The summer/winter schools are conceived as one-week events, each consisting of a three-day technical workshop, and a two-day non-technical course. Each of the technical workshops will provide an in-depth technical treatment of one particular application area by experts in the field, and will feature interactive sessions in which research fellows are asked to explore and present the potential contributions of their individual research project to the overall technological objectives.
The summer/winter schools will further include a two-day non-technical course on a topic that is considered crucial for a successful research career. In between workshop and course sessions, time slots will be used for formal and informal meetings. Moreover, visiting researchers will be invited to share their expertise during the technical and non-technical training sessions of the summer/winter schools.Towards the end of the project, an international workshop will be organized with the aim of presenting the achieved research results to the international community, and fostering future research collaborations by exploring synergies between the DREAMS network and external researchers participating in the workshop. With the aim of maximizing its impact and visibility, the workshop could be organized in an existing framework, or as a satellite event to a major conference. The DREAMS research fellows will be fully engaged in all aspects of the workshop organization. Moreover, one of the envisaged outcomes of the workshop is the formulation of a DREAMS research challenge which is to be launched into the international research community afterwards.
DREAMS Summer School, 12-18 September, 2015, London, United Kindgdom
The 4th and last DREAMS seasonal school took place in London, UK, from 12th till 18th of September. The event was organised by the DREAMS Partner: Imperial College London.
The technical program inluded coursework taught by experts in the field of machine learning and speech processing:
Next to the technical program the participants took part in practical sessions and non-technical coursework, and presented their scientific posters.
DREAMS Winter School, 2-6 February, 2015, Oldenburg, Germany
The Winter School 2015 was organized in Oldenburg, Germany from 2nd till 6th of February.
The technical program featured coursework by internationally renowned guest lecturers, covering timely topics in signal processing and acoustics:
During the non-technical sessions, the DREAMS Fellows followed the courses on "From idea to project proposal" and "Negotiation skills".
Next to the courses, a poster session, outreach meeting and individual meetings between supervisors and Fellows took place.
For detailed program please visit the Share Point.
DREAMS Summer School, 15-19 September, 2014, Leuven, Belgium
The 2014 DREAMS Summer School took place in Leuven, Belgium, September 15-19, 2014, and was organized by the DREAMS Partners KU Leuven and NXP Software together with the DREAMS Associate Partner Televic Group NV. The Summer School offered technical coursework on Electroacoustics (by Peter Swarte) and Room Acoustics (by Diemer de Vries), non-technical coursework on Reproducible Research and Intellectual Property Management, application sessions and networking events. Part of the Summer School was open to external (non-DREAMS) participants.
Please visit the website of the event by clicking here.
2014 First DREAMS Winter School , 6-10 January 2014, Denmark
The DREAMS Researchers have spent 5 very fruitful days in the Conference Center Rebild Bakker in Denmark.
The program started with intensive team building sessions lead by Hanne Lerskov, during which the Researchers had the chance to get to know each other and learn how to cooperate in the most productive way.Next days were dedicated to a technical course Critical Thinking of Acoustic Reverberation given by Barry Blesser, and a non technical courses on Marketing & Entrepreneurship.
The researchers were also expected to present their research in a form of a oral presentation and a poster, which gave the opportunity to get more familiar with each other's research topics and opened many interesting discussions.
In the evenings the lectures were given by the Danish Partners Oticon and B&O on Hearing aids and Loudspeakers.
All the DREAMS members can access the presenations and course materials of this Winterschool by clicking here.
