GRADUATE SCHOOL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Pre-MeetingSummer Term 2015,

15th April 2015

1. General information2. Interdisciplinary Courses in summer term 20153. Events4. Miscellaneous5. Information on the PhD programmes

(Pre-Meeting Hot Topic seminar, specific knowledge courses, specific events)

Topics

Graduate School Science and Technology

Neurosensory Science and Systems

Interface Science Environmental Science & Biodiversity

Renewable Energy

Mathsand

Fundam. Physics

Klaudia HettwerCoordination

Oili TsakmakisAdminstration

Kathrin Henrichs

SFB ActiveHearing

Andreas Günther

N.N.Models of

Gravity

Beate GrünbergSensorybio

Carsten Dosche

Ferdinand Esser

SFB Roseobacter

Julia RudmanIPD4all

The Oltech team

Jacqueline Lessig-Owlanj

Hearing4all

Karin Klink

SigCog

Sebastian Schmidt-Roach

IBR

Susanne Bartel

Nano- & EnergyResearch

NeurosensoryScience andSystems

PhD students in Oltech

Interface Science

Environmental Sciences andBiodiversity

RenewableEnergy

Fundamental Physics andApplied Mathematics

SoSe : 217 PhD students43 internationale PhDs

Stand Apr. 2015

1. General information

• EFRE funding of Oltechexpired end of October 2014

• Oltech continues as a Graduate School for PhDstudents of the Faculty V, Faculty VI, and theDepartment of Computing Science (Faculty II)

• Activities: admission procedure, providing information, organising the courses programme, certificates, …

Development of Oltech

1. General information

• Presently Oltech doesn’t provide any travel grants or funds for the organisation of summer schools

• Information on travel grants and research funding (incl. summer schools) you find at the website of the Department for Research and Technology Transfer

http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/en/researchfunding/http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/forschungsfoerderung/ finanzielle-unterstuetzungsmassnahmen

Development of Oltech

1. General information

> Neurosensory Science and Systems> Interface Science> Environmental Sciences

StudIP: > Campusmanagementsystem Stud.IP> Fakultät 5: Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften > Strukturierte Promotion > … > Module

StudIP – Where to find my courses

All courses for NeurosensorySciences and Systems

are still under Faculty V !

2. Interdisciplinary courses

OverviewOltech

Calendar at websitewww.oltech.org

StudIPEmails

Register via StudIP; (Use your Student log-in! In case of

problems then send an email to oltech)

Graduate Academy

Website:http://www.uni-

oldenburg.de/graduiertenakademie/

Oltech continues paying the personal

co-payment!

Cooperating Graduate Schools

Websites and forwarded emails

from Oltech

Register via email directly to the other

graduate school(Oltech in C.c.)

2. Interdisciplinary courses

New Calendar for Course and Events

• Fr. 17.04., Fr. 29.05., Fr. 03.07. 14:00 - 18:00• Prof. Dr. Stephanie Birkner(Juniorprofessur Female Entrepreneurship)

CGründungslabor

"MINTEE": Selber gründen?

• MINTEE steht für Entrepreneurship Education in und für MINT Fächer.

• Hintergrundwissen sowie Anwendungskompetenzen „Von der Ideenentwicklung zum Geschäftsmodell“

• Blended Learning Konzept (6 KP)(Präsenzphasen + multimediale Lernplattformen)

Please register in StudIP!

Transferable Skill Courses

Transferable Skill Courses

• seminar during summer term 2015• every Thursday, 12:00 - 14:00, A07 0-025• first date April 16, 2015• Cornelia Kranczioch-Debener

CGender Equality &

Family Friendliness in Science

• Aim of this seminar is to inform about and discuss current issues of gender equality and family friendliness in science. This will be done from a broader perspective as well as at the example of the University of Oldenburg. The topic gender and science will be looked at from different angles.

• The seminar will be a mixture of (invited) talks, discussions, (internet) research on selected topics and short presentations.

• Please note that because of the available materials and because of a number of external speakers the seminar will be held in German.

Please register in StudIP!

