Autorenname: asich

What is the probability of the Lord of the Rings? Probabilistic Modeling of the Natural Language with Machine Learning

Sehr kurzfristig wird es morgen, Fr., 24.05., einen spannenden Vortrag von Stefan Kesselheim zu Deep-/Machine-Learning im Rahmen einer Astro-Honorar-Berufungskomission geben. Kommt gern um 15:00 im Seminarraum 1. Physik vorbei und tragt dazu bei, dass auch eine studentische Perspektive mit in die Kommission einfließen kann. Einen Abstract zum Vortrag findet ihr unten.

Außerdem wird im nächsten GPK am Di., 4.6. Amelie Saintonge, die auch eine Astro-Honorar-Professur bekommen soll, einen Vortrag halten. Kommt gern auch da vorbei.

 At very short notice, there will be an exciting talk/lecture by Stefan Kesselheim on deep/machine learning tomorrow, Fri 24th May, as part of an Astro-Honorary-Professorship-Commission. Come along at 15:00 in Seminar Room of the 1st Physics Institute and help to ensure that the students perspective can also be incorporated into the commission. You can find an abstract of the talk/lecture below.

In addition, Amelie Saintonge, who is also beeing considered to receive an Astro-Honorary Professorship, will give a talk in the next GPK on Tue 4th June. Feel free to drop by there as well.

What is the probability of the Lord of the Rings? Probabilistic Modeling of the Natural Language with Machine Learning

How can natural language be interpreted as a probabilistic problem? How can this help in devising methods that help machines understand natural language? In our presentation we will introduce the concepts of probabilistic language modeling and explain how Machine Learning can be applied to model such complex probabilities. Starting from the basics of Deep Learning, the backpropagation algorithm, we show how physical symmetries help creating the transformer architecture, the most commonly used Machine Learning models of Large Language Models.

Master-Welcome Program ’24

Tuesday, 2nd of April, 11:00 Cologne, Physics Department
Wednesday, 3rd of April, 11:00 Cologne, Physics Department
Friday, 5th of April,  Time follows

To welcome all new physics master students there are 2,5 days of program:

  • Getting to know each other: people from around the world, people from different German universities, people who have done their Bachelor in Cologne
  • All the information you need to plan a successful start without being overwhelmed by all the possibilities you have
  • Getting started in Germany, getting started in Cologne: Visa, health insurance, housing, public, German courses, free bikes transportation – whatever issues you have
  • What are the resources you can use in the Cologne Physics Department? From Software licenses to band rehearsal
  • Getting to know the course guidance and the student representative
  • Guided campus tour, sports program, student locations close to university…
  • Labtours and scientific talks by advanced students
  • Specialties of the German university system and their interesting history
  • Fun, fun, fun!

The program is always planned for the whole day (except for Friday where it starts in the afternoon), until late in the evening! (If you have problems going home late, don’t hesitate to contact us for a couch close to university)
A part of the program is outside, so take the weather into account.

The dates are not alternatives but there is a 2,5-day program (Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday) for all people starting their master this semester (regardless if you have done your master in Cologne or somewhere else).

 

Master-Retreat March ’24

Tuesday, March 26th to Thursday, 28th
The next master retreat is just around the corner. From Tuesday, March 26th till Thursday, March 28th we will be going to a self-catering house in Hauset, Belgium with all Master students and those who want to become one soon.
The main language of the trip is English, participation including meals is (probably, we are figuring it out, worst case: 25€) free of charge. As always, there is plenty of room to get to know each other better, fun and free time, e.g. a food exchange evening on Tuesday, please bring something (best case: vegan & allergy-friendly) to the trip on Tuesday. You’re welcome to bring your own ideas and/or tell us about them 😉 Also there is something to work on, namely the welcome program for the new Master students, which will take place the week after the trip. If you want to come with us, and we would be really happy if you did :D.
The general registration is closed. If you nevertheless want to join spontaneously, please write us: fs-physik@uni-koeln.de

