A History of Events

September: HGS-HIRe Soft Skill Course in Budenheim (Schloss Waldthausen)

The course 'Presenting in English' was the first in series of soft skill seminars offered by HGS-HIRe in cooperation with various tutors. Presenting in your own language is difficult enough, but in today's global environment more and more post-graduates are required to attend international events and/or present their research in English. This two day seminar looked at what makes an effective presentation focusing on language and non-verbal communication skills.

November: HGS-HIRe Soft Skill Course in Gedern

The second HGS-HIRe soft skill seminar on 'Presenting in English' in cooperation with Ellen Rana from Koblenz took place in the pleasant Castle of Gedern in the Vogelsberg region. On the second day of the seminar, the participating students have been required to give a five minute presentation on their area of research which incorporates skills learnt on the first day of the seminar.

December: HGS-HIRe Anniversary Celebration in Frankfurt

The first anniversary of the Helmholtz Graduate School for Hadron and Ion Research - HGS-HIRe for FAIR - was celebrated with a festive event in Frankfurt. On this occasion the first HGS-HIRe excellence awards were presented to Gabriel Denicol and Alexander Kalweit for their outstanding achievements during their doctoral studies.

January: HGS-HIRe Lecture Week on Nuclear Structure in Rauischholzhausen

The first HGS-HIRe lecture week in the scientific field 'nuclear structure' has been held January 2010 in Schloss Rauischholzhausen close to Marburg. In this first lecture week a general overview of the field has been discussed focusing on the various experiments for nuclear structure studies.

January: HGS-HIRe Lecture Week on Chiral Symmetry in Manigod

In January 2010 the first HGS-HIRe lecture week in the scientific field 'hot and dense matter' studies has been held in Manigod in the french alpes. The topic of this lecture week was 'Chiral Symmetry' discussing theoretical and experimental aspects of this phenomenon.

April: HGS-HIRe Soft Skill Course in Rauischholzhausen

'Scientific Writing in English' was the topic of a HGS-HIRe soft skill seminar in the pleasant Castle Rauischholzhausen close to Giessen. In a relaxed atmosphere, some of the skills needed to produce good scientific texts have been practised and challenging problems have been addressed.

July: HGS-HIRe Soft Skill Course in Habitzheim

The beautiful court estate of Habitzheim served as idyllic location of the second HGS-HIRe soft skill seminar on 'Scientific Writing in English'. This series of courses on scientific writing has been offered in cooperation with Heather Krehbiel who performed seminars on this topic at the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung for many years.

August: HGS-HIRe Summer Student Program at GSI

40 undergraduate summer students from all over Europe and the GSI/FAIR partner countries started their eight-week-long research and education program at GSI. In parallel to small research projects HGS-HIRe is offering a series of summer lectures covering the science of GSI and FAIR.

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October: HGS-HIRe Power Week on Quantum Field Theory in Kronberg

Special aspects of quantum field theory as path integrals, vacuum instablity or particle production mechanisms were the topic of the first HGS-HIRe power week in Kronberg/Taunus. Under guidance of Piero Nicolini/Frankfurt the participants of the power week got deep into the subject by hands-on exercises and explanatory lectures.

October: HGS-HIRe Graduate Days 2010 in Hanau-Steinheim

The HGS-HIRe Graduate Days 2010 were held in Hanau-Steinheim. With scientific presentations of invited speakers and the participants of the school the more than 150 attendees this time discussed various aspects of four different scientific fields represented in the graduate school. In the traditional "HIRe-Feier" the HGS-HIRe Excellence Awards 2010 were presented to Renate Märtin und Jan Steinheimer-Froschauer.

November: Outreach in Elementary Schools

Together with the 'Polytechnische Gesellschaft' HGS-HIRe is pioneering in an outreach program for elementary school kids. 'Scientists - who we are and what we do' is the theme of a new program starting in October 2010 with HGS-HIRe participants visiting elementary schools to talk about what it is like 'being a scientist'.

November: HGS-HIRe Soft Skill Course in Budenheim (Schloss Waldthausen)

Due to many interested students, a third HGS-HIRe soft skill seminar on 'Scientific Writing in English' has been organized. In the hospitable atmosphere of Castle Waldthausen near Mainz, skills needed to produce good scientific articles have been practised. Furthermore challenging problems have been addressed and discussed by the participants.

November: HGS-HIRe Lecture Week on Atomic Physics in Höchst (Odenwald)

The first HGS-HIRe lecture week dedicated to the scientific field 'Atomic Physics' has been held in Kloster Höchst in the Odenwald in November/December 2010. Experts from EMMI, GSI and the University of Heidelberg gave lectures on the physics of strong Coulomb fields focusing on experimental and theoretical studies with highly charged ions.

