KSETA PhD Workshop 2021

Name: KSETA PhD Workshop 2021
Start: 2021-09-13T08:30:00+02:00
End: 2021-09-15T18:00:00+02:00
Location: No location set

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

Description

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:

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.
In case the ongoing pandemic doesn't allow onsite-workshop, the alumni evening will be organized online.

Monday, September 13
- Departure: From KIT to Bad Herrenalb
- Arrival & Welcome
  
  Unpack, settle to room
- 10:30 AM
  
  Coffee Break
- Icebreaker
  - 1
    
    Introduction
    
    Everyone introduces themselves to everyone else: name, PhD year, PhD topic, supervisor, hobbies, interesting fact about self
  - 2
    
    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.
  - 3
    
    Physics charades
- 12:30 PM
  
  Lunch
- Cultural Exchange
  - 4
    
    Australia
    
    Albert presents about Australia
  - 5
    
    Presentation about Germany
    
    Kathrin Bismark
  - 2:30 PM
    
    Break
  - 6
    
    Presentation about Italy
    
    Emilio Vila
  - 7
    
    Presentation about India
    
    Paras
  - 8
    
    Presentation about Finland
    
    Adelina Lintuluoto
    
    This was moved to after dinner
- 4:00 PM
  
  Coffee break
- Alumni Talks
  - 9
    
    Moritz: d-fine consultancy
  - 10
    
    Dima: his scientific career, from radio detection of cosmic rays to his current work at DESY
- 6:30 PM
  
  Dinner
Tuesday, September 14
- 7:30 AM
  
  Breakfast
- Fellow Talks
  - 11
    
    Monte-Carlo Methods with application to CORSIKA
    
    Pranav
    
    Speaker: Pranav Sampathkumar (KIT)
  - 12
    
    Intro to NNs and GANs
    
    Speaker: Mr Federico Bontempo
  - 13
    
    Constraining active-sterile neutrino transition magnetic moments at DUNE near and far detectors
    
    Speaker: Albert Zhou (IAP, KIT)
  - 10:45 AM
    
    Coffee Break
  - 14
    
    Electronics + Engineering
    
    Speaker: Robert Gartmann
  - 15
    
    IceCube Observatory and Ongoing Work
    
    Speaker: Paras Koundal (IAP - KIT)
- 12:30 PM
  
  Lunch
- 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
  
  Dinner
- 7:30 PM
  
  Games - Mafia
Wednesday, September 15
- 7:30 AM
  
  Breakfast
- 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
  
  Coffee Break
- 16
  
  Discussion session 1: Climate-induced extreme weather
  
  Discussion based on the following video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqOGHnRGenQ
- 12:30 PM
  
  Lunch
- 17
  
  Discussion session 2: Parliamentary gender quotas
  
  Discussion based on following article: https://www.idea.int/data-tools/data/gender-quotas/quotas
- 2:30 PM
  
  Coffee Break
- 18
  
  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
  
  Coffee Break
- 19
  
  Feedback and Group Photo (And Hugs)
  
  Feedback on the workshop: positive and negative
  Suggestions/feedback on KSETA as an organisation
- Departure: From Bad Herrenalb to KIT

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