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26.Nov
9:00
Workshop
Getting Started. Managing Your Dissertation Project Successfully.
Campus South, room tba
Dr. Daniel Friedrich, impulsplus
This two-day on-site workshop takes place on November 26 & 27, 2026.
 
Content
“Do I have a plan for how to achieve my PhD? How do I define priorities and draw up a schedule? What is required for the process of writing?” A PhD project lasting a number of years will raise many questions requiring individual and tailor-made solutions.
 
This workshop will help you develop your individual strategy ensuring that your planning will both be effective and efficient in achieving your goal. You will not only learn more about self-management methods, but will also identify and explore external resources such as dealing with the expectations of others and receiving active support from your supervisors.
 
Registration
Please visit the KCDS intranet portal to register for this course.
For non-members of KCDS:
Booking for non-members starts on October 19, 2026.
In order to be able to book the course, a KCDS guest/non-member account is necessary.
If you don't have an account yet, you can register here: Create a KCDS account to book courses
Once your account is activated by a KCDS administrator, you will be able to book the course.
 
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27.Nov
9:00
Workshop
Getting Started. Managing Your Dissertation Project Successfully.
Campus South, room tba
Dr. Daniel Friedrich, impulsplus
This two-day on-site workshop takes place on November 26 & 27, 2026.
 
Content
“Do I have a plan for how to achieve my PhD? How do I define priorities and draw up a schedule? What is required for the process of writing?” A PhD project lasting a number of years will raise many questions requiring individual and tailor-made solutions.
 
This workshop will help you develop your individual strategy ensuring that your planning will both be effective and efficient in achieving your goal. You will not only learn more about self-management methods, but will also identify and explore external resources such as dealing with the expectations of others and receiving active support from your supervisors.
 
Registration
Please visit the KCDS intranet portal to register for this course.
For non-members of KCDS:
Booking for non-members starts on October 19, 2026.
In order to be able to book the course, a KCDS guest/non-member account is necessary.
If you don't have an account yet, you can register here: Create a KCDS account to book courses
Once your account is activated by a KCDS administrator, you will be able to book the course.
 
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04.Feb
13:00
Workshop
AI Perspectives vol. 3
Triangel Space at Kronenplatz, Karlsruhe
Jan Kieseler, Anne Meyer, Christian Wressnegger
KIT Centers MathSEE and KCIST are jointly hosting “AI Perspectives” at Triangel Space: The goal of this format is to foster scientific exchange among our active but very spread-out AI community at KIT.
 
AI Perspectives will take place on Thursday, February 4, 2027 from 13:00-16:00h at Triangel (Kronenplatz), Karlsruhe.
Register here: https://indico.kit.edu/event/5857/
 
The workshop will feature talks by
Jan Kieseler, professor at the Institute for Experimental Particle Physics (ETP), Anne Meyer, professor for Data Science in Mechanical Engineering at the Institute for Information Management in Engineering (IMI) and Christian Wressnegger, professor at the Institute of Information Security and Dependability (KASTEL)  as well as a networking opportunity with a poster session. We would like to encourage doctoral researchers to show their research related to AI and submit a poster! For KCDS Fellows, poster contributions will be credited with 1 CP („cutting-edge knowledge“).
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We had a blast at the 2026 KCDS Summer School, with participants from all over the world and sessions covering both fundamental concepts and practical applications of Graph Neural Networks (GNNs). Combined with social activities, it was a great week! The summer school took place Sep 21-25, 2026 at KIT Campus South.

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About KCDS

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KIT Graduate School Computational and Data Science (KCDS) is a graduate school at KIT Center MathSEE that offers an interdisciplinary training program for doctoral researchers in the field of model-driven and data-driven computational science.
In this unique program, doctoral researchers will be able to conduct an interdisciplinary research project that revolves around computational methods such as mathematical models, simulation methods and data science techniques, all the while building bridges between mathematical sciences and an applied SEE discipline (science, economics and engineering).
Addressing global challenges, the school provides a wide variety of topics, from meteorological ensemble forecasting to machine learning in elementary particle physics.
At KCDS, doctoral researchers have one supervisor from the mathematical sciences and one from the applied discipline. They are part of a dynamic community and participate in the school’s interdisciplinary training program, including hands-on training in small groups, summer schools, networking events and hackathons/datathons.
Thinking simulations and data together, we are ready to conquer the data-driven challenges of tomorrow!

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