Syllabus

May 15 - May 21, UTA, USA

• Orientation week

May 28 - May 30, Demokritos, Athens, Greece

May 28

• Opening (10:00-10:15)
  C.D. Spyropoulos (NCSR Demokritos)
• Orientation and preparation (10:15-11:00)
  I. Vetsikas, A. Krithara & K. Stamatakis (NCSR Demokritos)
  General introduction, orientation, and installation of necessary
  tools. (lecture and lab)
• Relational and geographical database design (11:15-13:00)
  P. Karampiperis & S. Konstantopoulos (NCSR Demokritos)
  Setting up, populating, and querying relational database management
  systems and GIS extensions. Developing simple scripts for automating
  common tasks. (lecture and lab)
• Light lunch (13:00-14:00)
• Visit to Microelectronics Lab (14:00-15:00)

May 29

• Introduction to statistics and vizualization (10:00-11:50)
  S. Petridis (NCSR Demokritos)
  Extracting the elementary statistical properties of and applying
  statistical tests to research findings. Testing the statistical
  significance of observations and trends.
  Vizualizing and presenting your research findings: generating plots,
  graphs, charts, and other vizualization. Introduction to relevant
  tools. (lecture and lab)
• Reporting and presenting research findings: (12:10-13:00)
  I. Vetsikas (NCSR Demokritos)
  Introduction to scientific reporting and presentation: choosing the
  right level of abstraction, focusing on what is interesting for the
  audience. Overview of tools and skils needed to prepare reports and
  presentations. (lecture)>/li>
• Light lunch (13:00-14:00)
• Visit to Anechoic Chamber (14:00-15:00)

May 30

• Introduction to Machine Learning (ML) and Data Mining (DM) (10:00-11:50)
  A. Krithara (NCSR Demokritos)
  Elementary concepts of ML and DM, training and testing, data spanrsity
  and cross-validation. Designing and executing ML/DM experiments,
  developing simple scripts to prepare datasets. Introduction to
  relevant tools, based on Weka. (lecture and lab)
• Academic writing (12:10-13:00)
  I. Vetsikas (NCSR Demokritos)
  How to structure a research paper. Draft paper for publication and
  prepare presentation and project documentation. (lecture)
• Light lunch (13:00-14:00)
• Visit to Biology Lab (14:00-15:00)

June 01 - June 29, Archipelagos, Samos Island, Greece

• Practice (a more detailed program to be announced)