Category: Program

The University of Bremen will organize the 26th Informatica Feminale – the international Summer University for women students and professionals in computer science. From 16 to 31 August 2023 as program on place in Bremen, Germany. Additionally, we will start a small meantime course program which will be online during the whole year 2023. Our focus will stay on physically personal meetings and communication which is the core of our concept.

We cordially invite women students of all disciplines, levels and different types of institutions of higher education as well as all women interested in computing and women ICT professionals from all over the world! Teaching languages will be English and German. For more information about how to participate, see our Informatica-Feminale-FAQ2023-en.pdf.

A chronological list of courses and social events is available for downloads: https://www.informatica-feminale.de/re/IFIS2023-Kurse-Courses.pdf

You can register for the courses and social program of the summer universities via this webpage:

• https://www.informatica-feminale.de/re/en/registration.php – with complete course descriptions and registration page

There will be no participation fees for online courses.
For courses on place in Bremen there will be a participation fee.

For human resources managers we are particullarly pointing out that, during the whole summer school there will be plenty of opportunities to sponsor and to get in touch with graduates.

We are looking forward to meet keen and ambitious participants!

The University of Bremen will organize the 26th Informatica Feminale – the international Summer University for women students and professionals in computer science. From 16 to 31 August 2023 as program on place in Bremen, Germany. Our focus will stay on physically personal meetings and communication which is the core of our concept.

You can register for the courses and social program of the summer universities via this webpage:

• https://www.informatica-feminale.de/re/en/registration.php – with complete course descriptions and registration page

Additionally, we offer a small (!) meantime course program which will be online courses during the whole year 2023.

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Further on, you are invited to join several field trips and meetings at the summer university on place in the region of Bremen and north-western Germany in August 2023.
Detailed information on each social event is available on our website (see menue point “program”).
Further Information with a chronological list of courses and social events is available for downloads: https://www.informatica-feminale.de/re/IFIS2023-Kurse-Courses.pdf

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Welcome Event of the 26th Summer University Informatica Feminale and the 15th Ingenieurinnen-Sommeruni

Community live, IF-IS COM 01

Wednesday, August 16th, 2023, at 12:00 p.m.
Room: MZH 1470
Language: The languages will be German and English.
Lecturers and Participants are welcome!

We would like to ring in the 26th Informatica Feminale and the 15th Summer University for Women in Engineering with all participants.
We are especially looking forward to the opening of the international summer universities by the Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Maren Petersen.
Afterwards, a warm lunch buffet will give everyone the opportunity to get to know each other, introduce themselves and get an insight into the coming two weeks.

– no registration required –

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Institute visit and guided tour: Robotics Research in Bremen – Guided Tour of the DFKI Robotics Innovation Center

Institute visit and guided tour, IF-IS INS 01

Wednesday, August 16th, 2023
Time: 4.40 p.m.
Location: Will be announced in the conference office.
Language: If participants who are English-speaking (but not German-speaking) are present, the language will be English.

From intelligent technologies for space and the deep sea to robots for tomorrow’s production and logistics to medical exoskeletons – the Robotics Innovation Center of the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) develops innovative robotic solutions for various application areas. For this purpose, a unique research infrastructure consisting of workshops, laboratories and test facilities is available to the currently around 170 employees.
During a 45-minute guided tour, you will gain insight into the 1,300 m² Maritime Exploration Hall, which is used to test robot systems for use on and under water. You will also visit the centerpiece of the extension opened in 2022, the 17-meter-high multifunctional hall with artificial crater landscape. Thanks to an overhead crane and extensive project areas, versatile research projects can be pursued here.

Duration of the tour: 45 minutes

https://www.dfki.de/web/forschung/forschungsbereiche/robotics-innovation-center

>Registration necessary

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Institute visit and guided tour: Center of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity (ZARM).
The drop tower Bremen. How does it work and what happens within?

Institute visit and guided tour, IF-IS INS 02

Wednesday, August 16th, 2023
Time: 4:40 p.m.
Location: Will be announced in the conference office.
Language: If participants who are English-speaking (but not German-speaking) are present, the language will be English.

