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MachineLearningand ComputerVisionSummer School

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CONTACTSUniversity of Udine, via Palladio 8, I 33100 Udine (UD)www.uniud.itwww.uniud.it/it/international-area/china-4e2d56fd

STUDENTS SERVICES AREAvia Gemona 92, I 33100 Udine (UD)

COURSESwww.uniud.it/didattica/offerta

POLYTECHNIC DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE

MATHEMATICS, COMPUTER SCIENCES AND PHYSICS DEPARTMENT

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The University of Udine (UNIUD) is a stu-dent-friendly institution.Since its foundation in 1978, UNIUD is ayoung and dynamic university that pro-motes higher education, research, technol-ogy transfer, internationalization and astrong relationship with the territory, to de-velop knowledge, experiences and innova-tive projects.

The key of its success both at national andinternational level is the quality and enthu-siasm of all its members: students, profes-sors and staff.

The attention devoted to its students it’s ahigh and real added value.

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257PhD students

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36 Bachelor Degree Courses

33 Master Degree Courses

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76 Learning at The Heart of Europe

Udine has less than 100.000 inhabitants, and it islocated in Friuli-Venezia-Giulia, in the North-East part ofItaly. It is the entry point of the new Silk Road project“One Belt One Road”, in the very heart of Europe.Udine is just one-hour driving from Slovenia and Austria,and at the same distance from Venice, the city of MarcoPolo. Living in Udine is pleasant. It is easy to move around,walking or even biking, thanks to the bike sharing serviceoffered by the Municipality. Udine’s air quality is excellentthanks to its 246 green areas and the constant effort toreduce CO2 emission. The synergy between public and private videosurveillance systems makes our city always safe andguarded, as official data on crime rate can confirm. InUdine people can safely walk alone even at night.Udine is not a hectic town, however it offers manyopportunities to start new relationships, thanks to itspubs, cafeterias, bars, theatres, cinemas, fitness centers,restaurants and pizza places. The city has a calendar always rich of cultural events,such as concerts and international cinema festivals. Anexample is the Far East Film Festival, which takes placein April. In September you can’t miss the famous FriuliDOC Feast, which allows you to plunge in the local foodand wine tradition.Udine is just few kilometres away from Aquileia, Cividaledel Friuli, San Daniele and the city of Palmanova, all ofthem rich of medieval and even roman traces of anancient, shining past.

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98 What They Say About Us. Chinese Students In Udine

Ying HAOUdine is a city that is close to the Alps, in wonderful surroundings andfertile lands, with fine vineyards, which are well-known all around theWorld. Initially, it was an agency in China, which advised me to study inUdine, because it is a people-friendly city, where it is possible to focuscompletely on your studies, and to live a peaceful but interesting life. Aslong as University professors and teachers are concerned, they all arevery competent, both from an academic and an educational point ofview, even though sometimes they might be demanding. I have met alot of new people: Italian students, local people and Chinese people. Fi-nally, I would like to use this opportunity to thank all those people whowarmly welcomed and helped me.

Xiaoting YUAN Do I stay in China or do I go to Italy? After finishing high school, my headwas filled with this doubt. My parents found on the newspapers that theNanchino University collaborated with many Italian universities, bymeans of a project that offers to students with a high school diploma,the opportunity to study in Italian universities. Therefore, I chose Udineto be the start of my new life abroad, where I would study and live com-pletely on my own. I chose the University of Udine because I love Italianlanguage and because its Department of Language and Foreign Litera-tures is the best one in Italy. Besides, in Udine there are not many Chi-nese people and this means that I could immerse myself in anenvironment, that would be 100% purely Italian. I have been talking withItalian people, I have been studying with Italian people, I have been eat-ing with Italian people. My 4-years-long study experience in Udine wastruly unforgettable. Udine is a peaceful city, but at the same time it ismultifunctional, and this is why I confirm, as student, that this city is bothsuitable for study and lively!

Jiayuan CHEN The main reason why I decided to study in Udine was because here Icould fully focus on my studies, as Udine is a quiet and welcoming city.This experience was extremely pleasant because the University offersaccommodation and canteen services, and this means that I did nothave to care for them only on my own. Despite the fact that Udine is nota very big city, you can find everything that you might need in your ev-eryday life right here. From Udine it is very easy to go to other fascinatingcities like, for example, Venice or Trieste. Also, in Udine there are alwaysentertainment, cultural events, and international activities. Initially, Chi-nese students may have difficulties in understanding lessons, becauseof our cultural and linguistic differences. But I found extremely helpfulCLAV’s language class, where I could learn other foreign languages aswell. After studying for 3 years, I have learnt a big deal about Italian lan-guage and culture. Now Udine is like a second home to me.

