Summer Schools
PhD Summer School at Kastanienbaum
The topic of the 2010 PhD Summer School at Kastanienbaum is
"Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamic in Lakes - System Analysis and
Modeling".
The course will
confront selected PhD students with the challenge of integrating physical,
chemical and microbiological processes
determining the carbon and nutrient cycles as well as the dynamics of aquatic
pollutants via systems analysis and reaction-transport models. It will combine lectures with hands-on
modeling work. The course will be organized together with colleagues from the University of Lausanne and EPFL.
- Date: 5. - 17. July
- Contact: Bernhard Wehrli
more information will follow
Summer School in Environmental Systems Analysis
The course provides an introduction to model-based data analysis in the environmental sciences. It covers model construction, sensitivity analysis, frequentist and Bayesian inference, and estimation of model prediction uncertainty. As prediction in the environmental sciences usually requires the combination of prior knowledge with measured data, there is an emphasis is on Bayesian techniques.
The course is targeted at researchers who are interested in analyzing their data with mathematical models. This includes PhD students, post-doctoral researchers, and senior research scientists. The course consists of lectures, practice sessions based on didactical exercises, and discussion of problems of the participants. The participants are encouraged to bring their data sets and models to start working on their own problems during the course.