International Excellence Talks jointly presented by International Affairs and the Humboldt-Regional Group Karlsruhe-Pforzheim - Please find the recordings of the last International Excellence Talks on our Youtube Channel.

Friday, November 24, 2023 at 11:30 am CET - Prof. Stefan Felder on the topic New measurement methods to improve design and safety of hydraulic structures

Hydraulic structures, such as dams fulfill many societal functions including water supply, flood mitigation and generation of hydropower. Their safety is paramount and a failure can be catastrophic. The design of hydraulic structures must therefore be conducted with the highest technical standards using state-of[1]the-art measurement approaches. Despite their significance, current design practice for flood release and energy dissipation facilities is limited to small scale physical modeling combined with numerical modelling while significant limitations exist due to scale effects and missing prototype validation data. In recent years, some new advances have been made in the use of instrumentation and post-processing methods that can provide more confidence in the design of hydraulic structures and that may change the way we design structures in the future. Herein, this talk provides an overview about recent developments in the instrumentation relevant for hydraulic structures including phase-detection intrusive probes, remote sensing with LIDAR and camera technology as well as lagrangian-type sensors for fish safety assessment.

Thursday, July 20, 2023 at 5:00 pm CET

We cordially invite you to join the 20th International Excellence Talk with Prof. Dr. Adam Jatowt on the topic “Automatic Question Answering from Archival Document Collections”.

Open Domain Question Answering (ODQA) has been researched for a while as a task in the intersection of NLP and IR that seeks to answer user questions against an underlying collection of documents. We focus here on answering questions from large scale news archives that span several decades, as a new subtype of ODQA which requires proper handling of temporal information. We will present several approaches to this variant of ODQA, and we will discuss the challenges and opportunities of accessing detailed information from temporal document collections, particularly, in the current era of large language models.

Wednesday, July 05, 2023 at 5:00 pm CET 

This talk will provide an overview of past and ongoing research in Prof. Dr. Andrés Díaz Lantada’s research team at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Spain. Prof. Dr. Andrés Díaz Lantada research interests lies in design for additive manufacturing, additive manufacturing technologies, smart materials and structures, 3D and 4D printing, engineered living materials, engineering education. Currently Prof. Dr. Díaz Lantada is an International Excellence Fellow at the Institute of Microstructure Technology (IMT-KIT) under guidance from Prof. Dr. Jan Korvink, KIT 2023. In his speech, Prof. Dr. Díaz Lantada will show results from 4 European projects from Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe programmes (TOMAX, UBORA, INKplant and BIOMET4D), in which he has led UPM’s participation. He will also explain important advances of the recent highly competitive iMPLANTS-CM “Synergy Project”, funded by Madrid’s General Directorate for Research and Innovation. 

Thursday, May 25, 2023 at 5:30 pm CET 

"Applications of Machine Learning in Climate Change and Environmental Modeling" by Dr. Zoe Li  - This is the title for the 18^th KIT International Excellence Talk. The talk will provide an overview of past and ongoing research in Dr. Zoe Li’s research team at the Department of Civil Engineering, McMaster University, Canada. Dr. Li´s research focuses on environmental risk analysis and management, where she introduces new uncertainty quantification methods for climate-hydrological and environmental modeling and develops robust optimization tools to support risk analysis and management.

With a focus on how to leverage machine learning techniques to solve environmental problems, Dr. Li will present several applications of machine learning for climate downscaling, hydrological forecasting, river ice prediction, and wastewater modeling.

Thursday, February 09, 2023 at 5:00 pm CET 

Electrocatalytic Materials and Design: Towards Hydrogen Energy Sustainability - This is the title for the 16^th KIT International Excellence Talk, which will be held virtually via Zoom. On Thursday, 9 February 2023 at 5:00 PM (CET), Dr. Po-Ya Abel Chuang will elaborate on fuel cell and electrolysis technologies as key solutions to future energy sustainability. Furthermore, he will introduce his research efforts that are centered around the fundamental electrochemical study for applications such as low-temperature PEM and AEM fuel cell and electrolyzer. Affiliated with the School of Engineering, University of California, Merced, USA, Dr. Chuang is currently conducting his research at the Helmholtz Institute Ulm (HIU), a facility launched by the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology together with Ulm University, as an International Excellence Fellow.  

