Schedule of Events

13:00  Welcome
13:15  Focus Lecture "Automation" by YIN members and alumni
14:00  News and Information from YIN
14:15  YIN Certificate Academic Leadership
14:20  Presenations of the three YIN Grant Winners 2024
15:00  Reception
16:00  End

Have you just started your postdoc at KIT? And would you like to know more about the services offered at KIT for postdocs? Then come and join other German and international KIT postdocs at the Welcome Event for Postdocs.
We will give you plenty of information on how to best profit from the postdoc phase - including information on networking and internationalization programs as well as services offered at the KHYS Postdoc Office and other service units at KIT. In addition, there will be two brief testimonials by more advanced early career researchers. They will share their experiences with you concerning their own postdoc phase and will be happy to answer your questions.
 
This event is open to postdocs at KIT who are KHYS members. It will be most interesting in particular for those who have recently started their postdoc phase at KIT.

Nachwuchsforschende werden mit verschiedenen Herausforderungen konfrontiert, die zu Konflikten führen können, zum Beispiel im Betreuungsverhältnis, innerhalb der Arbeitsgruppe, im Hinblick auf Finanzierungsfragen oder hinsichtlich des selbststrukturierten Arbeitens. Die herausfordernde Phase kann auch persönliche Probleme mit sich bringen. Sollten Sie sich in einer solchen oder ähnlichen Situation befinden, können Sie bei verschiedenen Anlaufstellen am KIT Unterstützung finden. Einen Überblick finden Sie auf unserer Webseite unter www.khys.kit.edu/Anlaufstellen.
Unter anderem bietet das Karlsruhe House of Young Scientists (KHYS) in der Regel jeden Donnerstag von 15:00 bis 17:00 Uhr eine offene Sprechstunde zur Beratung in Konfliktfällen an. Dort können Sie in einem geschützten Rahmen Ihre Situation darlegen. In dieser Erstberatung informieren und beraten wir Sie individuell, wie Sie mit herausfordernden Situationen und Konflikten umgehen können und verweisen ggf. an weitere Stellen. Gerne können Sie auch einen individuellen Beratungstermin (auch per MS Teams) vereinbaren. Jutta Klein-Hitpaß steht Ihnen für Fragen oder Terminabsprachen gerne zur Verfügung.
 
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Junior researchers face different challenges in their research period. These can lead to conflicts, for example concerning the supervising relationship, within a working group, regarding financing issues, or concerning self-structured working. This challenging phase can also lead to personal problems. Should you find yourself in such or similar situations, you can find support at various advisory offices at KIT. For an overview please refer to our website: https://www.khys.kit.edu/english/advisory-offices.php.
KHYS offers open consultation hours in principle every Thursday from 3 to 5 p.m. There you can safely discuss your situation. During this initial consultation, we offer information and advice on how to deal with challenging situations and conflicts. If applicable, we will refer you to other advisory offices. You are also welcome to make an appointment (also for an MS Teams meeting). Jutta Klein-Hitpaß will be happy to answer any questions you may have or to offer you an appointment.
 

Wie können Sie sicherstellen, dass Ihre wissenschaftlichen Publikationen tatsächlich Ihnen als Autorin oder Autor zugeschrieben werden? Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler eindeutig zu identifizieren und Publikationen richtig zuzuordnen kann schwierig sein, mit Hilfe von Autorenprofilen können Sie sicherstellen, dass Ihre Publikationen korrekt zugeordnet werden.
 
Akademisches Identitätsmanagement spielt auch bei der Messbarkeit ihrer Forschung eine Rolle. Bibliometrie hilft Ihnen dabei, den Einfluss Ihrer wissenschaftlichen Publikationen zu messen, zu vergleichen und zu kommunizieren. Sie bekommen einen Einblick in KITopen sowie weitere bibliometrische Datenbanken. Dabei erfahren Sie, wie die Zuordnung Ihrer Publikationen zu Ihrem Forschungsprofil und damit Sichtbarkeit und Einfluss Ihrer Forschungsergebnisse optimiert werden kann.
 
Die Veranstaltung richtet sich an Promovierende und Postdocs am KIT (Mitglieder des KHYS).
 
