TU Delft
ETH Zürich
RWTH Aachen
Chalmers
ETH Zürich SUMMER SCHOOL 2015
“Reproducibility”
APPLICATION FORM
SATURDAY 5 SEPT– SATURDAY 12 SEPT 2015
Please complete this form to apply for a place at the ETH Zürich Summer School,
organized by ETH Zürich, which runs from 5 September until 12 September (venue:
Cortona, Italy). It is a condition of acceptance that you are able to attend the entire
course.
Please complete all sections and email this form back to the contact at your home
university
For TU Delft:
Ismail Yetim,
I.Yetim@tudelft.nl
For ETH:
Andrea Heinzelmann,
andrea.heinzelmann@rektorat.ethz.ch
For RWTH Aachen: Dr. Viola Voigt,
Viola.Voigt@zhv.rwth-aachen.de
For Chalmers:
Student Exchange Office, studentexchange@chalmers.se
For ASPIRE:
Willemijn Dicke,
W.M.Dicke@tudelft.nl
If you have questions regarding the Summer School Programme please contact
Karlen Marlen, info@cortona.ethz.ch
Your Personal Details
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Why do you wish to attend the Summer School? (Please include information on any previous
experience in other European countries that you might have!)
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Chalmers
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ETH Zürich
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Chalmers
ETH Zürich SUMMER SCHOOL 2015
“Reproducibility”
The Course
Reproducibility is one of the basic methodological standards of scientific work that a measured or
observed fact be reproducible. If the results of scientific research cannot be reproduced across time
and place, they do not qualify to belong to the corpus of established knowledge. However, there
have been increasing concerns about reproducibility in recent years, most notably in fields such as
complex systems studies, translational researching biomedicine, social psychology, cognitive
neuroscience, computational information retrieval, or big data science in general. Several scientific
communities have launched initiatives to counter what they regard as dramatically undermining
their scientific credibility. Whether due to simple error, misrepresented data, or sheer fraud:
lacking reproducibility corrupts both intra-scientific interaction based on truthfulness and the
science-society link based on the trustworthiness of scientific evidence.
Cortona Week will present insights into problems and practices of reproducible research from
various points of view. The contributions cover the entire range from general transdisciplinary
issues to aspects of reproducibility concerning specialized research areas.
Venue
Nestled on the rolling hills of Tuscany, Italy, in a town called Cortona, the historical Hotel Oasi
Neumann has been Cortona Week's choice of venue and accommodation since the event's
beginning in 1985.
Tuscany is essentially in the middle of Italy, along the main roads of the Italian countryside,
making Cortona Week's location favorable for easy access to and from all parts of Italy. Hotel Oasi,
too, is favorably located. The hotel sits on top of a hill, about 700 meters from the town's Etruscan
walls, giving viewers a breathtaking panoramic view of Valdichiana (the Chiana Valley) and
Trasimeno Lake.
The history of the place started in 1225, when the hotel was originally built a monastery of the
Santa Maria alle Contesse order. The building was restored and renovated at the end of the last
Century into what it is today.
Hotel Oasi is the default accommodation for all participants of Cortona Week and all seminars and
workshops will be conducted in the hotel. Most participants will share a room in the hotel with 3 or
4 other people. It is possible to have a more private room at Hotel Oasi, but participants will still
need to share it with 1 other person. For those wishing to have an individual room, we can arrange
this, but unfortunately not at Hotel Oasi. The hotel where we can arrange individual rooms is
located in Cortona, but 20 minutes away from Hotel Oasi.
Further details
Students will be sent full joining instructions closer to the date of the summer school.
Please note that all students are required to attend the whole course.
TU Delft
ETH Zürich
RWTH Aachen
Chalmers
Cancellation Charges
The cancellation charge for this course will be 150 Euro. Students must give a minimum
of two weeks notice of their cancellation to avoid cancellation charges. (This charge goes
towards recovering the cost of accommodation, etc). The cancellation charge will be waived if the
Graduate Schools and the International Office are able to find a student who can attend in the
place of the cancelling student. The fee will also be waived on the production of a valid medical
certificate.
I confirm that I have read and understood the attendance requirements overleaf:
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Please return completed booking form as soon as possible to the contact at your home
University as listed on top.