Wednesday, November 23, 2022 at 3:00 pm CET

Rational Design of Materials for Energy Production and a Cleaner Future - This is the title for the 15th KIT International Excellence Talk, which will be held as an attendance event and virtually per Zoom. On Wednesday, 23 November 2022 at 3:00 PM (CEST), Dr. M. Veronica Ganduglia-Pirovano will elaborate on the potent greenhouse gases methane (CH4) and carbon dioxide (CO2) and the significance of their conversion to valuable resources to a greener future. Furthermore, she will discuss recent results on metal/CeO2 systems which point toward a possible strategy for designing active and stable catalysts that can be employed for methane activation and conversions.

Affiliated with the Institute of Catalysis and Petrochemistry of the Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC), Spain, Dr. Ganduglia-Pirovano is currently conducting her research at the Institute of Functional Interfaces (IFG), KIT as an International Excellence Fellow.

Thursday, October 25, 2022 at 5:00 pm CET 

Order Fulfillment Design for an Omnichannel World - This is the title for the 14^th KIT International Excellence Talk, which will be held as an attendance event and virtually per Zoom. On Tuesday, 25 October 2022 at 5:00 PM (CEST), Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jennifer Pazour will elaborate on the ongoing transformation to retail and distribution operations due to the proliferation of e-commerce and present an overview of omni-channel material handling challenges and opportunities. This includes research on new operational designs, facilities, equipment, methodologies and business models.

Affiliated with the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), USA, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pazour is currently conducting her research at the Institute for Material Handling and Logistics (IFL), KIT as an International Excellence Fellow.  

Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 5:00 pm CET 

Towards Physical-Conceptual Modeling of Mass, Energy and Information Flows Using Machine Learning Technology- This is the title for the 13^th KIT International Excellence Talk, which will be held as an (1) attendance event and (2) virtually per Zoom.

On Thursday, 29 September 2022 at 5:00 PM (CEST), Prof. Dr. Hoshin V. Gupta will discuss the contributing factors for the success of any Machine Learning strategy with regards to its effectiveness and efficiency. He will also expand on his view of the symbiotic relationship between Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence and the Domain Sciences.

Affiliated with the Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Arizona, Prof. Dr. Gupta is currently conducting his research at the Institute for Water and River Basin Management - Hydrology (IWG-HYD), KIT as an International Excellence Fellow.  

Wednesday, July 24, 2022 at 5:00 pm CET 

Multidisciplinary Design and Analysis of Multifunctional Lightweight Systems - This is the title for the 12^th virtual KIT International Excellence Talk. On Thursday, 14 July 2022 at 5:00 PM (CET), Prof. Dr. Kamran Behdinan will discuss advanced techniques in design and analysis of lightweight structures and summarize major research projects conducted in intelligent manufacturing and lightweight structures at the UofT ARL-MLS.  Affiliated with the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Toronto, Prof. Dr. Behdinan is currently conducting his research at the Institute of Product Engineering (IPEK), KIT as an International Excellence Fellow.  

After the talk, he will be available for an informal discussion with the audience. Read more about the speaker and the talk as well as find the Zoom link on our website. 

The International Scholars and Welcome Office (IScO) and the Institute of Product Engineering of KIT are looking forward to e-meeting and exchanging ideas with you!
 

Wednesday, May 25, 2022 at 5:00 pm CET 

Design of new materials based on their inner architecture, rather than their atomic or phase composition, is an emerging trend in materials engineering. In the 10th KIT International Excellence talk, Prof. Dr. Yuri Estrin from Monash University, Melbourne, Australia will highlight several promising areas of research into architectured materials. The event will take place virtually, via Zoom, on Wednesday, 25 May, 2022 at 5:00 PM (CEST). 

After the keynote lecture, we invite you to join the informal discussion with Prof. Dr. Yuri Estrin and other participants. Read more about the speaker and the talk as well as find the Zoom link on our website. 

The International Scholars and Welcome Office (IScO) and the Institute of Engineering Mechanics - Continuum Mechanics (ITM-KM) are looking forward to e-meeting and exchanging ideas with you!

