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Twelve female scientists are the focus of the exhibition “Versäumte Bilder” (Missed Images) – women who have shaped their fields and paved the way as pioneers in formerly male-dominated disciplines. With the help of artificial intelligence (AI), images have been created that did not exist during the lifetime of those portrayed. The technology becomes a creative tool for making the often invisible stories of these researchers visible. Initiated by the Central Equal Opportunities Officer and the Department of University Communications, and implemented by science photographer Gesine Born and her image institute, the series shows the history of women in science from a new perspective. After stops at the University Museum and the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology, and Space, the exhibition will be on display at the Poppelsdorf Campus in December 2025 and February 2026.

There's a lot to take in at the start of your studies – how do I deal with it all? In this workshop, we would like to empower you for starting your studies! Here you will receive specific information for a good start of your studies, as well as the opportunity to share ideas with fellow students and study advisors. The aim is also to strengthen your resources for your future studies and to get to know support services and fellow students – because studying together is better!

All students, staff and professors are invited. Program 10 am to 12 noon: Poster session in the foyer 2 pm to 4 pm: Award ceremony Grace Hopper, BIG, Kepler Scholarship, Best Poster Award in 0.107 from 4 pm: Barbecue, get-together, karaoke, etc.

On 25 March 2025, the Hochschulrechenzentrum will celebrate the first birthday of the supercomputer ‘Marvin’ at Campus Poppelsdorf. To mark this special day, the HPC team at the HRZ is organising an event together with the HPC/A Lab and TRA Modelling. The programme consists of a welcome by Prof. Maren Bennewitz, Vice-Rector for Digitalisation and Information Management and head of the HPC/A-Lab, followed by an invited presentation by the legend of parallel programming, Timothy Mattson: "The hitchhiker's guide to the future of HPC - processors, people and programming", as well as other exciting scientific talks, presentations, a competition, public voting and an award ceremony. Workshops: The HPC@HRZ and HPC/A Lab team is also organising workshops with Timothy Mattson on the topic of parallel programming at the end of March. (https://www.dice.uni-bonn.de/hpca/en/events)

The European Girls' Olympiad in Informatics (EGOI) is a programming competition for female and non-binary students from European countries. The EGOI was founded in 2021 and is held in a different country every year. This year it takes place in Bonn. Hundreds of schoolgirls from 50 countries are taking part to compete in programming. In addition to the competition, there will be an opening and closing ceremony, excursions and other activities. EGOI 2025 is organized by the German National Computer Science Competitions (BWINF) together with Deutsche Telekom AG and Jane Street - in partnership with the Institute of Computer Science at the University of Bonn and the Lamarr Institute.

Made it halfway through your studies? Fantastic! Come along to the Bergfest from 2 pm to 6 pm on June 5, where you can refuel at the food truck, enjoy a free fruit juice with sparkling water, relax with a yoga session and enjoy the beautiful surroundings of the Botanic Garden. Make use of the empowerment stations, stroll along the poster walk, learn some relaxation techniques and visit the “advice market” for tips on spending time abroad or the topic of careers guidance. At the Bergfest, we want to join with you in celebrating what everyone’s achieved and help you gear yourselves up for the rest of your studies. All further details of the schedule and program for the Bergfest can be found at www.uni-bonn.de/en/studying/organizing-your-studies/during-your-studies/copy2_of_bergfest?set_language=en. The Bergfest is intended for students (bachelor’s, master’s, state examination, doctoral students) who are halfway through their degree program (from the 2nd/ 3rd semester onwards).

On October 8, 2025, the annual Ersti-Welcome will once again take place in the main university building. The focus will be on advice, information and getting to know each other. Whether at the official welcome in the auditorium, the information market in the Arkadenhof or the party in the evening — at the Ersti-Welcome, students can get to know their university with its wide range of offers, their student councils and their fellow students. Admission is free of charge. Registration is currently not required. Please bring your student ID or other proof of your status as a student at the University of Bonn. Admission starts at 11:15 am. Program: 12:00 p.m.: Official welcome in the auditorium, main building 1:00-3:00 p.m.: Info market in the Arkadenhof 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.: Activities 6:00 - 11:00 pm: Freshman party in the main building

Let’s help to improve surgical decisions in the emergency room and save lives with machine learning! Every day, doctors make critical decisions that can determine life and death. With your machine learning skills, you can help them make the right decisions faster and more accurately, thus actively influencing the lives of patients. Our goal is to develop innovative solutions that improve the quality of treatment and the chances of survival for patients. You will work on a specific challenge with the support of experts from Bonn Surgical Technology Center (BOSTER) and B-IT. You will develop prediction models based on real data from the UKB emergency room, for example to predict whether emergency surgery is needed for certain symptoms such as abdominal pain. The hackathon offers a unique opportunity to work on real medical problems and make valuable contacts at the interface of medicine and modeling. Find the agenda here: www.uni-bonn.de/en/hack4surgery

