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SyDe Graduate School System Design SyDe A New Graduate School in an Excellent Setting Ulrich Khne ulrichk@informatik.uni-bremen.de Rolf Drechsler drechsle@informatik.uni-bremen.de University of Bremen, Germany SyDe Graduate School


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Graduate School System Design

SyDe

SyDe – A New Graduate School in an Excellent Setting

Ulrich Kühne

ulrichk@informatik.uni-bremen.de

Rolf Drechsler

drechsle@informatik.uni-bremen.de

University of Bremen, Germany

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Graduate School System Design

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Doctoral education in Germany

  • Many different models exist, including

the traditional one-to-one model

  • Recent discussions regarding

transparency and the “Doktorvater”

  • Recommendations:

– Structured programs – Broader education – Reducing the duration

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Graduate School System Design

SyDe

German Excellence Initiative

  • Funding by federal and

regional governments

  • Improve the international
  • Improve the international

research profile of German universities

  • In Bremen: excellence cluster

MARUM, graduate school BIGSSS, future concept

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Graduate School System Design

SyDe

University of Bremen

  • Mid-sized university
  • 12 faculties
  • 250 professors
  • 19,000 students
  • Six high-profile areas, including

computer, cognition and communication sciences

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Graduate School System Design

SyDe

The perfect candidate…

  • Team player
  • Independent worker
  • Expert
  • Generalist
  • Experienced teacher
  • Research manager
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Graduate School System Design

SyDe

… does not exist

But how close can we get?

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Graduate School System Design

SyDe

Doctoral education in Bremen

  • Research

groups and institutes

  • Graduate

schools and doctoral groups

  • Graduate center
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Graduate School System Design

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Partner institutes

  • Faculty for Computer Science
  • German Research Center for

Artificial Intelligence

  • German Aerospace Center
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Graduate School System Design

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Graduate School SyDe

  • Research in system design
  • Scientific curriculum

– Seminars, courses, workshops

  • Thesis committee

– Two advisors – Two additional senior researchers

  • Presentations and feedback on a regular basis
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Graduate School System Design

SyDe

Our goals

  • PhD students working as full staff members
  • Interdisciplinary and cooperative research
  • Fair and transparent evaluation
  • Early experience with publishing and on

conferences