Technische Anforderungen: Um an dieser Veranstaltung teilzunehmen, benötigen Sie eine stabile Internetverbindung, eine Webcam und ein Mikrofon. Weitere detaillierte Informationen zur Online-Plattform erhalten die Teilnehmenden vor der Veranstaltung.
 
Eine vollständige Anwesenheit an der Veranstaltung wird erwartet.
 
Bitte melden Sie sich frühzeitig per E-Mail ab, wenn Sie nicht an einer Veranstaltung teilnehmen können. Damit können Personen von der Warteliste nachrücken und Sie helfen uns, die Qualität des Weiterbildungsprogramms aufrecht zu erhalten. Vielen Dank!

The event will be held in English and run for five days, alternating on-site and online.
November 4, 2025: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., on-site
November 5, 2025: 10 a.m. - 11.30 a.m., online
November 10, 2025: 10 a.m. - 11 a.m., online
November 11, 2025: 10 a.m. - 11.30 a.m., online
November 18, 2025: 10 a.m. - 11 a.m., online
 
Planning research projects and handling and publishing your research results are crucial skills for all researchers and require the competent usage of research data management (RDM). RDM is essential for disseminating research results and thus provides an important step for a career in science and research. Effective data management can help optimize research outputs, increase the impact of your research and support open scientific research.
 
This training event will provide you with basic RDM skills and help you make informed decisions about managing your research data, regardless of your discipline or academic field. You will receive in-depth training on best practices for documenting, organizing, sharing and archiving your research data following the FAIR data principles.
 
Practical applications of RDM are the foci, showing you best practices on how to create or improve data management plans for research projects and how to use an electronic laboratory notebook (ELN) for documentation purposes. Furthermore, as part of the workshop, you learn about the cross-disciplinary RDM services at KIT. Along the research data life cycle, tools such as Research Data Management Organiser (RDMO), Registry of Research Data Repositories (re3data) and the generic research data repository RADAR4KIT and some short exercises round of the training. After completing this workshop, you will be better able to manage your data throughout the research data lifecycle, from project planning to completion.
 
Learning objectives
Upon completing this workshop, you will be able to:
- Identify legal and data protection issues and licenses concerning your research data,
- Apply best practices for documenting, organizing, sharing and archiving your research data,
- Explain the FAIR principles and the importance of metadata for research,
- Learn about the usefulness of applying Ontologies to your research data,
- Create data management plans for your research,
- Use tools and services at KIT for your research data management purposes (ELNs such as Chemotion and research repositories such as RADAR4KIT) and
- Find available information and support for RDM.
 
This event is open to doctoral researchers and postdocs at KIT who are KHYS members.
 
The event will be held in English and run for five days, alternating on-site and online.
November 4, 2025: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., on-site
November 5, 2025: 10 a.m. - 11.30 a.m., online
November 10, 2025: 10 a.m. - 11 a.m., online
November 11, 2025: 10 a.m. - 11.30 a.m., online
November 18, 2025: 10 a.m. - 11 a.m., online
 
Technical requirements: To participate in this event, you need a stable internet connection, a webcam and a microphone. Participants will receive further detailed information regarding the online-platform prior to the event.
 
We generally expect participants to attend throughout the entire duration of the event.
 
If you are unable to attend an event, please inform us promptly via e-mail. This way you are allowing your colleagues the opportunity to participate and you help us to maintain the quality of our Further Education Program. Thank you!

Have you just started your doctoral research period? And would like to know more about the services offered at KIT for doctoral researchers? Then come and join other German and international KIT PhD students at the welcome event for doctoral researchers. In a presentation, we will give you plenty of information on how to best profit from the doctoral research period (including information on research stays abroad and services offered at KIT). In addition, there will be two brief testimonials by more advanced fellow researchers. They will share their experiences with you concerning doing the PhD at KIT and will be happy to answer your questions. At the end of the English-language event, there will be time for some networking during a get-together involving snacks and drinks.

We would in particular like to welcome those who have recently started their doctorate – however, the event is open to all German and international KIT doctoral researchers.

The Welcome Event takes place four times a year.

Viele Aspekte wissenschaftlicher Tätigkeiten berühren urheberrechtliche Fragen – ohne dass sich Nachwuchsforschende oftmals darüber bewusst sind.
 
