Data Science Events

Here you will find upcoming and past talks, network events, workshops and conferences on the topic of data science.

Upcoming Events

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Workshop: Computational Social Science – AI and Society: Exploring Inequality in the Digital Age
Together with the Mannheim Center for European Social Research (MZES), the MCDS is organizing a workshop at the University of Mannheim in May 2025.
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DataFest Germany, 28–30 March 2025
DataFest Germany 2025 will take place at LMU Munich!
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Distinguished Lecture by Prof. Kosuke Imai (Havard University): Does AI help humans make better decisions?
Kosuke Imai is Professor in the Department of Government and the Department of Statistics at Harvard University. He is also an affiliate of the Institute for Quantitative Social Science. Before moving to Harvard in 2018, Imai taught at Princeton University for 15 years where he was the founding ...
Workshop “Novel Data Sources, New Methods, and Computational Approaches for Understanding Discrimination and Bias”, 19 – 21 February
This workshop is organized by MZES and aims at fostering interdisciplinary collaboration and scientific exchange by exploring innovative methodological approaches and discussing the challenges and opportunities they present in discrimination research. We are excited to share a diverse lineup of ...
Workshop on Reinforcement Learning 2025, 7 February 2025
Don't miss the second mini-Workshop on Reinforcement Learning (RL) in Mannheim. The workshop will be held on February 7th 2025 to gather enthusiasts in the field of theory of Reinforcement Learning (RL). In a relaxed athmosphere experts and beginners have the opportunity to exchange insights on ...

Past Events

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Academic Speed Dating in the fall semester 2024: Networking research across disciplines

The Academic Speed Dating in the fall semester of 2024 brought together around 25 participants for an inspiring afternoon of networking, learning, and collaboration at Mannheim Palace on November 7. The highlight was the keynote by Prof. Margret Keuper.

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DataFest Germany 2024 at the University of Mannheim

DataFest Germany took place at the University of Mannheim from April 5 to 7, 2024. For the first time, the School of Social Sciences organized the 48-hour competition for students together with the MCDS. 

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Prof. Meeyoung Cha delivers first MCDS Distinguished Lecture

As the first guest speaker of the MCDS Distinguished Lecture, Prof. Meeyoung Cha gave a lecture entitled “Making Discoveries for Humanity & Society with Data Science” at the University of Mannheim on April 9.

Workshop on Data Science Developments in Berlin

On September 29, 2023, MCDS, together with the Data Science Center of the University of Bremen and the Digital Science Center of the University of Kiel, organized a workshop on “Current Developments and Perspectives (at Universities) in Data Science” as part of the Informatik 2023 conference.

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What Survey Methodology and Data Science can learn from each other

Over 30 participants came together at the Academic Speed Dating event in the spring semester 2024 to discuss this and other questions and find out about current research in this field at the University of Mannheim.

Academic Speed Dating in spring semester 2023

In spring semester 2023, the Academic Speed Dating on the topic of Data Science again provided researchers with the opportunity to network. ideas

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Lecture series Data Science in Action 2023

The second lecture series Data Science in Action was international and interdisciplinary. 11 experts from 6 countries shared their research with the audience online.

Second meeting of Data Science working circle

The second working circle on digital business models and data literacy took place on 21 September 2022. 

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Academic Speed Dating in fall semester 2023

For the first time with theme and keynote: this time, the Academic Speed Dating concentrated on text data.

Academic Speed Dating on Data Science

On 22 September 2022, after a longer break due to the pandemic, the MCDS was once again able to host an Academic Speed Dating on the topic of Data Science at the University of Mannheim. 

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Interdiciplinary lecture series “Data Science in Action” 2022

For the first time, the Mannheim Center for Data Science and the European University ENGAGE.EU organized a lecture series in the fall semester 2022, representing the broad spectrum of application areas of data science.

Women in Data Science

WiDS Mannheim is an independent event that is organized by WUMAN as part of the annual WiDS Worldwide conference organized by Stanford University and an estimated 150+ locations worldwide, which features outstanding women doing outstanding work in the field of data science.

CONNECT 2022 Data Science Conference

CONNECT 2022 – Data Science Conference took place at the Mannheim Business School on 10 June 2022. The event was co-hosted by MCDS for the first time.

Successful kick-off for the Data Science working circle

On 3 May 2022, the University of Mannheim Foundation, in cooperation with the MCDS, held the kick-off event for a regular Data Science working circle.