Apply now: 10 doctoral scholarships Empowering Digital Media
The doctoral program Empowering Digital Media of the Minds, Media, Machines Integrated Graduate School is currently offering 10 doctoral scholarships in the amount of EUR 1,500 per month for 3 years. The application deadline is 30.09.2021. Further information can be found in the call for applications.
The future of city logistics
Oldenburg. On Monday, July 12, 2021, at 6.30 pm, the SmartHelm project consortium, the smart house and the city of Oldenburg are hosting an interactive virtual discussion event entitled "Cargo bike logistics 2.0 - SmartHelm project". Increasing pollution and noise levels as well as inner-city traffic jams make it necessary to find new approaches to urban logistics. In this context, the cargo bike plays a [...]
KD²School application process started
The new "KD²School - Designing Adaptive Systems for Economic Decision-Making" graduate school invites applications until July 18. Further information can be found on the official website of the KD²School.
MMMIGS Workshop: Statistics for Human-Computer Interaction
On 30.06.2021 from 14:00-18:00 and on 02.07.2021 from 13:00-17:00 the Minds, Media Machines Integrated Graduate School (MMMIGS) is organizing an online workshop on Statistics for Human-Computer Interaction for the doctoral students of the research focus Minds, Media, Machines. The workshop will be held in English, a detailed description of the contents can be found below. Participation in both dates will be [...]
General Assembly of the WSP Minds, Media, Machines
The next General Assembly of the WSP Minds, Media, Machines will take place on Monday, June 21, 2021 from 10:00-12:00. Due to Corona, the event will be held virtually via Zoom. The preliminary agenda and the Zoom link will follow soon.
BBDC 2021 award ceremony
We cordially invite you to the award ceremony of the Bremen Big Data Challenge 2021! The award ceremony, including an exciting guest lecture by U Bremen Excellence Chair Prof. Haizhou Li on the cocktail party effect, will take place digitally via Zoom on May 28, 2021 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The Bremen Big Data Challenge is an annual programming competition on the topic of data analysis in which students [...]
MindTalks: The neurobiology of confidence: from statistics to neurons (Dr. Torben Ott)
Abstract How confident are you? As humans, aware of our subjective sense of confidence, we can readily answer. Knowing your level of confidence helps to optimize both routine decisions such as whether to go back and check if the front door was locked and momentous ones like finding a partner for life. Yet the inherently [...]
Deadline: Second round MMM seed grants
The deadline for this second round is May 31st. For further information about this call, and how to apply, please refer to the proposal template.
MindTalks: What the mouse eye tells the brain and how the brain processes this visual message (Dr. Katrin Franke)
Abstract To provide a compact and efficient input to the brain, sensory systems separate the incoming information into parallel feature channels. In the visual system, parallel processing starts in the retina. Here, the image is decomposed into multiple retinal ganglion cell (RGC) types, each selective for a specific set of visual features like motion, contrast [...]
MindTalks: How failures in protein folding can lead to neurodegenerative diseases (Prof. Dr. Janine Kirstein)
Abstract (to follow) We look forward to your participation! Due to the current corona situation, all courses in the summer semester 2021 will be held virtually via the 'Zoom' platform, as in the previous winter semester 2020/2021. We recommend installing the Zoom client, but participation is also possible alternatively and with limited functionality via the web browser. The following links lead [...]