Thursday, April 28, 2022 at 5:00pm CET online - Please find the recording on our Youtube-Channel

Conventional imaging, as you do with your smartphone, is achieved with ubiquitous optical elements (such as lenses) and has remained more or less unchanged for centuries. On Thursday, April 28 at 5 PM CET, Prof. Forbes, Winner of the Georg Forster Prize from Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, will outline how spooky quantum light allows us to break the rules of traditional imaging systems, including imaging without interacting with the object, high resolution photos with low resolution detectors, and making the invisible visible.

After the keynote lecture, we invite you to join the networking opportunity with Prof. Forbes where you will have the chance to connect with him and with the other participants during an informal discussion. Read more about the speaker and the talk as well as find the Zoom link on our website. 

The International Scholars and Welcome Office (IScO) and the Institute of Microstructure Technology (IMT) of KIT are looking forward to e-meeting and exchanging ideas with you!

Thursday, March 03, 2022 at 5:00pm CET - Please find the recording on our Youtube-Channel

Shifting the Narratives Around Women STEMpreneurs - This is the title for the 8^th virtual KIT International Excellence Talk. On Thursday, March 3 at 5:00 PM CET, International Excellence Fellow of KIT Dr. Katherina Kuschel will explain the characteristics and dynamics around women entrepreneurs in STEM fields and propose a new perspective to measure their success. Affiliated to the CENTRUM Graduate Business School and Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Kuschel is currently exploring soft-landing programs and expatpreneurs at EnTechnon, KIT with the funding of DAAD and the KIT International Excellence Fellowship.  After the talk, she will be available for an informal discussion with the audience.

Read more about the speaker and the talk as well as find the Zoom link on our website: https://www.intl.kit.edu/ischolar/16588.php.

The International Office and the Institute for Entrepreneurship, Technology management and Innovation (EnTechnon) of KIT are looking forward to e-meeting and exchanging ideas with you! 

Thursday, January 27th, 2022 at 6:00pm CET - Please find the recording on our Youtube-Channel

Excellence lives from exchange and networking among the best researchers worldwide. That is why we want to invite you to join us in this new lecture series, International Excellence Talks, where internationally renowned scientists will give insights into their current research topics and, ideally, inspire a broad audience of scholars. This monthly event will include a 30-minute keynote lecture and a platform for networking and informal exchange among researchers with a wide range of interests.

Micro-scale Magnetic Resonance as a Quantitative Tool for Biology   – This is the title for this month’s virtual KIT International Excellence Talk. On Thursday, January 27th, 2022 at 6:00pm CEST, Prof. Dr. Marcel Utz from the University of Southampton (UK) will present his findings on this topic and be available for an informal scientific discussion with participants. 

The event will take place on Thursday, January 27th, 2022 at 6:00pm CEST via Zoom. It will be aimed at all interested scientists at KIT of all scientific fields, who would like to get an insight into current research topics presented by international scientists as well as International Excellence Fellows and Humboldt Fellows & Grantees. After the presentation you will have the opportunity to connect with Prof. Dr. Utz and fellow researchers.

•   Date: Thursday, January 27th, 2022 at 6:00pm CEST.
•   Venue: The event will be held online via Zoom. 
•   Topic: "Micro-scale Magnetic Resonance as a Quantitative Tool for Biology". 
•   Target Group: All interested scientists.

KIT International Office and KIT Institute of Microstructure Technology (IMT) are looking forward to exchanging ideas with you! 

In case you have any questions or would like to receive updates on topics, lecturers and more, please send us an e-mail.

Thursday, November 25, 2021 at 6:00pm CET - Please find the recording on our Youtube-Channel

Excellence lives on exchange and networking among the best researchers worldwide. That is why we want to invite you to join us in this new lecture series, International Excellence Talks, where internationally renowned scientists will give insights into their current research topics and, ideally, inspire a broad audience of scholar. This monthly event will include a 30-minute keynote lecture and a platform for networking and informal exchange among researchers with a wide range of interests.

Moving from ‘Human as Problem’ to ‘Human as Solution’ in Cyber Security – This is the title for this month’s virtual KIT International Excellence Talk. On Thursday, November 25 at 6:00 PM CET, Dr. Karen Renaud from the Strathclyde University (UK) will present her findings on this topic and be available for an informal scientific discussion with participants. 

