b-it: Bonn-Aachen International Center for Information Technology

To all new students at b-it: Huge warm welcome!!! And good luck in the new semester from b-it directors and the entire staff!

To all students!

New talk in b-it Lecture Series on Thursday this week 17.00 hours in room 0.109 (b-it lecture hall): Thomas G. Schulze, Professor at LMU Munich and Director, Institute of Psychiatric Phenomics and Genomics (IPPG) will deliver a talk on:

„Biological psychiatric research: comprehensive phenotyping, technological advances & trust-based global networking“

b-it statement on the passing of Professor Matthias Jarke:

We mourn the loss of Prof. Dr. Matthias Jarke The Bonn-Aachen International Center for Information Technology (b-it) mourns the loss of its long-time director Prof. Dr. Matthias Jarke, who passed away on March 21 at the age of 71. With his passing, the Computer Science community has lost a visionary and exceptional personality who significantly...

b-it deeply mourns the passing away of founding director Professor Dr. Matthias Jarke. Read more at the following link: https://gi.de/meldung/die-gi-trauert-um-matthias-jarke More information to follow here soon.

Die GI trauert um Matthias Jarke Die deutsche Informatik-Community trauert um Prof. Dr. Matthias Jarke, der von 2004 bis 2007 Präsident der Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (GI) war und am 21. März im Alter von 71 Jahren verstorben ist.

Bonn alaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaf!!!!!! Happy carnival and treat yourself with a Berliner/ Krapfen. I had mine already. It is a must! More about the seasonal food below:

Berliner (doughnut) - Wikipedia A Berliner is a German jam doughnut with no central hole, made from sweet yeast dough fried in lard or cooking oil, with a jam filling, and usually covered in powdered or conventional (known as granulated sugar in the United States and caster in Britain) sugar. (Berliner is also the term for a chara...

Looking back at winter semester 2023/2024 and our Welcome Party in November 2023. Here are some impressions: We all had a good one!

b-it directors and staff wish all students:

Next and last talk for this semester in b-it alumni lecture series: Selin Sezer Research Associate at Fraunhofer FIT, Germany

She will talk about:

"Building a Decentralized Future"

More information about the b-it Alumni Lecture Series:

b-it Alumni Lecture Series Winter Semester 2023/2024 - b-it-center Professor Dr. Thomas Rose and b-it study co-ordinators Dr. Iman Awaad, Dr. René Röpke and Dr. Alexandra Reitelmann have organized another b-it Alumni Series in Winter Semester 2023/2024 with the goal of bringing b-it graduates and current students together so that students can get a first-hand loo...

New talk in b-it lecture series: Dr. Sarah Suleri, UX Design Manager
at Thomson Reuters, Canada. She will speak about "Navigating the UX Design Landscape: From Media Informatics to UX Leadership". Read more about the lecture series at the linkl below:

b-it Alumni Lecture Series Winter Semester 2023/2024 - b-it-center Professor Dr. Thomas Rose and b-it study co-ordinators Dr. Iman Awaad, Dr. René Röpke and Dr. Alexandra Reitelmann have organized another b-it Alumni Series in Winter Semester 2023/2024 with the goal of bringing b-it graduates and current students together so that students can get a first-hand loo...

To all students: Be careful tomorrow, there is a weather alert (blackice and snow)! Read more at the link below (in English):

Wetter und Klima - Deutscher Wetterdienst - Warnings Warning management

b-it study co-ordinators from all three b-it master programms (Autonomous Systems, Life Science Informatics and Media Informatics) wish all our students an excellent start into the New Year 2024! May all your wishes come true, particularly those concerning the exams! Good preparation and good luck for the soon upcoming exam season!

Merry Christmas to all who celebrate it today!

b-it directors, b-it professors and b-it staff wish everyone:

Frohes Neues Jahr!
Prosit Neujahr!
Happy New Year!
Z novym hodam!
Felice anno nuovo!
Shnorhavor nor tari!
Xin nian yu kuai!
Gelukkig nieuwjaar!
Aide shoma mobarak!
Bonne année!
Xin nian yu kuai!
Shanah tovah!
Kali hronia!
С новым годом (S Novym Godom)!
Godt Nyttår!
Godt Nytår!
Selamat Tahun Baru!
Feliz ano novo!
La Multi Ani!
Akemash*te Omedetou Gozaimas!u
Feliz Año Nuevo!
Selamat Tahun Baru!
Szczesliwego Nowego roku!
Boldog új évet!
Kul 'am wa antum bikhair!
Onnellista uutta vuotta!
Manigong Bagong Taon!
Sawatdee Pi Mai!
Chuc mung nam moi!
Sehe Bokmanee Bateuseyo!
Gelukkig nieuwjaar!
Shuvo noboborsho!
Urte Berri on!
Blwyddyn Newydd Dda!
Срећна Нова година!
Mutlu Yıllar!
Yeni Yılınız Kutlu Olsun
새해 복 많이 받으세요 (saehae bog manh-i bad-euseyo)!
Head uut aastat!
Hyvää uutta vuotta!
Godt nytt år!
Chúc mừng năm mới!
新年快乐 (Xīnnián kuàilè)
新年快樂 (Xīnnián kuàilè)
Laimīgu Jauno gadu!
नया साल मुबारक हो (naya saal mubaarak ho)!
明けましておめでとうございます (Akemash*te omedetou gozaimasu)!
Šťastný nový rok
Selamat tahun baru
สวัสดีปีใหม่

b-it directors staff and students wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a wonderful Christmas break! b-it wants to extends these wishes to all parents, friends and family of our students, regardless if you celebrate Christmas or not. Your support for the students is invaluable. As the students live among us, its is their Christmas as it is ours. And so it is yours, the partents, as it it ours! The photo below was taken at b-it Welcome Party at the beginning of November, where one important element is our class photo that you can see below. Happy holidays!

