Bielefeld Graduate School in Theoretical Sciences

I am very grateful to have been given the BGTS mobility grant, oportunily of which provided me with the possiblity of visiting Prof. Andre Cire in Rotman School of Management at Univercity of Toronto (UofT) in Canada. A while ago we (Prof Cire, Prof. Römer, and I) had started collaborating on a work in which we are trying to develop a new framework in which we combine concepts from approximation algorithms with Decision Diagrams (dynamic progarmming based tools for optimization). This trip to Toronto (Summer 2024) was a perfect oportunity to accelerate our collaboration and progress of our work. Moreover, I was able to visit Prof. Cire, who is one the greatest researchers specially in the topic of my research, and learn so much from him not just about algorithms but also about soft skills I need to posses. On top of this, in-person meetings with him boosted my self confident more than before. All in all, after learning about BGTS mobility grant I got the idea of visiting Prof. Cire, and I am so happy that I could do it. Cheers to BGTS founders, members, and supporters!

My research stay at CEU was an amazing time.

Meeting new faces, discussing bold ideas and deepening my academic network while being in a beautiful city: Vienna.

It is hard to ask for more.

In summer 2023, I visited Maastricht University’s School of Business and Economics to work with Peiran Jiao. We conducted an experiment to examine how people deviate from rational decision making and what role higher order information plays. During my stay, I expanded my knowledge and toolset about behavioural economics by attending seminars, courses, and the local M-BEES/M-BEPS conference, and by spending time with fellow PhD students and senior researchers. I found it easy to accommodate: Maastricht is a rather small town, it is close to Germany so it was convenient for many friends to visit, and, most importantly, I received a very warm welcome at the Finance as well as the Economics Department. Personally, I enjoyed experiencing a different academic culture and discovering the amazing road-cycling paths in the Netherlands. Thanks BGTS for providing me this opportunity with your Mobility Grant!

I would like to express my sincere gratitude for awarding me the BGTS Mobility Grant last year, which allowed me to undertake a four-month research visit at the University of Colorado Boulder from October 2022 to February 2023. I must say that my visit to CU Boulder has been a great experience both academically and personally. The professors and staff at CU Boulder were incredibly welcoming and provided me with invaluable guidance and support throughout my visit. I appreciate the warm and friendly atmosphere that I encountered at the university. I am confident that it will have a positive impact on my academic and personal growth for years to come.

 

Thanks to the BGTS mobility grant, I had the opportunity to visit the Université Paris-Dauphine in Paris in March and September 2022.
During my stays, I worked with René Aïd and Nizar Touzi on the optimal regulation of renewable energy production capacity.
I was able to attend numerous seminars and to present at a conference where I met several researchers and leading experts in financial mathematics. Their feedback on my presentation and discussions about my ongoing research projects were very helpful.
I am very grateful to BGTS for allowing me to have this research experience. Thank you!

In the spring of 2022 I had the opportunity to visit Stéphane Villeneuve at the Toulouse School of Economics. During my stay I was able to meet with other researchers, participate in seminars and discuss my ongoing research projects. This possibility resulted in many new ideas and helpful input for my doctoral studies. I am grateful to the BGTS for making this fantastic experience possible.

The BGTS Mobility Grant allowed me to spent two more months with my second supervisor at the University of Arizona. Having been to the U.S. has not only given me the possibility to talk to researchers across the ocean, but also to gain insight in different styles of presentation and academic proceedings for doctoral students. Thank you!
 

The multi-week visit to Brookhaven National Laboratory allowed me to discuss the ongoing work on my PhD thesis with leading experts in the field of nuclear physics. Since discussions in front of a blackboard are the backbone of theoretical physics, I am grateful that the BGTS mobility grant allowed me to interact and collaborate with these senior scientists in person, resulting in many new ideas and various improvements to my research that would hardly have been possible from afar.
 

The BGTS Mobility Grant enabled me to travel to Galway in September 2021. 
Even through online collaboration is becoming more and more common, it was really helpful to visit my colleague in person: Many questions could be answered immediately and I got new input on my project.