The minister president of Bavaria Söder made a strong statement “Investments in research, education, and universities is an investment in democracy”. For research and innovation freedom and democracy is essential. And for freedom and democracy research and science is essential!
- Matthias Tschöp highlights in his inaugural address at the @LMUMuenchen.bsky.social the importance of science - of all sciences. research needs freedom! scientists need space for exploration and curiosity - without knowing the applications. Excellent research is hard work.
- Tutorial on system promp engineering by Christopher Lazik and Yannick Weiß at #Winterschool2026. A hands on session using LM Studio and “playing against each other” - fun group work, high motivation and interesting insights (see images for details)
- Jan Gugenheimer run a session on “Cognitive Augmentation and Manipulation” looking at different way LLMs and genAI in combination with AR/WR push the frontiers of descriptive designs … including a black mirror writing exercise :)
- What do you expect from your supervisor? What is a success PhD? What do I as supervisor expect? When is a PhD ready? We collected, discussed, consolidated in groups and looked to identify potential mismatches, alignments, and conflicts. So many interesting point #winterschool2026

