Winter colloquium of the department

News from the field and opportunity to exchange ideas

2024/12/06

A light snow fell just in time for the start of this year's Departmental Winter Colloquium. In a cosy atmosphere, staff, students, professors and emeriti could once again look forward to an update on the Department, short presentations by new researchers and the presentation of the Feedback Awards by the Student Committee

Picture: Anne Grauenhorst

Der Dekan Prof. Dr. Dr. Christian Reuter eröffnet mit einem kurzen Update zum Fachbereich das Kolloquium.
Picture: Anne Grauenhorst

Next up was the new assistant professor, Dr. Florian Müller, who gave a fascinating talk on his area of research.
Picture: Anne Grauenhorst

Dr. Marc-André Kaufhold took up the temporary professorship “Knowledge Engineering” in October.
Picture: Anne Grauenhorst

Dr. Shaoxiong Ji, who began leading the Independent Research Group AI and NLP for Mental Health in October, also spoke at the Colloquium.
Picture: Anne Grauenhorst

The traditional finale of the Colloquium: the presentation of the Feedback Awards by the Student Committee.
Picture: Anne Grauenhorst

The prize for the best lecture in the summer semester 2024 went to private lecturer Dr habil. Andrea Tundis.
Picture: Anne Grauenhorst

Lucas Becker and Thomas Völk were proud to receive the award for the best exercise of the summer term 2024,
Picture: Anne Grauenhorst

Be sure to participate: The Students' Committee offers an evaluation of lectures and tutorials every semester.
Picture: Anne Grauenhorst

Pre-Christmas atmosphere with snow flurries.
Picture: Anne Grauenhorst

Following the colloquium, the members met at the student committee's traditional St. Nicholas party in the learning centre.
Picture: Anne Grauenhorst

Unfortunately, the snow flurries turned to drizzle, but that didn't dampen the mood.
Picture: Anne Grauenhorst

Punch or mulled wine?
Picture: Anne Grauenhorst

Worth the queue: warm, fresh waffles with a hot drink.
Picture: Anne Grauenhorst

Those who found it too uncomfortable outside were able to chat in the atmospheric learning centre.

Dean Prof Dr Dr Christian Reuter opened the colloquium with a brief update on the Department. He gave an entertaining presentation on current figures, staff changes, information on new infrastructure and current projects.

Three new academics then introduced themselves to the visitors to the colloquium:

Prof. Dr Florian Müller, Mobile Human-Computer Interaction
Substitute Prof. Dr Marc-André Kaufhold, Knowledge Engineering
Dr. Shaoxiong Ji, AI and NLP for Mental Health

The highlight and finale were once again the feedback prizes awarded by the Computer Science Student Committee for the best courses in the summer semester 2024:

Private lecturer Dr. habil Andrea Tundis received the prize for the best lecture for his course ‘Protection in Networked Systems: Trust, Resilience, and Privacy’.
Lucas Becker and Thomas Völkl from the Department of Secure Mobile Networks received the prize for the best exercise for their course on ‘Network Security’.

Although the snow had turned to drizzle in the meantime, many of those present still took the opportunity to socialise with mulled wine and waffles at the student committee's St. Nicholas party.

The Summer Colloquium 2025 will take place on 3 July.