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Two new members joined MSCJ!

We are happy to announce that two new members joined MSCJ: Dr. Dana Schneider (FSU: Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences, right) and Prof. Dr. Christian Thiel (DLR Institute for Data Science, left). Welcome on board!

Dr. Dana Schneider studied Psychology in Berlin and Brisbane and was awarded her PhD on the topic of ‘Automatic mental […]

By |June 12th, 2020|Members|Comments Off on Two new members joined MSCJ!

New project pages

There are two projects presented newly on MSCJ website.

The project “A virtual “Werkstatt” for digitization in the sciences” is funded by the Carl Zeiss Foundation and is part of MSCJ. The project has started on 01.04.2019 and will run for five years. The main goals are to make the usage of scientific data more […]

By |May 15th, 2020|Projects|Comments Off on New project pages

MSCJ Retreat 2019

In 2019, the Retreat of Michael Stifel Center Jena has taken place from November 27 to November 29 in Bad Blankenburg (Thuringia).

One main topic has been the Kick-off Meeting of the MSCJ joint project “A Virtual “Werkstatt” for Digitization in the Sciences “. Another focus was set on the Digital Humanities with an introduction […]

By |January 31st, 2020|Events|Comments Off on MSCJ Retreat 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 […]

By |December 9th, 2019|Grants, Members|Comments Off on Prof. Dr. Markus Reichstein awardee of Leibniz Prize

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 […]

By |December 4th, 2019|Events|Comments Off on Distinguished Lecturer Series (Computer Sciences) continued

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 […]

By |December 4th, 2019|Events|Comments Off on Talk Series on “Digitization and its Effects on People and Society” continued

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 […]

By |August 9th, 2019|Members|Comments Off on Dr. Torsten Bölke

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