Qualification program
Our aim is to provide PhD students with an education that enables them to carry out research in stochastic processes at the highest international level, and to help them to develop a well rounded and confident personality. We are a certified unit of BMS.
Besides the direct and intense supervision by at least two faculty members, our qualification programme comprises:
Courses and seminars
organized by faculty members of RTG, 2 hr, 1 semester, at least bi-annually
Berliner Kolloquium Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie
talks by distinguished international visitors, alternates with the RTG seminar
RTG seminar
students talk about recent developments in their PhD projects, alternates with the Berliner Kolloquium, accompanied by a feedback session moderated by RTG postdocs in which students further develop their soft skills
Research seminars
Minicourses
given by international visitors, focus on topics relevant to the RTG research programme, introduce students to new developments
Student seminars, reading groups
Summer school
week-long, two courses by international experts, organized annually for students and faculty at a place outside Berlin
Visits to international partner institutions
RTG students are encouraged to spend a period of two to six months at a research institution with expertise in their research field, co-supervised by a senior international partner
Soft skills and rules of good scientific practice
- seminars organized in cooperation with BMS
- BMS, HU Berlin, TU Berlin, U Potsdam soft-skill training