EarthSafe School I: Enschede, Netherlands. October 2024.

EarthSafe Schools are built around a series of lectures and practical classes on core research skills, delivered to all DCs by internationally recognised experts in the relevant fields from the beneficiary institutions, members of the associated partner institutions, or invited scholars from institutions outside the EarthSafe consortium.

The first EarthSafe School will take place on 29th – 31st October 2024, in the University of Twente (UT) in Enschede. The main aim of this School is to provide a knowledge review and practical training on state-of-the-art methodologies in the disciplines of Machine Learning, Numerical Methods, Reduced Order Modelling and Inverse Theory, all framed within, and tailored to, the goals of the network and its constituent individual projects. These are the main technical disciplines of EarthSafe and the academic members of the consortium assemble all the necessary expertise.

The lectures and practicals will be run by experts within the consortium over 3 days, but practical activities may run over a longer period. Practicals will involve basic coding/scripting in multiple languages (e.g. Python, Matlab, Fortran, C++), hands-on experience with relevant, high-end codes and post-school assignments. DCs will be able to gain a deep understanding of these methods and reflect on the benefits and opportunities for their use in their own projects. All DCs are expected to be able to claim ‘training credits’ towards satisfying degree requirements in their respective institutions.