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= News =
= News =
The seminar will take place in blocks on a few days in June
The seminar will take place in blocks on a few days in June
Preliminary Meeting Thursday 10.04. 12:30-13:00 room 02.07.023


= Application =
= Application =
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Only 20 participants are possible.
Only 20 participants are possible.
The seminar is full.
= Preliminary Meeting =
= Preliminary Meeting =
29.01. 14:00 - 14:30 in room 02.07.023
Thursday 10.04. 12:30-13:00 room 02.07.023


= Seminar Schedule =
= Seminar Schedule =
tba
* Tu 3.6.  14:00-19:00 room  1.13.7
** 14:00 Bekmukhametov - Genetic research
** 14:45 Copur - Medical research and Nazis
** 15:30  Bakuradze - W. Heisenberg
** 16:15 Vasudhara - War and Politics
** 17:00  Lohaj B - John Nash, a beautiful mind
* Fr 6.6.  14:00-19:00 room  2.13.10
** 14:00 Tang - Industriual Espionage
** 14:45 Angel - DNA research
** 15:30 Bhomwick - women in Computer Science
** 16:15 Sinani - John Nash, a beautiful mind
** 17:00 Mahmuti - Mathematics of Voting
* Sa 7.6.  11:00-15:00 room      1.7.23
** 11:00 Chowdhury - Freedom of the internet
** 11:45 Mahmuzic - Alan Turing
** 12:30 Gyllingberg - Mathmetical Modelling
** 13:30 Xhymshiti - Globalization
** 14:15 Mostajabodaveh - John v. Neumann
** 15:00 Jagdish - Science and religion
* Mi 18.6.  14:00-19:00 room  3.13.10
** 14:00 Ravindra - Animal experiments
** 14:45 Hasany - Robot ethics
** 15:30 Lohaj A - Advertisements and commercials
** 16:15 Rahmani - Albert Einstein
** 17:00 Halasz  - Language and brain
* Sa 5.7.  11:00-15:00 room      2.7.23
** 11:00 Swami - Existence of god, proofs
** 11:45 Lerzer - Richard Feynman
** 12:30 Ruan Xin - Fraud
** 13:30 Mukherjee - Patents in science
** 14:15 Chakraborty - Surveillance
** 15:00 Cui - Nuclear power plants


= Topics =
= Topics =
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* - Albert Einstein  
* - Albert Einstein  
* Bertrand Russell (Mathematics)
* Bertrand Russell (Mathematics)
* Werner Heisenberg  
* - Werner Heisenberg  
* Fritz Haber (Chemistry)
* Fritz Haber (Chemistry)
* - John von Neumann  
* - John von Neumann  
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* - Genetic research, Cloning, Stem cells  
* - Genetic research, Cloning, Stem cells  
* - Animal Experiments  
* - Animal Experiments  
* Medizine during the Nazi era  - Euthanasia,..  
* - Medizine during the Nazi era  - Euthanasia,..  
* Wernher von Braun  
* Wernher von Braun  
* - Nils Bohr (Physics)
* - Nils Bohr (Physics)
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* - Doping (Sport)
* - Doping (Sport)
* Doping (brain)
* Doping (brain)
* Watson, Crick and the decypherment of the DNA  
* - Watson, Crick and the decypherment of the DNA  
* Creationismus and Intelligent Design  
* - Creationismus and Intelligent Design  
* - Women in Computer Science
* - Women in Computer Science
* John Nash - A beautiful Mind  
* - John Nash - A beautiful Mind  
* - Alan Turing  
* - Alan Turing  
* Konrad Lorenz
* Konrad Lorenz
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* Paradoxa in Mathematics, Arts, Psychology
* Paradoxa in Mathematics, Arts, Psychology
* Richard Feynman
* Richard Feynman
* Advertisements/Commercials/Psychology: Secret Seducers  
* - Advertisements/Commercials/Psychology: Secret Seducers  
* - Science and Religion  
* - Science and Religion  
* Science and Patents
* Science and Patents
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* Ten ways to lose an audience, "good lecturing"
* Ten ways to lose an audience, "good lecturing"
* The story of the "IG-Farben" - Trusts and nazis  
* The story of the "IG-Farben" - Trusts and nazis  
* Industrial espionage  
* - Industrial espionage  
* "I" and "Free Will" - a myth?  
* "I" and "Free Will" - a myth?  
* - Arguments for the existence of god?
* - Arguments for the existence of god?
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* Globalisation
* Globalisation
* Capitalism - "Soziale Marktwirtschaft" - Communism
* Capitalism - "Soziale Marktwirtschaft" - Communism
* - Wikileaks
* Wikileaks
* Humboldt and the Bologna Process
* Humboldt and the Bologna Process
* - Robot ethics
* - Robot ethics
* Death Penalty
* Death Penalty
* War and politics
* War and politics
* Nuclear power - yes or no
* - Nuclear power - yes or no
* How to achieve outstanding research
* How to achieve outstanding research


= Regulations =
= Regulations =
* talk: <= 45 min, ppt, pdf;  has to be sent ca. 1 week inadvance to me (Email orr personally)
* talk: <= 45 min, ppt, pdf;  has to be sent ca. 1 week inadvance to me (Email orr personally)
* Paper: ca. 15 pages, until ca. Sptember 2014
* Paper: ca. 15 pages, until September, 15th 2014
* Seminar will be held in blocks
* Seminar will be held in blocks
* Fixing the schedule at a meeting at the beginning of the sommer term
* Fixing the schedule at a meeting at the beginning of the sommer term

Latest revision as of 08:27, 19 August 2014

Term
Sommer 14
Lecturer
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Huckle
Time and Place
tba
Audience
Informatik (Bachelor, Master)
Tutorials
-
Exam
-
Semesterwochenstunden / ECTS Credits
2 SWS / 4 Credits
TUMonline
IN901002


Contents

Überfachliche Grundlagen! Soft Skills!