The event will take place on Thursday, November 25, 2021 at 6:00pm CEST via Zoom. It will be aimed at all interested scientists at KIT of all scientific fields, who would like to get an insight into current research topics presented by international scientists as well as International Excellence Fellows and Humboldt Fellows & Grantees. After the presentation you will have the opportunity to connect with Dr. Renaud and fellow researchers.

•   Date: Thursday, November 25, 2021 from 6:00pm CEST.
•   Venue: The event will be held online via Zoom. 
•   Topic: "Moving from ‘Human as Problem’ to ‘Human as Solution’ in Cyber Security". 
•   Target Group: All interested scientists.

KIT International Office and KIT Institute of Applied Informatics and Formal Description Methods (AIFB) are looking forward to exchanging ideas with you! 

In case you have any questions or would like to receive updates on topics, lecturers and more, please send us an e-mail.

Thursday, July 22, 2021 at 6:00pm CET - Please find the recording on our Youtube-Channel

Excellence lives on exchange and networking among the best researchers worldwide. That is why we want to invite you to join us in this new lecture series, International Excellence Talks, where internationally renowned scientists will give insights into their current research topics and, ideally, inspire a broad audience of scholar. This monthly event will include a 30-minute keynote lecture and a platform for networking and informal exchange among researchers with a wide range of interests.

We cordially invite you to join the third talk with Prof. Dr. Antonina Pirrotta on the topic "Virtual Experiments? Why and How!". In her talk, Prof. Dr. Pirrotta will present her insights on virtual experiments and will answer questions around their application in science. After the keynote lecture, we will invite you to join the live interview with Prof. Pirrotta where you will have the chance to connect with her and with other participants during an informal discussion. Prof. Pirrotta is a Professor of Structural Mechanics Engineering at Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy and currently an International Excellence Fellow at the Institute of Engineering Mechanics (ITM), KIT 2021, hosted by Prof. Dr. -Ing. Carsten Proppe. Also, she is the first european woman to be awarded the American Society of Civil Engineers EMI Fellowship!

The event will take place on Thursday, July 22, 2021 at 6:00pm CEST via Zoom. It will be aimed at all interested scientists at KIT of all scientific fields, who would like to get an insight into current research topics presented by international scientists as well as International Excellence Fellows and Humboldt Fellows & Grantees. After the presentation you will have the opportunity to connect with Prof. Pirrotta and fellow researchers.

•   Date: Thursday, July 22, 2021 from 6:00pm CEST.
•   Venue: The event will be held online via Zoom. Participation in the webinar is free of charge.
•   Topic: "Virtual Experiments? Why and How!". 
•   Target Group: All interested scientists.

In case you have any questions or would like to receive updates on topics, lecturers and more, please send us an e-mail.

Thursday, June 24, 2021 at 6:00pm CET - Please find the recording on our Youtube-Channel

International collaboration is of high importance in particular in top-level research. Excellence lives on competition and on exchange among the best researchers worldwide. That´s why KIT IKIT International Affairs in close operation with the Humboldt-Regional Group Karlsruhe-Pforzheim established the new talk series "International Excellence Talks".

We cordially invite you to join our next talk with Prof. Dr. Dmitry Pelinovsky on the topic "Rogue waves in nature and integrable models". Prof. Dr. Dmitry Pelinovsky is currently a Professor at the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the McMaster University in Canada. His field of expertise covers analysis, differential equations, mathematical modeling and theoretical physics. Prof. Dr. Pelinovsky is recipient of the Humboldt Research Award 2021, Research Fellow of the University of Cape Town (1997), NATO Science Postdoctoral Fellow (1998-2000) and an Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow (2006-2007).

The event will take place on Thursday, June 24, 2021 at 6:00pm CEST via Zoom. It will be aimed at all interested scientists at KIT of all scientific fields, who would like to get an insight into current research topics presented by international scientists as well as International Excellence and Humboldt Fellows. The focus will also lie on the possibility of networking and community building.

