Institute of Computing for Climate Science Annual Summer School 2026

Overview

Schedule

Summer School course abstracts and prerequisites

Travel and directions

What happens at an ICCS Summer School? 

The programme will feature a blend of:

• Keynote seminars and panel sessions
• Training and technical workshops
• Scientific presentations
• Collaborative and social events.

You will receive tuition and guidance from leading experts at the University of Cambridge. Attendees are expected to attend all parts of the programme.

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What will be covered?

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Topics include:

• Version control (Git and GitHub) – both introductory and intermediate sessions
• RSE skills – how to apply research software engineering principles to write higher-quality code, reduce bugs, and facilitate re-use
• Differential programming
• GenAI for software engineering – leveraging generative AI tools effectively for software engineering
• Machine learning with PyTorch and its applications in climate modelling
• Reproducibility in computing
• Introduction to High Performance Computing – hardware, performance limits, programming models, profiling, debugging.
• Random Forests
• FTorch
• Python bindings to compiled languages

Read about the 2025 Summer School.

Learning outcomes

We aim for attendees to:

• Understand the fundamental principles of research software engineering tools used in climate science
• Gain practical experience in core technical skills for collaborative research via hands-on workshops eg. in version control and computational workflows to write higher-quality code and facilitate re-use
• Learn and acquire proficiency in different programming languages used in climate science models
• Gain a practical understanding of ML techniques and how they can be applied in climate science
• Discover how generative AI tools can be used effectively for scientific software development
• Connect and collaborate with attendees from a diverse range of fields within climate science.

Costs

Attendance at the annual Summer School is free for members of the Schmidt Sciences community. 

Applications for bursaries are now closed.

External participants are asked to pay a registration fee, which covers accommodation and subsistence. The cost of attendance will start at £150 to attend the sessions only, £250 including a formal dinner and socials. The fee for delegates who require accommodation (arriving on Sunday 12 July and departing on Friday 17 July – five nights) will be £1,000.

How to register

Registration has closed.