TUM. GS recommends a research stay abroad of at least four weeks and provides partial funding. The following is planned: International activity Host institution Country Duration (in days)
TUM. The Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) - recognized as one of the first three universities to be promoted as one of the top universities in Germany for graduate schools, clusters of excellence and institutional strategies for universities – covers a large spectrum of fundamental and applied research with studies ranging from engineering, natural sciences, including life and medical sciences, to economics. Responsible for this project is the Forschungseinrichtung Satellitengeodasie (FESG), a research institution in the Faculty of Civil Engineering of TUM and founded in 1983. FESG runs the Geodetic Observatory Wettzell together with the Bundesamt fuer Kartographie und Geodaesie. Specifically, FESG assumes responsibility for operating the Wettzell 20m VLBI telescope for geodetic applications since 1983, participating in regular daily and hourly geodetic observation sessions every week. Beside the strong involvement in VLBI observations FESG is active in precise GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite Systems) applications, including precise orbit modelling, Satellite Laser Ranging, and Earth rotation studies using the worldwide largest laser gyroscope in Wettzell. The FESG is embedded in the Forschungsgruppe Satellitengeodaesie (FGS), a consortium of five leading geodetic institutions in Germany. This group participates in WP5, where they will contribute to the automation of the caching at the telescopes. Xx. Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx is the head of the radio telescope group, research scientist and software engineer at Forschungseinrichtung Satellitengeodaesie (FESG), Geodätisches Observatorium Wettzell, TUM, Germany. His fields of work are applied computer science for space geodesy, development of modern, automatic measuring control systems for the geodetic space techniques, especially in combination with the development project of a new satellite laser ranging system at the Geodetic Observatory Wettzell, and improvement of data management systems with hybrid and middleware systems. After studying computer science at Regensburg and Nuremberg, he obtained his PhD as research scientist and software engineer at Fundamentalstation, Xxxxxxxx. Since 2008 he is the head of the radio telescope group Wettzell. He is responsible for the design and development of the control system for the new automated laser ranging system Wettzell and a remote control extension to the NASA field system which is successfully tested with the radio telescopes at Wettzell, TIGO Concepcion/Chile ...
TUM. GS recommends a research stay abroad of at least four weeks and provides partial funding. The following is planned: International activity Host institution Country Duration (in days) Responsibilities in Connection with the Supervision Relationship The doctoral candidate and the supervisor(s) commit to live the supervision relationship actively and conscientiously and to create a working environment that is characterized by trust, mutual respect and esteem as well as an open communication. They pursue to execute the doctoral project in a timely manner; to support TUM-GS in their work; to confirm annually that the data and continuation of the doctoral project are up-to-date as stated in § 5 of the Statute of TUM-GS; to communicate about the topic, problem statement and set-up of the doctoral project, also with regards to the realistic implementation in the planning horizon. The supervisor(s) commit(s) to actively promote the subject-specific and interdisciplinary further training of the doctoral candidate and to give advice in this regard; to promote the quality of the doctoral project through advice and discussion, e.g. feedback to questions and manuscripts, and to support the completion in a timely manner; to give the support necessary for the accomplishment of the doctoral project and for an early scientific independence of the doctoral candidate, tailored to her/his individual needs; to enable and promote the participation in scientific conferences and in research projects abroad, depending on the possibilities of the chair and if desired by the doctoral student; to give advice to the doctoral candidate with regards to her/his career planning, if desired; to support the doctoral project even if the supervisor retires from TUM, e.g. by continuous supervision as stated in the Regulations for the Award of Doctoral Degrees of TUM or by supporting a change of supervisors. The doctoral candidate commits to pursue a successful completion of her*his doctoral project by purposeful and autonomous scientific work according with the attached work and time schedule; to be in regular contact with the supervisor and to enable and use the above-mentioned possibilities of supervision; to report to the supervisor precisely and regularly about the development of the scientific work and the completion of the qualification elements; to inform herself*himself about the requirements and regulations of the doctoral examination process.
TUM. GS also offers a broad range of elective qualification elements. All members of TUM- GS are eligible for reimbursement of eight days of transferable skills courses (max. €60 per day). Every started day if course work will be counted as a whole day. In addition, TUM-GS recommends that doctoral candidates should make use of their internationalization budget. Each candidate is eligible to receive up to €3.000 in funding for stays abroad and international conferences. Please visit our website for further information! Stand: 22.01.2015