January: HGS-HIRe Soft Skill Course in Mainz

The first HGS-HIRe soft skill seminar of the year 2011 was focusing on 'Intercultural Communication and Conflict Management'. In an inspiring learning atmosphere, Ellen Rana from Koblenz gave a very enlightening overview about the subject. Key problems have been addressed to raise awareness and to stimulate continuous working by the participating students independently after the seminar has finished. Unanimous statement of all participants: Great insight, great fun!

February: HGS-HIRe Soft Skill Course in Naurod

The second HGS-HIRe soft skill seminar was dedicated to the topic 'Presenting in English'. In this two day seminar, Ellen Rana with her enthusiastic manner figured out what makes an effective presentation focusing on language skills and non-verbal communication taking account of intercultural issues.

February: HGS-HIRe First Joint Helmholtz-Rosatom School in Hirschegg

In the first joint Helmholtz-Rosatom School participants of HGS-HIRe and fellows of the FAIR Rusia Research Centre in Moscow came together to discuss and learn about various aspects of the new FAIR accelerator complex. The topics covered all parts of the FAIR project: The accelerators, the experiments and the theories behind. In a series of expert lectures, presentations of participants and group projects the different scientific parts were elaborated.

First International Masterclass at GSI

The first international masterclass at GSI was conducted in cooperation of scientists from GSI and participants of HGS-HIRe. Students from local high schools were invited to have hands-on experience with real data from the ALICE experiment at CERN. The 'International Masterclass' is organized in the framework of the European Particle Physics Outreach Group and an Initiative of the German BMBF, the 'Netzwerk-Teilchenphysik'. In the upcoming weeks HGS-HIRe participants will visit high schools in the Rhein-Main area to talk about their work.

March: HGS-HIRe Lecture Week on Nuclear Structure in Schöntal

'Shell Structure of Complex Nuclei' was the topic of the second HGS-HIRe lecture week in the scientific field of nuclear structure studies. Dieter Ackermann (GSI), Nadya Smirnova (University of Bordeaux) and Gabriel Martinez Pinedo (GSI) discussed experimental observations and theoretical descriptions on the subjects and presented applications to nuclear astrophysics. Although the program of lectures, presentations by the participants and group projects was challenging, there was still time to enjoy the picturesque places of Kloster Schöntal, an old former monastery which maintained its baroque style.

March: HGS-HIRe Basic Course I - Making an Impact as an Effective Researcher in Bodenrod

The new HGS-HIRe softskill program started with a three-day-long course in Butzbach/Bodenrod. The course is the first in a series of three courses were every HGS-HIRe participant will attend one course each year. More instances of this first course will follow over the year. In the first group 30 HGS-HIRe participants got insight into the basics of transferable skills.

May: HGS-HIRe Basic Course I - Making an Impact as an Effective Researcher in Buchenau

The new HGS-HIRe softskill program gets into gear with the second installation of a three-day-long introductory course in Castle Buchenau.

June: HGS-HIRe Basic Course III - Leadership and Career Development in Buchenau

The new HGS-HIRe softskill program gets into gear with the third installation of a three-day-long introductory course in Castle Buchenau.

June: HGS-HIRe Power Week -AdS/CFT and the implications for heavy ion collisions

The HGS-HIRe Power-Week on the AdS/CFT correspondence was organized at the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies. About a dozen students spent a week to learn about the AdS/CFT Gauge-Gravity correspondence in hand-on exercises and lectures. The feedback on the event was overwhelmingly positive, both from participants as well as from the lecturer Matthias Kaminski from Princeton.

August: HGS-HIRe Summer Student Program

The HGS-HIRe Summer Student Program at GSI 2011 started on August 1st with a get-together of the students and the supervisors. Over the course of 2 months more than 40 students from 14 countries took part in the program and worked on various research projects.

September: HGS-HIRe Basic Course I - Making an Impact as an Effective Researcher

A soft skill course on "Making an Impact as an Effective Researcher" was held in Castle Buchenau from September 5 to 8. During the course more than 30 HGS-HIRe students improved their teambuilding, communication and leadership skills.

October: HGS-HIRe Basic Course I - Making an Impact as an Effective Researcher

The final soft skill course in 2011 on "Making an Impact as an Effective Researcher" was held in Bodenrod from October 4 to 7. Thirty PhD students of HGS-HIRe were trained in topics such as group dynamics, communication and leadership skills.

October: HGS-HIRe Lecture Week on Accelerator Physics in Puidox, Switzerland

More than 20 doctoral students of HGS-HIRe went to Puidox, Switzerland for one week to learn about the theoretical and experimental facets of accelerator physics. After four days full with lectures, participant talks and excercises the group visited CERN, one of the largest accelerator labs in the world.

