Dear colleagues,

After the success of the 2017 edition, EPFL would like to invite you all to participate to the summer school

Open Science in Practice (OSIP2019), 2 - 6 September 2019 | EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland

The course is generously sponsored by the EuroTech Universities Alliance (TUM, TU/e, DTU, Polytechnique, Technion and EPFL). Doctoral students affiliated to these institutions will be provided financial support, but early career researchers (doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers) from any institution are welcome. Registration is now open until July 1st 2019. For details of the program and the application process, please visit the course’s website: osip2019.epfl.ch

Do feel free to forward this announcement in your network and respective institutions.

We hope to welcome you or some of your colleagues in Lausanne in September!

Luc Henry, for the OSIP2019 organising committee

OPEN SCIENCE IN PRACTICE, 2 - 6 September 2019 | EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland

This summer school is for anyone interested in learning more about what academic research will look like in the future. We want to bring together established scientists and early career researchers to provide a stimulating, yet friendly, learning environment. No preliminary knowledge of open science is required!

Program

The course will take place over five days, with a large part of the program dedicated to hands-on activities, workshops and tutorials. Instructors will present their experience and expertise on how you can adopt open science tools and best practice to your research more efficient, reproducible, visible and impactful.

The five-day summer school will cover general aspects of open science, as well as topics specific to two different tracks:

Experimental sciences
- Exemples of successful projects
- Documenting your methods for reproducible science
- Introduction to R, Wikipedia and other useful tools
- Introduction to code documentation and data management
Computations sciences
- Exemples of successful projects
- Reproducible data science
- Advanced code management
- Good practice in software engineering

Participants will be free to plan their week according to their research interests and skills.

Registration

Early career researchers interested in learning more about open science are encourage to visit the course’s website for more information: osip2019.epfl.ch

Registration is now open, and closes on July 1st, 17:00 CET.

You can access the application form directly here.

Successful applicants will get a confirmation of their participation on Friday 5 July.

Important dates

• 1 July 2019 Registration closes (17:00 CET)

• 5 July 2019 Accepted participants receive a confirmation

• 26 August 2019 First assignment is due

• 2-6 September 2019 Summer School at EPFL, Switzerland

• 20 September 2019 Second assignment is due

Course credits

Doctoral students can obtain 2 ECTS for completing this Summer School (if relevant). PhD candidates who wish to register for ECTS credits should check with their own institution for the possibility and procedure to receive the credits.

Requirements and workload for obtaining credits are as follow:

• Participation to the full program
• Pre-course assignment (ca 8 hours to be completed 1 week prior to the course)

• Post-course assignment (ca 8 hours to be completed 2 weeks after the course)

Course fee

EUR 110.- per participant to be paid within 30 days after confirmation of course acceptance.

The fee covers: course material, lectures and workshops, lunch and coffee breaks, course dinner on Thursday night.

Accommodation, travel and remaining dinners are to be paid separately (see information below).

Location

The summer school will take place on the beautiful campus of EPFL, in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Accommodation

Doctoral students affiliated to Eurotech Universities (TUM, TU/e, DTU, X, Technion, but not EPFL) will be offered accommodation.

Please fill the registration form accordingly. Booking will be done by the organisation team and costs directly covered by the Eurotech Universities consortium.
Other participants who require accommodation should make their own arrangement and payment. Recommendations are available on the website.

Travel

The costs of travel for doctoral students affiliated to Eurotech Universities will be reimbursed by their home university (within reason, economy class flights and 2nd class train). However, they should book their own travel.

More details about reimbursement will be given upon confirmation of participation, but do keep all receipts to facilitate the process.
Other participants should make their own arrangement and arrange payment through their home institution.
Participants should arrive the night before the course starts (Sunday 1st September) and will be able to leave EPFL around 2pm on the afternoon of the last day (Friday 6th September).

Contact

If you have any question or remark, you can send us an email at openscience@epfl.ch