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Uniud Summer Schools

Summer Schools are intensive courses offering specificand advanced knowledge on several disciplines.They are based on a multidisciplinary approach and includeadditional activities, such as visit tours, workshops, andworkgroups, to support and complement the traditionallectures.The University of Udine organizes its Summer Schoolclasses in Palazzo Di Toppo Wassermann, one of itsmost beautiful headquarters.UNIUD collaborates with Fondazione Monserrate Onlus,a Centre of scientific and cultural excellence which hasa stable cooperation with governmental and non-governmental entities for the implementation of projectsto foster the exchange of knowledge among countriesand people. In China, Monserrate has developed andimplemented the “ITALIAN EXCELLENCE PROGRAM”,to promote the highest level of scientific exchangebetween Italian and Chinese universities and centers ofresearch, and between experts. UNIUD is among theItalian Universities that joined the PROGRAM, and istherefore sharing with the best Chinese Universities, itsacademic excellences.

Accomodation

UNIUD collaborates with the Educandato Uccellis tooffer hospitality, accommodation and food.The Educandato Uccellis is located in the city center andoffers modern bedrooms, equipped with air conditioningand Wi-Fi connection, full restaurant service andstudying rooms.

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NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTSMax. 30 students will be accepted. The course will be held witha minimum of 20 enrolled students.FEESA tuition fee of € 3.200,00 will be charged for the 2weeks. Thisincludes: academic courses, workshops and seminars, field trips,week-end trips, accommodation and meals, daily tutor assis-tance in workshops and in everyday life. In particular, the tuitionfee includes:Didactic Activities• Pre arrival students training and orientation with Chinese Lan-guage Tutors, Didactic Coordination of the program,lectures, laboratories• Didactic tutoring • Didactic Materials in English• Field trips Stay in Udine and Friuli Venezia Giulia Region• Practical assistance with tutors which will help students in theirdaily life and orientation in Udine• Accommodation and stay in Udine in double rooms equippedwith Wi-Fi and Air Conditioning, towels and sheets. The serviceprovides also Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner Service consisting ofthree dishes and beverage• Travels and other visits• Visit and knowledge of Udine and its territory with a guideGeneral services• Organization and general activities• Pick up and drop-off from and to Venice Airport• Welcome Kit• Welcome Touristic and practical guide• Touristic Visit of Udine • Welcome and Farewell Dinner• Visit of interesting sites in Friuli Venezia Giulia Region• Visit of Venice• Tutoring system also during the weekend, if required by stu-dents

The quote does not include:• Visa and flight tickets• Personal expenses• Other costs not mentioned above

MORE INFORMATIONwww.uniud.it/international

IN CHINADURATION2 days: 16 hours in the universityPERIODbefore the departure, as agreed with the Chinese UniversityLOCATIONChinese UniversityACTIVITIESIn the Chinese University: lectures, workshops, laboratories onweb taught by Professors of Fondazione Monserrate in cooper-ation with Monserrate Center of Research and Development.TOPICSStudying and investigating Western Science History & break-throughs. Science and Technology in western countries from 600B.C. until today, how science changed culture, life and society.Italy as the heart of science and technology, past and present.Studying MLCV in Italy today. Introduction to the summerschool’s contents, overall introduction to Italian scientific Excel-lences in the area and historical, cultural and geographical basicknowledge about Italy and living in Italy

IN ITALYDURATION13 daysPERIOD8 – 20 July 2019 LOCATIONUniversity of Udine – Udine, ItalyACTIVITIESFrom Monday to Friday for 2 weeks. (five teaching days withkeynote lectures during the morning and laboratory sessions dur-ing the afternoon). Some people from invited industry will presenttheir advanced applications in the field of Machine Learning andComputer Vision.LANGUAGEEnglish FOCUSComputer vision, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, AugmentedReality, Virtual Reality, Mixed Reality, Artificial Vision Systems,Artificial Neural Networks, Unmanned Autonomous Vehicles.CREDITSEvery participant will receive a certificate issued by the university.The certificate will indicate the number of hours (pre-arrivalpreparation in China, lessons, didactic field trips, lectures, sem-inars, etc.) and the number of ECTS gained for the SummerSchool. ECTS credits could be convert into Chinese credits bythe home university.

