{"id":4135,"date":"2023-05-31T08:06:07","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T08:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.atm.helsinki.fi\/peex\/?post_type=avada_portfolio&p=4135"},"modified":"2023-05-31T08:06:07","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T08:06:07","slug":"yss-school-ursa-major-2023-socio-environmental-interactions-in-sustainable-smart-cities","status":"publish","type":"avada_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/www.atm.helsinki.fi\/peex\/index.php\/portfolio-items\/yss-school-ursa-major-2023-socio-environmental-interactions-in-sustainable-smart-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"YSS School URSA MAJOR 2023: Socio-environmental interactions in sustainable smart cities"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Young Scientist School (YSS) URSA MAJOR 2023 will introduce a young generation of researchers to special topics in urban societal, environmental, and computational sciences. The focus is set on digital communications, massive environmental monitoring, and integrated urban system modeling to support sustainable development pathways in smart cities. Participants will learn about the current state-of-the-art, progress and challenges in urban system research; high-resolution climate modelling, observations (including ground-based and remote-sensing), and data analysis; as well as modern approaches to communication about socio-environmental interactions using web-based geoinformation systems, storytelling, and technologies of virtual and augmented reality.
\nProgramme\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>includes a series of conceptual theoretical lectures and concrete practical exercises. Each student will work in a group under a small-scale research project ending with online presentation to the school lecturers and participants and further with eventual peer-review research publication(s).
\nTimeline:<\/em><\/strong>
\n\u2022 October 23 (online session and material distribution)
\n\u2022 November 1-3 (in-person and hybrid sessions) in Troms\u00f8 (Sommar\u00f8y), Norway
\n\u2022 November 20 \u2013 21 (online projects\u2019 defenses) and 24 (issue of certificates)<\/p>\n

The School is a part of the Norwegian education and networking project URSA MAJOR. This School is supported by the Pan-Eurasian EXperiment (PEEX;\u00a0https:\/\/www.atm.helsinki.fi\/peex<\/a>) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO;\u00a0https:\/\/public.wmo.int\/en<\/a>) \u2013 Global Atmospheric Watch (GAW;\u00a0https:\/\/community.wmo.int\/en\/activity-areas\/gaw<\/a>) communities.
\nThis School is dedicated to the Memory of Professor Sergej Zilitinkevich<\/strong>\u00a0(1936-2021), who has actively promoted atmospheric and environmental sciences, multi-disciplinary approaches in the Earth system modelling and their applications for research community, and especially, for the younger generation.
\nExpected audience:<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0young Researchers, PostDocs, PhDs, MSc, advanced BSc. (20-30 participants in total)
\nThe School will be organized in a hybrid format to increase knowledge transfer to participants unable to travel. All accepted participants of the school are required to attend a series of lectures and prepare small-scale research projects (SSRPs). Successfully defended SSRPs will be granted attendance certificates with 1-3 ECTS points as depending on quality and quantity of the presented results.
\nRegistration form<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0is\u00a0here<\/a>
\nTentative YSS schedule and lectures<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0are\u00a0here<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Text by: Igor Esau, University of Tromso, Norway<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>