Data Science and AI Summer School, 6th edition
Predeal, Romania
Organized by Bucharest University of Economic Studies, in collaboration with the GATE Institute at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” and the projects enRichMyData, DataPACT, Graph-Massivizer, UPCAST, INTEND, and TwinShip.
Sponsored by: OMV Petrom
Goal:
The goal of the summer school is to familiarize students with relevant state of the art topics in Data Science and artificial intelligence (AI). The program will cover fundamentals of Data Science and AI and focus on the following key topics:
· Statistics and Machine Learning
· Large Language Models, conversational AI, and Agentic AI
· Time series and graph data, data processing
· Data and AI pipelines
The program will consist of a combination of lecture-style talks introducing various Data Science and AI paradigms and methods, and hands-on sessions. The summer school aims to have a practical orientation, with Python and Jupyter Notebooks being used to exemplify many of the topics covered at the summer school. Students will work on group (mini-)projects/exercises during the summer school.
At the end of the summer school, the students are expected to understand key paradigms used in Data Science and AI and be able to practically apply them in data science and AI projects.
Prerequisites:
Familiarity with computer programming and basic knowledge about Python, interest in working with data, enthusiasm, and willingness to learn new things!
Lecturers and instructors:
· Dan Nicolae (University of Chicago, USA), Professor, PhD
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-nicolae-221991a
· Cornelia Caragea (University of Illinois Chicago, USA), Professor, PhD
https://www.linkedin.com/in/cornelia-caragea-94bb513
· Radu Prodan (University of Innsbruck, Austria), Professor, PhD
https://www.linkedin.com/in/radu-prodan-182812b1
· Anna Fensel (Wageningen University & Research, the Netherlands), Professor, Dr.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-fensel-0862501
· Ioan Toma (Onlim GmbH, Austria), Chief AI Officer, PhD
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ioantoma
· Dumitru Roman (SINTEF / OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway), Senior Research Scientist / Professor, PhD
https://www.linkedin.com/in/titiroman
· Jože Rožanec (Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia / University of Twente, The Netherlands), Researcher / Machine Learning Engineer, PhD
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jmrozanec
· Wiktor Sowinski-Mydlarz (London Metropolitan University, UK and GATE Institute, Bulgaria), Lecturer / Senior Research Scientist, PhD
https://www.linkedin.com/in/viktor-sowinski-mydlarz-32a9a5101
· Roberto Avogadro (SINTEF AS, Norway), Research Scientist, PhD
https://www.linkedin.com/in/roberto-avogadro-657744a2
· Nikolay Nikolov (SINTEF AS, Norway), Research Scientist
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikolay-nikolov-a967265