Die Informationsveranstaltung führt Sie an die wichtigsten rechtlichen Regelungen heran und bietet einen Überblick über die folgenden vier Themenbereiche, die für Nachwuchsforschende von besonderer Bedeutung sind:
 
Urheberrecht in Grundzügen für Forschung und Lehre Zitatrecht und Bildrechte Autoren- und Verlagsrechte Creative-Commons-Lizenzen und Open Content  
Wie kann ich Ideen oder Gedankengänge anderer Personen in legitimer Weise für meine eigene Publikation verwenden? Unter welchen Bedingungen kann ich Bildmaterialien benutzen? Welche Auswirkungen hat die KI auf das Urheberrecht? Wie bewahre ich die Rechte an meinen eigenen Publikationen? Wie kann ich fremde Materialien in meiner Lehrveranstaltung einsetzen? Was ist eine Creative-Commons-Lizenz und wie kann ich diese Lizenzen nutzen? Das Seminar behandelt typische Fragen, die sich in der Forschungsarbeit, der Lehre sowie bei Dissertationen und anderen wissenschaftlichen Publikationen stellen.
 
Sie lernen das Urheberrechtssystem und die wichtigsten Regelungen für Forschung und Lehre in einem Überblick kennen. In einem zweiten Teil werden wir auf die Autoren- und Verlagsrechte eingehen. Im dritten Teil möchten wir Sie mit dem Zitatrecht vertraut machen. Wir werden dabei einen Schwerpunkt auf die Bildrechte legen. Im vierten und letzten Teil beschäftigen wir uns mit Open Content. Am Beispiel der Creative Commons zeigen wir Ihnen freie Lizenzen und die Möglichkeiten der Nutzung für Ihre Arbeit.
 
Ziel der Veranstaltung ist es, dass Sie Sicherheit in der Anwendung des Urheberrechts für Ihre wissenschaftliche Arbeit bekommen und Sie bewusst Ihre Rechte und Pflichten im Sinne guter wissenschaftlicher Praxis wahrnehmen können.
 
Die Veranstaltung richtet sich an Promovierende und Postdocs (KHYS-Mitglieder) ohne oder mit geringen Vorkenntnissen.
 
Technische Anforderungen: Um an dieser Veranstaltung teilzunehmen, benötigen Sie eine stabile Internetverbindung, eine Webcam und ein Mikrofon. Weitere detaillierte Informationen zur Online-Plattform erhalten die Teilnehmenden vor der Veranstaltung.
 
Eine vollständige Anwesenheit an der Veranstaltung wird erwartet.
 
Bitte melden Sie sich frühzeitig per E-Mail ab, wenn Sie nicht an einer Veranstaltung teilnehmen können. Damit können Personen von der Warteliste nachrücken und Sie helfen uns, die Qualität des Weiterbildungsprogramms aufrecht zu erhalten. Vielen Dank!

The event will be held in English and run for one day, on November 24, 2025.
 
With the arrival of ChatGPT, a powerful and versatile tool has become available for knowledge workers. This workshop is designed to introduce early-career researchers to potential applications of ChatGPT (and related platforms) in their daily work and to familiarize them with essential principles for its effective use.
 
Key Topics include:
Ideation: Discover how ChatGPT can aid in generating ideas for problem-solving Writing: Learn how ChatGPT can ease drafting and editing documents as well as adapting your messages to different audiences. Teaching: Explore how ChatGPT can assist in course development, instructional activities, and supporting learners.  
In addition to these core areas, participants will gain insights into general principles for creating effective prompts (i.e., prompt engineering) that can be applied across various domains. By the end of the workshop, participants will thereby have acquired valuable skills that can significantly enhance their work efficiency and productivity.
 
This event is open to doctoral researchers and postdocs at KIT who are KHYS members.
 
Technical requirements: To participate in this event, you need a stable internet connection, a webcam and a microphone. Participants will receive further detailed information regarding the online-platform prior to the event.
 
The event will be held in English and run for one day, on November 24, 2025.
 
We generally expect participants to attend throughout the entire duration of the event.
 
If you are unable to attend an event, please inform us promptly via e-mail. This way you are allowing your colleagues the opportunity to participate and you help us to maintain the quality of our Further Education Program. Thank you!

