Fachseminar IIS

Abstract

In the "Fachseminar IIS" the student learnes to communicate topics, ideas or problems of scientific research by listening to more experienced authors and by presenting scientific work in a conference-like situation for a specific audience.

Objective

The seminar aims at instructing graduate and PhD students in the basics of presentation techniques, i.e. "how to give a professional talk". Attendees have the pos-sibility to become acquainted with a current topic by a literature study, and to pre-sent the results thereof in a 20 minutes talk in English. The participation at the seminar gives also an overview on current problems in modern micro- and opto-electronics.

Content

The winter term seminar will concentrate on actual topics in the analysis and syn-thesis of digital circuits and systems as well as in characterization techniques in modern micro- and optoelectronics. The summer term seminar topics' are simulation of microelectronic processes and devices, and the optical as well as electronical simulation of optoelectronic devices as lasers, photodiodes, etc. The influence of electromagnetic radiation on biological organisms is a further topic. The student learns how to find the right literature for a certain topic quickly as well as how to prepare a talk for a scientific conference, i.e. presentation techniques.

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