Fall Winter 2021
Due to the ongoing corona situation, the RTG SMiP currently plans its events to be held on site or to be offered in a remote environment, depending on the current situation in fall winter 2021.
Special Events
SMiP Summer Colloquium 2021 in Mannheim
30 September 2021 (15:30 – 20:30), meeting point: outside the Classroom Pass Center (EW 086, Schloss Ehrenhof West, ground floor)
Welcome Event for the Cohort 2021
13 / 14 October 2021, Mannheim
Farewell Event for the Cohort 2018
26 / 27 November at the SMiP fall retreat 2021, remote (see below)
Core Courses (mandatory)
Instructor: Thorsten Meiser Block 1: Dates: 14 October 2021 (10:00 a.m.- 6:00 p.m.) and
15 October 2021 (9:00 a.m. – 5.00 p.m.)
Location: Mannheim (Room: O142 and O135)
Block 2: Date: 19 November 2021, the instructor will provide preparatory video input.
Location: remote
Block 3: Date: 14 January 2022, the instructor will provide preparatory video input.
Location: remote
Trainings (mandatory)
Academic Writing and Publishing (cohort 2020, postponed from spring summer 2021)
Instructor: Benjamin Hilbig Dates: 01 October (10.00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.) and
02 October 2021 (9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.)
Location: Mannheim (Room: C217 [A5, C-Teil])° ° Please be sure to have your Classroom Pass before you participate at our SMiP-courses in Mannheim. For more information, please refer to: www.uni-mannheim.de/classroom-pass.
Research organization and useful software
Instructor: Martin Schnuerch Date: 13 October 2021 (10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.) Location: Mannheim (Room: 211 [B6, 30–32])° ° Please be sure to have your Classroom Pass before you participate at our SMiP-courses in Mannheim. For more information, please refer to: www.uni-mannheim.de/classroom-pass.
Rules of Good Scientific Practise
Instructor: Arndt Bröder Date: 29 October 2021 (10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.) Location: Mannheim (Room: C217 [A5, C-Teil) Workshops (elective)*
On the quantification of model uncertainty: A Bayesian perspective
Instructor:
David Kaplan Date:
07 October 2021 (10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.) Location:
Mannheim (room 211 [B6, 30–32]) ° ° Please be sure to have your Classroom Pass before you participate at our SMiP-courses in Mannheim. For more information, please refer to: www.uni-mannheim.de/classroom-pass.
Instructor:
Martin Schnuerch Date:
27 October 2021 (10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.) Location:
Mannheim (room 211 [B6, 30–32]) Introduction to R: Advanced **
Instructor:
Martin Schnuerch Date:
28 October 2021 (10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.) Location:
Mannheim (room 211 [B6, 30–32]) An introduction to data analysis with the generalized additive model
Instructors:
Harald Baayen, Yu-Ying Chuang & Peter Hendrix Dates:
08 November (10:00 a. m. – 6:00 p.m.) and
09 November 2021 (9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.)
Location:
remote Instructor:
Maren Mayer Dates:
11 November (10:00 a. m. – 6:00 p.m.) and
12 November 2021 (9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.)
Location:
remote Introduction to Bayesian Modeling **
Instructor:
Martin Schnuerch Dates:
17 November (10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. ) and
18 November 2021 (9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.)
Location:
remote (information via e-mail to registered participants) Hypothesis Evaluation Using the Bayes Factor
Instructor:
Herbert Hoijtink Dates:
02 December (10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.) and
03 December 2021 (10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.)
Location:
remote (information via e-mail to registered participants) Robust Bayesian Cognitive Modeling
Instructor:
Jeffrey N. Rouder Date:
08 and 09 December 2021 (17:00 – 21:00) Location:
remote (information via e-mail to registered participants) Browser-based Experimentation with lab.js
Instructor:
David Izydorczyk Dates:
12 January (10:00 a.m. – 6:00 pm. ) and
13 January 2022 (9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.)
Location:
remote (information via e-mail to registered participants) Substantive SMiP Research Topics in Landau**
Instructors:
Benjamin Hilbig, Tanja Lischetzke & Eunike Wetzel Date:
17 January 2022 (12 p.m. – 6 p.m.) Location:
remote (information via e-mail to registered participants) Methodology of Replication Studies
Instructors:
Edgar Erdfelder & Rolf Ulrich Date:
18 January 2022 Location:
remote (information via e-mail to registered participants) * SMiP PhD students may also attend other method workshops (e.g., offered by the CDSS: GESS, or by IOPS). Please consult the coordinator for further information.
** Recommended for the first year PhD Candidates.
Colloquia (mandatory)
Local colloquia
- Colloquium Freiburg
- Colloquium Heidelberg
- Colloquium Landau
- Colloquium Mannheim
- Colloquium Tübingen
Joint colloquium
Digital SMiP Fall Retreat, Dates: 26 and 27 November 2021
Coaching (elective)
Digital Talk Series “Career Options after the Doctorate”
Initial Session (21 October 2021, 16:30 – 18:00, ZOOM room 36, link via e-mail): Thorsten Meiser will give an “Overview on alternative career paths after the doctorate”
Subsequent Sessions: Practitioners will be invited to introduce their chosen career paths:
- 10 November 2021 (16:30 – 18:00, ZOOM room 36, link via e-mail): Ulf Mertens and Pascal Kieslich will talk about their experiences “Being a data scientist”
- 22 November (16:30 – 18:00, ZOOM room 36, link via e-mail): Daniel Danner will talk about “Journey from consulting to research institute and university of applied studies”
- 01 December 2021 (16:30 – 18:00, ZOOM room 36, link via e-mail): Berenike Waubert and Julia Groß will talk about “Psychotherapy qualification – door opener, second source of income, or more?”
- 10 January 2022 (16:30 – 18:00, ZOOM room 36, link via e-mail): Michèle Birtel will talk about ”Being a professor in the UK”
- 20 January 2022 (16:30 – 18:00, ZOOM room 36, link via e-mail): Tina-Sarah Auer and Hansjörg Plieninger will talk about "Finding your way in a business company”
Equal Opportunities and Compatibility of Private Life and Academic Career
Individual Coaching for PhD Candidates of Cohort 2019
Individual Consultations, Dates: TBA
Individual Coaching for PhD Candidates of Cohort 2020
Individual Consultation, Dates: TBA
Individual Coaching for PhD Candidates of Cohort 2021
Individual Consultation, Dates: TBA, starting in January 2022