Strasbourg, July 7-11, 2025

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Mission

The SDS summer school aims to promote research and innovation on computer/data science tools of clinical value by providing multidisciplinary education on surgical data science. The school is therefore dedicated to educating clinicians and computer scientists on respective contexts, needs, tools and methodologies.

Background

We are witnessing the transformation of operating rooms into smart hubs of interconnected advanced technologies where multiple, highly specialized professionals must coordinate for the benefit of patients. Such high-stake sociotechnical process is generally highly effective but error prone. Surgical data science aims to improve the safety and efficiency of modern surgery by modelling multimodal surgical data and developing artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms to provide timely assistance to caregivers.

However, to build clinically impactful surgical data science tools there is a need for a tight and effective collaboration between clinicians and computer scientists. Currently, there is a lack of opportunities for these community to meet, learn from each other and finally develop the common language needed to team up and complement each other.

SDS summer school

Educational materials  on fundamentals of image-guided surgery and computer/data science is freely accessible on our dedicated online SDS portal. Upon completing these fundamentals, prospective participants will be able to apply to an onsite selective multi-day intensive summer school consisting of a series of lectures and hands-on labs. During the on-site school participants will get the unique opportunity to work in small teams on practical projects with mentors’ help. Towards this, related materials (datasets and trained models) and resources (accelerators) will be provided, and the teams will be challenged to come up with novel ideas and data science solutions of clinical value.

IHU Strasbourg
The 2025 edition of the Surgical Data Science (SDS) Summer School will be jointly organised by the University of Strasbourg and the Institute of Image-Guided Surgery (IHU Strasbourg). The center offers a truly multidisciplinary environment to innovate in the image-guided surgery domain with strong collaborations with academia and industry. Surgeons and engineers work closely together on practical as well as moonshot research ideas. Promising ideas are funded and supported by internal and competitive research grants or by partnership programs, while developed and validated ideas are translated to products through licensing and startup spin-offs.

Who should consider applying?

Applicants for the onsite course should be:

    • Medical students in their last year
    • Physicians in residency, master or PhD
    • Computer scientists/engineers at a master, doctoral or postdoctoral level

 

Application process

Applicants need to do the following steps:

    • Register on the EVE platform
    • Complete the lectures on the EVE platform
    • Apply to the SDS summer school

Prospective students will be notified via email by 5th of May 2025 to complete registration.
 

Registration fees

    • 350€ for students (e.g. medical, computer science, PhD student)
    • 100€ for online participation

Registration cost covers summer school educational activities, breakfast, lunch, and welcome dinner. Upon receipt of motivation letter a small number of complimentary registrations for participants from under-resourced areas will be offered.
 

Important dates

  • Launch of online lectures & opening of applications: 6th of January 2025
  • Application deadline: 6th of April 2025
  • Notification of decision: 5th of May 2025
  • Registration deadline: 19th of May 2025
  • SDS Summer School at IHU-Strasbourg: 7th – 11th of July 2025

 

Keynote speakers

Nicolas Padoy, PhD

Nicolas Padoy, PhD

University of Strasbourg, IHU Strasbourg, France

Evis Sala, MD, PhD

Evis Sala, MD, PhD

Gemelli IRCCS University Hospital, Catholic University, Italy

Nassir Navab, PhD

Nassir Navab, PhD

Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany

Silvana Perretta, MD, PhD

Silvana Perretta, MD, PhD

IHU Strasbourg, France

Hongliang Ren, PhD

Hongliang Ren, PhD

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Pietro Mascagni, MD, PhD

Pietro Mascagni, MD, PhD

IHU Strasbourg, France

Pierre Jannin, PhD

Pierre Jannin, PhD

Université de Rennes, Rennes, France

Paul Barach, MD, PhD

Paul Barach, MD, PhD

Thomas Jefferson University, USA

Brice Gayet, MD, MPH

Brice Gayet, MD, MPH

Université Paris Cité, Paris, France

Offline & Onsite lecturers

Alain Garcia, MD
IHU Strasbourg, France

Barbara Seeliger, MD, PhD
IHU Strasbourg, France

Bernard Dallemagne, MD
NHC University Hospital & IRCAD Strasbourg, France

Deena Harji, MD, PhD
University of Leeds, UK

Hani Marcus, MD, PhD​
UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, UK

Ivo Boškoski, MD, PhD
Digestive Endoscopy, Fondazione A. Gemelli IRCCS University Hospital, Rome, Italy

