MakisH · Oct 9, 2026 · Sep 18, 2026 · Sep 18, 2026 · Sep 18, 2026 · Sep 18, 2026
diff --git a/00_organization/README.md b/00_organization/README.md
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ Learning goals:
 | 15 minutes | [`rse_basics.md`](https://github.com/Simulation-Software-Engineering/Lecture-Material/blob/main/00_organization/rse_basics_slides.md) |
 | 10 minutes | [`topic_overview_demo.md`](https://github.com/Simulation-Software-Engineering/Lecture-Material/blob/main/00_organization/topic_overview_demo.md) |
 
-Folders such as `wt2122` contain organizational content specific to previous lectures.
+Folders such as `wt2x2y` contain organizational content specific to previous lectures.
diff --git a/00_organization/challenge_intro_slides.md b/00_organization/challenge_intro_slides.md
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ The challenge part:
 
 ## Role of Advisor
 
-- Benjamin, Felix, Frédéric, Gerasimos, or Ishaan
+- Felix, Frédéric, Serge, or Gerasimos
 - Use, for example, exercise blocks and time before and after lectures for discussions
 - Share links etc. to issues and PRs (or tag us)
 

diff --git a/00_organization/course_intro_slides.md b/00_organization/course_intro_slides.md
@@ -43,18 +43,19 @@ slideOptions:
 
 ## The Lecturers
 
-- Benjamin (Uekermann) [`@uekerman`](https://github.com/uekerman)
 - Gerasimos (Chourdakis) [`@MakisH`](https://github.com/MakisH)
-- Ishaan (Desai) [`@IshaanDesai`](https://github.com/IshaanDesai)
+- Frédéric (Simonis) [`@fsimonis`](https://github.com/fsimonis)
+- Felix (Neubauer) [`@Logende`](https://github.com/Logende)
+- On leave this year: Benjamin (Uekermann) [`@uekerman`](https://github.com/uekerman)
 
 Additional challenge advisors:
 
-- Frédéric (Simonis) [`@fsimonis`](https://github.com/fsimonis)
-- Felix (Neubauer) [`@Logende`](https://github.com/Logende)
+- Serge Kotchourko [`@kotserge`](https://github.com/kotserge)
 
 SSE Hall of Fame:
 
 - Alexander (Jaust) [`@ajaust`](https://github.com/ajaust)
+- Ishaan (Desai) [`@IshaanDesai`](https://github.com/IshaanDesai)
 
 ---
 
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ SSE Hall of Fame:
 Two parallel branches:
 
 - **Weekly lectures** (90 mins) and **exercises** (90 mins) to learn and train concepts and tools
-    - Wednesdays, 09:45–11:15 (in V47.05) and 15:45–17:15 (in 38-0.108, might be too small in first week)
+    - Wednesdays, 09:45–11:15 (in V47.05) and 15:45–17:15 (in 38-0.124, might be too small in the beginning)
     - Typically lecture in the morning and exercise in the afternoon
 - **Individual challenge**: contribute to real simulation software :rocket:
     - List of software candidates: this afternoon
@@ -160,80 +161,17 @@ Two parallel branches:
 
 ### Timeline
 
-- Pick a software (till **Oct 22**, evening)
-- **Step 1**: Present the software: how you got it, what are main features, some tutorials you did, ... (**Nov 5**)
-- **Step 2**: Present *"RSE infrastructure"* of the software: Which CI / documentation / building / git workflow ... does it use? How do contributions work? (**Dec 17**)
-- Suggest contribution (**Dec 17**)
-- **Step 3**: Present the contribution (**Feb 4**)
+- Pick a software project to contribute to
+- **Step 1**: Present the software: how you got it, what are main features, some tutorials you did, ...
+- **Step 2**: Present *"RSE infrastructure"* of the software: Which CI / documentation / building / git workflow ... does it use? How do contributions work?
+- Suggest contribution
+- **Step 3**: Present the contribution
 
 ---
 
-## Time Table I
-
-<style>
-td {
-    font-size: 35px
-}
-</style>
-
-| Date | Type | Chapter | Topic | Lecturer |
-| ---- | ---- | ------- |------ | -------- |
-| 15.10. |Lecture | 0-1 | Course intro, intro to SSE, VC basics | Benjamin |
-| 15.10. |Lecture | 1 | Git basics, my Git workflow, Git quiz, how to challenge  | Benjamin |
-| 22.10. |Lecture | 1 | *My neat little Git trick*, merge vs rebase, working in teams| Benjamin |
-| 22.10. |Lab | 1 | Git  | Benjamin |
-| 29.10. |Lecture | 2 | Containers and virtualization | Gerasimos |
-| 29.10. |Lab | 2 | Containers and virtualization | Gerasimos |
-| 05.11. |Presentations | C | **1st student presentations** | students |
-| 05.11. |Presentations | C | **1st student presentations** | students |
-
----
-
-## Time Table II
-
-<style>
-td {
-    font-size: 35px
-}
-</style>
-
-| Date | Type | Chapter | Topic | Lecturer |
-| ---- | ---- | ------- |------ | -------- |
-| 12.11. |Lecture | 3 | Intro packaging, Python packaging | Ishaan |
-| 12.11. |Lab | 3 | Python packaging | Ishaan |
-| 19.11. |Lecture | 3 | Linux fundamentals, Make, CMake | Gerasimos |
-| 19.11. |Lab | 3 | CMake and Docker | Gerasimos |
-| 26.11. |Lecture | 3 | Spack | Ishaan |
-| 26.11. |Lab | 3 | Spack | Ishaan |
-| 03.12. |Lecture | 3 | CPack and more CMake | Benjamin |
-| 03.12. |Lab | 3 | CPack | Benjamin |
-| 10.12. |Lecture | 4 | Technical writing | Gerasimos |
-| 10.12. |Lab | 4 | Code review | Gerasimos |
-| 17.12. |Presentations | C | **2nd student presentations** | students |
-| 17.12. |Presentations | C | **2nd student presentations** | students |
-
----
-
-## Time Table III
-
-<style>
-td {
-    font-size: 35px
-}
-</style>
+## Timetable
 
