Workshop Summary
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Tuesday, 25. Oct 2022
13:00 – 19:00
Stuttgart, Germany
In this half-day workshop, we highlight the research opportunities and career paths for excellent researchers in the field of computing. Our aim is to empower early-career female researchers through networking with successful examples from industry and academia. This is considered a mentorship event to mainly exchange informal experiences and tips for career development.
Tentative Agenda
| 13:00–13:30 | Opening and Flash introductions |
| 13:30–15:20 | Tips from Industry (Corporate and Startups) Why industry after PhD, tips & tricks for applying, opportunities for PhD students, the power of internships, why have your own business A “TechWoman” in a Fast-Moving Consumer Goods Enterprise Mai Sherif, Senior IT manager @ P&G Hydrop: Saving Water in Homes using Smart Metering Katrin Kreidel, CEO @ Hydrop Water Systems Self-Avatars and Body Perception Betty Mohler, Principle research scientist @ Amazon |
| 15:20–15:40 | Coffee Break |
| 15:40–16:45 | Tips from Academia Volunteering, hiring processes, relocation and more Staying Sane in an Academic Career: Balancing Freedom, Failure, and Service Julie Williamson, Senior lecturer @ University of Glasgow Beyond Gender: Perspectives of a Disabled Researcher Katrin Angerbauer, PhD candidate @ University of Stuttgart Balancing Personal and Professional Demands: Insights into a Life with Three Kids while Developing your Career! Kathrin Lichius, PhD candidate @ University of Stuttgart |
| 16:45–17:00 | Coffee Break |
| 17:00–17:35 | Group activity: What is Holding you Back? Katrin Angerbauer, PhD candidate @ University of Stuttgart Fiona Draxler, PhD candidate @ LMU Munich |
| 17:35- 18:05 | Navigating Thesis Writing Tips & tricks for systematically tackling writer’s block, thesis structure, what your thesis is about Passant Elagroudy, Postdoc @ LMU Munich Tiare Feuchtner, Assistant Professor @ University of Konstanz |
| 18:05- 19:00 | Walking tour in ARENA 2036 futuristic industry campus Tour pin: https://goo.gl/maps/GoLE6P85ANA2f6xGA |
| 19:00 – 20:00 | Dinner |
Participation
The workshop is aimed at young researchers in the TRR 161 network and beyond. Attendance is free. However, registration is mandatory. Please note that all early career computing researchers are welcome to attend the event regardless of their gender.
How to Get There?
The location is in frei[Raum], University of Stuttgart, Germany (in-person event). It is a co-working space right next to the supermarket on campus (5 meters away).
Below is the location pin of the supermarket. Please take care that only typing the name in google maps directs to the wrong location.
(Workshop pin: Frischmarkt Roth https://goo.gl/maps/rmW2EzbVN2B9vif19)
Transportation: The closest transportation is (Universität) S-Bahn station. Get out from (Universitat Zentrum) direction then it’s about 4-minute walk there.
Organising Team
Passant Elagroudy: She is a post-doctoral researcher at LMU Munich. Her research focuses on personal informatics and human augmentation.
Fiona Draxler: She is a PhD student at LMU Munich. Her research focuses on mobile learning with Augmented Reality and contextual content generation.
Katrin Angerbauer: She is a PhD student at the University of Stuttgart. Her research focuses on accessibility and assistive technology.
Kathrin Lichius: She is a PhD student at the University of Stuttgart and Wilhelm Büchner Hoschschule. Her research focuses on innovation and entrepreneurship.
Tiare Feuchtner: She is an Assistant Professor in Human-Computer Interaction at the University of Konstanz. Her research focuses on virtual user representations and embodied interactions in mixed reality.
Albrecht Schmidt: He is a professor at LMU Munich. His research focuses on human-computer interaction, media technology, and ubiquitous computing.
Michael Sedlmair: He is a professor at the University of Stuttgart. His research focuses on human-computer interaction, virtual reality, and augmented reality.
Daniel Weiskopf: He is a professor at the University of Stuttgart. His research focuses on visualization and visual analytics.
Alexander Brem: He is a professor at the University of Stuttgart. His research focuses on innovation and entrepreneurship.
Acknowledgements
This event is partially funded by SFB-TRR 161 Quantitative Computing projects and ERC Amplify.