Transferable Skill Courses

• Workshop, 22. - 23. April 2015• Dr. Jan Brocher (Biovoxxel)

A/CScientific Image Pro-cessing and Analysis

• The workshop aims to teach scientists how to handle and process digital images starting from image acquisition on until the incorporation into the final publication figure.

• This includes some important theory about high quality digital images in general as well as a broad spectrum of methods for image processing and specific analytical purposes according to high scientific standards. You will learn how to extract most information from your images and how to quantify your regions of interest.

For a place at the waiting list please register in StudIP!

2. Interdisciplinary courses

Transferable Skill Courses in the PhD programmes

• Seminar, 5 days during summer term• Pre-meeting will announced• Prof. Henrik Mouritsen

B/CAdv. presentation

techniques

• Workshop 1 day• 6. June 2015 (full)• next scheduled in Nov. 2015• Beate Grünberg, Ferdinand Esser

B/CGood Scientific

Practice

• Weekly lecture• Mondays 12-2 p.m. + 2-4 p.m.• PD Dr. Jan Freund, Heidelinde Röder

A, CZeitreihenanalyse

Oltech Courses (scheduled 2015/2016)

• Workshop, 3 days• scheduled January 2016 • Gunther Tress

B/CHow to publish in peer-

reviewed journals?

• … An Alternative Approach• workshop, 3 days (Sept. 2015)• Rob Thompson

CJob hunting and

Interview Skills for Natural Scientists

• Workshop, 2 days (Oct. 2015)• Barbara Kosuch

B/CProject Management for Natural Scientists

2. Interdisciplinary courses

OverviewOltech

Calendar at websitewww.oltech.org

StudIPEmails

Register via StudIP; (Use your Student log-in! In case of

problems then send an email to oltech)

Graduate Academy

Website:http://www.uni-

oldenburg.de/graduiertenakademie/

Oltech continues paying the personal

co-payment!

Cooperating Graduate Schools

Websites and forwarded emails

from Oltech

Register via email directly to the other

graduate school(Oltech in C.c.)

New website from 4 May 2015: www.uni‐oldenburg.de/graduiertenakademie

• Information on our transferable skills courses• News & important dates for young researchers

• General information for PhDs and PostDocs

• English version of our website is also availablefrom May 2015 (currently under construction)

• Find all our courses and register directly foryour preferred course

• Overview of our scheduled and plannedcourses for the coming semesters

• Once registration is open, you find more detailsabout a course by clicking on its title

→ Anmeldung / Registration→ Teilnahmebedingungen / Terms & Conditions

From September 2015: Register for our coursesdirectly on our website

Graduate Academy courses scheduled for winter semester 2015/16Course Recommended for Language Date

Starting your PhD: communication, efficiency, project orientation

Early stages of PhD 15.‐16.10.2015

Getting it done! Methods and motivation to successfully finish your thesis

Final stages of PhD 16.‐17.11.2015

Kompass durch den Förderdschungel Final stages of PhD andPostdocs

tba

Fragen des Arbeits‐ und Tarifrechts für wissenschaftliche MitarbeiterInnen

All PhDs andPostdocs

tba

Karriereentwicklung für NachwuchswissenschaftlerInnen

Final stages of PhD andPostdocs

03.‐04.12.2015

Überzeugen im Bewerbungsgespräch Final stages of PhD andPostdocs

11.‐.12.02.2016

Work‐Family‐Life‐Balance in der Wissenschaft All PhDs and Postdocs 18.‐19.02.2016BWL kompakt  All PhDs and

Postdocs28.‐29.01.2016

Engaging the Listener in Your Talk All PhDs andPostdocs

11.‐12.01.2016

Visible & influential: Self‐marketing and Networking

All PhDs andPostdocs

30.11.‐01.12.2015

As well as courses held by our English for Research Training instructor Frank Lauterbach: Academic Writing & English for Research Purposes (dates tba).

2. Interdisciplinary courses

OverviewOltech

Calendar at websitewww.oltech.org

StudIPEmails

Register via StudIP; (Use your Student log-in! In case of

problems then send an email to oltech)

Graduate Academy

Website:http://www.uni-

oldenburg.de/graduiertenakademie/

Oltech continues paying the personal

co-payment!

