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German and International Physicists‘ tournaments

The German Physicists‘ Tournament (GPT) is a competition where students have to work on open physics problems. At the tournament, a team presents their approach that that then is criticized by another teams, and has to be defended in a discussion.  The GPT is the national qualification competition for the International Physicists‘ Tournament (IPT) where teams from all over the world discuss the different approaches.

The GPT is supported by a network that is coordinated from Erlangen. Furthermore, in recent years, many of the GPTs took place in Erlangen or were organized from Erlangen.

Study Service Center Physics

The Study Service Center (SSC) Physics serves as the first point of contact for almost all question concerning the studies of Physics in Erlangen. It is intended to support  students, schools and prospective students. Michael Schmiedeberg from the Soft Matter Theory Group is part of the team of the SSC.

News:

For students who are interested in a theses in the Soft Matter Theory Group there is a new video for the UPhUF (Unsere Physik - unsere Forschung, our physics - our research) event. In addition, there will be a poster session on July 2nd, 2025 at 3pm in front of lecture hall HG. Link to the video:...

Kategorie: Allgemein, Soft-Matter

Colloidal particles can form network-like structures that slowly change in time. The dynamics of such gels varies a lot such that some gels are fluid-like while others are solid. However, the structural differences might be small . In a new article we show that neural networks nevertheless can di...

Kategorie: Allgemein, Soft-Matter