Modeling aspects are playing an increasingly important role in many sciences. Therefore, TRA Modelling organizes a network event to bring together scientists across disciplines. The event is open to all scientists who develop or apply modeling approaches to shed light on the function of complex systems. In addition to the experienced scientists who are already part of TRA Modelling, we explicitly invite senior and junior scientists without membership in TRA Modelling to attend if they feel addressed by the topics (see program below).  

The event offers five parallel sessions, each dealing with a topic that is a promising area of application for modeling approaches. The parallel sessions are chaired by experienced  TRA scientists who conduct research related to those topics. Further contributions had been selected by the responsible session chairs. The goal of the event is to exchange about project ideas and new research initiatives at an early stage. 

To be able to plan ahead, all participants have to register! Please note that we have a limited number of seats available and an early registration is highly recommended. Please select a parallel session during the registration process that you would like to attend as a participant.

We are looking forward to welcome you to the TRA networking event 2025!

1:45 pm: Reception of participants and distribution of name badges (Entrance area of the b-it; Friedrich-Hirzebruch-Allee 6)

2:00 pm: General plenary session with welcome and introduction to the topics of the parallel sessions (room 0.109)

3:00 pm: Parallel sessions (different rooms at Institute of Computer Science; Friedrich-Hirzebruch-Allee 8) 

"Modelling in Economics and Computation" (room 2.025)

Chairs: László Végh², Florian Brandl³, Thomas Kesselheim⁴

Contributions: 

3:00 pm: Fabio Stohler⁵ (Dept. of Economics) "Information Content of Option Prices"

3:15 pm: Carl-Christian Groh⁶ (Institute for Microeconomics) "Contestability and Optimal Regulation in Social Media Platform Markets" 

3:30 pm: Hannaneh Akrami⁷ (Hertz Chair for Modelling) "Fair Division of Indivisible Items"

3:45 pm: Ujjwal Kumar⁸ (Institute for Microeconomics) "On the existence of EFX allocations"

4:00 pm: Antonia Ellerbrock (Institute for Discrete Mathematics) "Towards Understanding a Stable Nucleolus"

4:15 pm: Thomas Kesselheim⁹ (Institute of Computer Science) "Algorithmic Contract Design"

4:30 pm: Martin Drees (Institute for Discrete Mathematics) "Resolving Aaron’s Social Insurance Paradox"

4:45 pm: Atulya Jain¹⁰ (Institute for Microeconomics) "Calibrated Forecasting and Persuasion" 

"Modelling and analysis in Earth System Science" (room 1.047)

Chairs: Petra Mutzel¹¹, Jürgen Kusche¹²

Contributions:

Matthias Aengenheyster¹³ (ECMWF) "Introducing the ECMWF: the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts"

Florentine Weber¹⁴ (FZ Jülich) “Introduction to CESOC: Center for Earth System Observation and Computational Analysis"

Jan-Henrik Haunert¹⁵ (Inst. of Geodesy and Geoinformation) "Algorithmic integration of geospatial information: State of the art and new research perspectives"

Muhammad Muniruzzaman¹⁶ (Inst. of Geosciences) "Decoding Earth processes – The role of numerical modeling in understanding geological systems"

"Modelling in Chemistry" (room 2.050) 

Chairs: Barbara Kirchner¹⁷, Jürgen Dölz¹⁸

Contributions:

Tom Frömbgen¹⁹ (Mulliken Center for Theoretical Chemistry) "Chiral induction in ionic liquids"

Kai Buchmüller (Mulliken Center for Theoretical Chemistry) tba

Mikel Loizate (EHU - University of the Basque Country) tba

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"Modelling Behavior" (room 3.035b)

Chairs: Dominik Bach²⁰, Björn Krüger²¹, Tatjana Tchumatchenko²² 

Contributions: 

3:00 pm: Michael Sommerauer²³ (Center of Neurology) tba

3:15 pm: Jens Tillmann²⁴ (DZNE) "Towards models of behavioral state dynamics with multimodal embeddings for closed-looped perturbations" 

3:30 pm: Jennifer Faber²⁵ (Center of Neurology & DZNE) "Cerebellum - Precision in movement and cognition"

3:45 pm: Tatjana Tchumatchenko²⁶ (IEECR) "Tackling the link between neural activity and behavior"

4:00 pm: Lukas Kunz²⁷ (Bonn Spatial Memory Lab, Dept. of Epileptology) "Investigating neural mechanisms of spatial cognition in humans"

4:15 pm: Björn Krüger²⁸ / Johannes Müllers (Personalized Digital Health and Telemedicine, Dept. of Epileptology) "Analyzing Behavior of Patients with Epilepsy"

4:30 pm: Floris de Lange²⁹ (Donders Institute, Radboud University Nijmegen) "Using AI models to determine where we decide to look" 

"Modelling Life" (room 0.016)

Chairs: Kevin Thurley³⁰, Jan Hasenauer³¹

Contributions:

Jacob Nattermann³² (Department of Internal Medicine I, UKB) "Patient Trajectories" 

Valentin Schäfer³³ (Section for Rheumatology, UKB) "Immunological Imaging Techniques"

Elena Reckzeh³⁴ (Life and Medical Science Institute, UB) "3D Tissue Models"

Anna Cord³⁵ (Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation, UB) "Agro-Ecological Modeling"

5:00 pm: Brief discussion back in the plenary session (room 0.016, Institute of Computer Science)

5:30 pm: Convivial conclusion with snacks and beverages