[BEAM] Statistical literacy and R (Januar 13-14, 2022)

Our partner graduate school BEAM offers an online complementary skills workshop on statistics and R. It will cover the following topics:

Management of R objects, workspace, Help system, R packages, data types, Working with GUI RStudio, importing and exporting of data, Importing/exporting foreign formats such as SPSS datasets or .*cho, Summary statistics, dealing with missing data, Modify data set structures, Extracting partial data sets (split, submit, which), Working with tables: Row sums, column sums, Frequency tables, Graphical representation of frequency tables, Special table functions, Overview on graphic types, Layout and graphic design, graphics output, Algorithms in Data Science, Data import, processing, modelling and visualization, Overview about the classification of algorithms in Machine Learning.


The workshop will take place online in English. Please contact Imme Sakwa-Waltz in case you are interested!

[DFG] DFG Funding Opportunities for Postdocs (November 9, 2021, 14.00-15.30)

The DFG offers a short webinar concerning their funding options for the postdoctoral phase.

Germany’s largest independent research funding organisation offers funding opportunities for all career stages between doctorate and professorship. Join our online talk and get to know the DFG and its funding portfolio for postdocs in Germany. We will give you a quick overview about the Walter Benjamin, the Emmy Noether and the Heisenberg Programme, as well as the Individual Research Grant with a temporary position for principal investigators. We will also provide advice on how to prepare your proposal and what happens once you submit it to the DFG.

Registration here.