HackyHour Giessen
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HackyHour Giessen
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What is the HackyHour?
We meet once a month in a relaxed atmosphere and talk about code, data, tools and science. The HackyHour is open to anyone interested and you can simply drop by without registering in advance. The topics vary from time to time. Below you can find a list of upcoming and past dates.
The presentations will be held in German. In this way, we want to break down barriers in the technical area and remain beginner-friendly.
Florian once explained the HackyHour in English during a Coffee Lecture.
When and Where
Every fourth Wednesday at 5 pm for about one and a half hours in the Makerspace Giessen. More on how to get there.
You don’t need to bring anything. If you have a laptop, bring it along; there’s bound to be something to try out!
Image by Marc S. Edited by Christian K.
Upcoming dates
In addition to the open discussion that is always possible, we always try to talk about at least one specific topic. Usually one person introduces the topic and then there is time for questions and discussion. If you would also like to present something, please get in touch with us (see contact below).
| Date | Topic |
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| 24 June 2026 | Digitalisation at JLU Marcus Enger heads the Office for Digitalisation at JLU, where he and his team are helping to drive the digital transformation of the local higher education sector. In his talk, he will demonstrate in a practical way how an IT master plan was used to systematically map and structure the system landscape underpinning JLU’s core operations, what new opportunities for participation have arisen for members of the JLU community, and how specific digitalisation projects have been successfully implemented through user involvement. There will be time for questions and discussion afterwards. Language of the presentation: German Using the JLU AI Chat without a browser. Steffen Karcher is a systems administrator at the HRZ and uses the example of programming with AI to demonstrate how the HRZ’s AI models can also be integrated locally. Language of the presentation: German |
| 22 July 2026 | No HackyHour due to holidays 🏖️ |
| 26 August 2026 | Agentic AI in Practice Christian Uhl is a researcher at the Centre for Applied Computer Science and Data Science, specialising in artificial intelligence. In his talk, he will demonstrate in a practical way how large language models can be used in an agentic manner today, what new opportunities this opens up, and how such approaches can be usefully integrated into your own projects. Afterwards, there will be time for questions, discussion and specific real-world use cases. Language of the talk: German |
| 23 September 2026 | Publication pipeline with Pandoc Christian Krippes is an employee of the University Library. In his presentation, he will explain how Pandoc can be used to generate texts in multiple formats and thus reach different target groups. Lecture language: German |
| 28 October 2026 | Linux installation party Linux is free, secure, and privacy-friendly. It gives you full control over your laptop, saves you money, and opens the door to a huge, helpful community. For anyone who wants to work productively and independently, Linux is the top choice. Together with Makerspace Gießen, we’ll help you with the installation and your first steps with Linux. Presentations will be held in German; all helpers speak English. Register at: https://pretix.eu/makerspace-giessen/linux/ |
| 25 November 2026 | In progress |
-> You can find the past dates below.
Contact
If you want to present an issue, you can simply open an issue in GitHub or contact Christian Krippes. You also always have the opportunity to talk to us at the HackyHour itself or to present your topic directly afterwards if there is still time. The presentations are freely customizable.
Past Dates
The past dates were mainly in English, so the notes are also mainly in English. From HackyHour 15 onwards, we will try to offer the notes in German and English.
