Presentation
IfGI invites faculty and students from all eduGI.net partners to a first summer school, to be held in Muster from July 28 to August 6, 2002. Its contents, centered on research methods and selected topics in GI Science (Usability and Utility of Geographic Information), are targeted to Masters students (or final year students of diploma programs) and PhD students. The gathering of faculty and students will allow for kicking off a closer cooperation within eduGI.net through joint teaching and advising in a high-quality international course.
We are planning to accept about 10 Masters and PhD students (or equivalent levels), from the eduGI.net partners and about 10 from IfGI.
In future years, each partner institution shall have the opportunity to organize a similar event. The summer school will be held in English. For students, the summer school is a regular course of studies, equivalent to 2 lecture hours in one semester. The objectives of the summer school are to
- Cover the state-of-the-art in selected topics
- Teach methods of scientific work
- Train publication and presentation of scientific results
- Provide practical experience in writing papers for a reviewed conference and project proposals
- Train cooperative work in an international context
- Expose students to multi-cultural environment.