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are very happy to announce the 1<sup>st </sup>Surgical Data
Science (SDS) Summer School to be held in Strasbourg, France,
from 18<sup>th</sup> – 22<sup>nd</sup> July 2022.</span></p>
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font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Helvetica
Neue"; color:black;mso-themecolor:text1" lang="EN-GB">Recognizing
the surge in Surgical Data Science research and the need for
effective clinical translation, the SDS summer school aims to
promote research and innovation of clinical value by educating
clinicians and computer scientists on respective contexts,
needs, tools and methodologies.</span></p>
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font-family:"Times New
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Neue"; color:black;mso-themecolor:text1" lang="EN-GB">This
first school organized by the Institute of Image-Guided Surgery,
IHU-Strasbourg, and the University of Strasbourg will be
focusing on endoscopic video analysis. Leading clinical and
computers science experts from top institutions will cover
subjects related to the clinical use of endoscopy and endoscopic
video analysis, spanning from endoscopic instruments and data
annotations all the way to advanced deep learning algorithms and
the design of clinical translation studies.</span></p>
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font-family:"Times New
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Neue"; color:black;mso-themecolor:text1" lang="EN-GB">Short
online lectures on fundamentals of endoscopy and computer
science will be freely accessible starting from <u>15<sup>th</sup>
of March 2022</u> at </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a
href="https://edu4sds.eve-evolving-education.eu/"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Helvetica
Neue"">https://edu4sds.eve-evolving-education.eu/</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times
New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Helvetica
Neue";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1" lang="EN-GB">. Upon
completing these fundamentals, prospective participants can
apply to the onsite summer school consisting of a series of
lectures, hands-on labs, and group projects. Twenty (20)
selected computer scientists and clinicians will have the
opportunity join us at Institute of Image-Guided Surgery,
IHU-Strasbourg, from 18<sup>th</sup> – 22<sup>nd</sup> July 2022
to work in a truly multidisciplinary environment with unique
clinical and computer science resources to come up with novel
ideas and data science solutions of clinical value.</span></p>
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Neue"; color:black;mso-themecolor:text1" lang="EN-GB">We
invite early-career computer science and clinical researchers
who are interested in diving into the exciting world of Surgical
Data Science to visit </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a
href="http://edu4sds.org/"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;
font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Helvetica
Neue"">http://edu4sds.org/</span></a></span><span
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New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Helvetica
Neue";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1" lang="EN-GB">,
review the program and learn more about the registration.</span></p>
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Neue"; color:black;mso-themecolor:text1" lang="EN-GB">Applications
close on <u>25<sup>th</sup> April 2022</u>. Places are limited
so early application is advised. </span></p>
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Neue"; color:black;mso-themecolor:text1" lang="EN-GB">Best
wishes, </span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="color:black;
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0cm;padding:0cm; mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">The
Surgical Data Science Summer School organizing committee</span><span
style="color:black"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span
style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;
mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0cm;padding:0cm">Pietro Mascagni,
Alexandros Karargyris, Vinkle Srivastav, Silvana Perretta,
Nicolas Padoy</span></p>
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