Announcement: Kiel Summer School on 'Modelling Human Behaviour in Landscapes'

Dates: 30th July - 08th August 2013
Venue: Noer Manor in Schleswig-Holstein (located on the shore of the Baltic Sea)
Language: English
Description:
At Kiel University an interdisciplinary community is growing which strives to establish an integrative concept and culture of modelling. The Graduate School Human Development in Landscapes GSHDL (www.uni-kiel.de/landscapes/index.php) promotes this development and encourages approaches concerned with quantitative modelling. The announced summer school intends to mediate the Kiel spirit of interdisciplinary modelling and to facilitate knowledge transfer on basic theories, methods and techniques in spatio-temporal modelling. The main fields of application encompass research topics in archaeology, geography and economics. We will deal with the basics of modelling and mathematics, trends, boundaries, movement, interaction and networks. Analyses which incorporate these topics enable a better understanding of human behaviour in landscapes than studies that refrain from implementing a modelling approach.
Participation:
The target group includes students from all disciplines involved in the Graduate School. Since the number of participants is restricted to 20, a balanced mix of 5 international PhD students, 5 PhD students from the GSHDL, 5 international MA students and 5 MA students from Kiel will be invited. Participation will be granted by the board of the GSHDL according to the quality of the applications.
Fees:
500€, covering accommodation at Noer Manor, cover lunches, coffee breaks, social events, and teaching materials. A fee-waiver can be requested. The GSHDL board may grant a fee-waiver on the basis of application quality.

Applications:
Please send your application as one pdf-file (no portfolios) to mod@gshdl.uni-kiel.de. The application should include:

curriculum vitae
substantiation of participation
research interests
outline of MA (if possible) or doctoral project
description of a small modelling project for the summer school which corresponds with the program

Requirements:

computer (if possible: bootable from a USB flash drive for using Linux live distribution with required software)
software: R, RStudio, Maxima (if you want to use your own os or if you are not sure that you are able to boot from our USB flash drives)
data for a modelling project in the summer school

Dates:

Deadline for applications: 20th April 2013.
Acceptance notifications beginning: 10th May 2013.
The fee must be paid by: 30th May 2013.
Summer School: 30th July - 8th August 2013.

Contact: PD Dr. Oliver Nakoinz
Summer School Organizer
Institut für Ur- und Frühgeschichte
Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
Johanna-Mestorf-Straße 2-6
D - 24118 Kiel
oliver.nakoinz@ufg.uni-kiel.de
Phone +49 (0431) 880.3331

Program:
Morning lectures will introduce new topics. Afternoon exercises will enable participants to gain practical experience with newly acquired knowledge and work on modelling projects will be carried out. We will conclude each day with a recapitulation.

Tuesday, 30.07.2013:
Welcome in Kiel and transfer to Noer Manor
Getting acquainted

Wednesday, 31.07.2013: Definition of 'model' and science theory

types of models
structure, process, optimisation and equilibrium
models of landscapes
Software: R

Thursday, 01.08.2013: Mathematics

linear equations and regression
graph theory
optimisation
stochastic
Software: Maxima

Friday, 02.08.2013: Working with models

parameters
objective functions
comparison, calibration and validation
combinations of models

Saturday, 03.08.2013: Trends and location

regression
interpolation
point processes and second order properties of point patterns

Sunday, 04.08.2013: Boundaries

general Voronoi-graph
empirical boundary models

Monday, 05.08.2013: Movement and interaction

interaction
gravitation
diffusion

Tuesday, 06.08.2013: Networks

transportation networks
exchange models

Wednesday, 07.08.2013:
Perspectives in modelling
Final preparation of summer school projects
Dinner

Thursday, 08.08.2013:
Return to Kiel
Presentation of summer school projects in Kiel
Farewell


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