Fundamental courses
The following fundamental courses are offered on a regular basis and are mandatory for all fellows of the research school.
Geosciences
- Hydrology
- Physical oceanography
- Weather, climate, and environment
- Plate tectonics and geodynamics
Mathematics & Informatics
- Numerical methods for ODEs and numerical linear algebra
- Numerical solution of Partial Differential Equations
Advanced courses
Also the advanced courses will be offered on a regular basis. Students will attend these courses upon consultation with their advisors so as to judiciously build their expertise as needed for their research projects. Potential subjects comprise (but are not limited to):
Geosciences
- Seismic hazard assessment
- Mechanics of earthquakes and faulting
- Numerical geodynamics
- Numerical methods in geo-materials research
- Mathematical modeling of hydrological processes
- Numerical modeling of flow and reactive transport in porous media
- Global and regional climate modeling
Mathematics & Informatics
- Theoretical and computational fluid dynamics
- Multi-grid methods and domain decomposition
- Computational continuum mechanics
- Software engineering for explorative geo-simulation
- Computational Bayesian statistics (data assimilation, parameter estimation)
- Stochastic dynamics
- Markov chains and applications
- Multi-scale analysis for SDEs
Transferable skills
The Research School offers an elaborate training for doctorate students in transferable skills including the areas of language and information technology, career planning, scientific project management and scientific communication.
GEOSIM students may participate in the courses of the Potsdam Graduate School (POGS). In addition, Helmholtz offers three 3-4 day courses at a central location in Germany to students in all of their research schools. The courses are designed for the first, second and third year of the PhD.
Courses offered by HGF:
1. Research Skill Development
- Project planning and management
- Group dynamics and teamwork
- Creativity
- Self-awareness and personality
- Conflict and collaboration
2. Presentation and Communication Skills
3. Career and Leadership Skills
News
02.04.2012 GeoSim student Walter Acevedo has been invited to attend the 62nd Lindau Nobel Laureate meeting . Our congratulations!
From 1-5 April the first GeoSim "Summer School" (Numerical Modelling of Geophysical Flows) took place at Gülpe.