<div dir="ltr"><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Dear student, scientist, engineer, professional,  AI enthusiast,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">the International AI Doctoral Academy (</span><a href="https://www.i-aida.org/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">AIDA</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">) is excited to invite you to register and attend the upcoming hybrid (local/remote)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">“</span><a href="https://icarus.csd.auth.gr/aida-auth-ai-cutting-edge-trends-aicet2025-summer-symposium-and-school/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">AIDA AICET2025 – Symposium & Summer School on "AI/ML Cutting Edge Trends</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">” which will take place in Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), Greece, 14-18th July 2025.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">This event will feature 14 top-tier keynote and invited lectures, and 26 excellent tutorials/short courses/special sessions covering the latest advancements in <b>AI and Machine Learning</b>,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">with distinguished speakers from leading universities in the USA and Europe.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Its various tracks are suitable </font><font face="Aptos, sans-serif">for</font><font face="Aptos, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt"> </font><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">students, scientists, engineers, professionals from any scientific discipline and to AI enthusiasts.</span><font face="Aptos, sans-serif" style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">AIDA AICET2025 Program Topics</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Deep Learning, Generative Artificial Intelligence, Foundation Models, Large Language Models</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Machine Learning, AI Foundations, Pattern Recognition, Reinforcement Learning and Sequential Decision-making</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Trustworthy AI, Explainable AI, AI Ethics and Governance</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Adversarial, Continual, Federated, Transfer Learning, Knowledge distillation</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Distributed/decentralized AI, Networked Intelligence, Cloud/Edge AI, HW/SW for AI acceleration</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Computer Vision, Intelligent Robotics, AI and Autonomous Systems/Cars/Vehicles</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Natural Language Processing, AI for Speech, Music/Sound Analysis and Synthesis, AI for Signal Processing,</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Human-Centered Machine Learning, Human-Centered Media Analysis, Artificial Social Intelligence</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Neurosymbolic AI, Knowledge Representation and Problem-Solving, Reasoning and planning,</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">AI and Games, Deep Arts, AI in Humanities, AI-powered Education</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">AI and Neuroscience, AI in Health Sciences,</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">AI in Material Science, AI and Quantum Computing, AI and Wireless Computing</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">AI in Markets and Finance, AI for Marketing, AI and Social Media</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">AI and Disinformation, AI and Forensics, AI Bias</span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">📢</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> <b>Bonus:</b> A <a href="https://icarus.csd.auth.gr/pre-symposium-introductory-short-course-on-deep-learning/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">pre-symposium short course on Deep Learning</a></span> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">by Prof. Ioannis Pitas (AUTH) on <b>July 13, 2025</b>.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Details</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">📅</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Dates: July 14-18, 2025</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">📍</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> <b>On-site:</b> </span><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/%CE%9A%CE%AD%CE%BD%CF%84%CF%81%CE%BF+%CE%94%CE%B9%CE%AC%CE%B4%CE%BF%CF%83%CE%B7%CF%82+%CE%95%CF%81%CE%B5%CF%85%CE%BD%CE%B7%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8E%CE%BD+%CE%91%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%84%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%B5%CF%83%CE%BC%CE%AC%CF%84%CF%89%CE%BD+%CE%9A%CE%95.%CE%94.%CE%95.%CE%91/@40.6268129,22.9625765,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x14a838f97943b2bd:0xd56ca8d4f0abc5de!8m2!3d40.6268129!4d22.9625765!16s%2Fg%2F1tcvl85q?hl=el&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDEyNi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">KEDEA Building</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">, AUTH, Thessaloniki, Greece.<br></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">💻</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> <b>Online:</b> Zoom links will be provided in due time.<br></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">📜</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> <b>Certificate of Attendance</b> will be provided upon request.<br></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">🚀</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> <b>Seaside gala dinner.</b> Two optional<b> excursions</b> before/after AICET2025 to a) the ancient Macedonian capital Vergina & b) Western Macedonia (Kastoria).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">🔗</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> <b>[</b></span><a href="https://icarus.csd.auth.gr/aida-auth-ai-cutting-edge-trends-aicet2025-summer-symposium-and-school/#registration" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Register Now</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">]</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> – Secure your participation!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12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