RD1 weekly seminar

General information

The weekly seminar is a place for us to share information and ideas with each other. It provides a venue (particularly for the younger scientists) to practice presentation skills and communicate with others in our small community. The more consistent participation there is, the better the seminar will be. More experienced scientists are, of course, also invited.

Each week, someone should give a presentation, ranging from 20-40min, with plenty time for discussion at the end. You can choose to make a talk on any subject you like. It would make sense for the topic to relate to Earth system modelling and research, generally - but hopefully this covers a wide range. Some ideas are:

• Recent results from your research
• A publication or two you find interesting - for example, you could compare two different methods or highlight some new results (see or add some suggestions here).
• A recent publication from our own research domain
  
• Programming / modelling related issues or advances
  

Once we have an idea of who will participate, the schedule of presentations will be generated randomly and posted a couple of months in advance, so people have time to prepare their talks (see table below). Feel free to exchange your slot with another, if yours is not convenient (work it out between yourselves, and then email either me or Dim to modify the schedule).

Clearly, snacks would also be a requirement of such a seminar! Therefore, each week, someone will be expected to provide some kind of snacks (cookies, cakes, fruit, etc.) for the meeting. The schedule for snacks is listed below along with the presentations.

Summary

Location: A62, top floor conference room

Day / Time: TBA

Note: No seminar will be held any week when there is a "Big Climber" or RD1 seminar.

Scheduled presenters this semester (until April 2010)

** If you would like to take part in the seminar and present, don't hesitate tocontact me and I will add you to this list and the rotation of presenters!

Alex Robinson <robinson@pik-potsdam.de>,
Dim Coumou <coumou@pik-potsdam.de>,
Jacob Schewe <jacob.schewe@pik-potsdam.de>,
Georg Feulner <georg.feulner@pik-potsdam.de>,
Friederike Otto <friederike.otto@pik-potsdam.de>,
Ricarda Winkelmann <ricarda.winkelmann@pik-potsdam.de>,
Maria Martin <maria.martin@pik-potsdam.de>,
Torsten Albrecht <torsten.albrecht@pik-potsdam.de>,
Stefan (Petri) <petri@pik-potsdam.de>,
Thomas Schneider von Deimling <schneider@pik-potsdam.de>,
Matthias Mengel <mengel@pik-potsdam.de>,
Hendrik Kienert <kienert@pik-potsdam.de>,
Thomas Recknagel <thomasre@pik-potsdam.de>,
Mahé Perrette<mahe.perrette@pik-potsdam.de>