Children's university lecture on the Mathematics of networks

Pupils from third to sixth grade are invited to attend on Wednesday, 12 February at 5 p.m. in the large lecture theatre of the Konrad Zuse Media Centre at on Campus Senftenberg .
Further information:
https://www.b-tu.de/unileben/btu-region-erleben/kinder-jugendprojekte/kinderuni-senftenberg

OnThursday, 13 February, this 45-minute children's university lecture will take place at 3pm and 5pm in the Central Lecture Hall Building, Audimax 2, on the university'smain campus in Cottbus. Registration is not required.
Further information:
https://www.b-tu.de/unileben/btu-region-erleben/kinder-jugendprojekte/kinderuni-cottbus

The speaker is Prof. Dr rer. nat. habil. Ekkehard Köhler, who heads the Chair of Discrete Mathematics and Foundations of Computer Science at BTU.

Among other things, participants will learn what Santa's house, a postman's route, the best way out of a maze or the satnav in a car have to do with Mathematics. The focus is on questions that we often solve in everyday life without realising that Mathematics plays a role. The focus is on the Mathematics of networks. The children learn how to skilfully search a network or how to help a postman find the shortest possible route to deliver all the letters. And it's all cool Mathematics, which is very different from maths at school.

The children's university lectures are designed to awaken an interest in solving scientific problems at an early age and give children the opportunity to experience the flair of a university.
BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg gives schoolchildren from the third to sixth grades the opportunity to get a taste of university life and teaches them about solutions to everyday scientific phenomena in a child-friendly, exciting way. This encourages formative experiences that awaken the youngest children's interest in science and reduce their inhibitions about university.

Outlook:
The next children's university lectures will take place on Thursday, 13 March at 3 pm and 5 pm at the Cottbus main campus and on Wednesday, 19 March 2025 at 5 pm at the BTU's Campus Senftenberg .
Topic: Are prosperity and climate protection compatible?
Officer: Prof. Dr oec. habil. Jan Schnellenbach, Head of the Chair of Economics, in particular Microeconomics
The next pupils University eventfor participants from the seventh to tenth grades will be a visit to the Newton Flight Academy Brandenburg in Cottbus on Saturday, 1 March 2025, from 10 am to 1 pm. The number of participants is limited. Registration at:schueleruni(at)b-tu.de.

More about the BTU's children and youth projects: https://www.b-tu.de/unileben/btu-region-erleben/kinder-jugendprojekte