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GENERAL PROGRAMMLCV 2019 will be an International Summer School for MasterDegree students with the main scope of updating participantsabout the most recent advances in the area of Artificial Intelli-gence, ranging from machine learning to data analytics. Thisschool will give an in-depth analysis of the state-of-the-art re-search and will cover a large spectrum of current research activ-ities and industrial applications deal with big data, computervision, human-computer interaction, deep learning and seriousgames. In fact, the last decade has seen a revolution in the theoryand application of computer vision and machine learning. Mim-icking the human brain to achieve human-level cognition per-formance has been a core challenge in artificial intelligenceresearch for decades. Humans are very efficient in capturing themost important information while being exposed to a plethora ofdifferent stimuli. This capability is used to represent and under-stand the surroundings in a concise fashion.Machine learning research has much progressed towards cloninghuman capability with innovative techniques like deep and fea-ture learning, incremental learning, transfer learning, etc. In thelast years, deep learning architectures have made a huge steptowards such a goal. However, these still lacks on several as-pects that limits their usage.

SYLLABUSThe school will present the main issues in the field of Artificial In-telligence, Machine Learning, Deep and Reinforcement Learning,Computer Vision and Learning in Networks. Moreover, an intro-duction on augmented reality, virtual reality and mixed reality willbe done, describing in detail the logical architecture of an aug-mented reality system. An introduction on artificial vision systemsand Unmanned Autonomous Vehicles (UAV) will follow. The stu-dents will acquire basic skills for the development and implemen-tation of augmented reality applications, for the application ofneural networks with Javascript, and for the acquisition and pro-cessing of images and videos from UAVs.

STRUCTUREThe MLCV School will be organized in five teaching days withkeynote lectures and laboratory sessions. Some people from in-vited industry will present their advanced applications in the fieldof Machine Learning and Computer Vision.

VISITS TO PLACES OF INTERESTDuring the Summer School, a field trip will be organized to allowstudents to deepen and understand the main arguments of theSummer School thanks to a direct visit to a company in the Re-gion.

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SUMMER SCHOOL DIRECTORProfessor Gian Luca ForestiForesti is Full Professor of Computer Science at the Universityof Udine and Director of the Dept. of Mathematics, ComputerScience and Physics. He coordinates the research group on Ar-tificial Vision and Real-time Systems.He was Finance Chair of the11th IEEE Conference on Image Processing (ICIP05), GeneralChair of the 16th Int. Conf. on Image Analysis and Processing(ICIAP11) and of the 8th IEEE Conf. on Advanced Video and Sig-nal Based Surveillance (AVSS11). His main interests involveComputer Vision and Machine Learning, Multisensor Data andInformation Fusion, Pattern Recognition and Deep Neural Net-works. Prof. Foresti is author of more than 350 papers publishedin International Journals and International Conferences and hehas been co-editor of several books in the field of Multimediaand Computer Vision. He has been Guest Editor of a SpecialIssue of the Proceedings of the IEEE on “Video Communications,Processing and Understanding for Third Generation SurveillanceSystems”. In 2002, he has been awarded of best IEEE VehicularElectronics paper, in 2010 of the Best Paper Award at the Inter-national Conference on Distributed Smart Cameras (ICDSC 2010)and in 2016 of the Best Industry Related Paper Award (BIRPA) atthe International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR16).Prof. Foresti is also Scientific Director and auditor of several Re-gional, European and International projects. Prof. Foresti is Fel-low member of IAPR and Senior member of IEEE.

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21NOT ONLYSTUDY… A SHORT GUIDETO SOME OF THEITALIAN AND UDINEAMENITIES YOUWILL FIND IN ITALY

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UDINE IN BRIEF

Udine is a beautiful town in the region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, inthe North-East part of Italy, located in the very heart of Europe.

It has a student-friendly atmosphere and it is within easy reachof many important places in Italy (Venice is only 140 kilometersaway), in Europe and beyond.

Udine is a town filled with squares of Venetian charm and ancientbuildings: from Piazza Libertà, defined as “the most beautiful Ve-netian square on the mainland”, to Piazza Matteotti (or HerbalSquare) which seems to be an open-air lounge, for its all sur-rounded by porticos; here you can observe the slideshow of an-cient and colorful historical buildings which convey the true spiritof Udine.

