diff --git a/presentation/mainmatter/introduction.tex b/presentation/mainmatter/introduction.tex
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+++ b/presentation/mainmatter/introduction.tex
@@ -1,125 +1,6 @@
 \section{Introduction}
 \label{sec:intro}
 
-% Slide my research organization % Section introduction
-\begin{frame}[c,plain]
-  \frametitle{My research organization}
-  % \framesubtitle{DAEMON, HDSLEE}
-  \vspace*{0em}
-  \begin{columns}[c]
-    % left side. Helmholtz.
-    \begin{column}{0.5\linewidth}
-      \textbf{\color{fzjblue}{Helmholtz Association}}
-      \begin{center}
-        \includegraphics[width=0.5\textwidth]{../resources/fig/external/helmholtz/helmholtz-centers-map-en-2024.png}%
-
-      {\small
-      \begin{itemize}
-      \item Largest of the four big non-university research organizations in
-        Germany, 45k employees
-      \item Basic \& applied research
-      \item Large facilities, accelerators, supercomputing, etc.
-      \end{itemize}
-    }
-
-    {\normalsize \href{https://www.helmholtz.de/en}{helmholtz.de/en}}
-      \end{center}
-    \end{column}
-    \vrule{}\hspace*{2em}
-    % right side. FZJ.
-    \begin{column}{0.5\linewidth}
-      \textbf{\color{fzjblue}{Julich Research Centre}}
-      \begin{center}
-        \includegraphics[width=1.0\textwidth]{../resources/fig/external/fzj/fzj/fzj-aerial-2023-2.jpg}%
-
-
-      {\small
-      \begin{itemize}
-      \item One of the largest in Europe, 7.5k employees
-      \item Helmholtz Research Fields: \textbf{\color{fzjblue}{{\footnotesize\faPlay{}}
-            Information}}, Energy, Earth \& Environment, Matter.
-      \item Site of first exascale computer in Europe (2025)
-      \end{itemize}
-    }
-
-    {\normalsize \href{https://www.fzj.de/en}{fzj.de/en}}
-      \end{center}
-    \end{column}
-  \end{columns}
-\end{frame}
-
-% Slide funding % Section introduction
-\begin{frame}[c,plain]
-  \frametitle{My funding}
-  % \framesubtitle{HIDA, HDSLEE, AIDAS, DAEMON}
-  \vspace*{0em}
-  \begin{columns}[c]
-    \begin{column}{0.3\linewidth}
-      \textbf{\color{fzjblue}{This research visit}}
-
-      {\small HIDA Trainee Network}
-
-      \vspace*{1em}
-
-      \begin{center}
-        \hspace*{-2em}\includegraphics[width=0.8\textwidth]{../resources/fig/logos/hida/HiDA_Logo_RGB_kompakt-cropped.png}\vspace*{1em}
-        % \hspace*{-2em}\includegraphics[width=0.8\textwidth]{../resources/fig/logos/hds-lee/adapted/HDS_LEE_Logo_Solo_RGB_cropped.pdf}\vspace*{1em}
-        % \hspace*{-2em}\includegraphics[width=0.8\textwidth]{../resources/fig/logos/hds-lee/adapted/HDS_LEE_Logo_Text_RGB_cropped.pdf}
-      \end{center}
-
-      \vspace*{1em}\hrule{}\vspace*{2em}
-
-      \textbf{\color{fzjblue}{My PhD}}
-
-      {\small HIDA Grad School HDSLEE \&}
-
-      {\small EU Joint Virtual Lab}
-
-      \vspace*{1em}
-
-      \includegraphics[width=0.8\textwidth]{../resources/fig/logos/aidas/AIDAS-72dpi-no-bg.png}%
-      % {\color{fzjblue}{on Artificial Intelligence, Data Analytics and Scalable Simulation}}
-
-    \end{column}
-    \vrule{}\hspace*{2em}
-    \begin{column}{0.6\linewidth}
-      % left side. DAEMON Network
-      \begin{columns}[c]
-        \begin{column}{0.35\linewidth}
-          \vspace*{3em}
-          \begin{center}
-            % \includegraphics[width=0.7\textwidth]{../resources/fig/github/best-of-aml-thumbnail-2023-09-05.png}%
-            \includegraphics[width=1.0\textwidth]{../resources/fig/cost-daemon/daemon-working-groups-circle.png}%
-            \vspace*{1em}
-            Join via \\\large{\href{https://cost-daemon.eu/}{cost-daemon.eu}}
-          \end{center}
-        \end{column}
-
-        \begin{column}{0.6\linewidth}
-          \begin{center}
-            \includegraphics[width=0.45\textwidth]{../resources/fig/logos/cost-daemon/cost-daemon-logo-2025.png}%
-            \hspace*{1em}
-            \includegraphics[width=0.3\textwidth]{../resources/fig/logos/cost-eu/cost-eu-logo-no-bg.png}%
-          \end{center}
-          \emph{European network for data-driven materials science}\vspace*{1em}
-          {\footnotesize
-            \begin{itemize}
-              % \setlength\itemsep{1em}
-            \item[\textbf{\faPlay{} WG1:}] Community standards: data, workflows and codes for materials design.
-            \item[\textbf{\faPlay{} WG2:}] Representations and algorithms for materials design for “single-modality” use.
-            \item[\textbf{WG3:}] Multi-modal machine learning methods for advanced materials design.
-            \item[\textbf{WG4:}] Process-structure-property relationships in materials. Novel insights and applications.
-            \item[\textbf{WG5:}] Training, Dissemination, Exploitation, Outreach
-            \end{itemize}
-          }
-        \end{column}
-      \end{columns}
-    \end{column}
-  \end{columns}
-\end{frame}
-
-
-
 % Slide my research group % Section introduction
 \begin{frame}[c,plain]
   \frametitle{My research group}
@@ -230,69 +111,103 @@
   \end{center}
 \end{frame}
 
-% Slide all-electron DFT % Section phd-project
+% Slide My STSM
 \begin{frame}[c,plain]
-  \frametitle{JuDFT codes accuracy}
-  % frametitle notes: PhD project flowchart
+  \frametitle{My research visits}
+  % \framesubtitle{}
+  \vspace*{-2em}
+  \begin{columns}[t]
+    \begin{column}{0.5\linewidth}
+      \vspace*{0em}
+      % \textbf{\color{fzjblue}{Research group}}
+      \begin{center}
 
-  FLEUR and JuKKR are all-electron, full-potential open-source codes.
-  \vspace*{0em}
+        % wrap graphic in minipage to make footcite appear directly underneath
+        % otherwise footcite may mess up column / center env formatting
+        \begin{minipage}{\linewidth}
+          \begin{center}
+            {\renewcommand{\footnotesize}{\tiny}%
+              \includegraphics[width=0.8\textwidth]{../resources-local/map-europe/map-cropped-1.png}\footcite{kolja21FileEuropeanUnion2020}
 
-  \includegraphics[width=0.8\textwidth]{../resources/fig/external/papers/bosoniHowVerifyPrecision2024/fig4-clip1.pdf}\footcite{bosoniHowVerifyPrecision2024}
+            }
+          \end{center}
+        \end{minipage}
 
-  \vspace*{0em}
-\end{frame}
+        \vspace*{-0.5em}
 
+        \textbf{\color{fzjblue}{Funding}}
 
-% