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CSH Winter School 2025: Practical Introduction to Homomorphic Cryptography

Homomorphic cryptography is a form of encryption that allows computations to be performed directly on encrypted data without decrypting it, producing encrypted results that can later be decrypted to reveal the correct outcome. This property is particularly valuable when sensitive data must remain private, such as secure data processing in cloud computing, privacy-preserving machine learning, or secure voting systems. For example, healthcare providers can analyze encrypted patient data for research purposes without accessing the original sensitive information, ensuring both privacy and utility.

Join us in the CSH Winter School 2025!

Event Details:

• Theme: Homomorphic cryptography
• Date: February 24 - 28, 2025
• Registration: until February 17, 2025
• Keynote Speaker: Prof. Christian Krupitzer

Note, this course includes an asynchronous learning phase before the Winter School from January 15 to  February 21, 2025.

Contact Information: For further details or inquiries, please contact Christian Krupitzer (christian.krupitzer@uni-hohenheim.de).

• Call for Contribution: CSH Young Researchers Symposium on "Modeling Complex Systems"

  We are thrilled to invite you and other young researchers to the CSH Young Researchers Symposium on "Modeling Complex Systems," featuring a keynote lecture by Prof. Dr. Patrick Jochem from the DLR.  Please forward the message to interested colleagues.  This symposium serves as a platform to showcase the critical role of modeling in understanding and managing the increasingly complex systems that define our world.

  Event Details:

  • Theme: Modeling Complex Systems
  • Date: February 6, 2025
  • Time: 14:00 to 18:00
  • Venue: Aula, Hohenheim Castle

   

  Keynote Speaker:

  • Prof. Dr. Patrick Jochem, researcher at the German Aerospace Center (DLR), will share insights into AMIRIS - An Agent-Based Energy Market Model, illustrating its impact on shaping sustainable energy policies and systems.

   

  Importance of Modeling Complex Systems: In today's interconnected world, complex systems are at the heart of environmental, social, and technological challenges. Modeling these systems provides crucial insights into their behavior, enabling policymakers, scientists, and businesses to make informed decisions that are critical for sustainability and resilience. From climate change to economic forecasting, the ability to accurately model complex interactions is fundamental to solving the global challenges we face.

  Call for Contributions: We encourage young researchers to contribute their work related to various aspects of complex systems, including but not limited to environmental systems, financial models, network theory, and computational biology.

  Presentation Formats:

  • Short Presentation: 10 min (short) followed by 5min Q&A.
  • Long Presentation: 25 min (long) followed by 5min  Q&A.

   

  Submission Guidelines:

  • Please write us an email summarizing your research focus, methods, and implications for complex systems modeling.
  • Please include your name, academic institution or affiliation, and contact information.

   

  Important Dates:

  • Abstract Submission Deadline: December 18, 2024
  • Notification of Acceptance: January 7, 2025
  • Full Presentation Due: January 20, 2025

   

  Participation Information: The symposium is particularly designed for young researchers, providing a vibrant forum for presenting research findings, networking with peers, and gaining insights from leading experts in the field.

  How to Submit: Email your abstracts to csh@uni-hohenheim.de with the subject "Submission for CSH Young Researchers Symposium".

  Contact Information: For further details or inquiries, please contact Johannes Bleher (csh@uni-hohenheim.de).

  Join us for a dynamic afternoon dedicated to exploring and understanding the essential tools and concepts for modeling complex systems.

• Call for Contribution Symposium on Pattern Recognition
  
  “Leaving LLMs aside for a moment: Approaches for Pattern Recognition in the Life & Social Sciences”
  
  Date: January 16, 2025  
  Time: 14:00–18:00  
  Location: Blauer Saal, Schloss Hohenheim  
  
  This symposium invites us to step back from the dominant conversations around large language models (LLMs) and focus on foundational pattern recognition methods that continue to shape research across disciplines.  
  
  The event will feature:
  
  
  • Keynote Address by Dr. Matthias Karlbauer, Wilhelm Schickard Institute for Computer Science, University of Tübingen.  
  • Opportunities to present your work in a 15-minute presentation or to join as part of the audience.  

  
  Whether your research involves agrifood systems, biology, economics, sociology, or other fields, this is a chance to explore versatile techniques like cluster analysis, sequence analysis, and classic machine learning methods, among others. These tools have proven their adaptability and relevance, whether you're analyzing crop traits, uncovering genetic patterns, or segmenting customers.  
  
  Registration Deadline: December 23, 2024  
  Register here: https://forms.gle/bC5VVtCqHsg5nKGj9
  
  For questions, feel free to contact me at j.vogelgesang@uni-hohenheim.de or csh@uni-hohenheim.de. 
  
  Let’s connect, share, and learn together. I hope to see many of you there! 

• Mitgliedsrat mit Vorstandswahlen

Das Projekt "BusyBee" der Universität Hohenheim hatte zum Ziel, Chatbots für Studieninteressierte der Studiengänge Economics (M.Sc.) und Wirtschaftsinformatik (B.Sc.) für die Bewerbungsphase 2024 (April bis Mitte Juli 2024) zu entwickeln. Das Hauptziel war, den Informationsbedarf der Studieninteressierten schnell und jederzeit verfügbar mit einem zusätzlichen Medium zu decken, insbesondere außerhalb der regulären Arbeitszeiten der Studienberatung.

Gesamter Bericht zum Download

• Dr. Korinna Allhoff (CSH-Seminar)
  Like a boomerang - predicting ecological and eco-evolutionary stability based on self-reinforcing versus self-dampening feedback

• Symposium on Generative AI in Research: Exploring New Frontiers – you can find the program here

• CSH-Seminar by Luca Sartore, PhD, USDA - NASS (hybrid: zoom und Multimediaraum, Alte Botanik)

• Unlock the magic of language models — join us at our three day CSH Autumn School 2024 from September 30th to October 2, 2024 and elevate your expertise!