Party

The party will take place on Friday, August 19, at Discopub Baila, in Appiano/Eppan (see map).

There will be a free bus service for ESSLLI participants to reach it.

The badge and the ESSLLI Party voucher (part of the registration package) are required for the bus service (also for the return to Bolzano), the admittance to the party, and the free drink included in the entrance.

Departures from Piazza Domenicani:
@ 21.40, every 20 minutes, until 01.10

Bus stops:

  • Piazza Domenicani
  • Univercity (viale Druso)

Return from Baila to Bolzano:
@ 01.30, every 20 minutes


Eating Options

The summer school venue is located in the heart of the old town, surrounded by numerous restaurant and fast food choices. A non-exhaustive list is shown below.

At the Pizza Sprint place just opposite the university main entrance, upon showing their badge, summer school participants will get a pizza slice + drink at a discounted rate of €5,00 or €5,50, depending on the pizza.


Lake Excursion

Cancelled

Unfortunately, the lake excursion had to be cancelled due to the weather conditions (sorry, we were not able to control the weather… :-)).

Dates and Reservation

On Sunday, August 21, ESSLLI organises a trip for 20–25 participants to a South Tyrol lake: either Carezza Lake or Caldaro Lake, according to the weather conditions. Please note that this is not an organized tour, but it is just a way to bring together people who would like to spend time together in the nature. We will use public transport and leave at the same time.

Participants who would like to join the trip can indicate their interest at the ESSLLI registration desk. Registrations for the trip will be managed on a first-in first-served basis.

Description

Bus prices are around €6 to €10. The bus timetable and details concerning the excursion will be communicated to participants at the ESSLLI registration desk.
The excursion is organised as follows:
  • Departure meeting point: bus stop in Bolzano. Departure time: between 8:30 a.m. and 9:00 a.m.
  • walk around the lake and baths;
  • return by bus in the afternoon.

Mountain Excursion

Date and Reservation

On Saturday, August 20, ESSLLI organises a trip for 20–25 people to Renon mountain area. Please note that this is not an organized tour, but it is just a way to bring together people who would like to spend time together on the mountains.
Participants who would like to join the trip can indicate their interest at the ESSLLI registration desk. Registrations for the trip will be managed on a first-in first-served basis, and according to the weather conditions.

Schedule

Prices are for the cable car return ticket (you can also use your public transport card) and swimming areas (for those interested).
The excursion programme is as follows:
  • Departure meeting time and point: 9:00 am, at Renon cable car station in Bolzano; kindly, buy your cable car ticket well in advance before departure time;
  • stop in Soprabolzano and walk in the woods to Renon earth pyramids;
  • walk to Costalovara Lake;
  • return meeting point: Sopbrabolzano cable car station.

Lunch

Participants should bring their own food.

Recommendations for Clothing

Participants are invited to dress appropriately for mountain walks. In particular:

  • [ Walking Shoes: ] participants, willing to walk in the woods, are recommended to wear a comfortable pair of walking shoes with good ankle support. All should avoid shoes with slippery/flat soles;
  • [ Waterproof Jacket: ] a waterproof jacket could be a useful addition.

Families with Babies

Families with babies, in particular, may also enjoy:


Venice Tour

DATES

We offer a day trip to Venice on Saturday 20.08.2016.
The trip planned for Sunday 21.08.2016 has been cancelled due to lack of interested participants.

DESCRIPTION

The tour includes:
  • bus from-to Bolzano;
  • private boat in Venice between Tronchetto (bus terminal in Venice) and S. Marco square.

Trips are without guides in Venice: participants are on a do-it-yourself tour of the town—so as to keep the trip affordable for students.

Departure from Bolzano: at 6:30 in Via Alto Adige, bus stop in front of Hotel Alpi.
Departure from Venice: at 16:30 in San Marco square, or 17:00 at Tronchetto.

Note: beware that departure times are strict, who is not there in time will miss the bus.

RESERVATION AND PAYMENT DEADLINES

Price: 55 euros per person, per trip.
Reservation deadline: August 3, 2016.
Payment deadline: August 16, 2016.
Each tour will be organised only if there are at least 35 reservations by August 3.
Payments will be managed between August 3 and August 16.
Note: reservation and payment are managed by the Mundus Agency directly (and not by the ESSLLI organisation team).

MUNDUS AGENCY CONTACT DETAILS

E-mail: Peter Plaikner <plaikner.peter@lcc-mundus.it>;
phone: +39 0471 970777;
fax: +39 0471 970712.

AI*IA Grants

AI*IA grants are dedicated exclusively to students who are member of the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence.

Important info:

  1. Instructions to apply can be found HERE.
  2. The application documents must be submitted by May 6, 2016 in accordance with the above instructions.
  3. Students should enroll themselves as “fee waivers” via the standard registration form.

