At the end of April, our Spinner project held its third training event. In response to the current travel restrictions this was held online, over five mornings. The focus of the training was modelling and simulation and involved:
- An introduction to the parsimonious approach to deep learning by Adagos, illustrated with a workshop using their NeurEco neural network package.
- An introduction to reduced order modelling by Ansys, illustrated with a workshop using their Twin Builder.
- Lectures on using finite element models to simulate the spine as an aid for surgery from Marie-Line Pissonier, Hôpital Pitie Salpêtrière, Prof Yohan Payan, CNRS and Prof Damien Lacroix, University of Sheffield.
SPINNER EID is a Doctorol Training Programme funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 researh and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Innovative Training Networks (ITN) and European Industrial Doctorate (EID).
The programme, which is coordinated by Professor Gwen Reilly, has six bioengineering early stage researchers appointed as SPINNER fellows who are being trained to design the next generation of repair materials and techniques for spine surgery.
Read more about the training event here: https://spinner-eid.eu/spinners-third-training-event/
