From 14 to 18 July Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences (ViA) will hold Ted4Lat Doctoral School and Workshop “Open Data to tackle intertwined environmental and social challenges”.
The main objective of the doctoral summer school is to bring students and professors working with data together. Students will give their doctoral thesis progress presentations as well as work in teams on new open data solutions, while professors will give valuable feedback and work as mentors.
“The Doctoral Summer School is intended to give doctoral students and degree candidates a boost in developing their dissertation work, as well as to promote skills in defining innovative products, which are essential for modern science that must become increasingly closer to society. To achieve these goals, doctoral students and degree candidates will have the opportunity to present progress reports and participate in a data Hackathon. Additionally, the program includes several invited speaker presentations on working with data in current research projects, as well as on specific data-related topics,” says SSII director, lead researcher, Ph.D. Oskars Java.
Students will participate in lectures, workshops and a Hackathon not only to learn on data usage as a driving force of digital transformation but to innovate themselves.
Main Fields of Education: Information and Communication Technologies; Engineering, Manufacturing and Construction
Partners:
- Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences (Latvia)
- Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (France)
- Politecnico di Torino (Italy)
- Riga Technical University (Latvia)
- The Baltic Open Solutions Center (Latvia)
Maximum number of participants: 20
This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon Europe under grant agreement. no 101079206
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