Students who have applied for an ESSLLI 2016 AI*IA grant will be notified via e-mail by beginning of June 2016 about the outcome of their application. Students who are awarded a grant might be asked to provide some help in the organization during their participation to ESSLLI 2016.


Lecturers

Evening Lecturers

Larry Moss, Indiana University; EMCL visiting scholar at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Marco Baroni, University of Trento
Veronica Becher, University of Buenos Aires; EMCL visiting scholar at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Louise McNally, Universitata Pompeu Fabra

Lecturers

Andreas Abel, Chalmers University
Timo Baumann, Hamburg University
Mathieu Beirlaen, Ghent University
Daisuke Bekki, Ochanomizu University
Jonathan Berant, Google; EMLCT visiting scholar at the University of Trento
Geertje van Bergen, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
Chris Biemann, Technische Universitat Darmstadt
Meghyn Bienvenu, University of Montpellier
Gemma Boleda, University of Trento
Johan Bos, University of Groningen
Dmitry Chistikov, Max Planck Institute for Software Systems
Cleo Condoravdi, Stanford University
Judith Degen, Stanford University
Alessandra Di Pierro, Universita’ di Verona
Rayna Dimitrova, Max Planck Institute for Software Systems
Frank Drewes, Umea Universiteit
Paul Egre, Institut Jean-Nicod in Paris
Felix Engelmann, University of Potsdam
Stefan Evert, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Diego Figueria, Université de Bordeaux
Hana Filip, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf
Dan Flickinger, Stanford University
Valentin Goranko, Stockholm University
Lotte Hogeweg, Radboud University Nijmegen, EMLCT visiting scholar at the University of Trento
Thomas Icard, Stanford University
Gerhard Jäger, University of Tübingen; EMLCT visiting scholar at the University of Trento
Anders Johannsen, University of Copenhagen
Graham Katz, IBM; EMLCT visiting scholar at the University of Trento
Arne Köhn, Hamburg University
Stefan Kopp, Bielefeld University
Oliver Kutz, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Ranko Lazic, University of Warwick
Emar Maier, University of Groningen
Marcello Mamino, Laboratoire d’Informatique de l’École Polytechnique
Salvador Mascarenhas, University of Oxford
Louise McNally, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Paula Menendez-Benito, Pompeu Fabra University
Koji Mineshima, Ochanomizu University
Glyn Morrill, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya
Till Mossakowski, Universitat Magdeburg
Malvina Nissim, University of Bologna
Stephan Oepen, University of Oslo
Magdalena Ortiz, Technischen Universität Wien
Eric Pacuit, University of Maryland
Denis Paperno, University of Trento
Barbara Plank, University of Copenhagen
Norbert Preining, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology; EMLCT visiting scholar at the University of Trento
Gabriele Puppis, Université de Bordeaux
James Pustejovsky, Brandeis University
Uli Sattler, University of Manchester
Tatjana Scheffler, University of Potsdam
David Schlangen, Bielefeld University
Sylvain Schmitz, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); EMLCT visiting scholar at the University of Trento
Thomas Schneider, Bremen University
Philippe Schnoebelen, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Gregory Scontras, Stanford University
Benjamin Spector, “École Normale Supérieure; EMLCT visiting scholar at the University of Trento
Manfred Stede, University of Potsdam
Mark Steedman, University of Edinburgh
Christian Straßer, Ghent University
Peter Sutton, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf
Jakub Szymanik, University of Amsterdam
Nicolas Troquard, Université Paris-Est Créteil
Carla Umbach, Zentrum fur Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft
Oriol Valentín, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya
Leon van der Torre, University of Luxembourg
Shravan Vasishth, University of Potsdam
Oleg Verbitsky, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Herbert Wiklicky, Imperial College London
Yoad Winter, Utrecht University
Roberto Zamparelli, University of Trento
Henk Zeevat, University of Amsterdam
Agic Zeljko, Københavns Universitet

Student Session Chairs

Marisa Koellner, Universität Tübingen
Ramon Ziai, Universität Tübingen


Euregio Grants

Euregio grants are dedicated exclusively to students enrolled in a University of the Euregio area, i.e., UIBK, UNIBZ, UNITN.

Applications should contain:

  1. EUREGIO 2016 grant application form [PDF] (Download and compile the pdf form, sign it, and include it in your application).
  2. CV.

The above documents have to be combined in a single pdf, and submitted via EasyChair before April 25, 2016. (Since we are using Easychair, the submission will be handled as a paper submission, hence you will be asked for a title, and keywords. Feel free to put whatever you like in these fields, they will be ignored.).

Students who have applied for an ESSLLI 2016 Euregio grant will be notified via e-mail by beginning of June 2016 about the outcome of their application. Students who are awarded a grant might be asked to provide some help in the organization during their participation to ESSLLI 2016.


Child Care

The ESSLLI organizing committee is considering to open a child care service for children older than 3 years, depending on requests (see the registration module). The service should cost around 10 euros per hour.