-| Date | Type | Chapter | Topic | Lecturer |
-| ---- | ---- | ------- |------ | -------- |
-| 07.01. |Lecture | 4 | Markup, Pandoc, website gener. | Benjamin |
-| 07.01. |Lecture | 4 | FLOSS, versioning, repo layouts, DOI, Zenodo, DaRUS | Benjamin |
-| 14.01. |Lecture | 5 | Intro testing, testing in Python | Ishaan |
-| 14.01. |Lab | 5 | Testing in Python | Ishaan |
-| 21.01. |Lecture | 5 | Automation, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI | Gerasimos|
-| 21.01. |Lab | 5 | GitHub Actions | Gerasimos|
-| 28.01. |Lecture | 5 | Boost.Test and CTest | Benjamin |
-| 28.01. |Lab | 5 | Boost.Test and CTest | Benjamin |
-| 04.02. |Presentations | C | **3rd student presentations** | students |
-| 04.02. |Presentations | C | **3rd student presentations** | students |
+See [GitHub: timetable.md](https://github.com/Simulation-Software-Engineering/Lecture-Material/blob/main/timetable.md)
 
 ---
 
@@ -248,15 +186,15 @@ td {
 - *"good"* everywhere leads to 1.0.
 - We give (brief) feedback after every exercise.
 - You will need to register yourself to the *"exam"* on C@MPUS.
-- Last in: The deadline to pick a software (**Oct 22**, evening)
-- Last out: Once you handed in the first report (**Nov 6**)
+- Last in: The deadline to pick a software
+- Last out: Once you handed in the first report
 
 ---
 
 ## GitLab Account
 
-- Please write a mail till tonight to Ishaan.
-    - [ishaan.desai@ipvs.uni-stuttgart.de](mailto:ishaan.desai@ipvs.uni-stuttgart.de)
+- Please write a mail till tonight to Gerasimos.
+    - [gerasimos.chourdakis@ipvs.uni-stuttgart.de](mailto:gerasimos.chourdakis@ipvs.uni-stuttgart.de)
 - Email subject: "GitLab account SSE course"
 - State your **name** and preferred **email-address**
 - If you already have an IPVS-SIM GitLab account, we only need your username.

diff --git a/00_organization/organizational_remarks_week8_slides.md b/00_organization/organizational_remarks_week8_slides.md
@@ -45,27 +45,10 @@ td {
 }
 </style>
 
-| Date | Type | Chapter | Topic | Lecturer |
-| ---- | ---- | ------- |------ | -------- |
-| 12.11. |Lecture | 3 | Intro packaging, Python packaging | Ishaan |
-| 12.11. |Lab | 3 | Python packaging | Ishaan |
-| 19.11. |Lecture | 3 | Linux fundamentals, Make, CMake | Gerasimos |
-| 19.11. |Lab | 3 | CMake and Docker | Gerasimos |
-| 26.11. |Lecture | 3 | Spack | Ishaan |
-| 26.11. |Lab | 3 | Spack | Ishaan |
-| **03.12.** |**Lecture** | **3** | **CPack and more CMake** | **Benjamin** |
-| 03.12. |Lab | 3 | CPack | Benjamin |
-| 10.12. |Lecture | 4 | Technical writing | Gerasimos |
-| 10.12. |Lab | 4 | Code review | Gerasimos |
-| 17.12. |Presentations | C | **2nd student presentations** | students |
-| 17.12. |Presentations | C | **2nd student presentations** | students |
-
----
-
 ## Exam Registration
 
-- You have to register for exam (we cannot do this for you)
-- Campus deadline should be today
+- You have to register for the exam node on C@MPUS (we cannot do this for you)
+- The deadline should be very soon
 
 ---
 
@@ -82,11 +65,12 @@ td {
 
 ## Challenge Contribution
 
-- Please open an issue in the [challenge repo](https://gitlab-sim.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/simulation-software-engineering-wite2526/challenge) explaining what you want to work on in the contribution. We will then use these issues to further discuss the progress of the contribution. Provide links to issues, pull requests etc.
-    - Deadline (for opening the issue): Dec 17, 2025, 23:59
+- Please open an issue in the Challenge repo explaining what you want to work on in the contribution. We will then use these issues to further discuss the progress of the contribution. Provide links to issues, pull requests etc.
+    - Remember the deadline for opening the issue (see timetable)
     - If you open earlier, you get feedback earlier
-    - Latest feedback from supervisors: Jan 7, 2025, 09:45
+    - Latest feedback from supervisors: first course week after Christmas
     - Title of issue: "Contribution to SOFTWARE by USERNAME"
     - Tag your supervisor in description
 - Get in touch with maintainers early (through official channels)
     - Discuss before you start developing
+
diff --git a/00_organization/wt2122/organizational_remarks_week3_slides_old.md b/00_organization/wt2122/organizational_remarks_week3_slides_old.md
diff --git a/00_organization/wt2122/organizational_remarks_week7_slides_old.md b/00_organization/wt2122/organizational_remarks_week7_slides_old.md