The Bremen Drop Tower is a large laboratory, unique in Europe, which offers scientists from all over the world the possibility of earthbound experiments under short-term weightlessness. In contrast to orbital microgravity research, this facility can be used permanently and cost-effectively. Since its commissioning in September 1990, the 146m high concrete structure has been available on the grounds of the University of Bremen and is an important addition to the existing and planned laboratory units for orbital and suborbital microgravity research. Since then, about 400 experiment launches per year have been carried out continuously. The facility makes it possible to reach a state of weightlessness up to three times a day for 4.74 seconds each time.
In December 2004, a catapult facility was put into operation, which was developed at the Center for Applied Space Technology and Microgravity (ZARM) and creates unique research conditions worldwide. As a result, experiments can nowadays be carried out under weightlessness with a flight duration of up to 9.3 seconds, with the trajectory describing a “vertical” parabola.

Total duration of the tour is 45 minutes. 

Unfortunately a tour to the top of the tower is not part of the tour.

>Registration necessary

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hmmh
Breaking down barriers with digital accessibility

Lunch Talk, IF-IS VOR 01

Thursday, August 17th, 2023
Time: 1:25-1:55p.m.
Location: Will be announced in the conference office.
Language: If participants who are English-speaking (but not German-speaking) are present, the language will be also English.

Creating accessible websites and webshops for all – through digital accessibility. Imagine you can see nothing or only a little. Then you want a high-contrast design or even need to have the offers of an online store read aloud. If users can’t hear, videos need subtitles. Large buttons make navigation easier for people with limited mobility. In all these cases, the implementation of digital accessibility plays an important role. We believe that accessibility online is not a trend, but a social responsibility that we at hmmh are happy to take on. That’ s how we try to make the world a little bit better with websites that can be used by all people regardless of their limitations. In this presentation, we will talk about accessibility metrics and what impact non-accessible websites have on users and website owners.

https://www.hmmh.de/

– no registration required –

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Focke Windkanal (Focke Wind Tunnel)

Regional culture, IF-IS CUL 01

Thursday, August 17th, 2023
Zeit: 4:40 p.m.
Location: Will be announced in the conference office.
Language: The guided tour will be in German.

Der Focke-Windkanal ist das Forschungslabor des Bremer Luftfahrtpioniers Henrich Focke, dem Erbauer des ersten stabil und sicher fliegenden Hubschraubers der Welt und Begründer der gesamten Bremer Luft- und Raumfahrtindustrie.

In der ehemaligen Tischlerei wurden 1923 die ersten Windkanalmodelle für Focke-Wulf gebaut, Anfang der 60er Jahre kaufte Prof. Focke die Immobilie und richtete sich ein privates Fluglabor mit Windkanal ein.

Die Führung dauert mit Diskussion etwa 2 Stunden.

http://www.focke-windkanal.de/

>Registration necessary

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UNIVENTION GmbH Bremen Social Event: Working with Linux and Open Source in Bremen

Social Event, IF-IS SOC 01

Thursday, August 17th, 2023
Time: 4:45 p.m.
Location: Will be announced in the conference office.
Language: If participants who are English-speaking (but not German-speaking) are present, the language will be English.

Are you passionate about Open Source and Linux? Then get to know us.
We will introduce you to Univention, an open source software company, from Bremen and end the seminar day with food and fun.
We will pick you up at 16:45 at the excursion meeting point and walk with you to our office, which is not far away.
On site Monika, Head of Software Engineering at Univention, will introduce you to the company, the products and the work of a software developer.
In addition, we will provide you with food and drinks and the fun will not be neglected 🙂

We are looking forward to seeing you!
Your Univention Team

https://www.univention.de

>Registration necessary

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Lunch Talk: MBition

Lunch Talk, IF-IS VOR 04

Friday, August 18th, 2023
Time: 1:25-1:55 p.m.
Location: Will be announced in the conference office.
Language: If participants who are English-speaking (but not German-speaking) are present, the language will be English.