•   Date: Thursday, June 24, 2021 from 6:00pm CEST.
•   Venue: The event will be held online via Zoom. Participation in the webinar is free of charge.
•   Topic: "Rogue waves in nature and integrable models".
•   Target Group: All interested scientists.

In case you have any questions or would like to receive updates on topics, lecturers and more, please send us an e-mail.

Thursday, May 20, 2021 at 6:00pm - Please find the recording on our Youtube-Channel

International collaboration is of high importance in particular in top-level research. Excellence lives on competition and on exchange among the best researchers worldwide. That´s why KIT IKIT International Affairs in close operation with the Humboldt-Regional Group Karlsruhe-Pforzheim established the new talk series "International Excellence Talks".
 

We cordially invite you to join the first talk with Prof. Dr. Igor Komarov on the topic "Fighting cancer with light - emerging technologies". Prof. Dr. Igor Komarov is amongst the top-100 most cited Ukrainian scientists, and one of the Ukrainian top-5 in the area of organic chemistry. His research into peptidomimetics, whose biological activity can be controlled by light, has been pursued at the international forefront. Prof. Dr. Komarov is one of the first holders of the International Excellence Fellow of the KIT (2020), an Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow (2000-2001) and a holder of the Georg Forster Research Award of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (2015). In his talk Prof. Dr. Komarov will present the results obtained during his collaboration with the scientific group of Prof. Dr. Anne S. Ulrich of KIT suitable for a wide audience and therefore for also non-specialists in the field.

The event will take part on Thursday, May 20, 2021 at 6:00pm via Zoom (the official invitation will follow after registration). It will be aimed at all interested scientists at KIT of all scientific fields, who would like to get an insight into current research topics presented by international scientists as well as International Excellence and Humboldt Fellows. The focus will also lie on the possibility of networking and community building.

•    Date: Thursday, May 20, 2021 from 6:00pm to 7:00pm.
•    Topic: "Fighting cancer with light - emerging technologies".
•    Target Group: All interested scientists.

Please register here for the event. In case you have any questions, please contact Elena Pfeifer. Find further information in the official invitation. 

Mittwoch, 17. Juni 2020, 19:30h  (Zoom)
Online-Veranstaltung im einer Reihe zum Thema "Auswirkungen der Corona-Krise auf die EU"
Europa aktuell - aus der Sicht von Prof. Dr.   Dirk Wentzel

Finden Sie die Anmeldung und weitere Informationen hier. 

[POSTPONED/VERSCHOBEN] Aufgrund der Situation bezüglich Corona musste dieses Treffen leider verschoben werden. Wie werden Sie kontaktieren, sobald wir eine andere Möglichkeit z.B. eine Videokonferenz gefunden und getestet haben.  

30. April 2020 um 18 Uhr: Vorträge der Humboldt Regionalgruppe Karlsruhe-Pforzheim e.V.: "The physics of golf” und “Putting cells in the right place: mastering 3D organization of cells and tissues towards efficient organ printing" präsentiert von Professor Dr. Peter Henning und Dr. Enrico Lemma.
Ort: "Heinrich Hertz Restaurant,” Engesserstr. 3, KIT Campus Süd, Karlsruhe.

16. Mai 2019 um 18:00 Uhr: Humboldt Regionalgruppe Karlsruhe-Pforzheim e.V. Vortrag Natural Sciences and Engineering meet Economics präsentiert von Professor Dr. Dirk Wentzel und Dr. Erik Bründermann. Für Details siehe hier.

Humboldt-Jahr 2019

Pressemeldung der Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung zum Anlass Alexander von Humboldt-Jahr 2019: Weitere Humboldt-Jahr Veranstaltungen unter der Website https://avhumboldt250.de

02. Oktober 2018 ab 12:30 Uhr: 14. Humboldt-Tag am KIT. Venue: "Ballroom" Adenauerring 7, 76131 Karlsruhe, Campus South

30. November 2017 ab 19:00 Uhr: Humboldt-Vortrag: A glimpse into partial differential equations von Dr. Alberto Saldaña

Dr. Alberto Saldaña hält ein Stipendium der Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung für Nachwuchsforscher und forscht am KIT Institut für Analysis. Sein Gastgeber Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Reichel ist Professor an der Fakultät für Mathematik des Karlsruher Instituts für Technologie. Ort: Gastdozentenhaus am KIT, Campus Süd, Engesserstr. 3, Karlsruhe. Nach dem Vortrag besteht die Möglichkeit an einem informellen Abendessen (auf eigene Kosten) teilzunehmen, um im interdisziplinären Umfeld weiter zu diskutieren. Programm

27. Juli 2017: 13. Humboldt-Tag am KIT - Förderung international mobiler Forscher(innen). Ort: Geb. 11.30 Neuer Senatssaal, 3. Stock.

