of Effects, Resources, and Applications"

Shonan Village Center, Japan May 15-19, 2017
(your arrival would be requested the night before: May14th)

Registration Deadline: *March 5th, 2017*

Applicants will be able to attend the school after they are screened
and approved by organizers. We will inform you of the results in early
March via email.

Thank you very much in advance for your understanding.
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The School will be held at Shonan Village Center (SVC) in Japan during
May 15-19, 2017. All participants are expected to arrive and check-in
the night before the meeting starts (on Maｙ14, 2017).

The School is organized by two researchers:

- Marco Gaboardi, University at Buffalo, SUNY, USA
  (gaboardi atmark buffalo.edu)
- Shinya Katsumata, Kyoto University, Japan
  (sinya atmark kurims.kyoto-u.ac.jp)

At the NII Shonan School, the internationally recognized scientists
and researchers provide a series of advanced lectures on the
state-of-the-art informatics research for students and young
researchers. Each lecture also includes a short hand-on session for
the participants to try tools and software used in the current
research field. In addition to these valuable lectures, the
participants of the NII Shonan School have an excellent opportunity to
build up, enhance and widen international collaboration network among
young researchers through the five-day dense program. NII Shonan
Schools are managed by NII.

The lectures are provided by six researchers:

- Chung-Kil Hur, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology,
  Korea
- Deepak Garg, Max Planck Institute for Software Systems, Germany
- Sam Lindley, The University of Edinburgh, Scotland
- Paul-Andr´e Melli`es, University Paris Diderot, France
- Ulrich Sch¨opp, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universt¨at M¨unchen, Germany
- Niki Vazou, University of California, San Diego, USA

We would fully appreciate if you register for participation on the
following web page:

http://shonan.nii.ac.jp/seminar/registration-for-seminar-103/
Please enter the password: PA13Ca2nF

Please be aware that the registration deadline is on *March 5th, 2017*.

[Accommodation] About six weeks before the School, the SVC will send
ID and Password to participants to the e-mail address you’ll have
registered, so you can make a reservation for accommodation on the web
page of SVC. The SVC offers a combination of facilities for
conferences, training, and lodging in a resort-like setting. Its
friendly and open environment promotes a culture of communication and
exchange among participants. You’ll be able to see further details
about travel and accommodation information on the following web page:

http://www.nii.ac.jp/shonan

Participants are expected to attend the full program and excursion
staying at SVC throughout all school dates.

[Participation fee]

The participation fee including full board, meeting fees and
applicable taxes is 12,500 JPY per day.

*Participants need to share a twin room (two participants per room).
*Excursion fee, around 5,000 JPY, is not included in the participation
 fee.
*NII Shonan School will NOT support travel for any participants.

We suggest you to bring your own personal computer at the School.

[Visa] If you need a Visa to enter Japan, after confirming the
necessary documents to the Embassy or the Consulate of Japan in your
locating country, please ask us in an appropriate timing to issue the
necessary documents prepared by us.

"Seminar Details" is available in the following web page.

http://shonan.nii.ac.jp/seminar/seminardetails103/
*Please put the password to see "Initial List of Invitees" P115hei7w "

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any question.

Best regards,