Contents - Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme
Contents - Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme
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experimentalPhDschool. ThisnewPhDschoolandourIMPRSwillcloselycollaboratewithaharmonizedlecturesprogramintheareasofcommoninterestandbymutualrecognitionoflecturestocollect<br />
creditpoints.<br />
Theunifyingschemeistheoreticaltreatmentandinmostcasesmodellingprocessesinnature.Forthis<br />
reasontheemphasisoftheIMPRSonmodellingisnotonlyverysuitablefortheDresdenresearcharea<br />
asdetailedbefore,butalsofor mpipks.Moreover,theinternationalcharacteroftheIMPRS(withabout<br />
halfthestudentsfromabroadandhalffromGermany)findsitsidealcounterpartat mpipkswithits<br />
largervisitorsprogram(exchangeofpeople,workshopprogram).<br />
DresdenisclosetothePolishandCzechborders. Therefore,itwasoneofthehopesofthefounding<br />
committeeofthe mpipksthatitwouldestablishclosetiesinparticulartotheuniversitiesofWroc̷law<br />
andPrague. WiththeIMPRSthesetieshavebeenestablished,putonaformalbasisandfilledwith<br />
scientificlife,inthemeantimetremendouslyfacilitatedthroughtheECmembershipofPolandandthe<br />
CzechRepublic<br />
3.3 WorkshopandVisitorsProgram<br />
TheVisitorsProgramof mpipkshostsguestscientistsforaperiodofusuallyuptotwoyears.Excellent<br />
workingconditionsareofferedtoqualified,mostlyyoung,scientists. Thisalsoincludeslogistichelp,<br />
e.g.,forfindingsuitableaccommodation,solvingvisaproblems,etc. Theclosecollaborationwithadministrativeunitsresponsibleforexampleforthecomputationalandtechnicalequipmentoftheoffices,<br />
allowstheguestscientiststofullyconcentratetheireffortsonresearch.InformalTeaSeminars,aweekly<br />
YoungScientistsJamSessionandfinancialsupportforjoiningGermanlanguagecourseshelptointegrate<br />
guestscientistsfastandeasilyintothelocalcommunity.Manyguestscientistsparticipateactivelyinthe<br />
WorkshopandSeminarProgramof mpipks.<br />
InternationalWorkshop“ExploringComplexDynamicsinHigh-DimensionalChaoticSystems: From<br />
WeatherForecastingtoOceanicFlows”,January25-29,2010<br />
During2009the mpipkshosted201guestscientistswithcontractsforatleastthreemonths,and212<br />
duringtheyear2010,includingpredocs. Weenjoyedalargenumberofseniorscientistswhousedtheir<br />
sabbaticaltimeforlong-termresearchstaysat mpipks. Thisledtoanenhancementoftransferof<br />
experiencetoyoungscientistsattheinstitute.<br />
In2007theinstitutelauncheditsfirstAdvancedStudyGroup.Thesegroupsconsistof3-5experienced<br />
researchers,whojoinforcesforuptooneyeartodocutting-edgeresearchonatopicfromthefieldof<br />
3.3. WorkshopandVisitorsProgram 101