Event Calendar
RainQuest Hackathon: Precipitation Estimation from Weather Radar Data
Accurately estimating rainfall by radar data is challenging because radars measure reflectivity rather than direct rainfall, and environmental variations further complicate this conversion. The RainQuest hackathon aims to address this problem by developing models that integrate precise point measurements from rain gauge data with radar reflectivity, which offers better measurements resolution. By combining these data sources, we aim to enhance the precision of precipitation estimates.
We invite all data science and machine learning enthusiasts to join us for this exciting challenge in a relaxed, collaborative environment. Participants will enhance their skills in data analysis, machine learning, and meteorological modeling. No prior experience with weather data is required. Additionally, you will have the opportunity to connect with like-minded individuals and work with KIT´s supercomputer cluster.
This event is organized by machine learning enthusiasts from KCDS, with support from MathSEE, TRIANGEL and SCC.
It is part of the "Wissenswoche Mathematik", a public event presented by Triangel and KIT Center MathSEE with lectures and talks, music and quiz, movie and cultural highlights - all on and around Mathematics. Join us at Triangel Open Space in Karlsruhe to delve into the world of modeling, prediction & simulation.
free of charge
Angela Hühnerfuß
KIT Graduate School Computational and Data Science (KCDS)
KIT-Center MathSEE
Karlsruhe
Mail: kcds ∂does-not-exist.kit edu
https://www.kcds.kit.edu
Join the CDS Runners team for the 12th KIT Meisterschaft, a 10km fun run that takes place on Saturday, July 4 at 9:30h at KIT Campus South. Feel the team spirit and get a free KIT shirt!
Register until May 4, 2026!
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The AI Community at KIT is active, but spread-out: KIT Centers MathSEE and KCIST aim to bring AI researchers together in this joint workshop. Join us at Triangel Space for inspiring talks by Benjamin Unger, Maria Francesca Spadea and Tobias Käfer and show your AI-related research at our poster session.
Call for poster contributions now open!
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In this year's summer school, we will cover both fundamental concepts and practical applications of Graph Neural Networks. Participants can expect a mix of lectures and interactive sessions that provide insight into the mathematical foundations as well as real-world use cases of graph-based machine learning methods.
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This year's group retreat will be from November 2-4, 2026 at the Black Forest. Save the date!
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Find an overview of past events in our timeline.
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The workshop was co-organized by doctoral researchers from HGS MathComp (Heidelberg) and KCDS and provided a smooth introduction to a challenging, yet highly relevant topic: Stochastic partial differential equations in applied mathematics. It took place from March 9-11, 2026 in Heidelberg.
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A worthwhile journey to KIT Institute of Statistics: Talks by Sebastian Engelke, Linda Mhalla, Gabriele Messori, Petra Friederichs gave insights into state-of-the-art research in statistics and data science for climate and weather extremes. The workshop took place on November 20, 2025 at the Campus South outpost in Blücherstraße.
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A friendly place in the Black Forest, sunny autumn weather, good food, lively (scientific) discussions, board games and activities ranging from powerpoint karaoke to trampoline jumping were the ingredients of a lovely KCDS Retreat this year! It took place from November 10-12, 2025.
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Short courses and an interactive tutorial on Neural Operators and Gaussian Processes, along with a poster session and lots of opportunities for networking with other researchers - that was the KCDS Summer School 2025! It took place from August 27-29, 2025 at KIT Campus South.
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KIT International Excellence Fellow Prof. Victoria Stodden invited the KIT community, especially early career researchers, to create ideas and proposals for facilitating research that is data-, compute-, or AI-enabled - taking reproducibility to action! The workshop took place on January 21, 2025 at Triangel Studio.
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From Computational and Data Science to Industry and Academia - four KIT Alumni gave insights into their jobs during a lively panel discussion on October 11, 2024 at Triangel Space.
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The hackathon on precipitation estimation with weather radar and rain gauge data took place from October 8-11, 2024 at Triangel Studio.
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Coordination KIT Graduate School Computational and Data Science
+49 721 608-47748
angela huehnerfuss ∂does-not-exist.kit edu
www.kcds.kit.edu/