Scientific Calendar Event



Description An ICTP Meeting

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 which is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, 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 infrastructures including high performance compute platforms/systems.

Topics
  • Introduction to the Unix shell
  • Version Control with Git
  • Research Data Management
  • Open and Responsible Research
  • Author Carpentry
  • Data Wrangling in R/Python
  • Data Visualisation
  • Information Security
  • Machine Learning
  • Artificial Neural Networks
  • Computational Infrastructures

Speakers
M. Alfaro-Cordoba, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA
L. M. Bezuidenhout, Leiden University, Netherlands
R. Cóbe, UNESP, Brazil
S. Diggs, Scripps Institution of Oceanography/UCSD, USA
D. Donaldson, Indiana University, USA
S. El Jadid, Queens University, Belfast, UK
S. Gandhi, IT:U, Linz, Austria 
A. Nobes, INASP, UK
E. Okorafor, AI Academy Accenture, USA
B. Peterson, Fathom Data, South Africa
R. Quick, Indiana University, USA
H. Shanahan, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
S. Venkataraman, DANS, Netherlands

Call for Contributed Abstracts: All applicants are requested to submit an abstract for a poster presentation. Abstract templates are available below for download.

Individuals with a background in IoT/Big-Data Analytics and Compute Infrastructure can apply to one of the Advanced Workshops that run immediately after the school.

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.
 