New talk in b-it Alumni Lecture Series: Linh-Nga Tran
Software Engineer at Google, Kitchener, Canada will deliver a talk about: "Software Engineer in Big Tech". Read more about b-it Alumni Lecture Series at the following link:

b-it Alumni Lecture Series Winter Semester 2023/2024 - b-it-center Professor Dr. Thomas Rose and b-it study co-ordinators Dr. Iman Awaad, Dr. René Röpke and Dr. Alexandra Reitelmann have organized another b-it Alumni Series in Winter Semester 2023/2024 with the goal of bringing b-it graduates and current students together so that students can get a first-hand loo...

New talk in b-it Lecture Series on 7 December 2023 at 17.00 hours: Dr. Anna-Carolina Haensch, assistant Research Professor at the Joint Program in Survey Methodology at the University of Maryland
and Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute for Statistics at LMU Munich, Germany will deliver a talk about: "Can large language models predict how people vote? Evidence from Germany". Read more about b-it Lecture Series:

b-it Lecture Series 2023 - b-it-center All talks will be delivered as in-person lectures in room 0.109 (b-it lecture hall) at 17:00 hours. Registration in advance is not needed.

New talk today at 10.00 hours, in b-it Alumni Lecture Series: "Unlocking Potential: The Vital Role of MLOps in Driving Machine Learning Success" delivered by Hammam Abdelwahab, Fraunhofer IAIS, Sankt Augustin, Germany. Read more at the following link:

b-it Alumni Lecture Series Winter Semester 2023/2024 - b-it-center Professor Dr. Thomas Rose and b-it study co-ordinators Dr. Iman Awaad, Dr. René Röpke and Dr. Alexandra Reitelmann have organized another b-it Alumni Series in Winter Semester 2023/2024 with the goal of bringing b-it graduates and current students together so that students can get a first-hand loo...

Another tip: Visit the Christmkas Market in Aachen, a very scenic Christmas market! Read more the the following link:

Aachen Christmas Market 2023 Aachen Christmas Market 2023 will be held from November 24 to December 23. The daily opening hours are from 11 am to 9 pm.

Siegburg has to offer a Christmas market in a medieval style. Try this Christmas market too! Read more about it here:

Medieval Christmas Market in Siegburg Craftsmen, musicians, jugglers and traders create a medieval flair at the Siegburg Christmas Market. They pitch their tents on the market square.

Tomorrow the Christmasmarket in Bonn will open! Read more at the following link:

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New talk at b-it today: Dr. Florian Mai
Postdoctoral Research Fellowat KU Leuven, Belgium will deliver a talk about "(When) do we need self attention? ". Read more about about it at the following link:

DAAD AI Net Visiting Researcher speaker series - b-it-center Prof. Dr. Lucie Flek cordially invites you to the DAAD AI Net Visiting Researcher speaker series she is organizing. Meet highly renowned ML and AI Scientists from all over the world and learn more about their research topics.

New talk in b-it Alumni Lecture Series: Dr. Raquel Rodríguez Pérez, Novartis Institute for Bioemdical Research, Basel, Switzerland will deliver a talk about "Machine learning models to assist in drug design " Read more about the lecture series:

b-it Alumni Lecture Series Winter Semester 2023/2024 - b-it-center Professor Dr. Thomas Rose and b-it study co-ordinators Dr. Iman Awaad, Dr. René Röpke and Dr. Alexandra Reitelmann have organized another b-it Alumni Series in Winter Semester 2023/2024 with the goal of bringing b-it graduates and current students together so that students can get a first-hand loo...

Important notice: The German rail union has announced a 20 hours strike starting this evening at 22:00 hours until tomorrow. This strike will affect long distance and short/ regional distance trains. You may be affected too if you take the regional train to get to university. Read more at the following link:

German rail union announces 20-hour train strike – DW – 11/14/2023 Germany's rail networks are set to be hit by another strike on Wednesday. The GDL union has called for labor action as it negotiate pay rises with the state-owned rail operator.

New talk in b-it Alumni Lecture Series: Dr. Shweta Bagewadi Kawalia, BASF, Ludiwgshafen, Germany, will talk about "Life Science Informatics to AI Architect: Exploring Opportunities Lost, Gained, and Created". Read more about the b-it Alumni Lecture Series at the link below:

b-it Alumni Lecture Series Winter Semester 2023/2024 - b-it-center Professor Dr. Thomas Rose and b-it study co-ordinators Dr. Iman Awaad, Dr. René Röpke and Dr. Alexandra Reitelmann have organized another b-it Alumni Series in Winter Semester 2023/2024 with the goal of bringing b-it graduates and current students together so that students can get a first-hand loo...