We are pleased to announce Croatian edition of the Open-source Scientific Computing in Structural Dynamics Conference and Summer School which will take place in June 25-26, 2026.

The Summer School was originally organised by Prof. Janko Slavič in 2019 to promote and accelerate open source-based research in the field of structural dynamics. This is the Croatian edition, organised with the assistance of the Laboratory for Dynamics of Machines and Structures from the University of Ljubljana – FME.

Summer school will focus on open-source effort related to the Python programming language.

The summer school will accept up to 15 attendees per track (first-come, first-serve basis).

SUMMER SCHOOL

• Thursday June 25th, day 1 - Summer school common track
  Intro to Python, numerical methods, signal processing.
  3h of lectures, 3h of hands-on work. Summer school dinner.
  
  
• Friday June 26th, day 2, track 1: High-speed camera identification
  3h of lectures, 4h of hands-on work.
  
• Friday June 26th, day 2, track 2: Vibration fatigue
  3h of lectures, 4h of hands-on work.
  

The summer school will be held at the Center for Advanced Academic Studies, Don Frana Bulića 4, HR-20000, Dubrovnik, Croatia.

Target audience are PhD researchers, PhD or final year MSc students working in the field of structural dynamics.

Attendees have the option to obtain 2 ECTS.

At the summer school we will help you to understand how the open-source community operates and how to write open-source code so that it can be used by other researchers. Summer school attendees will receive the full source code of the summer school.

Three tracks are planned (see preliminary program).

The course language is English.

The summer school will heavily depend on the programming language Python. Basic knowledge of Python is expected. The users of Matlab should be able to quickly catch up.

Dates to keep in mind:

• Feb 9th 2026: registration opens.
• Apr 25th 2026: early-bird registration closed.
• May 15th 2026: early-bird registration closed.
• June 5th 2026: registration closed.
• June 25th 2026: summer school start.

The Summer-school fee is 360€ (early-bird 310€).

The fee includes lunch and refreshments during breaks, welcome reception and Summer school dinner.

• Event leaflet
• For participants who wish to explore Dubrovnik: visitdubrovnik.hr or Dubrovnik Tourist Board

Scientific articles related to summer school:

• Python Open-source Signal Processing and Modeling/Simulation for Scientific Research in Structural Dynamics - a review
• The Subpixel Resolution of Optical-Flow-Based Modal Analysis
• High frequency modal identification on noisy high-speed camera data
• Frequency domain triangulation for full-field 3D operating-deflection-shape identification
• Damping identification based on a high-speed camera
• Morlet-wave-based modal identification in the time domain
• Single-pixel optical-flow-based experimental modal analysis

• SDyPy: Structural Dynamics Python,
• pyEMA: Python package for Experimental and operational modal analysis,
• FLife: Vibration Fatigue by Spectral Methods,
• pyExSi: Excitation signals as used in structural dynamics and vibration fatigue,
• pyidi: Python Image Displacement Identification,
• MWModal: Python implementation of the Morlet-Wave method for Modal identification,

For further information please contact us at itomac@fesb.hr