Short Term Courses and Seminars

During the year short term courses and seminars are offered by the departments at the Faculty of Life Sciences. 

 

Please contact the department or the course coordinators regarding enrollment and guidance.

 

On this page you can find a list of short term courses taught in English:

 

Basic Chemometrics) on 5 November at the latest. Please provide e-mail address so last minute details can be provided. Cancellations must be made no later than three days in advance or a fee of 500 DKK will be charged.

 

  

Design of experiments

Background: Proper analysis of data and efficient planning of experiment is (or should be!) a part of every scientist’s toolbox. In this short course, an outline of different terms within Design of experiments and the theory behind when to use what are given. After a reminder on the basics of statistics and populations required for experimental planning (sampling, univariate linear regression, etc.) we will look at the setup and analysis of designed experiments and statistical inference from designed data (Designs, ANOVA, etc.). Furthermore we will discuss efficient planning and performance of fixed pattern and sequential optimizations techniques useful in e.g. yield optimization in production processes or instrumental optimization in analytical chemistry procedures.

 

Audience: The course is intended for people handling problems where using Design of experiments can be an advantage when setting up the experiments or people who have general interest in knowing how to setup and use experimental designs. Simple mathematical and statistical terms will be used in the course and the theory will be accompanied by computer exercises.

 

Teacher: Frans van den Berg

 

Type: short course

Price: 3.500 DKK per day. Lunch and coffee will be included

Course start: Week 11, 15 & 16 March 2011

Enrolment: Enroll to Birger Pedersen () on 2 March (week 9) at the latest. Please provide e-mail address so last minute details can be provided. Cancellations must be made no later than three days in advance or a fee of 500 DKK will be charged.

 

 

Advanced Chemometrics, case studies

Background: This is a new two-day course that goes in to depth with chemometrics and the problems you face when using chemometrics in real-world applications. Most of the time will be spend on looking at examples of data problems provided by the participants. Each participant will have to bring a specific example including data. They will present their data in one-three slides and present the questions/issues they have. This could be how to do variable selection; how to assess if the model is reasonable; how to choose the number of components; how to figure out what approach to use etc. etc. After the presentation, the instructor will analyze the data and provide ideas on how to solve the problem.

 

As participant you will gain knowledge about chemometric tools such as variable selection, validation, classification etc. The list of subjects, though, is partly controlled by the participants and the problems you bring. Note that it is anticipated that a fair part of the data analysis will be performed in MATLAB because it offers the most possibilities. There will also be access to SIMCA and Unscrambler. There will be a limited number of theoretical presentations but most of the theory will be presented during the analysis of the real-world problems. Hence, this course is less structured than usual ODIN courses.

 

Audience: The course is (only) intended for participants that have significant experience with basic chemometric tools such as PLS and PCA. It is not assumed that the participant knows MATLAB.

 

Teacher: Rasmus Bro

 

Type: short course

Price: 3.500 DKK per day. Lunch and coffee will be included

Course start: Week 14, 5 & 6 April 2011

Enrolment: Enroll to Birger Pedersen () on 26 March at the latest. Please provide e-mail address so last minute details can be provided. Cancellations must be made no later than three days in advance or a fee of 500 DKK will be charged.

 

 

Identification, diagnosis and control of diseases, pests and weeds in agricultural crops

Correct identification, proper diagnosis and an ecological understanding of the biology of noxious species and their interactions with the crops are prerequisite for timing and targeting of control measures in agriculture. During the course the most important groups of fungi, insects and weeds occurring in agricultural fields will be introduced, and the participants will obtain hands-on experience in identification and diagnostic methods.
Different control methods will be discussed and the mode of action and use of chemical pesticides will be presented.

Audience: The course appeals to agricultural advisors, teachers at agricultural colleges and pesticide companies. The course participants are invited to bring their own material for the practical diagnosis exercises.

Teachers: Lisa Munk (plant diseases), XX (pests), Jens C. Streibig (weed, chemical control).

 

Type: Short course
Price: 7.000 DKK for two days of 8 hours (lunch and coffee are included)
Time: xx-xx June 2011. Courses may be arranged upon individual request on other dates in June.
Place: Faculty of Life Sciences, Dept. of Agriculture and Ecology, Højbakkegård allé 30, 2630 Tåstrup.
Restrictions: Min. 10 and max. 20 participants.
Enrolment: 1. April 2011. Individual arrangements: 6 weeks in advance of course start.
Contact: Lisa Munk ().