9th – 20th August 2021
University of Jyväskylä
Do you want to boost up your academic knowledge of STEM – science, technology, engineering, mathematics – during the summer break, and create social networks and memories? Jyväskylä Summer School offers you a unique academic, cultural and personal journey and gives you the opportunity to challenge yourself, develop your skills and pushes you forward towards a successful career in your field of interest. You also get the chance to spend time in an international science community.
Jyväskylä Summer School, organized this year for the 30th time, offers courses for advanced Master’s students, PhD students and post-docs in various fields of natural sciences, mathematics and information technology. Students from all over the world are encouraged to apply. Jyväskylä Summer School provides students with an excellent opportunity to participate in a large number of courses and benefit from high-quality interdisciplinary teaching by respected researchers from all over the world. All courses are taught in English.
Courses are offered in the following subjects:
- Biological and Environmental Sciences
- Chemistry
- Cognitive Science
- Computational Sciences
- Information Systems
- Mathematics
- Nanoscience
- Physics
- Security and Strategic Analyses
- Statistics
Courses offered in 9 – 13 August 2021:
- CH1: Current Trends in Ligand Design for Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry
- CH5/NANO3: Time-resolve Molecular Spectroscopy: Principle and Applications
- NANO1/PH4/CH4/BIO3: Self-assembly Principles and DNA Nanoconstruction
- PH1: Nuclear Structure: from Small Nuclei to Massive Stars
- PH2: Nuclear structure: Mass Measurements and Implications for Astrophysics
- MA2: Geometric Evolution Problems
- COM1: Stochastic Optimization – Models, Algorithms and Applications
- COM2: Verification of Computational Results (NB! Course lasts through both weeks)
- COM5: Machine learning in inverse and ill-posed problems
- IS1: Topical Course on Digital Services (NB! Course lasts through both weeks)
- COG1: Emerging Technologies for Inclusive and Accessible Design – AI, Sensors, IoT, and Multimodal Interfaces
Courses offered in 16 – 20 August 2021:
- BIO1: Risk Based Remediation of Contaminated Environment
- CH2: Modern Main Group Chemistry
- CH3: Computer-assisted NMR analysis
- NANO2/PH5: Nanoscale Energy Transport: Beyond Planck and Fourier
- NANO4/BIO2: Dynamics, Structure and Function in the Cell Nucleus
- MA1: Shape Optimization and Free Boundary Problems
- MA3: Differential Calculus on the Wasserstein Space and Mean Field Games
- STAT1: Statistics of Genome-wide Association Studies
- COM2: Verification of Computational Results (NB! Course lasts through both weeks)
- COM3: Multicriteria Design Optimization in the Age of Data Science – Fundamentals and Case Studies
- COM4: Dynamical System and Control Theory
- IS1: Topical Course on Digital Services (NB! Course lasts through both weeks)
- SSA1: Changing Security and Hybrid Threats
NB! The Jyväskylä Summer School of 2021 will be arranged in hybrid mode. The amount of possible contact teaching and online teaching will be determined according to the Covid-19 pandemic situation in August. Any new information related to the Covid-19 situation and its effects will be informed to applicants and updated on our website (www.jyu.fi/jss). Please note that participating in online summer school courses is possible regardless of the pandemic situation. In case the Covid-19 situation will not allow us to organize any physical event, the summer school will take place entirely online.
Participation in the Summer School courses is free of charge. If the summer school can be arranged on campus, students are responsible for covering their own meals, accommodation and travel costs as well as possible visa costs.
More information on the courses and application instructions at: www.jyu.fi/jss
Deadline for applications is 30th of April 2021!
For any further questions please do not hesitate to contact jss@jyu.fi.
With best regards,
Jyväskylä Summer School
University of Jyväskylä