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Projects and Programs of the Bavarian Academic Center for Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe

Workshop on AI for Software Engineering

CAIDAS (Center for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science) at Julius-Maximilians-Universität of Würzburg (JMU) and BAYHOST invite you to a Workshop on AI for Software Engineering from 30 September to 1 October 2024 in Würzburg.
The workshop is a follow-up event of the delegation visit of Bavarian universities to Poland in 2023.
It brings together researchers from computer science and related disciplines in order to discuss how artificial intelligence can facilitate a better use and understanding of software processes.
Three main areas will be addressed:

• Large language models for software development;
• AI based prediction of software defects;
• Social dimension of software engineering.

Speakers and audience from Poland, Germany and other countries will be invited.
Participation in the workshop is free of charge. Free accommodation and travel grants can be provided for a certain number of participants. To the registration

Cooperation with Ukraine in the Humanities

BAYHOST, the Research Centre German Language in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe (FZ DiMOS), the Chair of Slavic Philology - Linguistics at the Institute of Slavic Studies at the University of Regensburg and Andrássy University Budapest (AUB) are organizing a hybrid workshop on cooperation with Ukraine in the humanities from 24-25 October in Budapest.
The event intends to contribute to the development and deepening of cooperation with Ukraine in the humanities, specifically with Ukrainian universities that have been particularly hard hit by the war. The workshop will focus on topics such as multilingualism, digital humanities, & digital education and is aimed at interested lecturers and researchers in Bavaria, Ukraine, Hungary, and neighboring countries.

Futher Information: Concept: EN, DE, UA, Program, Registration

Due to the large number of registrations, participation in the workshop is now only possible online.

MedTech Workshop

The BAYHOST MedTech workshop aims at initiating scientific cooperation in medicine, medical technology, artificial intelligence in medicine, and health sciences. The workshop focuses on cooperation of Bavarian universities and universities of applied sciences with partners in Croatia, Poland, Czechia and other countries.

Futher Information: to the project description & program,  to the press review

follow-up to the Ukrainian-Bavarian Conference

BAYHOST is organizing an online follow-up to the conference on Ukrainian-Bavarian Double Degree Programs 2023 on three dates in April and May.
The follow-up is divided into three thematic sections:

• "Economic and Legal Sciences" - Tuesday, April 30, 2024
• "Humanities and Social Sciences" - Monday, May 13, 2024
• "Technical and Natural Sciences" - on Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Participants of last year's conference and new participants are warmly invited.
Futher Information: Program, Registration & Documentation of last year's conference

on self-driving vehicles, April - November 2024

Are you fascinated by self-driving vehicles?

Would you like to be part of a mixed Bavarian-Hungarian student team competing with other teams? Would you like to prepare for a career in the international automotive industry?
If yes, apply for the Bavarian-Hungarian interdisciplinary student project on self-driving vehicles!

Further Information: project description, program one-pager & application form

Funding programs for Bavaria and the Czech Republic

The Bavarian-Czech Academic Agency is affiliated with the Bavarian Academic Center for Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe (BAYHOST) as its own department and acts as the central point of contact for all aspects of bilateral cooperation between Bavaria and the Czechia in the field of higher education and science.
The funding of BTHA encompasses grants for study abroad programs, language courses, summer and winter schools in both countries as well as mobility grants for internships, research travels and excursions; moreover it focuses on support of bilateral academic projects and conferences in Bavaria and the Czech Republic.  Further information about BTHA

at the University of Zagreb

Nikolas Djukić, Executive Director of the Bavarian Academic Centre for Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe, gave a presentation to representatives of the academic community at the South East European Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning (SEECEL) on Wednesday, 11 October.
During the meeting, the participants exchanged information on potential new ways of cooperation, primarily regarding the organization of interdisciplinary and international summer schools, stronger networking aimed at the development of scientific and research projects and strengthening academic mobility. Read more

BAYHOST - Coordination office for Ukraine

BAYHOST organizes as part of the Taras Shevchenko Program a coordination office for Ukraine, which bundles support and assistance offers for Ukrainian students and scientists and is available to them as a contact point. Further information

BAYHOST expresses solidarity with Ukraine

BAYHOST expresses solidarity with its partner organizations in science and higher education, grant holders and alumni from Ukraine and condems the Russian attack against Ukraine.
The attack against Ukraine damages the fruitful and friendly cooperation with partner organizations both in Ukraine and Russia that has been growing for many years.
Our thoughts are with the Ukrainian scientists, students, alumni and their families.
BAYHOST will support students exchange and academic cooperation with Ukraine even more strongly in the future.

My New Life in Bavaria. A blog by international researchers

B A Y H O S T - scholarship holder, Julia V. Gerasimova, reports on her personal experiences in Bavaria as researcher and contributes to the Research in Bavaria blog: "My New Life in Bavaria. A blog by international researchers". Read more

Cooperation Proposals to Bavarian Universities

Here you will find information about cooperation requests from universities in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe. Further information

Review of the year 2023

Workshop on MSCA Doctoral Networks and Twinning: Advanced Materials & Processes and Artificial Intelligence for Sustainability

March 2023

Bavarian-Hungarian interdisciplinary student project on self-driving vehicles.

April 2023

DANUBE CUP 2023 „Entrepreneur-Ship“, in Passau & Regensburg

May 2023

Ukrainian-Bavarian Conference on Double Degree Programs

May 2023

Meeting of the annual scholarship holders of BAYHOST and BTHA in Regensburg

June 2023

Meeting of the annual scholarship holders of BAYHOST and BTHA in Regensburg

June 2023

Polish and Bavarian universities strengthen their cooperation in the field of artificial intelligence

June 2023

Delegation from Bavaria in Poznań and Wrocław, Poland

June 2023

Online Study fair «Навчання в Баварії»

Ocotber 2023

„Environ-mental Research between Ukraine and Bavaria - encounter, cooperation and reconstruction”

November 2023

Bavarian-Hungarian interdisciplinary student project on self-driving vehicles. Second part

November 2023

Bavarian-Hungarian interdisciplinary student project on self-driving vehicles. Second part

November 2023

Weekend seminar for the Free State of Bavaria scholarship holders on "Artificial Intelligence and Its Impact on Society"

November 2023

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