Events in the Winter Semester 25/26

This winter semester, we and the department are once again offering you a wide range of activities designed to help you get started with your studies and settle into life in Konstanz.

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Department

Department organized events can also be found on their website.

Bachelor Events Master Events

To get an overview we try to summarize relevent events in the following sections.

Mo. 06.10.: Bachelor introductory Events

Each semester, the Department of Computer Science offers a comprehensive introductory event for first-year students in the bachelor’s program. There you will receive important information about the study program, about your schedule, as well as get to know your fellow students for the first time.

Major (B.Sc.)

Where
A703
When
11:00 to 12:30 o’clock

Minor

Where
A702
When
11:00 to 12:30 o’clock

Wed. 15.10.: Master introductory Event

Where
ZT1202
When
10:00 to 11:30 o’clock

The Department of Computer Science also offers a comprehensive introductory event for first-year students of the Master’s program in Computer and Information Science. There you will receive important information about the study program and its structure, and you will also get to know your fellow students for the first time.

Tue. 14.10.: Welcome by the Working Groups

Where
M629
When
13:30 to 16:45 o’clock

Here, the working groups of the department will briefly introduce themselves in approximately 10 minutes each, giving you an initial insight into computer science and the main areas of focus of the working groups in our department.

Wed. 15.10. — Mo. 20.10.: Lecture Series for Advanced Bachelor and Master Students

Wed. 15.10.: Visual Computing, Cyber-Physical Systems

Where
R511
When
11:45 to 13:15 o’clock

Thu. 16.10.: Data and Information Mining, Data Analysis and Visualisation

Where
R511
When
10:00 to 11:15 o’clock

Fr. 17.10.: Database and Information Systems, Formal Methods for Software Engineering, Software and Systems Engineering, Cryptography and Cyber Security

Where
R511
When
10:00 to 11:15 o’clock

Mo. 20.10.: Human-Computer-Interaction, Life Science Informatics

Human-Computer-Interaction

Where
ZT702
When
10:00 to 11:30 o’clock

Life Science Informatics

Where
PZ1001
When
13:30 to 15:00 o’clock

Student Council

This semester, we once again have a wide range of events on offer to help you get started at the university, with your studies, and in Konstanz, but also to give you the opportunity to get to know each other as well as computer science students in higher semesters!

Wed. 15.10.: Mensa Guide

When
approx. 11:30 o’clock
Where
ZT1202

Immediately following the introductory event of the department, we will take you on a tour of the cafeteria. There, we will show you in groups where to find what you need in the cafeteria —- it can be just as confusing as the university itself, but you’ll figure it out.

Mo. 13.10. — Fr. 17.10.: Lecture Series

For our Bachelor students we organize a lecture series of our own, showing the ropes when it comes to the Shell, Unix, Version Control, Typesetting and the induction principle.

It is going to be german speaking, but if you are interested nonetheless, your are very welcome. For more information check out the german version of this page:

German Version: Student Council Lecture Series

Mo. 13.10.: Pizza Evening

When
16:00 to 20:30 o’clock
Where
CIP-Pool (G228-230)

To make the start of the first semester easier, we want to help you set up your devices with the university Wi-Fi (eduroam) and answer any other technical questions you may have. There will be pizza and drinks, and we’ll have a relaxed chat :)

Tue. 21.10.: Uni Guide

Where
R513
When
11:30 to 13:00 o’clock

Wed. 22.10.: City Rally

Where
each group will get an individual meeting spot via email
When
15:30 to 18:00 o’clock
Registration
Form forthcoming

During the city rally, you will be guided through the city of Konstanz in small groups with various photo challenges, allowing you to get to know different parts of the city in a playful way. Registration is required so that the groups can be organized accordingly. English speaking groups are possible.

Wed. 22.10.: Regular’s Table

Where
Constanzer Wirtshaus
When
18:00 to 22:00 o’clock

After the rally, the event continues with the regulars’ table. Of course, you can also participate in both events independently of each other.

Wed. 29.10.: Pub Crawl

Where
Marktstätte
When
18:30 to 23:00 o’clock
Registration
Form

During the (freshers’) pub crawl, we will visit various pubs in Konstanz in groups and show you where to find the best beer/cocktails. English speaking groups are possible.

Fr. 14.11. — Su. 16.11. Freshers Cabin ft. LitLing

Registration
Form

As a special highlight, the student council is organizing a cabin for our freshmen and former freshmen! Parties, games, and party games are planned for this ultimate weekend so that you can get to know each other better and have a good time before the seriousness of your studies begins. The cabin trips have a reputation for being legendary! And rightly so.

This semester, we are organizing the cabin together with the LitLing (Literature and Linguistics) student council. It’s the ideal opportunity to interact with first-year students from other programs who you would otherwise only see in passing.

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