Second Resilient Worlds research school
Exciting news! We held our second research school in Seminaris CampusHotel, Berlin! For two days, 16 early career researchers from several universities gave research talks, and attended workshops and hackathons to build resilience in both for their academic career and research.
First day, we kicked off with 10-minute presentations by each participant, covering both recent research and personal challenges in the academic path. Here, we haven't only focused on building resilient systems but also a healthy and joyful academic life, which is extra challenging in PhD journey with all ups and downs. Our early career researchers shared their recent hurdles and challenges in their PhD or postdoc experience in an open environment where we, as early-career researchers, can exchange experiences, provide insights, and discover shared solutions. After the presentations, we’re thrilled to have Dr. Rosie Doyle, co-author of The PhD Handbook, join us for a workshop on resilience in academia. Drawing on her vast experience working with researchers, Dr. Doyle addressed common challenges we face. This workshop is designed to help us find concrete strategies for the challenges shared earlier in the day, empowering us to tackle these obstacles moving forward.
The second day was all about practical learning and collaboration through parallel hackathons on "building resilient networks. We dived into two technical areas: (i) data plane programmability using P4 and (ii) network simulations in OMNeT++. To set everyone up for success, our researchers Fabian Ihle and Dr. Doğanalp Ergenç gave extensive tutorials on these tools and guided us through the problems we solved in the hackathons. We then worked together to design fault-tolerant networks, leveraging the new skills we’ve learned.
Of course, no research school would be complete without a team dinner! At the end of the first day, we gathered for a meal, offering a relaxed space to connect with peers and celebrate our shared learning experiences.
Hope to see everyone working towards bulding future resilient worlds at our next event very soon!