On the town’s hill, the city’s castle stands: from there, you cansee the whole city, the mountains all around it, to the AdriaticSea, in the South.

In the eighteenth century, Udine was the city of GiambattistaTiepolo who reached his prime right here. Today, his works of artcan be admired in the Gallerie del Tiepolo (Patriarchal Palace), inthe Duomo (Cathedral), and in the Chiesa della Purità (Church ofPurity). Udine is an open-to-innovation city and connects its ownimage to authentic taverns where one of the most-loved rituals,namely the tasting of a goblet of wine (tajut), is celebrated in avery human and cordial atmosphere.

The series of old, brightly colored, portico-lined piazzas, betweenPiazza Libertà and Piazza Matteotti, resemble an open-air sittingroom, and they convey the very essence of this city.

• Udine has a population of almost 100.000 people

• The spoken languages in Udine are Friulian and Italian

• The town and its nearby area have a Slovenian population ofapproximately 2000 people

• The University of Udine was founded in 1978 by the Friulianpeople’s will as part of the reconstruction plan of the region afterthe terrible earthquake of 1976.

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24 CULTURAL LIFEMuseumsThere are lots of museums you can visit in Udine such as theGallery of Modern Art, the Project Galleries (in Palazzo Mor-purgo), the Civic Museums and Galleries of History and Art withthe Ciceri collection, the Archeological Museum, the Gallery ofAncient Art, the Drawings and Stamps Gallery and the FriulianPhotography Museum.

Casa CavazziniMuseum of Modern and Contemporary artvia Cavour 14, UdineCasa Cavazzini is the site of the new Museo d’Arte Moderna eContemporanea located in the heart of Udine’s historic city cen-tre. Recent restoration work led to the discovery of secular fres-coes dating back to the late fourteenth century. A beautifulsixteenth century Venetian-style water butt and pottery datingback to the early Iron Age are on show in the museum. Since 2012, Casa Cavazzin has become a cultural power house,reviving the historical heart of the city.

Il museo del castellopiazzale del castello 1, Udine Today the ground floor of the Castle is home to two recently openedmuseums: the Museo del Risorgimento and the Museo Archeo-logico. Planned and curated with fine attention to detail, both areequipped with innovative multimedia aids. Extending along the en-tire length of the main floor, the Galleria d’Arte Antica houses valu-able works of art, including paintings by Carpaccio, Caravaggio andTiepolo. There are further collections that may be visited by appoint-ment: the Numismatic Collections, the Galleries of Drawings andPrints, and the Sculpture and Plaster Cast Collections. The Castlealso hosts two other important cultural facilities open to the public:the Biblioteca d’Arte (art library) and the Fototeca (photo library).

Gallerie del TiepoloPiazza Patriarcato 1, UdineThe “Museo Diocesano e Gallerie del Tiepolo” (Diocesan Mu-seum and Tiepolo Galleries) has been housed in the Palazzo Pa-triarcale (Patriarch’s Palace) in Udine since 1995. The eighteenthcentury Palazzo that also has roots in the fifteenth century wasthe residence of the Patriarchs of Aquileia from 1593 to 1751 andtoday is home to the archbishop. The collection houses around700 works, including Giambattista Tiepolo’s eighteenth centuryfrescoes that decorate the ceiling.

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Within the very same square, you may find an ensemble of ar-chitectural wonders of Udine, from the Bollani Arch, designed bythe famous architect Andrea Palladio in 1556, to the Clock Tower,built by Giovanni da Udine in 1527; from the Lodge and Templeof St. John, built in 1533 by Lombard architect Bernardino fromMorcote, to the Column with the Lion of the Serenissima, “TheMost Serene”, the name by which the Republic of Venice wasknown (1539). The Piazza Libertà is guarded by two sculptures,Ercole e Caco (fondly nicknamed Florean and Venturin by thepeople of Udine), who stare right into the Loggia del Lionello.Wherever you look in Piazza Libertà, you will always lay your eyeupon an architectural masterpiece, that will make you fall in lovewith this place.

Cattedrale di UdinePiazza Duomo, Udine

Udine Cathedral is the city’s most important and imposingchurch, located a few steps from the main streets of Udine’s citycentre. The Cathedral interior is dominated by Baroque style.Thanks to the magnanimity of the Manin family (whose mau-soleums are preserved here) and to the eighteenth-century re-form, in fact, the interior architecture was made more gorgeous.The magnificent presbytery and masterpieces by internationallyrenowned artists stand out.

