jun 08 - inline skating in mannheim
The weather in Mannheim is great this summer, so I have frequently opportunity to use my brand new (at least rolls and ball-bearings) inline skates. In case you want to know when, have a look at Mannheim or alternatively Ludwigshafen skate nights. I'll try to look more clever on one of the next tours :-)
jan 08 - snowboarding in ischgl
One of the best locations in the Alps for skiing with friends is Ischgl. It is a large resort that allows for travelling from one side to the other within just two hours. Furthermore, you can visit Switzerland for a coffee and some chocolate if you want to. We highly recommend the restaurant Wildererhütte. They serve great deer and goat dishes. Pricy but good. We stayed in a self-contained appartement, which was very nice.
nov 07 - "nacht der wissenschaft"
I was invited to give a talk at the "Nacht der Wissenschaft" on Nov 10th. I talked about some more or less known facts. From my own studis I remember getting up pretty late. This chart shows at what time university applicants and students fill out our online support form. More interesting is the fact that 63% of all applicantions for studies at our university stem from women, while only 50% female students are later enrolled. This probably shows that female are applicants are smarter: they apply at more universities than their male counterparts.
oct 07 - exchange visit to bex
Together with Ute's volleyball team I participated in an exchange with Bex in Switzerland. Great food, impressive salt mines and again great food. The French (or the french part of Switzerland in this case) really know how to cook. Apart from the good food in Bex, I recommend a visit to "La cloche à fromage" in Strasbourg. You can find them here. Their cheese platters of goat and sheep cheese is great. It doesn't get better than this.
aug 07 - vacation at the baltic sea
It is always comforting to spend your holiday at a great spot. We spent two great weeks in this wonderful little village called Hohwacht. Spending most of the day outside and watching the lively beach is one of the best ways to relax.
jul 07 - winsys conference
Hartwig Knapp and I presented our paper "MobileAudit - A Tool for Contextual Knowledge Management" at the Winsys conference. It is only an update to our paper from 2006 and it presents our basic approach towards mobile knnowledge management together with an environmental audit use case. Feel free to download it from the research section and cite it :-)
mar 07 - birthday party
Even though I already turned 30 in 2006, we celebrated our birthday together in Rhodt in the Gewölbekeller. Thank you all for coming and the great fun we had.
mar 07 - chamonix
We visited Chamonix, France in March to present my joint paper "Evaluation of Information Visualizations vs. Language Proficiency" together with Dieter Thoma from our linguistics department. Feel free to download it from the research section and cite it :-)
feb 07 - kohltour
"Same procedure as every year?" - Yes, like the two years before we started off to participate in the 2007 Kohltour.
aug 06 - best paper award
We presented our first Mobile Knowledge Management paper at the Winsys conference in 2006. We received a Best Paper award for the paper. It is currently published by Springer. We will post it here afterwards. Let me know if you would like a copy in advance.