Erstsemesterprogramm Sommersemester 24

Kurzinfo zum Orientierungsprogramm

    • Termine: Mi., 20.03., Do., 4.04., Fr., 5.04., ab 11:00 Uhr
      Die Termine sind nicht Alternativtermine, sondern es gibt verschiedenes Programm und es ist so gedacht, dass alle immer kommen. Dennoch ist es natürlich möglich, zu einzelnen Terminen zu kommen, wenn man an den anderen nicht kann.
    • Eine Anmeldung ist nicht erforderlich.
    • Treffpunkt: Seminarraum I. Physik. Das Programm ist ganztägig und ausschließlich in Präsenz. Bei Fragen ist die Fachschaft auch jederzeit erreichbar unter fs-physik@uni-koeln.de

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Winterfahrt ’24 / / Winter retreat ’24

Anmeldung zur Winterfahrt

Die Anmeldung für die nächste Fahrt (19.-21.1.24) ist eröffnet. Falls ihr mitkommen wollt, tragt euch bis zum 12.1. (also Freitag nach den Weihnachtsferien) in die Umfrage ein.

Die Fahrt richtet sich explizit nicht nur an Erstsemester sondern an alle, die mitkommen wollen und Physik bzw. Geophysik/Meteorologie studieren. Wir wollen dafür sorgen und dazu beitragen, dass sich Menschen aus verschiedenen Semestern (und ähnlichen Studiengängen) kennenlernen.

Wir fahren wieder in das Selbstversorger*innenhaus in Wermelskirchen, wofür 25€ fürs Essen und Trinken eingesammelt werden, damit vorher jemand einkaufen gehen kann. Dort gibt es nicht nur Programm von Gitarren- und/oder Ukulelen-Workshop übers Krawall-Kaffee bis Wanderung zum See, sondern vor allem viel Zeit, um sich gegenseitig kennenzulernen, über alles mögliche zu reden und einfach eine gute Zeit miteinander zu verbringen. Die Fahrt lebt also davon, was wir draus machen, falls ihr also Programmideen habt, schreibt sie gern in die Anmeldung.

Wenn jemand Schwierigkeiten hat, dieses Geld aufzubringen oder auch bei allen anderen Rückfragen: Meldet euch bei uns: fs-physik@uni-koeln.de

Am ersten Wochenende nach den Ferien (13./14.1.) werten wir das Ganze dann aus und schicken eine Mail an alle, die mitkommen können. In der zweiten Uniwoche nach den Ferien werden wir ein kurzes Vortreffen machen (genauer Termin folgt mit der nächsten Mail), aber so viel sei gesagt, wir fahren am Freitag (19.1.) mittag zusammen los ;D

Zur Anmeldung: Bitte füllt alles aus und denkt dran eure Mailadresse und jegliche Allergien und Unverträglichkeiten reinzuschreiben.

Sprecht gerne auch andere Leute aus der Physik an und weist sie auf die Fahrt hin.

Wir freuen uns auf einen tolle Winterfahrt!

Registration for winter retreat

The registration for the next retreat (19-21.1.24) is open. If you want to come along, please register by 12.1. (i.e. friday after the Christmas holidays) in the survey.

The trip is explicitly not only for first-year students, but for everyone who wants to come and is studying physics or geophysics/meteorology. We want to make sure and contribute that people from different semesters (and similar courses of study) get to know each other.

We are going to the self-catering house in Wermelskirchen again, for which 25€ will be collected for food and drink, so that someone can go shopping beforehand. There will not only be a programme ranging from guitar and/or ukulele workshops to „Krawall-Kaffee“ or a hike to the lake, but above all a lot of time to get to know each other, talk about everything and just have a good time together. The trip depends on what we make of it, so if you have any ideas for the programme, please write them in the registration form.

If anyone has difficulties raising this money or has any other queries: get in touch with us: fs-physik@uni-koeln.de

On the first weekend after the holidays (13/14 January) we will evaluate the whole thing and send an email to everyone who can come. In the second week of university after the holidays we will have a short pre-meeting (exact date will follow in the next mail), but we will leave together on Friday (Jan 19) at noon ;D

Registration: Please fill in everything and remember to write your email address and any allergies or intolerances.

Feel free to contact other people from physics and let them know about the trip.

We are looking forward to a great winter trip!