<div dir="ltr"><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Aptos,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;direction:ltr;line-height:1.38"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Dear colleagues,</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Aptos,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">We are pleased to announce that applications are now open for the<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>International Summer School on Generative AI: From NLP to LLMs to Agentic AI \u2014 Theory, Applications, and Practice</b>, taking place<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>June 22\u201326, 2026</b> at<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Sapienza Universitą di Roma (Rome, Italy)</b> in a<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>hybrid format</b> (in-person &amp; online).</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Aptos,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">The school offers an intensive program covering foundational concepts and the state of the art in<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><b>Natural Language Processing</b></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">,<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><b>Large Language Models</b></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">, and<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><b>Agentic AI</b></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">. Sessions include lectures, keynotes, and hands-on labs led by experts from academia and industry, including the<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>University of Cambridge,<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px"><b>Trent</b></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><b> University, Napoli University, Malaga University</b>,<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><b>IBM</b></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">,<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><b>Microsoft</b></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">,<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Google,<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></b> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><b>Red Hat</b></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">,<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><b>Inria</b></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">, and others.</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Aptos,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><b>Highlights</b></span></p><ul style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Aptos,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><li style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><p role="presentation">Trace the evolution from<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>NLP \u2192 LLMs \u2192 Agentic AI</b></p></li><li style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><p role="presentation">Join<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>practice-oriented sessions</b> and<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>group projects</b></p></li><li style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><p role="presentation">Connect with a diverse, international community of researchers and innovators</p></li></ul><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Aptos,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><b>Capacity &amp; admissions</b></span></p><ul style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Aptos,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><li style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><p role="presentation"><b>Limited in-person seats: 50</b></p></li><li style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><p role="presentation"><b>Rolling admissions</b> (applications reviewed as received) \u2014 early applications are encouraged</p></li></ul><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Aptos,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><b>Learn more &amp; apply:</b> <a href="https://intelligent-systems.net/school/" class="gmail-decorated-link" rel="noopener" style="color:rgb(0,120,215);margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">https://intelligent-systems.net/school/</a></span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Aptos,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">We would be grateful if you could share this announcement with interested students, researchers, and professionals in your network.</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Aptos,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Regards,</span></p><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:1em;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span style="font-size:11pt">The summer school organising committee</span></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:1em;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">International Summer School on Generative AI<br><a href="https://intelligent-systems.net/school/" class="gmail-decorated-link" rel="noopener" style="color:rgb(0,120,215);margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">https://intelligent-systems.net/school/</a></div></div>