UNIVERSITÄT ZU KÖLN

Workshops

werden vom KPA IMfESS unterstützt:

KPA 010 (20.-24. Mai 2024)

Prof. Dr. Tibor Dunai - Geologie

Workshop COSMO 2024 "Pushing the boundaries of cosmogenic nuclides"

We support the COSMO 2024 workshop in Cologne (20-24 May 2024). This workshop is part of a biannual series of workshops, which developed from the ‘Nordic workshop on cosmogenic nuclides’ (last held in Norway 2018, 4NWCN, Bergen University), into a Pan-European workshop. After a corona-related break, the last workshop COSMO 2022 was hosted jointly by the University of Edinburgh and the University of Glasgow, UK. The convenors for COSMO 2024 in Cologne are Steven Binnie (UoC), Tibor Dunai (UoC) and Hella Witmann-Oelze (GFZ-Potsdam).
The scope of the workshop is to present and discuss novel developments in cosmogenic nuclide methodologies and applications to earth surface system sciences. This field of geochronometry has grown over the last several decades to become well recognised and established within the broader Earth Science community, and the broadening remit and increased profile of this workshop series reflects this.

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Der 6. Workshop über kosmogene Nuklide, COSMO2024, fand vom 20. bis 24. Mai 2024 am Institut für Geologie und Mineralogie statt. Eingeleitet wurde die COSMO2024 am Montag mit drei Workshops für Nachwuchswissenschaftler:innen. Über die folgenden drei Tage wurden vier Keynotes und 41 Vorträge im Geo/Bio-Hörsaal gehalten. Zum Abschluss fand am Freitag eine Exkursion in das Mittlere Rheintal statt. Über 90 Wissenschaftler:innen aus 22 Nationen haben an der COSMO2024 teilgenommen und diesen Workshop in Köln zu einer erfolgreichen Veranstaltung gemacht. 

KPA 011 (Workshop am12./13. November 2024)

Prof.in Dr.in Christina Bogner und Prof. Dr. Javier Revilla Diez - Geographie

Workshop zum Thema "Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Sustainability Research: Mutual Insights and Learning"                          

As our planet is challenged by manifold crises, concepts like complex systems and systems thinking are fundamental for many disciplines in the KPA and beyond. However, different disciplines have their own understanding and way to treat those concepts. In practice, systems thinking includes a broad array of qualitative and quantitative methods and tools designed to better understand system behaviours and intervene in the context of complexity and uncertainty. We suggest a workshop where these concepts can be discussed focusing on climate change adaptation. We aim at inviting experts from both, quantitative and qualitative areas to work intensively on controversial statements (part of the concept of the workshop which will be developed and sent to participants beforehand). This workshop will bring together different disciplines and intensify KPA’s links outside the Faculty and University, thus  increasing its national and international visibility.

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Am 12./13. November 2024 hatte das Geographische Institut der Universität zu Köln das große Privileg, den Workshop „Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Sustainability Research: Mutual Insights and Learning“ unter der Leitung von Prof.in Dr.in Christina Bogner und Prof. Dr. Javier Revilla Diez zu veranstalten.

Dank der Förderung durch den Kernprofilbereich "Intelligente Methoden für Erdsystemwissenschaften" brachte diese Veranstaltung Forscher*innen aus verschiedenen Bereichen zusammen, um einige wirklich innovative interdisziplinäre Ansätze in der Nachhaltigkeitsforschung zu erörtern. Der Workshop begann mit einer inspirierenden Ansprache von Prorektor Prof. Dr. Kirk Junker, gefolgt von beeindruckenden Keynote-Sessions zu qualitativen und quantitativen Methoden. In einem ansprechenden und interaktiven Format vertieften die Teilnehmer*innen die Stärken, Grenzen und Möglichkeiten der Kombination von Methoden zur Lösung komplexer Nachhaltigkeitsprobleme. Bei der Diskussion wurde auch ein spannendes neues Wissenschaftszentrum an der Universität zu Köln vorgestellt, das die interdisziplinäre Nachhaltigkeitsforschung fördern wird.

Ein herzliches Dankeschön an alle Teilnehmer*innen für ihren Enthusiasmus und ihre wertvollen Beiträge.

KPA 012 (5./6. Februar 2024)

Prof. Dr. Christian Sohler - Abteilung Informatik - Algorithmen und Komplexität

Workshop zum Thema "Algorithmic Aspects of Neural Networks"

The goal of this workshop was to bring together experts in Theoretical Computer Science and Machine Learning and to discuss recent developments on Algorithmic Aspects of Neural Networks and related topics. The workshop took place on February 5th/6th in the main university building.

Schedule and speaker see here.
 

KPA 014 (30.09. - 3.10.2025)

Prof. Dr. Christine Heim - Geobiologie

Unterstützung des Workshops "M-FED 25 (Microbialites – Formation, Evolution, Diagenesis)" in Hannover

Microbialites are organo-sedimentary deposits influenced by benthic microbial communities, formed through the trapping and binding of detrital sediment or mineral precipitation, with a strong environmental control on its development. Therefore, microbialites have played an important role in the early history of life on Earth but also until today microbial build-ups serve as important primary producers, food source, surface stabilisers and remediation agents.This conference aims to bring together diverse researchers from the interdisciplinary fields of biogeosciences tackling microbialite research from various scientific angles. The conference will include presentations, posters, workshops and a field trip to the nearby UNESCO Geopark Heeseberg where the term “stromatolite” was coined.

Schedule, speaker and further information see here.

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