Yearly Archives: 2019

/2019

Four new members joined MSCJ!

We are happy to announce that four new members joined MSCJ! Welcome on board!

J.-Prof. Dr. Sander Münster (FSU: Faculty of Philosophy, top left), Prof. Dr. Michael Habeck (FSU: Faculty of Medicine, top right), J.-Prof. Dr. Kai Lawonn (FSU: Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, bottom left), Dr. Stephan Schiffels (MPI for the Science of […]

By |December 21st, 2019|Members|Comments Off on Four new members joined MSCJ!

Prof. Dr. Markus Reichstein awardee of Leibniz Prize

MSCJ director Prof. Dr. Markus Reichstein has been awarded the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize.

Congratulations!

The prize, awarded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), is the most important research award in Germany. Prof. Reichstein is one of ten scientists who have been selected for the prize in 2020 out of 114 nominees. He receives the prize for […]

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Distinguished Lecturer Series (Computer Sciences) continued

The Distinguished Lecturer Series organized by the Institute for Computer Sciences continues also through this winter semester. 4 invited speakers talk about topics related to Computer Science and different applications. All lectures take place at 17:00 h in Ernst-Abbe-Platz 2, SR 3325. More information can be found here.

Talks

20. November 2019 – Hannes Mollenhauer (Helmholtz-Zentrum für […]

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Talk Series on “Digitization and its Effects on People and Society” continued

The series of scientific talks on “Digitization and its Effects on People and Society” continues. The series is a collaboration of Collegium Europaeum Jenense, Institute of Computer Science and MSCJ. The talks take place monthly at “Großer Rosensaal” (Fürstengraben 27) at 18:00 h and are held in German. Below the program for this winter […]

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International GIS Day

At the international GIS Day, examples of the application of GIS/Geodata in administration, private industry and research are presented. For this purpose, lectures, a poster exhibition, and a small business exhibition will take place on 13.11.2019 from 13:00 – 16:30 h in the Rosensäle Jena, Fürstengraben 27 (large meeting room + […]

By |November 5th, 2019|Events|Comments Off on International GIS Day

Dr. Torsten Bölke

We gladly announce that Dr. Torsten Bölke has joined MSCJ.

Torsten Bölke, PhD, leads the biomedical informatics related development at the Institute for Anatomy II. His interests are focussed on the development of partially AI-based image processing tools in order to speed up and improve the analysis of biomedical datasets. Another […]

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Open positions

1) The Cluster of Excellence Balance of the Microverse invites applications for a Junior Group Leader to head a group on Causal Inference. Application Deadline: 23.09.2019.

2) The DLR Institute for Data Science invites applications for a postdoc position (Computer Scientist / Mathematician / Statistician or similar). Application Deadline: as soon as possible.

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By |August 1st, 2019|Job posting|Comments Off on Open positions

Prof. Dr. Cord Spreckelsen

We gladly announce that Prof. Dr. Cord Spreckelsen has joined MSCJ.

Since July 2019, Prof. Spreckelsen leads the medical informatics group at the Institute for Medical Statistics, Computer Science and Data Science (IMSID) of the University Hospital Jena. The medical informatics group addresses data provision, integration and interpretation issues in healthcare. A special focus lies […]

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MICRA2019 – Microphysics In Computational Relativistic Astrophysics

12.-16. August 2019, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Abbeanum, Ground floor, Lecture hall 1 (HS1), Fröbelstieg 1, 07743 Jena

MICRA, which stands for Microphysics In Computational Relativistic Astrophysics, is a biennial international workshop focused on improving, discussing, and addressing the microphysics needs of relativistic simulations of astrophysical systems, core-collapse supernovae, compact object mergers, and gamma-ray bursts by […]

By |July 9th, 2019|Events|Comments Off on MICRA2019 – Microphysics In Computational Relativistic Astrophysics

Dr. Anna Kruspe

We gladly announce that Dr. Anna Kruspe has joined MSCJ.

Dr. Kruspe is a machine learning researcher at the DLR Institute of Data Science. She develops novel deep learning algorithms for practical applications, e.g. in earth observation and in social media mining, with a focus on architecture design and text and image analysis. […]

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