Summer Schools

EMBS organizes and hosts Summer Schools on a range of topics. Each summer school typically lasts for one week, bringing together undergraduate students, postgraduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and attendees from industry and academia. Scholarships are often available for students wishing to attend.

Upcoming Summer Schools

April 13 – 17, 2023

15th IEEE EMBS-SPS International Summer School on Biomedical Imaging

This is the first edition of our Summer School outside of France, going to South America in synchrony with the IEEE SPS-EMBS ISBI Conference in Colombia.

The spirit of our Summer School was established in French Brittany in 1994 [by Christian ROUX and Jean-Louis COATRIEUX]. This Summer School has become a worldwide reference with international lecturers from 20 countries and accessible to young scientists from all around the world. Our Summer School is an open yet privileged place for exchanges and discussions on major on-going research and technologies. Informal and warm, we always select a location and design a program where ample time is dedicated to interactions between lecturers and students.

The Summer School is open to graduate students (MSc., PhD), post doctoral scientists, radiologists, biologists, researchers and engineers in industry.

June 18 – 23, 2023

3rd IEEE EMBS International Summer School on Computer Modeling in Medicine

Computer models play a significant role in the design and evaluation of medical devices and technologies, and are increasingly being used to enable personalized planning and delivery of device-based interventions. Prominent experts from academia and industry will provide an in depth view of fundamental concepts and current trends in model-based medical device design. Hands-on modeling tutorials with simulation software will be presented to demonstrate application of concepts covered in lectures.

This summer school is primarily geared towards graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and individuals from the medical device/imaging industry, with an interest in developing and applying computational models for medical device design, analysis, and evaluation.

Past Summer Schools

1995: 23rd-29th July, First IEEE Biomedical Signal Processing Summer School, Certosa di Pontignano, Siena, Italy

1999: 27th June – 4th July, Second Biomedical Signal Processing Summer School, Certosa di Pontignano, Siena, Italy

2003: Third Biomedical Signal Processing Summer School, Certosa di Pontignano, Siena, Italy

2007:  Fourth Biomedical Signal Processing Summer School, Certosa di Pontignano, Siena, Italy

2011:  26th June – 3rd July, Fifth Biomedical Signal Processing Summer School, Certosa di Pontignano, Siena, Italy

2015: 13-19 July, 2nd IEEE EMBS international Summer School of Neural Engineering, Shanghai, China

2015: 30th August – 6th September, Sixth Biomedical Signal Processing Summer School, Collegio Borromeo, Pavia, Italy

2017: 11-17 June, IEEE EMBS International Summer School on Computer Modeling in Medicine, Charleston, SC

2019: 9-15 June, 2nd IEEE EMBS International Summer School on Computer Modeling in Medicine, Charleston, SC

2019: 9-16 June, Bio-X Summer School, Greece

2021: 18-20 November, The 14ᵗʰ IEEE International Summer School and Symposium on Medical Devices and Biosensors in conjunction with
The 12ᵗʰ International School and Symposium on Biomedical and Health Engineering and The 1ˢᵗ International Summit on Cerebro-Cardiovascular Health Engineering (MDBS-CHE’ 2021)

2022: 25th July – 29 July, IEEE EMBS International Summer School on Neural Engineering, Virtual