PhD School Business Informatics 2022
The PhD School on Business Informatics is a joint project initiated by Prof. Hans-Georg Fill and Prof. Edy Portmann of the Department of Informatics and funded by the rectorate of the University of Fribourg. The goal of the PhD school is to give an introduction into scientific research, the methods used in business informatics and computer science, insights into concrete research activities, and for PhD students to receive feedback on their research projects. This is complemented with talks from experts in neigbouring fields and from industry.
The PhD School is open for all PhD students in business informatics and computer science of University of Fribourg as well as external PhD students upon registration. External PhD students need to submit a recommendation letter from their supervisor upon registration.
Date: September 12-14, 2022
Location: University of Fribourg, PER 21 E130
Registration: Online Form (TBD)
Deadline for Registration: August 1, 2022
Fees: 300 CHF, PhD students of UniFR sponsored by rectorate
Number of participants: Max. 15 (preference given to UniFR PhD students)
On the first day, introductions into scientific research, research methods, paper writing and the management of open science and open data as well as ethics in research are given.
Day 1 | Topic | Lecturer(s) |
9:00 - 9:15 | Welcome | Prof. Hans-Georg FILL, Prof. Edy PORTMANN |
9:15 - 12:00 | Introduction to Scientific Research, Research Methods, Working with Literature, Paper Writing | Prof. Philippe CUDRÉ-MAUROUX (tbc), Prof. Hans-Georg FILL |
14:00 - 15:30 | Open Science, Open Data and Ethics in Research | Prof. Bernard RIES (tbc), Thomas HENKEL (tbc), Prof. Edy PORTMANN |
15:45 - 16:30 | TBD | Prof. Philippe CUDRÉ-MAUROUX (tbc) |
On the second day, professors from the Department of Informatics at the University of Fribourg as well as guest lecturers will present insights into their current research activities and methods. At the end of the day, a joint dinner will be organized to which all participating PhD students and professors will be invited.
Day 2 | Topic | Lecturer(s) |
9:00 - 9:45 | TBD | Prof. Bernard RIES (tbc) |
10:00 - 10:45 | TBD | Prof. Hans-Georg FILL |
11:00 - 11:45 | TBD | Prof. Denis LALANNE (tbc) |
14:00 - 14:45 | TBD | Prof. Ulrich ULTES-NITSCHE (tbc) |
15:00 - 15:45 | TBD | Prof. Edy PORTMANN (tbc) |
16:00 - 16:45 | TBC | Guest Speaker: Prof. Witold Pedrycz (tbc) |
18:00 - 21:00 | Joint Dinner |
On the third day, the participating PhD students will briefly present the current state of their PhD and receive feedback from the participating professors. Finally, there is also an industry talk showing the perspectives of a PhD in industry.
Day 3 | Topic | Lecturer(s) |
9:00 - 12:00 | PhD Student Presentations and Feedback Session | PhD Students |
14:00 - 15:30 | Industry Talk Hilti | Dr. Johannes Reichert, CIO Hilti AG |
16:00-18:00 | PhD Student Presentations and Feedback Session | PhD Students |
18:00 - 18:30 | Final Session and Recap | All |