First Complementary Skills Course: Granada. 1-2 February 2011

During 1-2 February 2011 was held in the “Centro de Investigación en Tecnologías de la Información y de las Comunicaciones” (University of Granada) the first complementary skills course, organised within the European research and training network “Medical Images using Bio-inspired and Soft Computing”. The course contents were defined in order to provide the 16 early-stage researchers engaged in the network a transversal formation that complements the specific technical one they are receiving. The lecturers taught the course were all outstanding professionals in their areas of expertise, among them we can highlight Dr. José M. Labastida, recently appointed Director of the Scientific Division of the European Research Council (ERC), and Dr. Damini Kumar Director of Design & Creativity, NUI Maynooth, Ireland, and European Ambassador of Creativity & Innovation.

Agenda

The original Agenda of the Complementary Skills Course February 2011 (Granada).


Monday, February 1

• 8:30-10:00 Presentation of MIBISOC and Introduction of the ESRs. Raúl del Coso (European Centre for Soft computing)
  10:30-12:00 Module 1: Research methodology and policy. Lecturer: José M.F.Labastida (Spanish National Research Council, Spain)
• 12:15-13:45 Module 2: Search of scientific and technical information. Lecturer: Carmen López (Spanish National Research Council, Spain)
• 15:30-16:30 Election of the 2 ESRs acting as NSB representatives
• 16:45-18:15 Module 3: Specialised scientific writing and oral communication. Lecturer: Carmen López (Spanish National Research Council, Spain)

Tuesday, February 2

• 8:30-10:00 Module 4: Creative thinking and problem resolution. Lecturer: Damina Kumar(Director of Design & Creativity, NUI Maynooth, Ireland)
• 10:30-12:00 Module 5: General public dissemination. Lecturer: Catarina Amorim (Oxford University, UK)
• 12:15-13:45 Module 6: Gender issues. Lecturer: Ana María González (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain)

Pictures

Pictures of the meeting can be found here.