01. Dezember 2016 ab 19:00 Uhr: Humboldt-Vortrag: Quantum information processing using superconducting circuits von Dr. Ioan Pop. Ort: Gastdozentenhaus am KIT, Campus Süd, Engesserstr. 3, Karlsruhe. After the lecture there will be an opportunity to join our informal dinner and to network in a multi-disciplinary environment. This lecture is open to everybody interested in this topic. More Information

28.- 29. Oktober 2016 ab 13:00 Uhr: 9. Jahrestagung Deutsche Gesellschaft der Humboldtianer e.V.  in Karlsruhe. Ort: Senatssaal des Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Engelbert-Arnold-Str. 2, Gebäude 11.30, Adolf-Würth Gebäude. Programm und ausführliche Informationen.

27. Oktober 2016 ab 12:30 Uhr: 12. Humboldt-Tag am KIT - Förderung international mobiler Forscher(innen). Ort: Geb. 11.30 Neuer Senatssaal, 3. Stock.

12. Mai 2016 ab 19:00 Uhr: Humboldt-Vortrag: Resilience assessment for the road networks under the earthquake and landslide risks von Professor Dr. H. Sebnem Düzgün, Professor at the Middle East Technical University, in Ankara, Turkey. Ort: Zum kleinen Ketterer, Adlerstr. 34, 76133 Karlsruhe.
Professor Düzgün has a Humboldt Georg Forster Fellowship for experienced researchers that allows her to stay in Karlsruhe for one year.  Dr. Düzgün is a Professor at the Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, Department of Mining Engineering. After the lecture there will be an opportunity to join our informal dinner and network in a multi-disciplinary environment. This lecture is open to everybody who is interested in this topic. So please feel free to pass on the information in your academic network to people who might be interested. Invitation

5. November 2015 um 19:00 Uhr: Humboldt-Vortrag: Fuel cells for clean energy von Professor Aimy Bazylak, PhD, PEng, Canada Research Chair in Thermofluidics for Clean Energy an der University of Toronto, Associate Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Associate Director, Institute for Sustainable Energy, Associate Director, NSERC CREATE Program in DGRC. Ort: Gastdozentenhaus am KIT, Kaminzimmer, Campus Süd, Engesserstr. 3, Karlsruhe.