Cooperating Graduate Schools

Websites and forwarded emails

from Oltech

Register via email directly to the other

graduate school(Oltech in C.c.)

2. Interdisciplinary courses

Cooperating Graduate Schools

• Lina Podszun, Christian dos Santos Ferreira

• Workshop 3 days• April 28-30, 2015

Maps for Publications: An introduction

to GMT 5

Bremen International Graduate School for Marine Sciences, University, Bremenhttp://www.marum.de/GLOMAR.html

Please check the website for further courses! We will inform you about free places via e-mail.

2. Interdisciplinary coursesCooperating Graduate Schools

• … (using R and/or MATLAB)• Part 1: 22-24 April 2015• Part 2: 6-8 May, 2015, AWI Bremerhaven

Statistics –Introduction to

Hypothesis Testing &Parameter Estimation

Helmholtz Graduate School for Polar and Marine Research, AWI, Bremerhavenhttp://polmar.awi.de

Please check the website for further courses! We will inform you about free places via e-mail.

• Expert Course• 18-19 June, 2015, AWI Bremerhaven• Dr. Sam Dupont & Géraldine Fauville, University of Gothenburg

Communicating Marine

Climate Change

3. Events

Science Slam 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014…

Exerzierhalle, OLTuesday 12th of May 20158 p.m.

Moderation: Anja von MaydellEntree: 5 €

Contact: beate.Gruenberg@uni-Oldenburg.de

We are still looking for Slammers!(Prize 150 €)

5. Science Slam, 2015

Preparatory Workshop for Slammer

5. Science Slam, 2015

Friday 24th of April ‘159.00-16.30h Trainer: Tim Schröder

Schwerpunkte des Workshops:• Wissenschaftskommunikation beim Science Slam –

Was ist das für ein Format?• Kurzer Überblick über die Medienlandschaft• Was wollen die Zuhörer oder Leser überhaupt: Aktivitätsspiel zu Originalität,

Themenfindung, Anteasern• Überblick über journalistische Darstellungsformen• neue Medien: die Inhalte bleiben, die Verpackung ändert sich • Crossmediales Arbeiten • Tipps, Tricks und Grundregeln fürs gute Schreiben und Slammen

IPID4all Kick-Off EventInternationalisation and structuring of Doctoral Education at the University of Oldenburg

• IPID4all is promoted by the DAAD and funded by the BMBF; funding period Dec. 2014 – Oct. 2017.

• IPID4all provides doctoral students the possibility to participate in international research exchanges.

• The goal is the transfer of knowledge between international institutions in the field of renewable energy.

More information: http://www.phd-renewable-energy.de/en/ipid4all/

Contact: Andreas Günther, (andreas.guenther@uni-oldenburg.de)Julia Rudman (julia.rudman@uni-oldenburg.de)

IPID4all Kick-Off Event

When?: 21 April 2015, 4-7 p.m.Where?: BiS-Saal, Library Building, Haarentor Campus

Welcoming address: Prof. Dr. Katharina Al-Shamery (acting president University Oldenburg)

Introduction to IPID4all: Andreas Günther & Julia Rudman

Short presentations on energy research and international research cooperation by:Prof. Dr. Michael Sonnenschein – OFFiSDr. Carsten Dosche – Physical ChemistryDr. Pedro Lind - ForWindDr. Elke Lorenz - Energy MeteorologyDr. Alexandra Pehlken - Cascade Use

Get-together Buffet: With information for lecturers and doctoral students from the university‘s:

International Relations Office (IRO)International Student Office (ISO)

Please register online via the following link a.s.a.p. : http://bit.ly/1F6j2Gv

Questions ???

4. Miscellaneous

Thank you !

Coordination Administration

The Graduate Schools office

Klaudia Hettwer Oili Tsakmakis

Room: W03-1-1380441 - 798 3648/49

oltech@uni-oldenburg.dewww.oltech.org

Contact & Information