MBition – Pioneering Automotive Software Luxury for the next generation of Mercedes-Benz vehicles. As a 100% subsidiary of the Mercedes-Benz Group AG, MBition was founded to design, develop and deliver the next-generation of in-car infotainment software, as well as connected car services – enabled by a fast, agile and precise way-of-working within the international Mercedes-Benz software development network. Together with our global partners we are constantly improving our DevOps ecosystem and are actively contributing to MB.OS, the Mercedes-Benz Operating System.

– no registration required –

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Carpentry Museum Bremen

Regional culture, IF-IS CUL 02

Friday, August 18th, 2023
Time: 4:45p.m.
Location: Will be announced in the conference office.
Language: If participants who are English-speaking, but not German-speaking, are present, the guided tour will be in English.

German and Bremen craft history
Bremen’s carpenters’ guild shows the carpentry museum in the Ostertor district. A sponsoring association is restoring the facility and preserving the special historic workshop for the future.
In the hall-like machine room, a unique ensemble of more than 20 historic woodworking machines – mainly from before 1900 – has been preserved. All machines have been carefully restored and are still functional today.
Through the purchase of an old carpenter’s workshop in the Ostertor district, a historic workshop was saved from decay and demolition. During the renovation by the carpenters’ guild Bremen and the Förderverein Tischlerei-Museum Bremen, great importance was attached to the preservation of the historical condition.

https://www.tischlerei-museum-bremen.de/

At 5.30 p.m. there will be a guided tour at the museum for our group in German and possibly English.

>Registration necessary

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ADESSO social event: Watching ships at Weser promenade Schlachte

Social Event, IF-IS SOC 02

Friday, August 18th, 2023
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Location: Will be announced in the conference office.
Language: If participants who are English-speaking, but not German-speaking, are present, the guided tour will be in English.

Why is there so much laughing below deck? Why is a ship build of concrete? Where are the green sails of the Alexander von Humboldt? Come with us on a maritime walk along the Weser promenade (called “Schlachte”).
Three adesso employees will be with you at the guided tour and invite you to explore Bremen together.

Duration: 2 hours

https://www.adesso.de/

https://www.bremen-tourismus.de/bremen/guide/detail/DEU99999990052434741

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Lunch Talk: Nager IT – Faire IT

Saturday, 19.08.2023
Time: 13.10-13.50h
Room: MZH 1110
Language: The talk will be in German.

Referentin: Susanne Jordan, Nager IT e.V.

Der „digitale Fortschritt“ macht uns auf vielfältige Weise das Leben leichter und bequemer, eröffnet uns unzählige Möglichkeiten der internationalen Forschung und Vernetzung, interessante Jobs u.v.m. Die Liste der Vorteile ist lang. Geht es um die Nachteile, denken die meisten Menschen erstmal an Datensicherheit und Stromverbrauch.

In meinem Vortrag beleuchte ich eine essentielle Herausforderung, die trotz ihrer Wichtigkeit zu oft übersehen wird:

Die Arbeitsbedingungen in der globalen Produktionskette der Hardware, v.a. auch unserer Endgeräte, die milliardenfach quasi geräuschlos produziert werden und ohne die der digitale Fortschritt nicht möglich wäre.

Wer sind die Menschen, die die Rohstoffe für unsere Tablets aus der Erde holen, z.B. Zinn- Erz, Gold oder auch Erdöl? Was passiert mit der Umwelt in den Förderregionen? Und wer lötet schraubt, klippt, … all die Baugruppen und Geräte zusammen unter welchen Bedingungen (also in wieviel Wochenstunden, bei welchem Stundenlohn, mit welchem Gesundheitsschutz etc.) zusammen? Wer ist überhaupt alles beteiligt? Und wie können wir diese Prozesse so gestalten, dass sie für ALLE ein Gewinn sind, nicht nur für uns Nutzende? Diese Frage ist essentiell wichtig für angehende Ingenieur_innen, damit wir, bei allem Fortschritt, menschlich bleiben.

