Each year female students, which are based in Germany, can take part in Girls’ Day. Girls from 5th grade upwards can take a sneak peek into jobs, which are more often taken up by men. With our participation, we aim to motivate young girls to make stereotype-free career choices. Therefore, we want to specifically inspire and excite many young female students in the large field of AI research. Interested? Come visit our center this year to find out more about our scientist’s work in AI, Big Data and Data Science. We are happy to welcome you in our Living Labs at TU Dresden und Leipzig University!

Girls’ Day 2025 in Leipzig
Hands on Artificial Intelligence – your day at ScaDS.AI Dresden/Leipzig

Today, nothing works without computer science, because computers and the internet have become an integral part of our everyday lives. On Girls’ Day, we want to give you an insight into the everyday life of a female data science researcher and show that computer science is wrongly considered a male domain.

This years Girls’ Day will take place on April 3rd 2025! You can join us in our Living Labs in Leipzig and Dresden.

Program

• On this day, you will get to know researchers from our center and can take your first steps with them on the path to becoming a female data scientist.
• In our AI workshop, you will learn how to use language models such as ChatGPT and how to ask the right questions (prompts) to get the right answers.
• Not only will you program your own AI, but you will also have the opportunity to apply your new skills and analyze climate data together.
• Visit our Living Lab with us and gain exciting and lively insights into the various research projects at our center.

But what exactly is data science and what do we do with it as a research center?

Due to the constant use of the internet, more and more data is accumulating, the content of which can sometimes no longer be processed manually, i.e. without the help of computers, due to the large volume and unmanageable quantity. This phenomenon is described by the term big data. Collecting and storing data does not necessarily have to be a bad thing. For example, collecting and analyzing a lot of data about our changing environment or our health can help with climate protection or medicine.

But the internet also collects a lot of data about us humans and our usage and consumer behavior. Perhaps you have already bought a jacket in an online store and noticed that this jacket was then displayed more and more often as advertising on various pages on the internet? This was personalized advertising and is a very typical example of collecting and storing your data for profit.

At our research center ScaDS.AI, we are primarily investigating the efficient use and evaluation of mass data (big data) using new AI methods. This special branch of computer science research is known as data science. We are also researching how the misuse of personal data, for example through personalized advertising, can be prevented and how the privacy of users can be better protected.

And what exactly is AI?

Artificial intelligence is on everyone’s lips thanks to ChatGPT. Maybe you’ve even chatted with an AI yourself? At ScaDS.AI, we deal with what is behind or rather in models like ChatGPT, develop such models ourselves and research them. In doing so, we program computer codes, so-called algorithms, which can solve problems independently and develop further. We also ask how the artificial intelligence used makes decisions and learns. By explaining the decisions of artificial intelligence and methods for protecting privacy, we want to increase trust in the use of such data science applications.

Further information can be found on the official website of the event. Please note, that a registration is required for participation. We are looking forward to welcoming many young female scientists to our AI Competence Center.

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Previous programs at ScaDS.AI Dresden/Leipzig

ScaDS.AI Dresden/Leipzig has regularly participated in Girls’ Day in the last few years. During the COVID-19 pandemic, we organized a digital program. Since 2022, we welcome girls in our Living Labs again. See the related blog posts for more information on each program:

• Girls’ Day 2024 in Leipzig
• Girls’ Day 2022
• Girls’ Day 2021