HDS-LEE Retreat 2025

27 Aug 2025, 12:00 → 29 Aug 2025, 13:00 Europe/Berlin

Kloster Heidberg (Eupen (Belgien))

The HDS-LEE Retreat 2025 will take place from August 27th to 29th at the picturesque Kloster Heidberg in Eupen, Belgium. This annual event brings together doctoral researchers and their supervising professors for a unique opportunity to exchange ideas, share research progress, and collaborate in a focused, inspiring environment.

In addition to the scientific exchanges, the PI & SC Meeting will take place on August 28th, offering a dedicated space for in-depth discussions on the direction and goals of the program.

Further details, including the full agenda, will be shared in due course.

Wednesday 27 August

12:00 → 19:00 Wednesday, 27. August 2025

🕛 12:00 – open end
Theme: Welcome, Posters & Networking
Time Programme (Location)
12:00 – 13:00 Arrival, Registration via Coordination Team & Lunch (Kapelle)
13:00 – 13:30 Doctoral Representatives Session with Natalie Kubicki & Max Siska (Kapelle)
– Role of a Doctoral Representative
– Doctoral Wellbeing and Regular Feedback Form
13:30-13:45 Welcome by HDS-LEE Speaker Prof. Wolfgang Wiechert (Kapelle)
13:45 – 14:35 Talk session I (Kapelle)
– Johanna Menn: Bayesian Optimization (15 Min)
– Philip Bröhl: Spiking Neural Networks for Controlling a Biomechanically Realistic Arm Model (30 Min)
14:35 – 15:00 ☕️ Coffee break & Preparation for Poster Session I
15:00 – 16:00 Poster Session I (Kapelle)
16:00 - 16:30 Break and opportunity to bring luggage to the rooms
16:30 – 18:30 Team Discovery Challenge (Eupen)
19:00 – open end Dinner (Refektorium) & Get-Together (Klosterbar)

Poster Session I

👉 Hang posters from 12:00

1. Christian Bergeest
2. Aytekin Demirci
3. Natalie Kubicki
4. Nazanin Bagherinejad
5. Niklas Böing
6. Alexander Hermanns
7. Joana Meyer
8. Ingo Steldermann

Thursday 28 August

09:00 → 19:00 Agenda

Thursday, 28. August 2025
🕘 09:00 – open end
Theme: Scientific Exchange, PI/SC Meetings & Social Activities
Time Programme (Location)
07:00 – 09:00 Breakfast (Refektorium)
09:00 – 09:30 Election of the new Doctoral Representatives (Kapelle)
09:30 – 10:50 Talk Session II (Kapelle)
– Ignasi Bofarull: Introducing Scientific Machine Learning into End-to-End Digital Twins in the Biopharmaceutical Industry (30 Min)
– Sascha Korf: Data driven agent-based modeling for infectious diseases (15 Min)
10:45 – 11:00 ☕️ Coffee break & Preparation for Poster Session II
11:00 – 12:00 Poster Session II (Kapelle)
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch (Refektorium & courtyard)
13:00 – 13:50 Talks Session III (3 Talks) (Kapelle)
– Michael Samet: Optimal Data-Driven Trading of Renewables in Intraday Energy Markets (30 Min)
– Moritz Wedemeyer: Optimal Design and Operation of Energy Systems with a high Share of Renewables (15 Min)
13:50 – 14:30 ☕️ Coffee break
14:30 – 16:00 PI Meeting (Room Adelheidis)

Social Event for DRs
(Outdoor Hike or Indoor Games)
16:00 – 16:30 ☕️ Coffee break (Room Adelheidis & Courtyard)
16:30 – 18:00 Steering Committee Meeting (Room Adelheidis)
18:30 – open end Dinner (Refektorium) & Social Evening (Klosterbar)

Poster Session II
👉 Hang posters from 08:30
Names
1. Soroush Motahari
2. Buse Onay
3. Anton Stratmann
4. Maximilian Siska
5. Felicitas Kindel
6. Nick Kocher
7. Veronika Travnikova

Friday 29 August

09:00 → 13:00 Agenda Friday, 29th: Agenda

📅 Friday, 29 August 2025
🕘 09:00 – 13:00
Theme: Peer Learning, Program Support & Closing
Time Programme (Location)
07:00 – 09:00 Breakfast (Refektorium)
09:00 – 09:50 Talk Session IV (Room Adelheidis)
– Richard Paul: Probabilistic Live-Cell Imaging and Analysis (30 Min)
– Mehmet Velioglu: Physics-Informed Neural Networks for Dynamic Process Operations (15 Min)
10:00 – 10:30 HIDA Mobility Program & Support (Room Adelheidis)
10:30 – 11:00 ☕️ Coffee break & Hotel Check out
11:00 – 12:00 Workshops "by DRs for DRs"
– Christian Bergeest: Snakemake (Room Adelheidis)
– Open exchange (Kapelle & Courtyard)
12:00 – 13:00 Feedback & Lunch (Kapelle)