Conference Venue

The Bernoulli-IMS 11th World Congress in Probability and Statistics will be held on the campus of Ruhr University Bochum. The campus can be reached in 10 minutes from downtown Bochum by subway U35 direction Hustadt/Ruhr-Universität. Plenary talks will be delivered in the Audimax in the center of the Ruhr University campus, while parallel talks will be presented in nearby lecture halls. Coffee breaks, book exhibits, and poster sessions will be held in the Foyer of the Audimax. Warm meals for lunch can be obtained from a variety of University restaurants on campus.

Bochum and the Ruhrgebiet

Bochum lies in the Ruhr Metropolitan Region, the former industrial heart in the Northwest of Germany, with Dortmund, Duisburg and Essen being other major cities in a region that has a total of 5 million residents. The Ruhr Metropolitan Region is the largest urban area in Germany, and the third-largest in Europe.

Ruhr University

Ruhr University Bochum was founded in 1965, and was the first university in this predominantly working-class region. Presently, Ruhr University Bochum is one of the largest universities in Germany, with 42.000 students, 6.100 employees, and 440 full professors in 21 faculties. The Ruhr University Bochum consistently ranks high among German universities, as is, e.g., witnessed from the fact that it has been three times among the finalists in the German Universities Excellence Initiative, most recently in 2019

Ruhr University Campus

Ruhr University is a campus university, designed and constructed between 1965 and 1975. Built in the architectural style of concrete brutalism, the campus is not immediately liked by everyone. However, if you take some time to look closer, you will discover its inner beauty. The magnificent view over the valley of the river Ruhr from the Mensa building, the peaceful Botanical Garden on the southern edge of campus with an enchanting Chinese garden, pieces of art scattered all over campus, the playful green axes between the buildings, and with the Audimax the largest lecture hall in Germany, are just some examples. The ensemble of buildings uses maritime symbols, as witnessed from the shell-shaped roof of the Audimax, and with the faculty buildings symbolizing ships mooring in the harbor of wisdom.

Ernst Ising

The physicist Ernst Ising (1900–1998), inventor of the Ising model, spent his youth in Bochum, where he graduated from high school in 1918. The Ising family home was located near the corner of Goethestraße and Schillerstraße, close to downtown Bochum. Today, a memorial stele commemorates the fate of the Ising family and other Jewish middle class families who lived in this part of town in the beginning of the 20th century.