• The course will be held in distancce mode at the scheduled classes, if full presence mode is not possible. We will change to an online tool such as MS Teams in case / Der Kurs findet im Distanzmodus zu den angegebenen Kursterminen statt. Wir wechseln auf eine Online-Kursumgebung (MS Teams etc.).

• Participation requirements/method, tasks and grading remain as in presence mode. / Die Teilnahmevoraussetzungen, die Lehrmethode, die Aufgaben und die Bewertung bleiben wie im Lehrplan beschrieben. Ein Wechsel des Lehrmodus (Online-Lernen) hat keine Auswirkungen auf den Lehrplan.

• Since this is a seminar and mutual feedback of postgraduate students is expected, attendance is required in all sessions.
  
  Nach dem ersten Termin folgen weitere Termine nach Vereinbarung/further dates (weekly) will be determined in the initial meeting.

Since this is a seminar and mutual feedback of postgraduate students is expected, attendance is required in all sessions

Weitere Termine nach Vereinbarung/further dates (weekly) will be determined in the initial meeting.

Joint seminars with informal presentations, as well as individual meetings with the supervisor. Optionally we will include additional talks (and discussions) by guest speakers.

We will assess 

• the quality of the research question and hypothesis 30%
• the ability to define the advances beyond the state of the art 30%
• impact of already achieved research results 30%
• value of feedback given to other researchers 10%

in joint regular presentations and discussions. Each student is expected to present.