The consortium of Italian Computer Science PhD granting institutions under the auspices of GRIN, organizes an annual school offering three graduate-level courses aimed at first-year PhD students in Computer Science. In addition to introducing students to timely research topics, the school is meant to promote acquaintance and collaboration among young European researchers.

• Foundations of Security: Cryptography, Protocols, Trust - Joshua Guttman, Worcester Polytechnic University (USA)
• Stochastic Process Algebras for Quantitative Analysis - Jane Hillston, University of Edinburgh (UK)
• Shape and Visual Apperance Acquisition for Photo-realistic Visualization - Fabio Ganovelli and Massimiliano Corsini, CNR (Italy)