The Curiositas seminar series

Discover how mindfulness enhances mental health, well-being and performance. Learn evidence-based techniques and experience Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction practices for your everyday life. [more]

This talk will explore a diverse set of trajectories into higher education physics, with a focus on how gender and social class are made relevant in students’ stories. [more]

Dr. Lückgen, a senior editor at Nature Communications, will give a lecture on publishing in the prestigious Nature journals. [more]

In his presentation, Dr. Marcel Naumann, who completed his PhD in the group of Prof. Dr. Elena Hassinger in 2019, will tell the audience about his job in the automotive sector and the diverse and exciting set of opportunities in this field. [more]

Why are there so few women in natural sciences? Why do more women leave academic science in their career? And how can we change it? [more]

In this talk of the Curiositas series, we will learn how physical laws determine fundamental aspects of music such as musical scales. [more]

The talk will focus on the applications of internet-of-things (IOT) that will influence lives in the days to come. The presenter will define IOT systems in four key applications areas and explain the challenges for future systems. [more]

Dr. Ekkehard Schwab, a member of the Board of Trustees at MPI CPfS, is the former vice-president and group leader at BASF. His professional experience has given him valuable insight into the energy sector. Following the motto “use numbers, not adjectives”, the talk will put the political discussion about renewable energy and climate change in the context of the dimensions of our current energy system. [more]

In this talk, Dr. Markos Skoulatos, research at TU Munich, will tell the fascinating story of the Antikythera Mechanism, the oldest computer of mankind, which without any doubt is the greatest technological achievement of antiquity. [more]

Have you ever wondered how others may perceive figures in your presentations and publications? In the latest event of our Curiositas series, Prof. Sebastian Pannasch from the Department of Psychology at TU Dresden will introduce us to the relevant psychological concepts and provide examples how to design good displays of data. [more]