1. August 2015: There and back again: Two Humboldt Fellows at once join FLUTE at KIT

[links nach rechts] G. Niehues, M. Tani, S. Funkner am FIR Center der Fukui Universität (FU) in Japan und Humboldt Fellows mit ihrem Humboldtian-Mentor E. Bründermann and der FLUTE Facility Vor kurzem traten Gudrun Niehues und Stefan Funkner der Abteilung des Humboldtianers Erik Bründermann am KIT für ihre Forschungsprojekte bei, die in Zusammenarbeit mit ihrem ehemaligen Gastgeber Prof. Masahiko Tani, Direktor des Research Center for Development of Far-Infrared Region (Universität Fukui in Japan), durchgeführt werden. Beide Forscher, die über eine langjährige Expertise auf dem Gebiet der Terahertz(THz)-Spektroskopie verfügen, haben sich entschieden, ihre Forschungsprojekte an der neuen Beschleunigeranlage FLUTE fortzusetzen. Während ihres Aufenthaltes in Japan arbeitete G. Niehues an der Entwicklung spektroskopischer Systeme, die für polarisierungsempfindliche Messungen im THz-Regime konzipiert wurden [1], während S. Funkner ein neues Experiment für die nicht-lineare Raman-Spektroskopie mit Pikosekundenpulsen für THz-Frequenzen konstruierte [2]. Für ihre Arbeit am KIT unterstützt die Humboldt-Stiftung beide Forscher mit einem Feodor-Lynen-Rückkehrstipendium. Die beiden Stipendiaten werden auch vom International Scholars & Welcome Office des KIT und von Prof. Dirk Wentzel, Sprecher der Regionalgruppe Karlsruhe-Pforzheim der Deutschen Gesellschaft der Humboldtianer, und von ihrem Humboldt-Mentor Erik Bründermann, der sich für die Förderung der Zusammenarbeit in Forschung und Bildung mit Japan einsetzt. Beide Fellows werden das Femtosekunden-Lasersystem der FLUTE-Anlage nutzen. Gudrun Niehues hat sich zum Ziel gesetzt, Single-Shot elektrooptische Techniken für smarte Materialien zu entwickeln. Stefan Funkner hat sich zum Ziel gesetzt, nicht-lineare und ultraschnelle Messtechniken voranzutreiben. [1] G. Niehues, S. Funkner, D. S. Bulgarevich, S. Tsuzuki, T. Furuya, K. Yamamoto, M. Shiwa, and M. Tani, A matter of symmetry: terahertz polarization detection properties of a multicontact photoconductive antenna evaluated by a response matrix analysis, Opt. Express, 2015, 23, 16184-16195. [2] S. Funkner, K. Saito, G. Niehues, Y. Yazawa, T. Furuya, K. Yamamoto, and M. Tani, Utilization of chirped laser pulses to measure stimulated Raman scattering of organic liquids in the terahertz regime, Appl. Phys. Lett., 2014, 105(2), 021103.

07. Mai 2015 um 12:30 Uhr: 11. Humboldt-Tag am Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). Ort:  Campus Süd, im Neuen Senatssaal 3.OG, im Gebäude 11.30 (Präsidium)

26. März 2015 um 19:00 Uhr: Vortrag von Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Peter Henning, Professor für Informatik an der Hochschule Karlsruhe sowie Professor für Information Business Technology an der Steinbeis-Hochschule Berlin: Education 2.0: Research trends and global development of technology enhanced learning. Ort: Gastdozentenhaus am KIT, Kaminzimmer, Campus Süd, Engesserstr. 3, Karlsruhe.

Ausgehend von Kennzahlen zu Wachstum(sraten) des Internets und der Hervorhebung der Digitalisierung in der Kommunikation unterstrich er die Bedeutung der Digitalisierung. Im Folgenden erläuterte er verschiedene Formen des Technologie-gestützten Lernens und diskutierte deren Bedeutung und mögliche zukünftige Entwicklung. Eine der diskutierten technologiegestützten Lernformen war das sogenannte "Massive(ly) Open Online Course"-Format, in dem Tausende von Studenten aufgezeichnete Vorlesungen (MOOC) streamen. Auch wenn das Phänomen der MOOCs in den letzten zwei Jahren viral wurde, prognostiziert Professor Henning alles andere als eine glänzende Zukunft für MOOCs, da ihnen einige wichtige Eigenschaften eines guten, technologiegestützten Lernformats fehlen. Zum Abschluss des Vortrags mit Visionen vom technologiegestützten Lernformen eröffnete Professor Henning die Diskussion für das interessierte Publikum. Da das Thema und die Präsentation hochinteressant waren, wurde viel diskutiert und die Diskussion ging während des Abendessens weiter. Nach dem Abendessen wurden noch letzteFragen besprochen, bevor das Get-Together begann. Dann war es an der Zeit Abschied zu nehmen, auch von Christian Rembe, eines der Gründungsmitglieder der Alexander von Humboldt-Regionalgruppe Karlsruhe-Pforzheim, der die Regionalgruppe verlässt.

17. Juli 2014, 12:30-18:00 Uhr: 10. Humboldt-Tag. Ort: Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Campus Süd, Adenauerring 7, Festsaal des Studentenwerks.

07. Mai 2014 um 19:30 Uhr: Vortrag von Dr. Christian Rembe, Physiker und Leiter Entwicklung bei Polytec Schwingungen in der Natur und Technik mit Licht messen (Measuring vibrations in nature and technology with light). Ort: Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Campus Süd, Adenauerring 2, Gebäude 50.20 in Raum 005.