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Events
- On February 22, the Three-Minute
Thesis Competition will return as a live
event for the first time. In this competition,
doctoral researchers from all disciplines present
their dissertation topics in English with no more
than three minutes time! The winner takes home €
100. (Photo above: Christoph Worsch)
- On 02 February, the book "Invisible Women"
by Caroline Criado Perez will be discussed in the
series "Science
meets Society". In it, she describes the
gender-specific data gap as the reason for
systematic discrimination against women – be it in
the dosage of medicines or the size of smartphones.
The event is organized by the Jena School of
Microbial Communication. It is not necessary to have
read the book in full. You can register here.
- What is the relationship between nature and
society and how is it reflected in educational
contexts? This will be discussed at the conference "Nature
– Education – Professionalism. On the potentials
of nature in educational contexts". It
will be held in German and will take place on 27 and
28 March in the Rosensäle. The conference is
organised by members of the research and doctoral
programme „Education.Research.Dialogue“.
Registration is possible until 01 March.
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Get
involved
- On 02 February, the Doctoral
Council of the University of Jena (DR.FSU)
offers a consultation hour for all kinds of
questions and problems related to the doctorate. The
consultation hour will take place from 16.00h to
18.00h in the rooms of the DR.FSU (Bachstraße 18k).
Appointments can also be made individually, just
email dr.fsu@uni-jena.de.
- Since December 2022, the Doctoral Council (DR.FSU)
has established a regular writing group in
which doctoral candidates from all disciplines can
support and motivate each other. The regular writing
meeting takes place every Wednesday from 9 am to 1
pm in Bachstraße 18k. An additional writing meeting
is also planned for Fridays. For more information or
registration, please contact the group coordinator (chaomo.huang@uni-jena.de).
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Qualification
offers
There are still vacancies in the following online and
on-site workshops:
- Graduate Academy:
- Lehre Lernen:
- Service Centre for
Research and Transfer (in German):
- Competence Center Digital Research (zedif) (in
German):
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This
may be of interest to you
- The
release of the GPT
Chatbot has led to widespread discussion
about its impact on research and teaching. The
chatbot generates texts by mining large amounts of
text. For example, it was able to write
scientific abstracts that were not recognized
as AI text by a third of the reviewers. There is
also discussion
about what impact the chatbot's use could have in
studying, for example when writing essays. By the
way, the maker of ChatGPT also offers a bot called Dall-E that
can create images from text input. The bot has
created the illustration above in response to the
given input "Discussion about Artificial
Intelligence".
- In
the USA, the National Science Foundation is
considering a new option for reviewing
grant applications: A reviewer should be able
to approve an application with a so-called "golden
ticket" – even if the majority of the other
reviewers does not approve it. Similar approaches
were already applied in Germany: In 2017, the German
Council of Science and Humanities had recommended
that research funders should try out a more
innovative design for selection procedures. That's
exactly what the Volkswagen Foundation then did,
making funding decisions in one
funding line on a partially randomized basis.
However, this funding line ended last year.
- Students are to receive 200 euros as an energy
allowance to help them cope with rising energy
costs. This subsidy is also available to enrolled
doctoral candidates. However, payment continues
to be delayed. Paying out via the semester
contribution (as with the 9-Euro-Ticket) is not
being considered – instead, a separate application
portal is to be developed. With this, there are
concerns about data protection. At least all
doctoral candidates benefit from the energy
price brake.
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News
from University of Jena
- In the foyer of
the Abbe Campus, the exhibition "I
AM A.I. – Artificial Intelligence Explained"
can currently be viewed with numerous interactive
exhibits (Photo: Christoph Worsch). It not only
deals with abstract concepts of artificial
intelligence, but also with its consequences in
everyday life. The exhibition is accompanied by
weekly Sunday
lectures (in German). The exhibition can be
visited until 05 March. Admission is free.
- In December, the occupation of Lecture Hall 1
was ended by the students. Previously, the council
of the Faculty of Arts had decided with a large
majority to examine "viable ways for the
preservation of the professorship for gender
history". In order to continue the protest, the
students founded
the alliance "Dare more education". Since last week,
a lecture hall at the Bauhaus
University in Weimar has also been occupied –
due to the many current crises. Previously, climate
activists had occupied lecture halls in Halle
and Bonn.
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Latest
News from Jena and Thuringia
- Café
Wagner is relocating for two years into
an old lecture hall on the grounds of the old
children's hospital at Westbahnhof (see pictures
above). The move had become necessary because the
building in Wagnergasse had to be extensively
renovated. This week, the last events will take
place at the "old" Café Wagner. From May on, there
should be events and lunch service at the new
location.
- From 2 February, masks will no
longer be compulsory on local public
transport in Thuringia. From this date, masks will
also not
be necessary for long-distance travel. The
reason for the lifting are the declining figures of
infections. However, masks are still required in
many clinics and doctors' offices.
- Starting in February, Doreen Denstädt will be the
new
Minister for Migration, Justice and Consumer
Protection in the Thuringian state government.
The former police officer will be the first
black minister in eastern Germany. The
announcement has
already led to increased racist and insulting
comments on the net. With the personnel rochade, the
Thuringian Greens hope to get a boost for next
year's election campaign.
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