Nager IT hat an einem kleinen Gerät beispielhaft probiert, wie eine menschenwürdige Produktion aussehen kann. Mit Erfolg. Aber EIN Gerät von EINEM Hersteller reicht nicht. Wir brauchen viel mehr Faire IT-Geräte! Um all das geht es in diesem Vortrag.

https://www.nager-it.de/

– keine Anmeldung erforderlich –

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Networking Party I at restaurant Meze-by-Evrim

Community live, IF-IS COM 02

Saturday, August 19th, 2023
Time: from 7 p.m.
Location: Restaurant Meze by Evrim,
Konsul-Smidt-Straße 8U,
28217 Bremen-Überseestadt
Entrance from ‘Überseepromenade’.
https://meze-by-evrim.de/

We want to celebrate with you! Therefore we cordially invite all new and old participants and their friends to the networking party!
All genders are welcome!

– no registration required –

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The Submarine Bunker “Valentin”

Regional Culture, IF-IS CUL 03

Sunday, August 20th, 2023
Time: 1:20 p.m.
Location: See below in the abstract.
Language: If participants who are English-speaking, but not German-speaking, are present, the guided tour will be in English.

Bunker Valentin is the ruin of a German Navy submarine shipyard from World War II. Between 1943 and 1945, thousands of forced laborers from all over Europe were deployed here: Civilian workers as well as prisoners of war and concentration camp inmates.
In a guided tour at the memorial site, the ruins, the exhibition and the outside area can be visited. a special focus of the tour aims at the question of responsibility of the engineers at the bunker construction site and the conditions of the workers.

The former submarine bunker “Valentin” is the second largest above ground bunker in Europe and the most visible legacy of three major Nazi armament projects that have transformed a predominantly agricultural region since the mid-1930s.

https://www.denkort-bunker-valentin.de/index.php?id=108

We will meet at Bremen main station at 1:20 p.m. for a joint arrival by train. Meeting point: info point

At 3.00 p.m. there will be a guided tour at the Denkort for our group in German and possibly English.

>Registration necessary

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Lunch Talk encoway GmbH: Code reviews: Why they are so important

Lunch Talk, IF-IS VOR 02

Monday, August 21st 2023
Time: 1:25 p.m.
Location: Will be announced in the conference office.
Language: If participants who are English-speaking, but not German-speaking, are present, the guided tour will be in English.

Relaxed and fed up, we invite you to talk with one of our software developers from encoway GmbH. We are a modern software company and support industrial companies with our products for digital transformation. Our software developer Ria Zahn will guide you through this talk and give you an exciting and varied insight into her daily work.
To illustrate this, Ria will talk about code reviews and why they are so important. Are you up for a technically exciting conversation and practical insights into our world?
Then we look forward to welcome you!

https://www.encoway.de/

– no registration required –

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DIGITAL HUB INDUSTRY* and encoway GmbH: Women’s Dinner

Social Event, IF-IS SOC 03

Monday, August 21st, 2023
Time: 4:45 p.m.
Meeting point: DIGITAL HUB INDUSTRY*
Konrad-Zuse-Straße 6A, 28359 Bremen
Language: If participants who are English-speaking, but not German-speaking, are present, the guided tour will be in English.

After an informative lunch with one of our software developers, we, encoway GmbH and DIGITAL HUB Industry*, invite you to a Women’s Dinner. Cold drinks and refreshments are waiting for you. Some of our IT women from different departments and levels will take part. There is no topic and no fixed agenda. Just you. At eye level in a nice talk with food. Do you have thoughts and questions that are on your mind, or do you want to make contacts? Then you’ve found the right place!
*The DIGITAL HUB Industry is in the neighborhood of the University of Bremen and is a hub where industries, research, start-ups and talents meet and work together on innovative ideas.

https://digitalhubindustry.de/

– no registration required –

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Lunch Talk: Projekt Digitale Teilhabe im Arbeitsleben durch partizipative Evaluation, Hochschule Bremen

Lunch Talk, IF-IS VOR 05

Tuesday, August 22th, 2023
Time: 1:25-1:55 p.m.
Location: Will be announced in the conference office.
Language: The language will be german.

