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At SmallData, we are passionate about advancing knowledge and promoting innovation in the field of small data. Our events play a key role in this mission by bringing together leading experts, pioneering researchers, and enthusiastic learners. Through our lectures, seminars, and workshops, we explore and develop small data research and methodologies. By subscribing to our […]

On June 5, we hosted an Informal Equity & Diversity Networking meeting, where SmallData members had the chance to gather over coffee or tea for exchanging related ideas and experiences. This session focused specifically on the topic of living and working internationally. Participants shared not only insights into their current work projects but also personal […]

Clearer Communication Across Disciplines In interdisciplinary research, visuals help bridge gaps in understanding. Last week’s SMART workshop, “Shared Language through Visual Communication in Science”, led by Dr. Jernej Zupanc, focused on helping researchers communicate their work more clearly using effective visual strategies. Using the Seyens Method™, participants learned practical strategies for making their scientific ideas […]

We are proud to share that our PI Nadine Binder, group leader at the Institute of General Practice at the Medical Center – University of Freiburg, has been awarded the 2025 Sabine-von-Kleist Habilitation Prize. This annual award by the Medical Faculty of the University of Freiburg honors outstanding early-career female scientists and supports their research path with […]

We just concluded an energizing two-day workshop dedicated to designing synthetic benchmarks and diagnostic tools for complex, real-world cohort data. Co-organized by CRC 1597 Small Data, the STRATOS initiative, EVA4MII, and PrivateAIM for June 3-4, 2025, the workshop brought together experts from clinical research, epidemiology, and statistics. Together with the participants, they delved into how synthetic datasets and […]

In celebration of German Diversity Day, SmallData hosted an Equity & Diversity Quiz as part of our internal Progress Seminar on May 27, 2025. The German Diversity Day is a nationwide initiative promoting awareness and action around diversity and inclusion — values we actively embrace in our CRC. Our special quiz session sparked an engaging competition among doctoral researchers, which encouraged reflection […]

On May 23, the CRC 1597 SmallData hosted a Workshop on “Causal Modeling with Small Data”, moderated by our PI Nadine Binder. Causal inference and modeling plays an important role across scientific fields and it’s of particular interest in medical related research, in which the lack of available data often poses a small data challenge. Julius […]

The Center for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Freiburg University Hospital, is seeking a highly motivated doctoral researcher to join the team. The successful candidate will conduct research under supervision of our PI Miriam Schmidts, starting as soon as possible in Project A04, An effective similarity integration multi-modal graph neural network method to facilitate disease gene […]

On 16 May, we launched the first lecture in our new SMART Tandem Lecture Series 2025 – and it was a great success! The Series showcases interdisciplinary research by Principal Investigators from different disciplines. Each session features joint project presentations, updates, and insights into their collaborative process, including challenges and successes. The first lecture was […]

Do you find yourself wondering what SmallData has been up to? In this first edition of our Newsletter you’ll find an overview of highlighted publications, events and achievements since our beginnings in October 2023 to the current date, as well as a selection of our upcoming events open to the general public. Note, some browsers […]

We are excited to announce the first half of our SmallData Seminar & Workshop Series for 2025! Note, some browsers do not display the inline PDF. Please click on the link to see the schedule. More details, including descriptions of each event, can be found here. Events added at a later point will be continuously updated […]