Go to day
  • Monday, 28 July 2025
    • 08:15 - 08:30
      • 08:15 Registration and administrative formalities 15'
        Visitors not staying in the ICTP Guest Houses, are kindly requested to complete registration formalities at the Adriatico Guest House (Lower Level). The Registration Desk will be open from 8.15 to 8.30
    • 08:30 - 18:00
      • 08:30 Introduction 30'
        Speaker: Clement ONIME (ICTP, Italy), Marcela ALFARO-CORDOBA (University of California, Santa Cruz, USA), Raphael CÓBE (UNESP, Brazil), Robert QUICK (Indiana University, USA), Hugh SHANAHAN (Royal Holloway University, UK)
      • 09:00 Open and Responsible Research 1 1h30'
        Speaker: Louise BEZUIDENHOUT (DANS, Netherlands)
      • 10:30 Coffee Break 30'
      • 11:00 Open and Responsible Research 1 – continuation 30'
        Speaker: Louise BEZUIDENHOUT (DANS, Netherlands)
      • 11:30 Go to the bank / Self-learn ORCID / create profile 1h30'
        Speaker: Hugh SHANAHAN (Royal Holloway University, UK)
      • 13:00 Lunch Break 1h0'
      • 14:00 RDM 1 2h0'
        Speaker: Shanmugasundaram VENKATARAMAN (University of Edinburgh Digital Curation Centre,UK)
      • 16:00 Coffee Break 30'
      • 16:30 RDM 2 1h30'
        Speaker: Shanmugasundaram VENKATARAMAN (University of Edinburgh Digital Curation Centre,UK)
  • Tuesday, 29 July 2025
    • 08:30 - 18:00
      • 08:30 RDM 3 45'
        Speaker: Shanmugasundaram VENKATARAMAN (University of Edinburgh Digital Curation Centre,UK)
      • 09:15 Introduction to the RDA 15'
      • 09:30 Shell 1h0'
        Speaker: Hugh SHANAHAN (Royal Holloway University, UK)
      • 10:30 Coffee Break 30'
      • 11:00 Shell - Continuation 2h0'
        Speaker: Hugh SHANAHAN (Royal Holloway University, UK)
      • 13:00 Lunch Break 1h0'
      • 14:00 Shell - Continuation 45'
        Speaker: Hugh SHANAHAN (Royal Holloway University, UK)
      • 14:45 Shell Ethics exercise 15'
        Speaker: Louise BEZUIDENHOUT (DANS, Netherlands)
      • 15:00 Git 1h0'
        Speaker: Hugh SHANAHAN (Royal Holloway University, UK)
      • 16:00 Coffee Break 30'
      • 16:30 Git - continuation 1h30'
        Speaker: Hugh SHANAHAN (Royal Holloway University, UK)
  • Wednesday, 30 July 2025
    • 08:30 - 18:00
      • 08:30 Git 1h45'
        Speaker: Hugh SHANAHAN (Royal Holloway University, UK)
      • 10:15 Git Ethics exercise 15'
        Speaker: Louise BEZUIDENHOUT (DANS, Netherlands)
      • 10:30 Coffee Break 30'
      • 11:00 Python 2h0'
        Speaker: Bianca PETERSON (Fathom Data, South Africa)
      • 13:00 Lunch Break 1h0'
      • 14:00 Python 2h0'
        Speaker: Bianca PETERSON (Fathom Data, South Africa)
      • 16:00 Coffee Break 30'
      • 16:30 Python 1h30'
        Speaker: Bianca PETERSON (Fathom Data, South Africa)
  • Thursday, 31 July 2025
    • 08:30 - 18:00
      • 08:30 Python 2h0'
        Speaker: Bianca PETERSON (Fathom Data, South Africa)
      • 10:30 Group Photo 5'
      • 10:35 Coffee Break 25'
      • 11:00 Python 1h45'
        Speaker: Bianca PETERSON (Fathom Data, South Africa)
      • 12:45 Python Ethics exercise 15'
        Speaker: Bianca PETERSON (Fathom Data, South Africa)
      • 13:00 Lunch Break 1h0'
      • 14:00 Author Carpentry 1 - Predatory Journals 1h0'
        Remote
        Speaker: Andy NOBES (INASP, UK)
      • 15:00 Author Carpentry 2 - Reproducible Writing 1h0'
        Speaker: Bianca PETERSON (Fathom Data, South Africa)
      • 16:00 Coffee Break 30'
      • 16:30 Author Carpentry 2 - Reproducible Writing 1h30'
        Speaker: Bianca PETERSON (Fathom Data, South Africa)
    • 18:30 - 20:30
      • 18:30 Welcome Reception 2h0' ( Adriatico Guest House Terrace )
        All Participants are cordially invited to the Welcome Reception
  • Friday, 1 August 2025
    • 08:30 - 18:00
      • 08:30 Open and Responsible Research 2 2h0'
        Speaker: Louise BEZUIDENHOUT (DANS, Netherlands)
      • 10:30 Coffee Break 30'
      • 11:00 Student presentations 1h0'
      • 12:00 Lunch Break 2h0'
      • 14:00 RDM lab 2h0'
        Speaker: Stephen DIGGS (Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA)
      • 16:00 Coffee Break 30'
      • 16:30 RDM lab 1h30'
        Speaker: Stephen DIGGS (Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA)
  • Monday, 4 August 2025
    • 08:30 - 18:30
      • 08:30 Visualisation with Python 2h0'
        Speaker: Robert QUICK (Indiana University, USA)
      • 10:30 Coffee Break 30'
      • 11:00 Visualisation with Python - II 2h0'
        Speaker: Robert QUICK (Indiana University, USA)
      • 13:00 Lunch Break 1h0'
      • 14:00 Visualisation with Python - III 1h45'
        Speaker: Robert QUICK (Indiana University, USA)
      • 15:45 Visualisation ethics exercise 15'
        Speaker: Robert QUICK (Indiana University, USA)
      • 16:00 Coffee Break 30'
      • 16:30 Information Security 1h45'
        Speaker: Raphael MENDES DE OLIVEIRA COBE (UNESP, Brazil)
      • 18:15 Information Security ethics exercise 15'
        Speaker: Raphael MENDES DE OLIVEIRA COBE (UNESP, Brazil)
  • Tuesday, 5 August 2025
    • 08:30 - 18:30
      • 08:30 Machine Learning Overview - Recommendation 2h0'
        Speaker: Ekpe OKORAFOR (Big Data Academy Accenture Digital - Analytics, USA)
      • 10:30 Coffee Break 30'
      • 11:00 Recommender Systems 2h0'
        Speaker: Ekpe OKORAFOR (Big Data Academy Accenture Digital - Analytics, USA)
      • 13:00 Lunch Break 1h0'
      • 14:00 Recommender Systems - II 2h0'
        Speaker: Ekpe OKORAFOR (Big Data Academy Accenture Digital - Analytics, USA)
      • 16:00 Coffee Break 30'
      • 16:30 Recommender Systems - III 1h45'
      • 18:15 Recommender Systems (ethics exercise) 15'
  • Wednesday, 6 August 2025
    • 08:30 - 18:15
      • 08:30 Artificial Neural Networks 2h0'
        Speaker: Raphael MENDES DE OLIVEIRA COBE (UNESP, Brazil)
      • 10:30 Coffee Break 30'
      • 11:00 Artificial Neural Networks - II 2h0'
        Speaker: Raphael MENDES DE OLIVEIRA COBE (UNESP, Brazil)
      • 13:00 Lunch Break 1h0'
      • 14:00 Artificial Neural Networks - III 2h0'
        Speaker: Raphael MENDES DE OLIVEIRA COBE (UNESP, Brazil)
      • 16:00 Coffee Break 30'
      • 16:30 Artificial Neural Networks - IV 1h45'
        Speaker: Raphael MENDES DE OLIVEIRA COBE (UNESP, Brazil)
  • Thursday, 7 August 2025
    • 08:30 - 18:00
      • 08:30 Other Machine-learning systems 2h0'
        Speaker: Raphael MENDES DE OLIVEIRA COBE (UNESP, Brazil)
      • 10:30 Coffee Break 30'
      • 11:00 Machine Learning Ethics exercise 15'
        Speaker: Raphael MENDES DE OLIVEIRA COBE (UNESP, Brazil)
      • 11:15 Research Computational Infrastructure 1h45'
        Speaker: Robert QUICK (Indiana University, USA), Raphael MENDES DE OLIVEIRA COBE (UNESP, Brazil)
      • 13:00 Lunch Break 1h0'
      • 14:00 Research Computational Infrastructure - II 2h0'
        Speaker: Robert QUICK (Indiana University, USA), Raphael MENDES DE OLIVEIRA COBE (UNESP, Brazil)
      • 16:00 Coffee Break 30'
      • 16:30 Research Computational Infrastructure - III 1h30'
        Speaker: Robert QUICK (Indiana University, USA), Raphael MENDES DE OLIVEIRA COBE (UNESP, Brazil)
    • 18:30 - 20:30
      • 18:30 Welcome Reception 2h0' ( Adriatico Guest House Terrace )
        All Participants are cordially invited to the Welcome Reception
  • Friday, 8 August 2025
    • 08:30 - 18:00
      • 08:30 Research Computational Infrastructure - IV 2h0'
        Speaker: Robert QUICK (Indiana University, USA), Raphael MENDES DE OLIVEIRA COBE (UNESP, Brazil)
      • 10:30 Coffee Break 30'
      • 11:00 Research Computational Infrastructure - V 1h45'
        Speaker: Robert QUICK (Indiana University, USA), Raphael MENDES DE OLIVEIRA COBE (UNESP, Brazil)
      • 12:45 Research Computational Infrastructure ethics exercise 15'
        Speaker: Robert QUICK (Indiana University, USA), Raphael MENDES DE OLIVEIRA COBE (UNESP, Brazil)
      • 13:00 Lunch Break 1h0'
      • 14:00 10th year anniversary: Alumni talks + CODATA/RDA talks 2h0'
      • 16:00 Closing Ceremony 2h0'