High Performance and Disruptive Computing in Remote Sensing
School 2025
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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 researchers 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
"Overall, a great summer school that I would recommend to anyone working in or with EO. It was a great opportunity to learn, and network."
"Amazing work you all have put in. Really enjoyed my stay and made some nice friends. Santiago is a wonderful city to be honest and thank you so much for hosting us. This is my first summer school and learned a lot. Thanks to all organising people and sponsors.”
HDCRS Summer School 2024 Participants
Lecture topics and instructors
Agenda (2025)
June 3, 2025
June 4, 2025
June 5, 2025
June 6, 2025
Organizers
- GRSS ESI TC/HDCRS WG: Dora Blanco Heras, Rocco Sedona, Iksha Gurung, Manil Maskey
- CiTIUS - Research Center in Intelligent Systems, University of Santiago de Compostela
- IHPC Simulation and Data Lab Remote Sensing (Gabriele Cavallaro, University of Iceland)
Information overview
Date and time
Starts 3June, 2025
Ends 6 June, 2025
Central European Summer Time (CEST)
Registration
Start date: 17 February 2025
End date: 20 March 2025
The school is free of charge
Contact and Support
Contact person: Dora Blanco Heras and Gabriele Cavallaro
Email for questions: hdcrs.school@gmail.com
Venue
Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
Edificio Emprendia
Avenida do Mestre Mateo, 2,
15706 Santiago de Compostela
Participation grants
The summer school will welcome up to 30 students. 12 IEEE GRSS Student members are eligible for participation grants of a fixed amount (no receipts required). If you wish to receive a participation grant, you will be asked to become IEEE GRSS Student member and send membership confirmation. Grants will not be awarded to advanced career applicants. Grantees will be required to submit a poster about their research and expertise. More info in the FAQ below.
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 School is free of charge. However, getting to and leaving the location can be costly. Please inform yourself ahead of the time to find out whether you have sufficient funds to join.
The participation grant will be a fixed amount of $800 for 12 IEEE GRSS Student members traveling from Europe and $1000 for those traveling from other regions. The school will not provide additional funds, such as a daily allowance, and there is no need to collect or submit receipts. The payment will be processed a few weeks after the school.
Participation grants will be awarded to 12 accepted students who are IEEE GRSS Student members, attend all school sessions in person, and submit a poster about their research and expertise. Grants will not be awarded to advanced career applicants (if you've received a PhD title, you are considered advanced). You can apply for a participation grant if you're not a member, but you will only receive the grant if you become a member before the grant payout and send membership confirmation (a few weeks after the school).
How to get GRSS Membership and join IEEE GRSS before applying for the school? https://www.ieee.org/membership-catalog/productdetail/showProductDetailPage.html?product=MEMGRS029
The participation grant payment will be made after the school. Detailed instructions will be provided to the grantees. Grantees are not required to collect and submit any receipts.
Yes! Every attendee will have space on a wall to display a printed poster showcasing their research interests and work to facilitate interaction. Bringing a poster is mandatory for attendees receiving a grant and optional for other participants.
Yes, you will receive the certificate of attendance after a succesful completion of the School. You will not need to request it. It will be sent to you automatically after a few weeks.
HDCRS School will only provide a certificate of attendance and is not responsible for transferring academic credits or communicating with universities. Participants should check with their home institution to determine whether the school’s program and certificate meet their requirements for credit acquisition.
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. To watch previous editions click here.
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: Dora B. Heras and Gabriele Cavallaro
Email for questions: hdcrs.school@gmail.com
