Seminar (1) in Data Science and Optimization

Seminar Infos for the Summer Semester 2024

The seminar in data science and optimization will not be offered in the coming summer term 2024.
Nevertheless, you still may apply for our second Seminar in Management Science.

Seminar Infos for the Winter Semester 2023/24

This seminar is aimed at WIWI and FIM students with an interest in quantitative methods and practical problems. The students will have the opportunity to work on the topics in cooperation with companies. For this purpose, the partners from industry will pitch their topics in the kick-off event in mid of July and the students can decide on a topic of their choice. In the winter semester 2022/23, the topics will then be worked on in groups in close coordination with the practice partners. They will also be supervised by experts from both faculties.

Further information, application forms and a teaser of participating companies can be found below.

Application (only FIM students)

The application deadline for students of FIM faculty is 12th of July 2023 - 08:00 am.

Please send the following application documents to Prof. Dr. Tomas Sauer of the Chair of Digital Image Processing:

HISQIS extract
Letter of motivation
Curriculum vitae

Drexl, M. (2012): Rich vehicle routing in theory and practice. Logist. Res.5, pp. 47–63. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12159-012-0080-2

Reeves, C. (1995): Heuristics for scheduling a single machine subject to unequal job release times. European Journal of Operational Research, 80 (2), pp. 397-403. https://doi.org/10.1016/0377-2217(93)E0290-E

Bachelor:

Interest in quantitative methods.
Ability to understand optimization models and to set up own optimization models as well as basic understanding of algorithms. These skills, for instance, are taught in the courses “Fundamentals of Management Science” and “Supply Chain & Operations Management”.
Fluent reading of texts in English, which will be the language of this seminar

Master:

Interest in quantitative methods.
Ability to understand optimization models and to set up own optimization models as well as basic understanding of algorithms. These skills, for instance, are taught in the courses “Fundamentals of Business Analytics” and “Advanced Topics in Management Science”.
Fluent reading of texts in English, which will be the language of this seminar

Internal Kick-off event with students and instructors on 29/06/2023 at 10:00 am - 11:00 am via Zoom
Meeting:
- Official Kick-off event end of July., location and final date to be announced
- Topics, practice partners and tasks (16 - 20 October 2023) and kick-off
  - Presentation of topics, round of introductions, selection of topics and groups
Meeting (October 16 - 20, 2023):
- Introduction into scientific writing
- Tips for writing a good scientific paper
Meeting:
- Interim Presentation (November 13 - 17, 2023)
- Presentations, project timelines, feedback session, tips on academic presentation.
Meeting:
- Question and answer session/presenting work progress (December 4 - 8, 2023)
- Time for consultation
Meeting:
- Final Presentation at partner company (February/March)
- 60 minutes for presentation and Q&A, discussion of the work
Meeting:
- Short pitch in front of other groups (February/March)
- Get-together to connect with other students/companies

Submission of the seminar paper: one week before the final presentation (5. Meeting)