Overview

Lecture Weeks are one of several methods we offer for all of our Early Career Researchers (ECRs). We offer three lecture weeks a year. In addition to three 90 minutes lectures that are offered during the day, ECRs practice team building exercises in the evening.

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2025 Schedule

Lecture weeks will be jointly organized with QFIRS and TerraQ RTG

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Summer Lecture Week

Joint with QFIRS, TerraQ RTG

July 28 - August 1, 2025

Location and Accommodation:
Strandhotel Weißer Berg, Kiefernweg 20, 31535 Neustadt am Rübenberge
The participant will be booked a hotel room of their desired type, either a single room or a double-bed room.

Travel Information:
Participants should prepare their travels.

Lecture topics:
The following lectures are planned. The schedule is still being finalized and may be subject to change.

Laser (Benno Willke, AEI)

PID Controller (Gerhard Heinzel, AEI)

Power Spectral Density etc. (Karsten Danzmann, AEI)

Low temperature Physics touching on Cryogenics (Lina Bockhorn, Institut für Festkörperphysik)

Special and general relativity (Dennis Philipp, ZARM, Universität Bremen)

Gravitational Metrological Triangle (Claus Lämmerzahl, ZARM)

A Lecture (title TBC) Antonio Ferriz Mas (Universität Vigo, Thema noch offen)

How Mars Missions impact on Hydrogen Storage Solutions on Earth (Franz Renz, LUH/Wien)

Integrated circuits for trapped-ion quantum computing (Alexander Meyer, TU Braunschweig)

Semiconductor quantum light sources: Fundamentals (Jingzhong Yang, LUH)

Schedule
For a preliminary program and a schedule, please visit here.

Number of Participants
The maximum number of participants is 28.
We want to ensure a high level of interaction during lectures.

Registration
Please register here by June 27th.
Please note that the number of participants is limited.

General Information
Participants should request their business travel at their institute and have it accepted before the event.
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Autumn Lecture Week - International Lecture Week

Joint with Maastricht University, Aachen University, QFIRS and TerraQ RTG

September 1-5, 2025

Location:
Dormio Resort Eifeler Tor Heimbach, Germany

Details and registration link
Details will follow

Accomodation
Participants will stay in a large house with the option of a single or double room.

General Information
Participants must fill in their travel forms at their institutes.
Depending on hotel occupancy, participants should share accommodation with other attendees.

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Lecture Notes
After each Lecture Week, lecture slides and notes will be available in a password-protected area .
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Historical facts

Lecture Week Series Begins: The Lecture Week concept was originated and refined for the International Max Planck Research School on Gravitational Wave Astronomy (IMPRS-GW) by its founding Spokespersons, Prof. Dr. Karsten Danzmann and Prof. Dr. Bernard Schutz. More than 40 Lecture Weeks were organized during its operation from 2006 to 2023.

geo-Q Research Training Group Joins: The Research Training Group led by Dr. Fumiko Kawazoe, within the framework of the SFB 1128: Relativistic Geodesy and Gravimetry with Quantum Sensors - Modelling, Geo-Metrology and Future Technology (geo-Q), collaborated with the International Max Planck Research School on Gravitational Wave Astronomy (IMPRS-GW) to establish the first joint concept of Lecture Week series in 2015 until geo-Q ended in 2019.

QuantumFrontiers International Research School Joins: In 2019, the launch of the QuantumFrontiers International Research School under EXC 2123 resulted in the expansion of this collaborative effort.

TerraQ Research School Joins: The newly funded SFB 1464: Relativistic and quantum-based geodesy (TerraQ) Research Training Group led by Dr. Liliane Biskupek (2021-2024) and Dr. Fumiko Kawazoe (2021-today) continued the joint Lecture Week series, further strengthening the collaboration.

Please visit here for details of the past joint Lecture Week series.

Contact

If you have a question, please feel free to contact the organisers:
QF Chief Study Officer, TerraQ PI: Fumiko Kawazoe
TerraQ PI: Annike Knabe