In this preliminary course, incoming computer science students get an introduction to important formal and mathematical foundations. Contents include: mathematical language, propositional logic, predicate logic, number domains and data types. proof techniques (direct, indirect proof; circular inference, complete induction), functions and relations, basic algebraic structures, exponential functions and logarithms. Target Groups Cyber Security (B.Sc.) Informatik (B.Sc.) Informatik (Lehramt)

This preliminary course offers a first introduction to the world of coding using Python, one of the most popular programming languages. Target Groups Cyber Security (B.Sc.) Informatik (B.Sc.) Informatik (Lehramt)

Every year at the beginning of the winter semester, the Student Body of Computer Science organizes an orientation session (OE) for new bachelor's students of computer science and cyber security. The most important goals of the OE are: Getting to know other students – because you won't get very far in your studies without friends! Seeing the university buildings and facilities – so that you can find your way around right away! Take the panic out of studying – we're all only human! Answer your questions – so that you are well prepared for everything! Have fun – of course! During orientation week, more or less “old hands” will explain everything you need to know in small groups. Student representatives will guide you through the university and show you the most important places and rooms. Of course, there will also be a party or two, a pub crawl, or a game night, because that's the best way to get to know each other!

Every year at the beginning of the winter semester, the Computer Science Student Council organizes an orientation session (OE) for new master's students in Computer Science, Cyber Security, and Life Science Informatics (b-it). The main goals of the OE are: 1. Getting to know other students — because you won't get very far in your studies without friends! 2. Seeing the university buildings and facilities — so you can find your way around right away! 3. Answering your questions — so you're well prepared for everything! 4. Having fun — of course!

In this talk Christian Pinnow, partner at D+B Rechtsanwälte, explains the regulatory framework for life science and health startups. The focus is on the legal basis for handling patient data and samples, as well as the transition from research to business startups. While sketching out a roadmap through the various levels of regulatory fog, topics such as ethics council applications and secondary use are also addressed in a practical manner. Following the presentation, there will be time for questions and discussion.

This talk explores the epistemic and aesthetic dimensions of data visualization, examining how abstraction shapes our perception of reality. Drawing on theoretical perspectives and a range of artistic and research-based projects, I will interrogate how data visualization constructs, distorts, and challenges the relationship between abstraction and reality. By critically engaging with its visual grammar and ideological underpinnings, this talk will reflect on the tensions inherent in making the invisible visible through abstraction.

This 2h-workshop at our enaCom premises in Brühler Strasse 7 offers you the opportunity to connect with and learn from experienced IT consultants about basic regulatory requirements stemming from the recently implemented EU AI Acts (upcoming in Sept 25). In the first part of the workshop you will be introduced to i.a. the categorisation of being an ‚AI provider‘ or ‚AI deployer‘ and general documentary quality-, transparency- and risk-management obligations. In the second part you will have the opportunity to ask questions and receive ‚hands on‘ advice – from developer to developer – for regulatory compliance. So join us and use your chance to meet and exchange with specialized IT-consultants from Comma Soft AG - a leading data science company in the Bonn area! Places are restricted. First come. First serve.

On March 25, 2025, the Hochschulrechenzentrum celebrates the first birthday of the supercomputer “Marvin”. To mark this special day, the HPC team from the HRZ is organizing an event on the Poppelsdorf campus together with the HPC/A Lab and TRA Modelling. The program consists of a welcome by Prof. Maren Bennewitz, Vice-Rector for Digitization and Information Management and Scientific Director of the HPC/A Lab, followed by a lecture by the legend of parallel programming, Timothy Mattson: “The hitchhiker's guide to the future of HPC - processors, people and programming”, as well as other exciting scientific lectures, presentations, a competition, audience voting and an award ceremony. Workshops: The HPC@HRZ and HPC/A Lab team is also organizing workshops with Timothy Mattson on parallel programming at the end of March: https://www.dice.uni-bonn.de/hpca/en/events

As usual, the Dies Academicus offers a variety of events, exhibitions, guided tours and lectures. All students and members of the public are invited. Most of the lectures take place in the main building, Am Hof 1. Unless otherwise specified. No prior registration is required to attend the Dies Academicus. The program appears a few weeks before the date on the life long learning university homepage.