Scientific Calendar Event



Starts 31 Jul 2023
Ends 18 Aug 2023
Central European Time
ICTP
Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

The call for applications will open soon

This activity focuses on building a range of data-related skills that are vital for addressing trans-disciplinary challenges in contemporary research work.

The Summer School builds competence in data analysis and security for participants from all disciplines and/ or backgrounds from sciences to humanities. Topics to be covered include principles and practice of research data management, authorship in the 21st century, data curation, data security, Open Science, visualization, machine learning and artificial neural networks.

The activity includes practical hands-on sessions on techniques and applications for large-scale data handling, analysis, visualization and modeling on a variety of compute infrastructure including high performance compute platforms/systems.

An associated activity focusing on advanced aspects of Data Science with a focus on Data Policy, Urban Data and Disaster Risk Reduction  will run immediately after this event and requires a separate application.

Topics:
  • Introduction to the Unix shell
  • Research Data Management
  • Open and Responsible Research
  • Author Carpentry
  • Information Security
  • Data Visualisation
  • Machine Learning
  • Artificial Neural Networks
  • Computational Infrastructures
Speakers:
M. ALFARO-CORDOBA, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA
L. M. BEZUIDENHOUT, DANS, Netherlands
R. CÓBE, UNESP, Brazil
S. EL JADID, Queens University, Belfast, USA
R. QUICK, Indiana University, USA
H. SHANAHAN, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
S. VENKATARAMAN, OpenAIRE, UK

Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee.
 
The deadline for applicants requesting financial and/or visa support is 10 May 2023; the deadline for all other applicants is 6 June 2023.
**DEADLINE: 06/06/2023**

Organizers

Marcela ALFARO-CORDOBA (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA), Louise BEZUIDENHOUT (DANS, Netherlands), Raphael CÓBE (UNESP, Brazil), Sara EL JADID (Queens University, Belfast, USA), Simon HODSON (CODATA, France), Robert QUICK (Indiana University, USA), Hugh SHANAHAN (Royal Holloway University, UK), Shanmugasundaram VENKATARAMAN (OpenAIRE, UK), Local Organiser: Ehimika Ohireime Clement Onime (ICTP)

Co-sponsors