Joël L. Lavanchy, MD
University Digestive Health Care Center Clarunis, Basel, Switzerland

Juan Verde, MD
IHU Strasbourg, France​

Kenneth Patrick Seastedt, MD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, MA, USA

Lorenzo Arboit, MD
CAMMA, IHU and University of Strasbourg, France

Marco Delcogliano, MD
Service of Orthopaedic Surgery, EOC, Bellinzona, Switzerland

Michel Adamina, MD
University of Fribourg. Switzerland

Riccardo Giuseppe Bertolo, MD, PhD
Staff Urologist, San Carlo di Nancy Hospital, Rome, Italy

Rocco Trisolini, MD
Interventional Pulmonology Division, Fondazione A. Gemelli IRCCS University Hospital, Rome, Italy

Ursula Catena, MD, PhD
CLASS Hysteroscopy Center, Fondazione A. Gemelli IRCCS University Hospital, Rome, Italy

Woo Jin Hyung, MD, PhD
Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea

Aditya Murali
CAMMA Lab, University of Strasbourg, France

Adrien Meyer
CAMMA Lab, University of Strasbourg, France

Anirban Mukhopadhyay, PhD
TU Darmstadt, Germany

Britty Baby, PhD
CAMMA, IHU and University of Strasbourg, France

Deepak Alapatt
Scialytics SAS, France

Farahdiba Zarin
CAMMA Lab, University of Strasbourg, France

Florian Stilz
CAMMA, IHU and University of Strasbourg, France

Idris Hamoud
CAMMA, IHU and University of Strasbourg, France

Julia Alekseenko
CAMMA Lab, University of Strasbourg, France

Keqi Chen
CAMMA Lab, University of Strasbourg, France

Kun Yuan
CAMMA Lab, University of Strasbourg, France

Luca Sestini, PhD
Scialytics SAS, France

Long Bai
Chinese University of Hong Kong, China

Mobarakol Islem, PhD
University College London, UK

Saurav Sharma
CAMMA Lab, University of Strasbourg, France

Shi Li
CAMMA Lab, University of Strasbourg, France

Program

The summer school’s five-day on-site intense program will consist of a series of lectures and hands-on labs. These will also provide the participants with a unique opportunity to work in small teams on practical surgical data science projects under the guidance of mentors.

Organizers

Pietro Mascagni, MD

Pietro Mascagni, MD

Researcher, IHU Strasbourg

Vinkle Srivastav, PhD

Vinkle Srivastav, PhD

Research Scientist, IHU Strasbourg

Agnès Gronfier

Agnès Gronfier

Educational Program Manager, IHU Strasbourg

Justine Chadefaux

Justine Chadefaux

Education Program Coordinator, IHU Strasbourg

Silvana Perretta, MD

Silvana Perretta, MD

Professor of Surgery, Director of Education, IHU Strasbourg

Nicolas Padoy, PhD

Nicolas Padoy, PhD

Professor, University of Strasbourg, Director of AI Research, IHU Strasbourg

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Please write to info@edu4sds.org to contact us for any other query

This educational project is supported by the Institute for Image-Guided Surgery.

The Institute is a designated part of the “Programme Investissements d’Avenir” and benefits from the financial support of the government managed by the “Agence Nationale de la Recherche” under reference code ANR-10-IAHU-02. The Institute is also funded by the Région Alsace, the Conseil Général du Bas-Rhin, the Communauté urbaine de Strasbourg and the European Union.