Piazza Primo Maggio

Piazza Primo Maggio is located at the foot of the Castello’s hill.Its origins are rather peculiar: a legend says that this square wasthe result of Attila’s soldiers action, who dug here in order totransport the dirt and build the hill where the Castle today stands,so that Attila from that hill could watch the conquered city ofAquileia burn. Other say that this low area (more likely) was adrainage installation for canals water collection. Here a lake tookform, large and deep, connected with the Castle’s pit. It defendedthe Castle and it was possible to reach the hill only by boat.

Another legend tells the story of a lake monster, who threatenedpeople and eventually would eat them. One day a saint, who wasa skilled warrior, walked by and killed the monster. It is said thatwhat the archive of the Madonna delle Grazie monastery guards,is one rib of that dangerous beast.

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VENICE IN BRIEF

Venice, the capital of the Veneto region, has a population of morethan 270,000, according to the latest census. It is located in thenorth-east of Italy on numerous small islands in the Venetian La-goon. The “City of Bridges”, as it is usually called, stretches alongthe mouths of the Po and the Piave rivers.

Out of the 270,000 inhabitants, about 62,000 live in the historicalcenter, or city of Venice, about 176,000 live in the mainland or“Terraferma”, behind the lagoon, in locations like Mestre andMarghera, and all others live on islands throughout the lagoon(there are about 100 islands around Venice). Also known as a fa-mous place for sweethearts, lovers, artists and poets, Venice isa magical city, which stretches across numerous small islands.It is often referred to as the city of “gondole”, which are themeans of transportation used to cross the numerous canalspassing through the city.

In Venice you will find many historical buildings, both with mod-ern interiors and also with the traditional designs which are com-mon all over the city. Gondolas, in fact, are the most famous andromantic means of transportation for experiencing the city. Thegondola is the symbol of Venice, which has made it famous allover the world.

CULTURAL LIFE

Venice is world known for its beauty and charm. The city is ba-sically an open-air museum, wherever you go you are surroundedby arts and building which are typical of the Venetian style. If youwant to see the real Venice you need to lose yourself betweenthe so called “Calle”, the name given to the Venetian streets, andexperience the beauty of this one-of-a-kind-city. Venice is not fa-mous only for its beauty but also for what it has to offer to touristssuch as museum, festivals and events.

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Museums

Peggy Guggenheim Collection

The Peggy Guggenheim Collection is a museum placed on theCanal Grande in Venice and it is part of the Solomon R. Guggen-heim Foundation. It is considered to be one of the most influentialmuseum for American Modernism and Italian Futurism in art. Thecollection is principally based on the personal art collection ofPeggy Guggenheim, the former wife of artist Max Ernst and otherpainters, Picasso, Kandinskij, Dalì and Pollock included.

Venice Biennale

The Venice Biennale is among the most important and presti-gious exhibitions of contemporary art in the World. As it focuseson art there are other events such as events for contemporarydance, architecture, cinema and theatre. The Biennale is socalled as it is held biennially, in odd-numbered years.

Correr Museum

The museum was originated with the donations from Venetianaristocratic Teodoro Correr. It is currently located in San MarcoSquare. The exhibition includes paintings, sculptures, furnitureand weapons and the works of art of utmost importance are byBellini and Carpaccio.

Festivals and Events

Venice Film Festival

The film festival is part of the Venice Biennale and it takes placein late August or early September on the island of the Lido,Venice, Italy. Screenings take place in the historic Palazzo delCinema on the Lungomare Marconi and in other venues nearby.Since its inception the Venice Film Festival has grown into oneof the most prestigious film festivals in the world. The mostcraved award is the Golden Lion, which owns its name to the citysymbol, the lion of the San Marco Basilica.

The Carnival Of Venice

The Carnival of Venice is one the most known Carnival all overthe World and it is held annually in the city. The Carnival endswith the Christian celebration of Lent, forty days before Easter,on Shrove Tuesday the day before Ash Wednesday. The traditionof this festival is very antique, the Doge grated a period ofamusement and celebration to unload discontent that were ac-cumulate during the year.

The festival is world famous for its elaborate masks. One of themost recognizable is probably the Zanni mask which is a char-acter from the “theatre of the professional” (in Italian “Commediadell’arte”).

Zanni is a servant and exist two types of his personality: one iscunning and clever and the other is a fool. Zanni is portrayed asthe servant of Pantalone, another famous Venetian mask.