Practical

Thursday, 10 September, 2026 up to and including Friday, 11 September, 2026 - 09:00 until 17:00
VUB Main Campus Etterbeek
Pleinlaan 2
1050 Elsene
Room P2.0.01 - Bungalows main campus
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€300 (Waived for VUB MSc students)
Registration until 
wout.weijtjens@vub.be

General information

 

What to expect


The Summer school program is designed to help you understand how the open-source community
operates and how to write open-source code so that it can be used by other researchers. Summer
school attendees will receive the full source code of the courses.  The second day will focus on particular topics within Structural dynamics flavoured with the expertise of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Structural health monitoring.

Target audience


The target audience is PhD or MSc students working in the field of structural dynamics and mechanical engineering and professionals with an interest in structural dynamics and Structural Health Monitoring. 
 

Prior knowledge

The summer school will be based on the Python programming language. Basic knowledge of
Python is assumed, but Matlab users should be able to catch up quickly. If you are interested to speed up your experience in Python, this is the course to attend.

A laptop with a working installation of python is needed to participate in the course.

 

Day 1 : OpenSD common track

The first day focuses on bringing you up to speed in Python and Open Source, using the OpenSD's common track. This focuses on an introduction to Python, numerical methods and signal processing.

Composition: 3h of lectures, 3h of hands-on work. 

Those interested can join the Conference Dinner.

Day 2: Local track

The second day focuses on the local flavour. Each participant can choose two out of four half-day workshops. Each workshop combines hand-on work with an introduction to the topic.

The tentative list of workshops is;

  1. Workshop 1: Introduction to py-Fatigue: 
    Efficiently perform cycle-counting and fatigue calculations for large datasets.
  2. Workshop 2: Signal processing for SHM
    Deep dive in signal processing for SHM, incl. OMA
  3. Workshop 3: The role of AI in SHM
    How can AI be used to spot issues in structural dynamics?
  4. Workshop 4: Teaching mechanical vibrations using Python
    How we teach structural dynamics, using nbgrader, jupyter notebooks, ...

Practical information

General 

Lunch and drinks is provided and included in the registration. Paying attendees can also join the optional conference dinner (indicate your interest during registration).
 
The summer school will take place in the cozy building P2 of the VUB main campus.

Registration

Registration is possible through the online form listed above. A registration fee of €300 is requested, VUB Msc students can join the course free of charge. 

There are up to 60 spots availabe (first-come, first-serve).

More information

For more information about the OpenSD initiative, Summer Schools organised in other locations and the bi-annual OpenSD conference visit,  OpenSD.

For more information about the current edition contact the organisers via mail: wout.weijtjens@vub.be 

 

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