Data Science Summer School 2017
In 2017 the Georg-August- Universität Göttingen hosted an International Summer School on Data Science for the first time.
The Date: July 10-21, 2017
The Location: Alte Mensa, Göttingen
The Topics: Multilayered topics and methods belonging to Data Science. Such as
- Data lifecycle and data management
- Infrastructures and platforms
- Mathematical and statistical methods
- Text analysis
- Visualization and story telling
- ELSA
- Application examples
The Lectures: Lecturers from several disciplines enabled cross-disciplinary insights e. g.:
- Dr. Jan Brase, Göttingen State and University Library (SUB)
- Prof Dr. Jens Grabowski, Institute of Compute Science
- Prof. Dr. Arnulf Quadt, Institute of Physics
- Prof. Dr. Ulrich Sax, University Medical Center Göttingen
- Dr. Philipp Wieder, Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung Göttingen (GWDG)
Keynotes by:
- Prof. Dr. Hardy Peter (MPI for Solar System Research)
- Prof. Dr. Gerhardt Wörner (Geoscience Center at the Faculty of Geoscience and Geography)
The Participants: The first Data Science Summer School welcomed 35 participants with multidisciplinary background. The participants were granted 3 ETCS for their work during the course.
The Organisation: The Summer School is organized jointly by the Institute of Computer Science, Göttingen International, the GWDG’s and SUB’s joint service unit on research data management – Göttingen eResearch Alliance, and the University Medical Centre.
Responsible organizational Team:
- Dr. Sven Bingert (Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung Göttingen (GWDG)
- Dr. Jens Dierkes (Göttingen Research Alliance, SUB)
- Timo Gnadt (Göttingen eResearch Alliance, SUB)
- Dr. Katharina Jannasch (Göttingen International)
- Prof. Dr. Ulrich Sax (Institute for Medical Informatics)
- Lena Steilen (Göttingen eResearch Alliance, GWDG)
- Prof. Dr. Ramin Yahyapour (Institute for Computer Science)