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IMPRSmeetinginBadSchandau(SächsicheSchweiz)inApril2009.<br />

youngresearchersfromthevariouspartnerinstitutionsincludingthe mpipks.Weofferapproximatelyfour<br />

lecturesperterm.TheyareopentostudentsfromtheTechnischeUniversitätDresden.Participationof<br />

theIMPRSstudentsinthelecturesismonitoredbyacredit-pointsystem.<br />

Organizationandadministrativematters<br />

TheschoolisoperatedbytheIMPRSboardwiththefollowingmembers:<br />

Prof.Jan-MichaelRost(chairman, mpipks)<br />

Prof.RolandKetzmerick(TUD) Prof.BerndBüchner(IFW)<br />

Prof.GotthardSeifert(TUD) Prof.PavelJungwirth(IOCBPrague)<br />

Prof.YuriGrin(MPI-CPfS) Prof.JozefSznajd(ILTSRWroc̷law)<br />

Dr.UlfSaalmann(coordinator, mpipks)<br />

Therearetwoboardmeetingsayear,inwhichtheboarddiscussesanddecidesallmattersregardingthe<br />

operationoftheIMPRS.Thisincludestheadmissionofnewstudents,thedistributionoftheIMPRS<br />

resources(inparticulargrants),theseminarandlectureprogram,organizationofsummer/winterschools<br />

orotherIMPRSmeetings.<br />

Theexecutiveboard,consistingofProf.Rost,Prof.BüchnerandDr.Saalmann,meetsupondemand.<br />

Inparticularitpre-screensthenumerousapplications.Thedailycoordination,i.e.contacttostudents,<br />

applicationandadmissionprocedure,advertisements,organizationofthelecturesandseminarprogram<br />

andmaintenanceoftheweb-pageishandledatthe mpipks.<br />

Applicationforsecondfundingperiodandfuturedevelopment<br />

Overthelast5yearsthescientificlandscapeinDresdenhasundergonesignificantdevelopment,not<br />

theleastthankstotheIMPRSregardingPhDtraining. Infact,wehavehadnumerousrequestsfrom<br />

colleaguestojoinourIMPRS.Partially,wehaveaccommodatedtheserequestsbutrefrainedfroma<br />

majorextensionofourIMPRS,sincewestronglybelievethatinordertomaintainthebenefitofan<br />

IMPRS,itsstudentsshouldhaveachancetoknoweachotherwhichlimitsinourexperiencethesizeof<br />

theschooltoabout50–70PhDstudentmembers.<br />

ThesedevelopmentsallowustofocustheresearchoftheIMPRSon“Modellinginthenaturalsciences—fromalgorithmstoapplications”byincludingnewcolleagueswhohaverecentlybeenappointed<br />

inDresden. Atthesametimeweincreasesignificantlythenumberofparticipatingdepartmentsfrom<br />

theTUDresden,byengineering,mathandcomputerscience.Theconcentrationontheoreticalresearch<br />

hasbeenplannedincoordinationwithourexperimentalcolleaguesfromIFWwhowillapplyforamainly<br />

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