ESET among the sponsors of the event 2023 organized by Deepmind scientists
The major worldwide artificial intelligence experts met in Slovakia on the occasion of the Eastern European Summer School of Machine Learning. The goal of the event, which took place from 10 to 15 July 2023 at the Technical University of Košice, in Slovakia, is to provide university students of the Region with access to the most recent knowledge in this field. The Summer School is organized by Deepmind scientists, the research laboratory on the artificial intelligence of Google, and to ESET, global European leader in the cybersecurity market.
160 students from 41 countries, who successfully exceeded the selection process, participated in the Summer School and had the opportunity to follow the lessons provided by 27 experts of the highest level from 20 different institutions and companies around the world. The sessions were focused on themes such as Deep Learning, Computer Vision, Natural Language Processing, Ethics in Machine Learning and application of Machine Learning in Medicine and Robotic.
Yoshua Bengio, considered a pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence, spoke to Deep Learning students. Among other speakers, Doina Preacup, professor at McGill University of Montreal and President of Ai Canada, as well as Slovak experts recognized worldwide, such as Michal Valko, Jana Košcká and Peter Richtárik stand out.
"Artificial intelligence is a theme that arouses increasing attention not only in professional environments, but also in society as a whole. We are happy that Košice has become the centerpiece of a global debate on a phenomenon that will facilitate our lives in many ways, while involving challenges. The list of speakers shows that central and oriental Europe, and in particular Slovakia, has an internationally famous experts in the field. It is essential that the best experts share their experience with young talents. Juraj Malcho, Chief Technology Offker the EESTETE.
The idea of organizing an Summer School of Machine Learning was conceived by three Romanian scientific researchers from the Deepmind artificial intelligence laboratory, owned by Google. The first summer school was co-organized by Doina Preacup, Razvan Pascanu and Viorica Patraucean and was held in Romania in 2018. Every year the event is organized in a different country, so that as many young people from central and eastern Europe can have the opportunity to learn from experts. After Romania, Poland, Hungary and Lithuania, the Summer School arrived for the first time in Slovakia.
"We focus on a very high quality program with the involvement of world experts and on a selection process that emphasizes the contribution and potential impact of the school on the participant. We were honored when ESET contacted us with a proposal for partnership for the 2023 event. It is an opportunity for us to get to know the Slovak community of artificial intelligence better and to contribute to inserting this nation in the map of international events in the field of the AI". Viorica Patraucean, one of the organizers of Summer School, said Viorica.
In addition to ESET, the partners of this year's event are the national platform for the development of artificial intelligence, the Slovakia and the Technical University of Košice. The Department of Cybernetics and Artificial Intelligence of the University is an academic partner of the event; He has many years of experience in the education and research sector and was the first in Slovakia to allow his students to attend courses dedicated to artificial intelligence.
