These VKI Lecture Series - so much worth??
 

cost 1200 Euro per person!!!??

Are they so worth to listen to their stffs' full of errorrous theories & applications???

Re: These VKI Lecture Series - so much worth??
 

What you mean by "errorrous theories & applications"

It depends on what you want out of it! If you want pure academic stuff and hypothetical theories then you are better served by attending a conference. However, if you are into a particular field and you really want to know the industrially relevant(!) stuff with lots of cutting-edge techno info and the opportunity to talk to the guys one-to-one, then attending the VKI Lecture Series is mandatory. Lecturers are invited based on their world-class reputation in reckognition of their contribution to the subject and you can tell the difference!!

I attended one recently and in my opinion it is worth every penny. You may compare it to attending a GRAMY or OSCAR laudatio for engineers.

Re: These VKI Lecture Series - so much worth??
 

My other half attended one a couple of years ago and said the experience was essential. She had nothing but praise for it!

Re: These VKI Lecture Series - so much worth??
 

If you have a particular LS in mind, I would be able to elebrate further. I had the fortunate to attend some of the standard LS such as "Intro to Measurement Techniques", "Intro to CFD", "Supersonic Aerodynamics", "Advanced PIV", etc., and I would strongly recommend every one of those. The fact that many of the VKI LS notes are referenced over and over again as classical references tell you something.

Re: These VKI Lecture Series - so much worth??
 

No, they aren't worth of any penny. Stuffs of VKI are biased, too subjective minded people and suchs can not produce objective science.

Re: These VKI Lecture Series - so much worth??
 

Why worth so much money that far outweight the necessary expediture? Is the organizer managing an earning market ?

Re: These VKI Lecture Series - so much worth??
 

I attend some of the VKI LS, I never paid the full price, but what do you mean by "stuffs of VKI"? most of the LS' lecturers are not from VKI. Your affirmations are a bit too vague to be beneficial, there is maybe something good to learn from your experience. Thanks

Re: These VKI Lecture Series - so much worth??
 

If the issue is cost and cost only, I don't think it is any more expensive relative to an AIAA short course, or a short course on how to use .... say, Matlab, or a CFD package, or other specialized short courses I see offered by measurement technique companies.

By "biased", if you mean not covering all possible perspectives in a particular field, then I suppose each conference you go to will be "biased", and each paper you pick up will be "biased", and each book you pick up will be "biased".