KSETA PhD Workshop 2021

Sep 13, 2021, 8:30 AM → Sep 15, 2021, 6:00 PM Europe/Berlin

The KSETA Ph.D. Workshop 2021 will take place soon in Bad Herrenalb.

This is a perfect opportunity for Ph.D. fellows to meet other fellows and learn about the variety of research happening at KIT under KSETA. Also, while considering the COVID safety protocol, the workshop provides opportunities for fellows to involve themselves in fun activities. An alumni evening will showcase the exciting variety of work the KSETA alumni are currently engaged in. In addition, Ph.D. students from other disciplines will talk about their work and experience.

In case of any questions or feedback, please contact us: kseta-phd-representatives@lists.kit.edu

The workshop will take place in Bad Herrenalb:

Haus der Kirche - Evangelische Akademie
Dobler Str. 51
76332 Bad Herrenalb

http://www.ev-akademie-baden.de

 

Note: 

1. Due to COVID restrictions the number of participants will possibly be limited. If the participation exceeds, registrants who had registered earlier will be given preference.
2. In case the ongoing pandemic doesn't allow onsite-workshop, the alumni evening will be organized online.

Dienstreiseantrag_Bad_Herrenalb_2021.doc

Dienstreiseantrag Bad Herrenalb 2021.pdf

Monday, September 13

9:00 AM → 10:00 AM Departure: From KIT to Bad Herrenalb

10:00 AM → 10:30 AM Arrival & Welcome

Unpack, settle to room

10:30 AM → 11:00 AM Coffee Break

11:00 AM → 12:30 PM Icebreaker

11:00 AM Introduction

Everyone introduces themselves to everyone else: name, PhD year, PhD topic, supervisor, hobbies, interesting fact about self

11:30 AM World Map Game

Draw world map with chalk
People arrange themselves on the map, standing on their home town
Everyone briefly introduces their region and a few interesting facts about their home country, town.

12:00 PM Physics charades

12:30 PM → 1:30 PM Lunch

1:30 PM → 4:00 PM Cultural Exchange

1:30 PM Australia

Albert presents about Australia

2:00 PM Presentation about Germany

Kathrin Bismark

2:30 PM Break

2:45 PM Presentation about Italy

Emilio Vila

3:15 PM Presentation about India

Paras

3:45 PM Presentation about Finland

Adelina Lintuluoto

This was moved to after dinner

4:00 PM → 4:30 PM Coffee break

4:30 PM → 6:30 PM Alumni Talks

4:30 PM Moritz: d-fine consultancy

5:30 PM Dima: his scientific career, from radio detection of cosmic rays to his current work at DESY

6:30 PM → 7:30 PM Dinner

Tuesday, September 14

7:30 AM → 9:00 AM Breakfast

9:00 AM → 12:30 PM Fellow Talks

9:00 AM Monte-Carlo Methods with application to CORSIKA

Pranav

Speaker: Pranav Sampathkumar (KIT)

9:35 AM Intro to NNs and GANs

Speaker: Mr Federico Bontempo

10:10 AM Constraining active-sterile neutrino transition magnetic moments at DUNE near and far detectors

Speaker: Albert Zhou (IAP, KIT)

10:45 AM Coffee Break

11:20 AM Electronics + Engineering

Speaker: Robert Gartmann

11:55 AM IceCube Observatory and Ongoing Work

Speaker: Paras Koundal (IAP - KIT)

12:30 PM → 1:30 PM Lunch

1:45 PM → 5:00 PM Hike

Strecke
14,5 km
Dauer
3:38 h

https://www.outdooractive.com/de/route/wanderung/schwarzwald/uebers-kloster-frauenalb-nach-bernbach/3418268/

Mehr:

https://www.outdooractive.com/de/routes/#area=1013003&bm=osm%3Asummer&cat=Wanderung&filter=r-fullyTranslatedLangus-de,r-onlyOpened-undefined,sb-sortedBy-0&wt=Bad%20Herrenalb&zc=14,8.42527,48.80539

Too much rain: watch documentary? play board games?

6:30 PM → 7:30 PM Dinner

7:30 PM → 10:00 PM Games - Mafia

Wednesday, September 15

7:30 AM → 9:00 AM Breakfast

9:00 AM → 11:00 AM PhD Hacks

compress-pdf.sh

compress-pdf-simple.sh

jpegs2pdf.sh

make-gif.sh

notes.md

pdf2jpeg2pdf.sh

pdf2png2pdf.sh

pdf2png-dev2pdf.sh

pdf2pnggray.sh

pdf2png-mono.sh

pdf2png.sh

11:00 AM → 11:30 AM Coffee Break

11:30 AM → 12:30 PM Discussion session 1: Climate-induced extreme weather

Discussion based on the following video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqOGHnRGenQ

12:30 PM → 1:30 PM Lunch

1:30 PM → 2:30 PM Discussion session 2: Parliamentary gender quotas

Discussion based on following article: https://www.idea.int/data-tools/data/gender-quotas/quotas

2:30 PM → 3:00 PM Coffee Break

3:00 PM → 4:00 PM Non-technical and social aspects of the PhD

How do resolve conflicts with supervisor? How to seek help for abusive supervisor or when research group dissolves? Discussion of any problems PhD students currently have.

4:00 PM → 4:10 PM Coffee Break

4:10 PM → 4:45 PM Feedback and Group Photo (And Hugs)

Feedback on the workshop: positive and negative
Suggestions/feedback on KSETA as an organisation

4:45 PM → 6:00 PM Departure: From Bad Herrenalb to KIT