Gemeinsamer Workshop der Graduiertenkollegs - 9th Joint Workshop of the German Research Training Groups in Computer Science: GRK 1773 and GRK 1763

Motivation

PhD students of the DFG Research Training Groups (RTGs) and other doctoral student programs in computer science have been meeting annually for networking and knowledge exchange purposes in Dagstuhl (Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik) since 2007. Since the participating RTGs come from different scientific areas, ranging from mechanical engineering / robotics to various orientations of computer science, including chairs for theoretical and practical computer science, the emphasis of the workshop will remain interdisciplinary. The workshop at Dagstuhl aims to promote new collaborations among the participants from different RTGs, and to help build and reinforce new and existing networks.

In detail, based on previous years’ experience, this workshop facilitates participants in aiming for the following key goals:

• Brief overview and trends of current research landscape in RTGs as provided by the participants in poster fast-forward sessions
• Intensive scientific exchange of ideas about new research topics and corresponding results at an interdisciplinary level during poster sessions
• Initiation of cooperative research activities on related topics
• Providing a forum for strengthening and improving presentation skills (presentations on own research topics, receiving feedback from other participants, presenting information clearly and effectively in short time)
• Acquisition and deepening of knowledge about feasible variants and paths to a scientific career in Germany (graduate programs, projects acquisition, etc.)
• Opportunity for postgraduates to establish contacts with potential second and third external reviewers for dissertations
• Broader overview of state-of-the-art research topics given by guest lecturers

Invited Speakers

• Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dr. techn. hc. Dr.-Ing. E.h. Thomas Ertl - “The Joy of Visualziation”
• Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Wolfgang Reisig - “Informatics as a scientific discipline and as a University Degree program: How it started”
• Dr. Christian Rossow - “Analyzing and Detecting Malicious Software”

Proceedings