1st call: GEOSTAT 2009 Summer School “Spatio-temporal data analysis with R + SAGA + Google Earth”
Registrations are now closed; The Summer School officially starts with an Welcome Apero on Sunday 03.05 from 18:00-21:00, at the MEDILS insitute; All registered participants will receive an certificate of attendance and a confirmation of payment of the course fees upon completion of the Summer School. No refunding is possible in the case of cancelation.
GEOSTAT 2009 Summer School
“Spatio-temporal data analysis with R + SAGA + Google Earth”
Location: Mediterranean Institute For Life Sciences (MEDILS), Split, Croatia
Period: 3 – 10 May 2009
The objective of the GEOSTAT Summer School is to promote use of open source tools for the analysis of spatio-temporal data.
The course aims at providing a balanced combination of theoretical and hands-on-software (R + open source GIS) training,
and includes a one-day workshop where each participant can present his/her case study and receive feedback.
Course moderators:
Roger S. Bivand (Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration)
Tomislav Hengl (University of Amsterdam)
Olaf Conrad (University of Hamburg)
The MEDILS institute features fully equipped lecture and seminar rooms. Accommodation is available in-house (hotel complex on the upper floors) - comfortable two-bed rooms with private bathrooms. All rooms are fully air-conditioned and provide telephone and high-speed Internet access. Three meals per day (breakfast, lunch, dinner) and intermediate coffee/snacks are provided at the Institute. The institute also features sport facilities, and access to sea (beach).
Registration fees:
Single rooms*: 840 €
Shared rooms (2 beds): 680 €
*A limited number of single rooms is available. In the case of high interest for single rooms, the organizers will try to arrange an equivalent accommodation in the neighboring hotel.
The registration fees are ALL INCLUSIVE: they include workshop fees, accommodation at the institute (six nights), meals during the whole duration of the summer school (excluding Friday 8.05 dinner and Sunday 10.05 lunch), and costs of the Saturday 9.05 excursion to island Brac (Pustinja Blaca - old Monastery).
Current registrations:
Helena Bakić (Faculty of Agriculture Zagreb, Croatia), Peter Borchardt (University of Hamburg, Germany), Miguel Eduardo Gil Biraud (GMV Sistemas, Madrid, Spain),Marina Stenek (Institute for physical and regional planning of Dubrovnik-Neretva County, Dubrovnik, Croatia), Tomislav Malvic (INA-Industry of Oil, Development Dept., Zagreb, Croatia), Juan Corzo Delibes (GMV Sistemas, Madrid, Spain), Pilar Tugores Ferrà (Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Spain), Sara Kaplan (Iowa State University, USA), Harry Kim (UC Berkeley, USA), Catherine Linard (Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium), Jaime Ricardo Garcia Marquez (University of Bonn, Germany), Tom Oliver (Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, UK), Andreja Radovic (Institute of Ornithology, Croatia), Wesley Roberts (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa), Daniela Staničić (GEOdata d.o.o., Croatia), Els Verfaillie (Ghent University, Belgium), Ivan Vučić (Institute for Oceanography and Fisheries, Croatia) ; Clemens Eisank (University of Salzburg, Austria); Melita Perčec-Tadić (Meteorological and Hydrological Service of Croatia;
The course is limited to 25 participants. The candidates will be selected based on: (a) academic excellent; (b) thematic relevance to the topic of the course; (c) geographic location (more distant applications have advantage) and (d) time of application.
Sponzored by: GEOdata Ltd, Split
For all other information contact:
Tomislav Hengl, course coordinator
E-mail: T.Hengl@uva.nl
URL: http://spatial-analyst.net