At the end of August, doctoral students of the CRC 1173 met for the iRTG retreat 2022 at the monastery Hegne near Constance.
The interdisciplinary workshop aimed at introducing the participants of the different faculties to important basics of the respective other disciplines. Thus, presentations were prepared in advance in groups of two and three on topics such as an introduction to Maxwell’s equations from a physicist’s point of view, Strichartz estimates. But also topics such as neural networks and dealing with the version control system git were presented. The presentations led to lively discussions and served as an excellent introduction to foreign fields as well as a basis for future cooperation within the CRC.
Of course, the social part was not neglected: The lunch break between the lectures was used to go for a swim in Lake Constance at the hotel’s own beach. In the evenings, people sat together at the beach or in the club room of the hotel and shared drinks or played games together, which gave them the opportunity to get to know each other better away from work.
The highlight of the social program was a half-day excursion to the Rhine Falls in Schaffhausen, a very impressive experience that all participants will surely remember for a long time. Afterward, they enjoyed dinner at a restaurant in Constance and let the evening come to a pleasant close.
In contrast to previous workshops of this series, where the current state of the own research was presented, this year the focus was set differently. Each speaker presented a paper related to his/their own work but written by others. Thanks to the different backgrounds of the speakers there was a wide range of topics from local time-stepping to well-posedness results obtained from Strichartz estimates. Due to the generous time-slots and the format of the workshop, there was also plenty of time for fruitful discussions and we thus learned a lot. We took the opportunity to think about new topics and ideas and potentially acquired a different perspective for our own research.
The seminar also included social aspects by hiking through the spectacular landscape of the Kleinwalsertal. Together we reached the 2058 meters high summit of the Kanzelwand. In addition some of us explored an ambitious via ferrata, others climbed the Hohen Ifen, and a third group took a stroll through the picturesque Breitachklamm.
