High Performance and Disruptive Computing in Remote Sensing
Summer school

Introduction
Welcome to the summer school organized by the High-Performance and Disruptive Computing in Remote Sensing (HDCRS) Working Group. HDCRS is part of the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (GRSS), in particular of the Earth Science Informatics (ESI) Technical Committee.
This school is the perfect venue to network with students and young professionals, as well as senior researcher and professors who are world-renowned leaders in the field of remote sensing and work on interdisciplinary research with high performance computing, cloud computing, quantum computing and parallel programming models with specialized hardware technologies.
Impressions from previous years
What the participants said
"Invaluable new connections with other researchers and engineers working in similar fields to my PhD, rich discussions with them, and many new ideas/insights."
"The coffee breaks and the lunches were amazing and they made this summer school a very smooth experience."
"This summer school has opened my eyes to an interesting set of challenges and given me the motivation to work hard and learn more!"
"Thanks for organizing the school! It was a great experience!"
HDCRS Summer School 2022 Participants
Agenda (2023)
Monday, 29 May
Tuesday, 30 May
Wednesday, 31 May
Thursday, 1 June
Organizers
- Chairs of HDCRS (Gabriele Cavallaro, Dora Blanco Heras, Jin Sun)
- Simulation and Data Lab Remote Sensing (University of Iceland)
Information overview
Date and time
Starts 29 May 2023 09:30
Ends 1 Jun 2023 17:00
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
Registration
Start date: 01. February 2023
End date: 10. March 2023
The school is free of charge
Contact and Support
Contact person: Prof. Gabriele Cavallaro
Email for questions: hdcrs.school@gmail.com
Travel grants
The summer school will welcome up to 30 students. There will be approximately 10 travel grants of $1000 available.
Slides and Recordings
The lectures will be recorded and made available online through the GRSS YouTube channel. Course material will be available after the school on the GRSS website.
Register to attend
Register to attend
FAQs
Participation at the HDCRS Summer School is free of charge. However, getting and leaving Iceland can be costly. Please inform yourself ahead of the time to find out whether you have sufficient funds to join.
Travel grants will be awarded based on a combination of factors including geographical location, membership in a disadvantaged group, academic excellence, and background in relevant topics. Our goal is to ensure a diverse set of participants from various backgrounds and experiences.
The travel grant payment will be made after the Summer School. Detailed instructions will be provided to the grantees. Grantees are not required to collect and submit any receipts.
Yes, you will receive the certificate of attendance after a succesful completion of the Summer School. You will not need to request it. It will be sent to you automatically after a few weeks.
No. This is an in-person event only. Videos of the lectures will be upload to GRSS YouTube channel a few weeks after the school is over.
All attendees will be invited free of charge to the social dinner.
Yes. All coffee breaks and lunches are provided to the participants free of charge directly in the school room.
Still have questions?
Contact person: Prof. Gabriele Cavallaro
Email for questions: hdcrs.school@gmail.com