Soft Skills Seminars

The talks are given by IMPRS faculty members, IMPRS alumni, or other experts from the Dresden scientific landscape and beyond.

DateTalk 

09/11/2022

Chris Armbruster

Data Careers in the 2020s

 

05/07/2022

Paula Ostmann

From a PhD to a Team Master at TraceTronic GmbH Dresden

 

22/10/2021
(online)

Max Buchholz

Powerpoint and Petrol - Working in Automotive Development Engineering as a Physicist

 
24/06/2021
(online)

Thomas Baumgart

Working in a Ministry as a Former Scientist

 
CANCELED - Will be rescheduled

Janik Kailasvuori (FSE Portfolio Management GmbH, Scherbeck Energy Group)

Ups and Downs of a Career Change from Theoretical Physics to Portfolio Management Systems in the Energy Sector

 
14/05/2019

Martin Mucha (Freelance IT Business Analyst)

From PhD Student to IT Professional

 
07/05/2019

David Schönleber (esentri AG)

Experiences in Data Science

 
02/04/2019

Orestis Georgiou (Ultrahaptics)

Touching the Invisible

 
09/11/2018

Florian Fruth & Benjamin Schröder (Wayfair, Berlin)

Data Science and e-commerce at Wayfair

 
05/09/2018

Kai Dierkes (Pupil Labs UG, Berlin)

Venturing into industry - My journey so far

 
06/06/2018

Christopher Gaul (Cognitec Systems GmbH)

Career perspective for physicists in machine learning and biometrics

 
04/04/2018

Mykola Maksymenko (SoftServe, Kiev)

Complex Physics Insights in R&D Applications

 
17/01/2018

Uwe Lienig (Wirtschaftsförderung Sachsen GmbH)

The Technology Industry in Saxony

 
08/12/2017

Bas Vlaming (Picnic Supermarkets)

From exciton dynamics to grocery dynamics: data science tales from e-commerce

 
06/10/2017

Olivier Tieleman (Google DeepMind Technologies)

A Random Walk from Physics to AI

 
15/06/2017

Lena Simon (JINA)

Science Management: An Experience Report on Managing an NSF Physics Frontiers Center

 
19/05/2017

Wladimir Tschischik

(TNG Technology, Munich)                                     

An overview of technology consulting

 
10/11/2016Ionut Georgescu
(Google, USA):
A Physicist in Silicon Valley: Google Search
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03/11/2016Peter Borowski
(Manager Characterization AVANCIS GmbH, Muenchen):
A very limited and completely subjective comparison between research in industry and academia

 

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9/9/2016Sarah Mostame (Research Scientist Intel Labs):A Quantum Physicist: From TU Dresden to Intel Labs-- 
14/4/2016Stefan Winkelmann (d-fine):Scientists in Risk-Management Consulting-- 
11/2/2016Andrea Taroni (Chief Editor Nature Physics)Inside Nature Physics-- 
10/12/2015Christian Gnodtke (IMPRS Alumnus, now at Citibank London)Careers in quantitative finance: An introduction for graduate students of physics & Co-- 
12/11/2015Hagen Fuchs (MPI-PKS and IFW Dresden)Just Enough Unix to Be Dangerous-- 
11/6/2015Hugo Vieyra (IMPRS Alumnus, now R and D / magnetic systems and materials):Industry: a transition from unconventional superconductivity into conventional magnetismMarkus Abel, Founder and CEO of Ambrosys GmbH Founding, Start-Ups and Industry - a Theoretical Physicists Point of View
7/5/2015Ansgar Pernice (IMPRS Alumnus, now at MSG Life)Customized Software for Life Insurances-- 
2/4/2015Carsten Timm (TUD):Scientific Writing-- 
5/3/2015Nils Henkel (IMPRS Alumnus, now at GNS Systems GmbH)High Performance Computing in the Real World-- 
11/12/2014Jens H. Bardarson (MPI-PKS):A few thoughts on the art of giving a talkLy Do (MPI-PKS):A few things to keep in mind when applying for a postdoc position