Announcing ACM India Summer Schools 2020, 1 June to 17 July

March 6, 2020

ACM India Summer Schools 2020 Are Coming!

The summer schools are coming! We are pleased to announce "ACM India Summer Schools 2020". These schools offer self-motivated students in-depth knowledge and exposure to research in advanced technology areas. Each school is almost like a semester course, covers academic and applied research, and is taught by the best-in-class faculty from academia as well as industry. Each day typically comprises lectures as well as tutorial sessions with hands-on problem solving experience.

These schools are targeted at students in the pre-final year of Bachelor's program or higher, unless marked otherwise in the school’s website. Like previous years, we again have one school exclusively for women students.

Application deadline: 27 March 2020 EoD India

Here are the Summer Schools planned. More details about each school available via respective school’s website below.

Dates Title Host Institute Industry Sponsor
1-12 June Programming Language Analysis and Optimization IIT-Hyderabad NVIDIA Graphics
15-26 June Cybersecurity VIT Vellore Cisco
15-26 June Fairness, Accountability and Transparency in AI IIT Kharagpur IBM Research India
28 June - 18 July Algorithms for Big Data and ML Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc) Chennai Microsoft Research India
1-10 July Computer Architecture and Operating Systems IIT Goa Intel Labs
6-17 July Natural Language Processing (for Women only) DA-IICT Gandhinagar TBA

The applicants have to qualify for the Summer Schools as demonstrated by most of the metrics below:

  • marks/grades in the relevant courses
  • recommendation from mentors (the application needs only some names, the selection committee will contact them if needed)
  • participation in programming or other contests
  • previous internship or research experience
  • any demonstrated self-study experience

Although being an ACM Student Member is not a requirement for applying to these schools, we encourage the applicants to join ACM, the world's largest educational and scientific computing society, aimed at advancing computing as a science and a profession.
Student Membership Registration Link

There is a non-refundable application fee of INR 236 (INR 200 + GST) to be paid before you submit the application form. Payment link is provided below. You are required to provide payment reference while you fill the form to apply to be considered for Summer Schools 2020.
Payment link

The link for the Summer Schools 2020 application form is provided below. You can apply for two out of the six schools in your order of preference. Remember that the seats per school are limited and the application does not guarantee acceptance. Pay attention to the pre-requisites for the particular school you are applying for, to make sure you qualify. Also keep in mind that the competition for some of the schools may be much more than others, so choose your preferences wisely.
Application form for ACM India Summer School 2020

Selected students will be required to pay additional school fees, no more than INR 2500 + GST. Payment link will be provided only to selected students. Also, all the selected students will be provided lodging and boarding at the venue without further charge. You must take care of your roundtrip travel, and bring your own laptop, but pretty much everything else is covered.

The selection list will be announced on 17 April 2020.

All details of the schools can also be accessed via the Summer Schools 2020 home page.