| Date | Topic | Notes & summaries | |
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| 27 May 2026 | Consequences, risks and side effects of the “non-commercial – NC” condition Andre Pietsch is a research data officer at JLU and will give an insight into the controversy surrounding the NC condition of Creative Commons licences in his presentation. Presentation language: German |
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| 22 April 2026 | Virtual Reality Gamification for Photonics, AI and More – Powered by Unreal Engine Dr Arash Rahimi-Iman is Heisenberg Group Leader of the Quantum Nanophotonics, VR & AI Working Group at JLU. In his presentation, he will discuss the integration and use of new technologies in his research work. Lecture language: German |
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| 25 March 2026 | Nextcloud – European alternative to cloud storage, calendars, to-do lists and more Nils Seipel is the founder and managing director of flux – werk gGmbH and will report on his experience with Nextcloud in his own company. Lecture language: German |
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| 25 February 2026 | Linux installation party On this day, we will help you install Linux. |
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| 28 January 2026 | License me, if you can. Andre Pietsch is a research data consultant at JLU and will give an overview of the common licences for research data and software in this lecture. He will also discuss the problems and difficulties that can arise when selecting such licences. Lecture language: German |
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| 24.12.2025 | No event due to holidays | 🎄️ | |
| 26.11.2025 | Open Discussion | Review of 2025, Topics for 2026 | |
| 22.10.2025 | Linux installation party | ||
| 24.09.2025 | Open Discussion | Notes #31 | |
| 23.07.2025 | Cancelled | ||
| 27.08.2025 | Cancelled | ||
| 25.06.2025 | The Model Context Protocol (MCP), OpenWrt | ||
| 28.05.2025 | LoRaWAN: Sending sensor data affordable, wireless and slow over long distances | ||
| 23.04.2025 | Linux installation party | ||
| 26.03.2025 | Cancelled | ||
| 26.02.2025 | Offene Diskussion | ||
| 22.01.2025 | Field report 38C3, Group watch: 38C3 talks | We will vote on which lectures and how many we will watch. | |
| 25.12.2024 | No event due to holidays | 🎄️ | |
| 27.11.2024 | D.I.Y.: Create ChatBots and Agents with LangChain & LangGraph | ||
| 23.10.2024 | |||
| 25.09.2024 | Introduction to simple data analysis in the Linux shell | Notes #23 | |
| 22.08.2024 | No event due to holidays | 🏖️ | |
| 24.07.2024 | Text search with regular expressions: What is it and how do I use it? | Notes #22 (German) | |
| 26.06.2024 | Query OpenStreetMap with Overpass turbo, Open Discussion | Notes #21 (German) | |
| 22.05.2024 | Open Discussion, “Blender instead of Fusion, GeoNodes und procedural generation to the rescue” | ||
| 24.04.2024 | The Opendata portal of the DWD | Notes #19 (German) | |
| 27.03.2024 | The OwwerOrschelemProjekt introduces itself | Notes #18 (German) | |
| 28.02.2024 | Open discussion | Notes #17 (German) | |
| 24.01.2024 | Introduction to Virtual Reality | Notes #16 | |
| 27.12.2023 | No HackyHour due to Christmas vacations | ||
| 2023-11-22 | Kubernetes: Overview & Introduction | Notes #15 | |
| 2023-10-25 | Backups, Horse skull model in augmented reality | Notes #14 | |
| 2023-09-27 | Open Discussion | Notes #13 | |
| 2023-08-23 | No event due to holidays | ||
| 2023-07-26 | What is Git?, How to use GitLab as a scientist |
Notes #12 | |
| 2023-06-28 | AI models (LLMs) on your desktop computer | Notes #11 | |
| 2023-05-24 | Introduction to Ansible | Notes #10 | |
| 2023-04-26 | Using continuous intigration in teaching | Notes #9 | |
| 2023-03-22 | Prototyping | Notes #8 | |
| 2023-02-22 | AIs impact on teaching. This event will be a collaboration with Hessenhub.You can find a detailed event description on their site | Notes #7 | |
| 2023-01-25 | AI-Introduction, AI-Assistants | Notes #6 | |
| 2022-12-28 | Canceled due to holidays | ||
| 2022-11-23 | “License me if you can… or if you are allowed to”, “Markdown-based-Note-Taking-Apps”, “Visualization of Relational Data” |
Notes #5 | |
| 2022-10-26 | Datascraping | Notes #4 | |
| 2022-09-28 | Semantic Media Wiki, pandoc | Notes #3 | |
| 2022-08-24 | Canceled due to holidays | ||
| 2022-07-27 | Jupyter Notebooks | Notes #2 | |
| 2022-06-22 | Inkscape: Freely create print-ready scientific figures and posters. | Notes #1 |
Inspiration
Hacky Hour in general, is inspired by HACKYHOUR@AUCKLAND and the R Study Group. If you are interested in the HackyHour you should also check https://hackyhour.github.io/. The HackyHour in Gießen was also inspired and supported by HackyHour Göttingen
Logo
The logo is derived from the one used by HackyHour Auckland (with kind permission). It uses a public domain icon.
License
The content of this website is available under CC0. This website uses the minimal template which is also available under CC0.