Training School on Numerical modelling of Ground Penetrating Radar using gprMax

Thessaloniki, Greece, November 9-11, 2015

The Training School will focus on Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) modelling using the new version of gprMax, a free Finite-Difference Time-Domain electromagnetic wave simulator.    Over a year ago, work started  on an improved new version of the free software gprMax, redeveloping it to enhance its capabilities. The new version is based on Python and it uses a number of modern technologies incorporating advanced new features to make the realistic modelling of GPR a lot easier.During the School the new version of gprMax will be released for the first time under an Open Source license and will be presented to the GPR research community. Lectures will be given by Prof Antonis Giannopoulos and Dr Craig Warren (The University of Edinburgh, UK).

Class Scheduling  

Monday, 9 November 2015

An introduction to the GPR method and its applications, aimed primarily for attendees with limited experience on GPR.

Tuesday, 10 November 2015

Introduction and overview of the GPR’s forward problem and to the Finite-Difference Time-Domain method of solving problems in computational electromagnetics.

Wednesday, 11 November 2015

GPR modelling using the new version of gprMax.

Training School Grants

for PhD Students & Early-Career Investigators

 This Training School does not have a registration fee and students from all Countries are very welcome to  attend it for free. To register, please send an email to: school@gprmax.com. Registrations are open. Deadline  for registration via email is November  3, 2015. 

COST Action TU1208  is offering up to  8 grants of 560,00 EUR  to Early-Career Investigators (ECI) and PhD students from COST Countries and  approved institutions in Near-Neighbour Countries (NNC); for the list of COST Countries and NNC, please visit  www.cost.eu. According to COST definition under Horizon 2020, ECI are young researchers who already have their PhD since no more than 8 years. Trainees from Greece can apply for a reduced grant (280,00 EUR). However, Trainees  from Thessaloniki cannot apply for a grant. Deadline for submitting grant applications is October 23, 2015. Applications submitted after the deadline will be discarded. In order to apply for a grant you should email your curriculum vitae and list of publications, a personal statement about your motivation for attending the Training School and a letter of support from your PhD supervisor or Research Project leader to the organizers at school@gprmax.com.

The  selection of Granted applications will be based on COST key principles of excellence and inclusiveness. COST is supported by the EU Framework Programme Horizon2020 and its policy contributes to the "Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation" Horizon 2020 goal. To identify excellent applicants, the Action is asking all applicants to submit a curriculum vitae, a motivation letter and a support letter. At the same time, the Action aim at achieving inclusiveness. This objective is developed by COST around three main elements: support to early-career investigators, fostering of gender balance and support to researchers coming from less-research intensive COST Member Countries.