The KIT Postdoc Meeting is thought as a platform for you to get in touch with other KIT postdocs and their research projects and to inform yourself about relevant topics concerning the postdoc phase.
 
We will start with a short keynote speech on a topic of your choice. Following the keynote lecture, two KIT postdocs each can briefly present themselves and their research project. All participants are cordially invited to conclude the evening with a dinner at a restaurant on self-payment basis.
 
Be part of a vivid postdoc community at KIT!
 
Program:
5.45 p.m.           Keynote
6.15 p.m.           Presentation of two postdocs at KIT
7.00 p.m.           Dinner at a restaurant (on self-payment basis)
                           
Please note that you can hand in topic suggestions for upcoming KIT Postdoc Meetings anytime here: postdoc@khys.kit.edu
 
Date of the next KIT Postdoc Meeting
tba

Die Veranstaltung zeigt die verschiedenen Services der KIT-Bibliothek rund um das wissenschaftliche Publizieren von Texten, Lehrmaterialien, Dissertationen und Forschungsdaten.
 
Die Anforderungen an die Wissenschaftskommunikation gehen verstärkt in Richtung von Open Access und Open Science. Mittlerweile verlangen auch viele Forschungsförderer, dass von ihnen geförderte Forschungsergebnisse möglichst unmittelbar weltweit zugänglich gemacht werden. Das wissenschaftliche Publikationswesen befindet sich weltweit in einem Transformationsprozess, der es für Forschende nicht immer leicht macht, den Überblick über Services und Förderfonds zu erhalten. Die Veranstaltung geht auf aktuelle Entwicklungen rund um das Thema Open Access ein und stellt die wichtigsten Open-Access-Publikationsservices der KIT-Bibliothek vor (darunter Repository KITopen, KIT-Verlag sowie den KIT-Publikationsfonds).
 
Die Veranstaltung richtet sich an Promovierende und Postdocs am KIT (Mitglieder des KHYS).
 
Technische Anforderungen: Um an dieser Veranstaltung teilzunehmen, benötigen Sie eine stabile Internetverbindung, eine Webcam und ein Mikrofon. Weitere detaillierte Informationen zur Online-Plattform erhalten die Teilnehmenden vor der Veranstaltung.
 
Eine vollständige Anwesenheit an der Veranstaltung wird erwartet.
 
Bitte melden Sie sich frühzeitig per E-Mail ab, wenn Sie nicht an einer Veranstaltung teilnehmen können. Damit können Personen von der Warteliste nachrücken und Sie helfen uns, die Qualität der Veranstaltungen aufrecht zu erhalten. Vielen Dank!

A career in industry is an attractive option for many young scientists after completing their doctorate or postdoc phase. And quite a few actually choose to leave academia with the aspiration of entering responsible positions in the private sector.
 
However, given that employees in private enterprises often are required to both pursue different goals and work differently compared to employees in research institutions, scientists need to adopt different mindsets and competences for succeeding in a business environment. In addition to specialist professional knowledge, transferrable skills in the areas of management methods, leadership and communication are particularly required.
 
To give you a head start for a successful career entry in the private sector, this e-learning program provides initial insights into key competences specifically for the business context. A selection of short online courses examines a variety of relevant topics, taking examples from everyday business life as their starting point. Apart from conveying theoretical background information they offer practical advice and provide suggestions for exercises and self-reflexion. Competences acquired by working thouroughly on these e-learnings can also be helpful for similar tasks in other than industrial work contexts, of course.
 
We have three modules in our Short-Cuts to Industry Program: Management Methods - Leadership - Communication. Depending on your personal needs, you can choose one course per module (they are offered in English, German or other languages) and compile them into your personal self-learning programme. Get fit for a career in industry! Below you can register for the Leadership module.
 
Leadership
New to the Leadership Role (50 min)
Female Leadership (80 min)
Making Good Decisions (70 min)
Giving Feedback (70 min)
Lateral Leadership (50 min)
Successfully Structuring Team Development (60 min)
 
Information on registration and course operation
You will be able to choose one course per module. Please choose carefully on the basis of the course descriptions, taking into account that some courses overlap in their content.
 