Modul

Modul description in TUMOnline

News

The seminar will take place in blocks on a few days in June

Preliminary Meeting Thursday 10.04. 12:30-13:00 room 02.07.023

Application

Email to huckle@in.tum.de (and TUMOnline)

Only 20 participants are possible.

The seminar is full.

Preliminary Meeting

Thursday 10.04. 12:30-13:00 room 02.07.023

Seminar Schedule

  • Tu 3.6. 14:00-19:00 room 1.13.7
    • 14:00 Bekmukhametov - Genetic research
    • 14:45 Copur - Medical research and Nazis
    • 15:30 Bakuradze - W. Heisenberg
    • 16:15 Vasudhara - War and Politics
    • 17:00 Lohaj B - John Nash, a beautiful mind
  • Fr 6.6. 14:00-19:00 room 2.13.10
    • 14:00 Tang - Industriual Espionage
    • 14:45 Angel - DNA research
    • 15:30 Bhomwick - women in Computer Science
    • 16:15 Sinani - John Nash, a beautiful mind
    • 17:00 Mahmuti - Mathematics of Voting
  • Sa 7.6. 11:00-15:00 room 1.7.23
    • 11:00 Chowdhury - Freedom of the internet
    • 11:45 Mahmuzic - Alan Turing
    • 12:30 Gyllingberg - Mathmetical Modelling
    • 13:30 Xhymshiti - Globalization
    • 14:15 Mostajabodaveh - John v. Neumann
    • 15:00 Jagdish - Science and religion
  • Mi 18.6. 14:00-19:00 room 3.13.10
    • 14:00 Ravindra - Animal experiments
    • 14:45 Hasany - Robot ethics
    • 15:30 Lohaj A - Advertisements and commercials
    • 16:15 Rahmani - Albert Einstein
    • 17:00 Halasz - Language and brain
  • Sa 5.7. 11:00-15:00 room 2.7.23
    • 11:00 Swami - Existence of god, proofs
    • 11:45 Lerzer - Richard Feynman
    • 12:30 Ruan Xin - Fraud
    • 13:30 Mukherjee - Patents in science
    • 14:15 Chakraborty - Surveillance
    • 15:00 Cui - Nuclear power plants

Topics

Already chosen topics that are no more available are marked with -

  • - Albert Einstein
  • Bertrand Russell (Mathematics)
  • - Werner Heisenberg
  • Fritz Haber (Chemistry)
  • - John von Neumann
  • Max Planck
  • - Genetic research, Cloning, Stem cells
  • - Animal Experiments
  • - Medizine during the Nazi era - Euthanasia,..
  • Wernher von Braun
  • - Nils Bohr (Physics)
  • Edward Teller (Physik)
  • J. Robert Oppenheimer (Physics)
  • Andrej Sacharow (Physics)
  • "Deutsche Mathematik"
  • "Deutsche Physik"
  • Fraud in science
  • Error in Science
  • Epistemology - Limits of Science (Skeptizismus,Kant, Popper,..)
  • Star Wars, SDI, MD: Missile defense
  • Kurt Goedel
  • Lise Meitner
  • Bella Abramova Subbotovskaya: Jewish People's Univ.
  • - Freedom of the internet
  • - Open Source - Philosophy
  • - Surveillance
  • Privacy
  • Alfred Nobel
  • - Doping (Sport)
  • Doping (brain)
  • - Watson, Crick and the decypherment of the DNA
  • - Creationismus and Intelligent Design
  • - Women in Computer Science
  • - John Nash - A beautiful Mind
  • - Alan Turing
  • Konrad Lorenz
  • Fermat Conjecture and Andrew Wiles
  • Curta - Hand calculator for Hitler
  • Science and Ethics in literature
  • Science and Politics
  • Political Science - Legitimization of governments,...
  • - Mathematics of voting systems
  • Paradoxa in Mathematics, Arts, Psychology
  • Richard Feynman
  • - Advertisements/Commercials/Psychology: Secret Seducers
  • - Science and Religion
  • Science and Patents
  • Language and brain
  • - Milgram-Experiment
  • - Stanford-Experiment
  • Ten ways to lose an audience, "good lecturing"
  • The story of the "IG-Farben" - Trusts and nazis
  • - Industrial espionage
  • "I" and "Free Will" - a myth?
  • - Arguments for the existence of god?
  • Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
  • The history of psychiatry
  • Historical criticism in biblical studies
  • Georg Cantor
  • Linus Pauling
  • Food chemistry/psychology
  • Konrad Zuse
  • Science in the GULAG (Solschenizyn)
  • Globalisation
  • Capitalism - "Soziale Marktwirtschaft" - Communism
  • Wikileaks
  • Humboldt and the Bologna Process
  • - Robot ethics
  • Death Penalty
  • War and politics
  • - Nuclear power - yes or no
  • How to achieve outstanding research

Regulations

  • talk: <= 45 min, ppt, pdf; has to be sent ca. 1 week inadvance to me (Email orr personally)
  • Paper: ca. 15 pages, until September, 15th 2014
  • Seminar will be held in blocks
  • Fixing the schedule at a meeting at the beginning of the sommer term
  • Literature and advice per email or personally
  • Each student has to participate at ca. 9 talks.
  • Possible debriefing in my office
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