Spring Summer 2018

  • Core course (mandatory)

    Foundations 2:

    Stochastic Models of Time-Dependent Cognitive Mechanisms

    Instructors:Rolf Ulrich & Andreas Voss
    Location: Tübingen
    Assignment:Exercises in statistical modeling and analysis
    Date: 20 April 2018: 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. in room 4.332
    21 April 2018:  9 a.m.  – 4 p.m. in room 4.332

    Foundations 2:

    Multinomial-Processing-Tree (MPT) Modeling: Basic Methods and Recent Advances

    Instructors:Edgar Erdfelder,  Daniel Heck & Franziska Meißner
    Location:Mannheim
    Assignment:Exercises in statistical modeling and analysis
    Date: 

    17 May 2018: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. in B6, 30–32, room 212
    18 May 2018:  9 a.m. – 5 p.m. in B6, 30–32, room 212

    Foundations 2:

    Current Advances in Linear and Probabilistic Test Models

    Instructors:Tanja Lischetzke & Thorsten Meiser
    Location:Landau
    Assignment:Exercises in statistical modeling and analysis
    Date: 4 June 2018:    11 a.m. – 6 p.m. in room W002 (Methodenzentrum, Westring 2)
    5 June 2018:    9 a.m. – 4 p.m. in room W002 (Methodenzentrum, Westring 2)

    Foundations 2:

    Modeling Within-Person Fluctuation and Within-Person Change: Specific Applications

    Instructor:Sabine Sonnentag
    Location:Mannheim
    Assignment:Exercises in statistical modeling and analysis
    Date:14 September 2018:    9 a.m. – 5 p.m. in B6, 30–32; Room 211

    Look here for more information on the  course contents.

  • Trainings (elective)

    Academic Writing and Publishing

    Instructor:Benjamin Hilbig
    Date:4 May 2018, 19 May 2018 and 16 June 2018 (10 a.m. – 6 p.m.)
    Location: Mannheim (B6, 30–32, Room 212)

    Conference Presentations

    Instructor:Andrea Kiesel
    Date:22 June 2018 (10 a.m. – 5 p.m.)
    Location:Freiburg

    Methods of Research Documentation including Digital Archiving

    Instructors:Erich Weichselgartner & Ronny Bölter
    Date:2 August 2018 (10 a.m. – 6 p.m.)
    Location:Mannheim (Schloss, Room EO 162)
    Note:

    Please bring your own primary data for the practical part of this training!  

    In the last 30 minutes of this training Angela Leichtweiß and Philipp Zumstein will give some information on the services of the University Library of Mannheim (MADOC, MAData, and publication support) for those participants interested in that.

    Look here for more information on the course contents.

  • Workshops (elective)*

    * SMiP PhD Candidates may also attend other method workshops (e.g., offered by the CDSS: GESS). Please consult the coordinator for further information.

    Core Principles of Bayesian Estimation and Model Selection

    Instructor:Daniel Heck
    Date:3 May 2018 (10 a.m. – 5 p.m.)
    ​​​​​​​Location:Mannheim (Schloss, Room EO 162)
    Assignment:Programming exercise

    Individual Estimation with Dynamic Models of Choice

    Instructors:Andrew Heathcote & Dora Matzke
    Date:15 May and 16 May 2018 (9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.)
    ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Location:Heidelberg
    Assignment:Programming exercise

    Hands-on browser-based experimentation

    Instructor:Felix Henninger
    Date:14 June 2018 and 15 June 2018 (9 a.m. – 5 p.m.)
    Location:Mannheim (Schloss, Room EO 162)
    Assignment:Programming exercise

    An introduction to Python

    Instructors:Ulf Mertens & Stefan Radev
    Date:26 July 2018 (10 a.m. – 6 p.m.)
    ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Location: Heidelberg (Psychologisches Institut, Hauptstraße 47 – 51, Cip Pool I)
    Assignment:Programming exercise

    Approximate Bayesian Computation with Python

    Instructors:Ulf Mertens & Stefan Radev
    Date:27 July 2018 (10 a.m. – 6 p.m.)
    Location:Heidelberg (Psychologisches Institut, Hauptstraße 47 – 51, Cip Pool I)
    Assignment:Programming exercise

    New:

    Transparent Open Science

    Instructor:Jeffrey Rouder
    Date:6 September 2018 (10 a.m. – 5 p.m.)
    Location: Freiburg (Seminarraum A, Hörsaalgebäude)
    Assignment:Readings

    ​​​​​​​Hypothesis Testing with Bayes Factors

    Instructor:Jeffrey Rouder
    Date:12 September 2018 (10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Schloss EO 162; 12:30 p.m. – 5 p.m.; Building L7, 3–5; Room: 358) and 13 September 2018 (9 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Schloss EO 162)
    Location:Mannheim
    Assignment:Programming exercise

    For more information on the course contents see  course contents.

  • Colloquia (mandatory, Assignment: Presentation)

    a) Local colloquia

    • Colloquium Freiburg
    • Colloquium Heidelberg
    • Colloquium Mannheim
    • Colloquium Tübingen

    b) Joint colloquia

    • Summer Retreat 07 September 2018 – 08 September 2018
    • Location: Studienhaus Wiesneck in Buchenbach near Freiburg i.Br.
  • Coaching for PhD Candidates (Compatibility of Private Life and Academic Career)

    Initital Workshop (Date: 02 May 2018 (1 p.m. – 4 p.m.), Location: Mannheim (B6, 30–32, Room 230))

    Individual Consultations 1 (Dates: 08 May 2018 or 14 May 2018, Location: Mannheim (B6, 30–32, Room 318))**

    Individual Consultations 2 (Dates: 06 June 2018 or 18 June 2018, Location: Mannheim (B6, 30–32, Room 318))**

    Cancelled: Optional Intermediate Workshop (Date: 25 July 2018 (1 p.m. – 4 p.m.), Location: Mannheim (B6, 30–32, Room 230))

    Individual Consultations 3 (Dates: 31 July 2018 or 1 August 2018, Location: Mannheim (B6, 30–32, Room 318))**

    Re-Scheduling: Individual Consultations 4 (Dates: 09 October and 11 October 2018, Location: Mannheim (B6, 30–32, Room 318))**

    Re-Scheduling: Concluding Workshop (Date: 20 November 2018, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.) + eventually guest talk in the afternoon (2 p.m. – 5 p.m.) Location: Mannheim (B6, 30–32, Room 230))

    ** Each Individual Consultation lasts 90 minutes. The dates directly before other teaching activities (14 May, 13 June, 1 August, and 11 October 2018) are reserved for the PhD Candidates from Freiburg and Tübingen. During the summer break an individual consultation via telephone (75 minutes) will be scheduled on 3 August 2018 or 04 September 2018 (between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.).