Die digitale Welt ist nicht barrierefrei zugänglich. Die Ursachen dafür liegen häufig in den Entwicklungsprozessen. Designer*innen wie Entwickler*innen zielen in der Regel auf das Nutzungsverhalten von Menschen ohne Einschränkungen oder Behinderungen ab. Das gilt auch für freie und Open Source Software (F/OSS). Die entscheidende Herausforderung dabei ist nicht die technische Realisierung. Das Hauptproblem besteht im mangelndem Bewusstsein und fehlendem Wissen über die Anforderungen von Menschen mit Beeinträchtigungen.

Mit dem Projekt “Digitale Teilhabe im Arbeitsleben durch partizipative Evaluation” wollen wir Brücken zwischen Menschen mit Beeinträchtigungen und Open Source Communities bauen und so einen grundlegenden Beitrag zur Verbesserung der Barrierefreiheit von OS Software und Systemen leisten. Dafür erforschen wir die Perspektiven aller Beteiligten und entwickeln ein Prozessmodell partizipativer Evaluation.
Leitlinien und Projektziele dabei sind:
– Barrierefreiheit für alle: Grundlegende Verbesserungen statt individueller Workarounds
– Open Accessibility: Bewusstsein wecken und schärfen, praktische Hilfen bereitstellen
– Partizipation und Empowerment: Zugängliche Gestaltung digitaler Arbeitsplätze durch, mit und für Menschen mit Beeinträchtigungen.
Im Lunch Talk wollen wir das Projekt vorstellen und erste Erfahrungen berichten. Die Gestaltung der digitalen Arbeit in unserem diversen Team von Wissenschaftler*innen mit unterschiedlichen Behinderungen spielt dabei eine wichtige Rolle.

www.hs-bremen.de/idt
www.hs-bremen.de/forschen/forschungs-und-transferprofil/forschungsprojekt/digitale-barrierefreiheit-im-arbeitsleben-durch-partizipative-evaluation/

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The Bremen hydro-electric power station

Small field trip, IF-IS KEX 01

Tuesday, August 22nd, 2023
Time: 4:35 p.m.
Location: Will be announced in the conference office.
Language: If participants who are English-speaking (but not German-speaking) are present, the language will be English in the beginning.
Please think of: proof of identity (ID Card), sturdy shoes and sturdy clothes

The power station Weserkraftwerk Bremen in Bremen-Hastedt was put into operation in 2011. The power station is located underground besides the given (river) Weser weir. It generates up to 42 million kilowatt hours electricity per year. It supplies more than 15.000 households in Bremen with electricity, – thus saving to the atmosphere some 13.000 tons of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2). With its output of up to 10 megawatts (MW) it is the biggest run-of-river power station in Germany, that is dependent on tides.

At the Bremen Weser weir, the water level below the barrage changes regularly by about 4 meters within an average of 6.2 hours due to the tide. The turbine technology is set up for this special condition.

The power plant has an extensive, constantly optimized fish protection concept consisting of several ascent and descent barriers in conjunction with effective protection against passage through the turbines. The functionality has been recorded for many years in a year-round monitoring system.
The Weser did not have to be specially dammed because of the existing weir, existing possibilities were used sensibly.

https://www.weserkraftwerk-bremen.de/

>Registration necessary

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Ambient Assisted Living Lab (BAALL)

Institute visite and guided tour, IF-IS INS 03

Tuesday, August 22nd, 2023
Time: 4:40 p.m.
Location: Will be announced in the conference office.
Language: If participants who are English-speaking (but not German-speaking) are present, the language will be English.

Innovation at your fingertips: The Bremen Ambient Assisted Living Lab (BAALL) is a fully furnished apartment, which adapts to the needs of the inhabitants. For research and development, the BAALL, opened in 2009, is the ideal environment: New intelligent technologies with focus on mobile assistance and support systems are being developed in a realistic environment, tested, and continuously improved with regards to their everyday usability. This includes smart appliances like a sink or toilet adjusting automatically to a person’s height, an intelligent wardrobe suggesting outfits, an intelligent wheelchair and walker, which are fitted with technical equipment to compensate declining physical and cognitive capabilities of elderly people.

Furthermore, we would like to show how we use BAALL as a learning and experimental environment to actively involve different stakeholders in development projects, to offer students attractive learning opportunities related to topics of Information Technology and Smart Environments and to make research transparent to an interested public.

>Registration necessary

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