This e-learning course is being offered in a self-learning format. You therefore have the option to begin at any time convenient to you and work through it at your own pace. Please note that the indicated course durations refer to the pure processing time of the course contents. Please plan additional time for transfer tasks.
 
 
Please note
You will receive the login details as well as further information on the course in a separate e-mail within three weeks after registration for the course. Please register below for the Leadership module. The e-learning will be accessed on an external online training platform.
 
You can find the Management Methods module here: https://www.khys.kit.edu/veranstaltungskalender.php/event/55576 You can find the Communication module here: https://www.khys.kit.edu/veranstaltungskalender.php/event/55578  

A career in industry is an attractive option for many young scientists after completing their doctorate or postdoc phase. And quite a few actually choose to leave academia with the aspiration of entering responsible positions in the private sector.
 
However, given that employees in private enterprises often are required to both pursue different goals and work differently compared to employees in research institutions, scientists need to adopt different mindsets and competences for succeeding in a business environment. In addition to specialist professional knowledge, transferrable skills in the areas of management methods, leadership and communication are particularly required.
 
To give you a head start for a successful career entry in the private sector, this e-learning program provides initial insights into key competences specifically for the business context. A selection of short online courses examines a variety of relevant topics, taking examples from everyday business life as their starting point. Apart from conveying theoretical background information they offer practical advice and provide suggestions for exercises and self-reflexion. Competences acquired by working thouroughly on these e-learnings can also be helpful for similar tasks in other than industrial work contexts, of course.
 
We have three modules in our Short-Cuts to Industry Program: Management Methods - Leadership - Communication. Depending on your personal needs, you can choose one course per module (they are offered in English, German or other languages) and compile them into your personal self-learning programme. Get fit for a career in industry! Below you can register for the Management Methods module.
 
Management Methods            
Agile Project Management - Basics (60 min)
Developing an Agile Mindset (80 min)
Design Thinking (70 min)
Scrum – The Overview (80 min)
Time Management (70 min)
Big Data - Understanding the World of Data (60 min)
 
Information on registration and course operation
You will be able to choose one course per module. Please choose carefully on the basis of the course descriptions, taking into account that some courses overlap in their content.
 
This e-learning course is being offered in a self-learning format. You therefore have the option to begin at any time convenient to you and work through it at your own pace. Please note that the indicated course durations refer to the pure processing time of the course contents. Please plan additional time for transfer tasks.
 
 
Please note
You will receive the login details as well as further information on the course in a separate e-mail within three weeks after registration for the course. Please register below for the Management Methods module. The e-learning will be accessed on an external online training platform.
 
You can find the Leadership module here: https://www.khys.kit.edu/veranstaltungskalender.php/event/55577 You can find the Communication module here: https://www.khys.kit.edu/veranstaltungskalender.php/event/55578  

The course advises young scientists on how to publish the hard-won results of their research and to plan an appropriate publication strategy for their early academic career. The course will begin by exploring why researchers in the sciences should publish their results. It will then guide participants through the processes involved in getting an article or paper published in an academic journal, including:
Reasons for publishing your work and some of the key factors you need to consider when getting started
Navigating the pre-submission stage, from planning your time to preparing supplementary material, information and metadata
The importance of review for quality control and the requirements of the review process
Relevant resources, platforms and social media that can help ensure you publish in an impactful way
 
Duration of this course: 150 min
 
The indicated course duration refers to the pure review of the learning content. Please plan additional time for working on exercises and transfer tasks.
 
This e-learning course is being offered in a self-learning format. You therefore have the option to begin at any time convenient to you and work through it at your own pace.
 
Please note
You can access the course on the KOaLA-online training platform of KIT.
 
+++ Please make sure to use Firefox when accessing the e-learning courses on KOaLA. Otherwise the courses and your learning progress might not be displayed correctly. +++
 
Please follow the subsequent link to the platform website: https://koala.kit.edu      Please register on the platform with your KIT-account details (‘Mit KIT-Account anmelden’) Please select the tile ‘Repository’ (‘Magazin’) and scroll to the ‘Marketplace’ (‘Marktplatz’) where you will find all available tiles of KHYS e-learning courses. Please select the tile of the course and click ‘Join’ (‘Beitreten’).  
This course is open to all KIT-members at any time.