October: HGS-HIRe Graduate Days 2011

Nearly 200 participants and supervisors of HGS-HIRe joined this years Graduate Days in Königstein. Over the course of two days participants reported on their projects, experienced researchers gave overview talks and the HGS-HIRe excellence awards have been granted.

November: HGS-HIRe Lecture Week on Atomic Physics

The second HGS-HIRe lecture week on atomic physics that took place in Kloster Marienburg on November 13-18, 2011 has been dedicated to precision experiments with stored highly charged ions. Stimulated by the location, a former abbey on top of a vineyard at the Mosel river, Yuri Litvinov and Danyal Winters (both from GSI) gave a broad overview of the experimental issues while Andrey Surzhykov from the University of Heidelberg addressed the theoretical aspects of this research topic. Amongst others, the concept of Clebsch-Gordan coefficients has been nicely elaborated so that at the end of this lecture week everybody was convinced of this powerful tool. Thanks to the strong support and enthusiasm of all lecturers and participating students this scientific event continues the series of successful HGS-HIRe lecture weeks.

December: HGS-HIRe Power Week on Statistics

The Power-Week on Statistics and Statistical Methods took place in the castle of Herborn. During one week 15 HGS-HIRe doctoral students learned about Statistics, Neural Networks and Machine Learning. Students from nearly all fields of physics in HGS-HIRe joined the event and the lecturer Helge Voss from CERN / MPI Heidelberg offered projects which the participants can apply in their daily work.

February: HGS-HIRe Lecture Week on Aspects of QCD

The Lecture Week "Aspects of QCD" took place in the very remote village Manigod in the French Alps from February 5-12. The lecturers Owe Philipsen (Uni Frankfurt) and Sasha Glazov (DESY) taught 24 HGS-HIRe graduate students about experimental tests and theoretical tools of Quantum Chomo-Dynamics.

February: Joint Helmholtz-Rosatom Winter School for young scientists at FAIR

The second edition of the Joint Helmholtz-Rosatom Winter school for young scientists at FAIR took place in Bekasovo, close to Moscow in Russia. More than 50 young scientists joined a one-week scientific program with lectures covering all the different aspects of FAIR physics. The scientific director of the FAIR project, Boris Sharkov gave an update on the status of FAIR and many other lecturers reported on the physics program at this exciting new facility. Graduate students of HGS-HIRe and russian institutes teamed up and tackled various exercises given to them in the afternoon groupwork and enjoyed the evening program.

February: HGS-HIRe Basic Course I - Making an Impact as an Effective Researcher

From February 27 to March 1 Schloss Buchenau was once again the venue for a course on "Making an Impact as an Effective Researcher. 25 students of HGS-HIRe joined a 3 day program on team building, group dynamics, presentation training and communications skills.

March: HGS-HIRe Basic Course II - Leading Teams in a Scientific Environment

The first installment of the HGS-HIRe Basic Course II took place in the beginning of March in Schloss Buchenau. During a 3 day programm HGS-HIRe graduate students who finished Basic Course I before could improve their skills with regard to leading teams, project management and presenting scientific results.

April: HGS-HIRe Power Week on Nuclear Astrophysics / Nucleosynthesis

Kloster Höchst hosted a HGS-HIRe Power Week dedicated to the scientific topic of nuclear astrophysics on April 02-05, 2012. This event provided the opportunity to have a journey in the research field that studies how the elements form in stars. During brief lectures in the morning and plenty of hands-on projects in the afternoon - both prepared and given by Marco Pignatari from the University of Basel - 11 HGS-HIRe participants, interested in the topic, expanded their knowledge of various aspects of nucleosynthesis in a stimulating learning environment.

April: HGS-HIRe Lecture Week on Nuclear Structure Physics

Twenty doctoral students participated in the HGS-HIRe Lecture Week "Gamma-ray Spectroscopy" that tooks place in Höchst (Odenwald) on April 15-20, 2012. It is the third event in a series of HGS-HIRe Lecture Weeks dedicated to nuclear structure physics. This year, Enrico Farnea from INFN Padova gave an overwiew of experiments dedicated to Gamma-ray spectroscopy with particular emphasis on the AGATA project. The second lecturer, Carlo Barbieri from the University of Surrey, addressed most advanced ab-initio methods to theoretically describe the structure of nuclei. In a second part he focused on propagator theory which offers a broad range of applicabilities to describe many-body systems.

April: HGS-HIRe Basic Course II - Leading Teams in a Research Environment

The second Basic Course II took place in Bodenrod from April 23-26. During a 3 day programm HGS-HIRe graduate students who finished Basic Course I before improved their skills with regard to leading teams, project management and presenting scientific results.

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