Events

Upcoming Events

Female's Favour{IT}e Conference (Sa, 09.11.2024 in Mannheim)

The Female's Favour{IT}e Conference is an one-day event for women of all ages and professional backgrounds to join forces and pioneer new pathways in tech and entrepreneurship.

Seminarraum mit circa 20 Personen, die einen Vortrag anhören

Credit: Frederic Hemler

Academic Speed Dating on Data Science – Keynote by Prof. Keuper (Thu, 7 November 2024, 2 pm, O 138)

On 7 November 2024 the next Academic Speed Dating on Data Science will take place at 2 p.m. We are pleased to announce Prof. Margret Keuper as keynote speaker.

KODAQS Academy Certificate Program (Start: October 2024)

The Program is part of the Competence Center Data Quality in the Social Sciences (KODAQS), a partnership between GESIS, the University of Mannheim, and LMU Munich. We offer tailored support for the evaluation and analysis of social science data quality. The six-month, hands-on Certificate Program ...

Eine blonde Frau steht vor einem Bildschirm. Darüber steht "Lecture Series Data Science in Action Fall Semester 2024" und man sieht die Logos der Uni Mannheim und von ENGAGE.EU

Credit: Lea Oberländer

Lecture Series Data Science in Action (fall semester 2024, Thursdays 12–1.30 pm, online)

MCDS and the European University ENGAGE.EU jointly offer again a lecture series on the topic of “Data Science in Action” in fall semester 2024. Lectures will be held in English online via zoom every Thursday from 12 to 1.30 pm.

Past Events

Veranstaltungsflyer mit Ort, Datum, Vortragstitel und Foto der Rednerin

Credit: Lea Oberländer

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.

Teilnehmende unterhalten sich während der Pause im Stehen

Credit: Laura Kinzinger

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.

Credit: Lea Oberländer

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.

Seminarraum von oben fotografiert. Prof. Dr. Markus Strohmaier hält einen Vortrag vor etwa 30 Zuhörenden.

Credit: Frederic Hemler

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.

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.

Credit: Laurenz Stammberger

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.

Credit: Katrin Glückler

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.

Das DataFest Orga Team vor dem A6 Gebäude

Credit: Alexander Münch

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.

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.

Credit: Julia Geiger

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

Credit: Katrin Glückler

Second meeting of Data Science working circle

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

Credit: Liborio Dangelo

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.

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.

Events

Upcoming Events

Past Events

Prof. Meeyoung Cha delivers first MCDS Distinguished Lecture

What Survey Methodology and Data Science can learn from each other

Lecture series Data Science in Action 2023

Academic Speed Dating in fall semester 2023

Interdiciplinary lecture series “Data Science in Action” 2022

CONNECT 2022 Data Science Conference

Successful kick-off for the Data Science working circle

DataFest Germany 2024 at the University of Mannheim

Workshop on Data Science Developments in Berlin

Academic Speed Dating in spring semester 2023

Second meeting of Data Science working circle

Academic Speed Dating on Data Science

Women in Data Science

Mannheim Center for Data Science (MCDS)

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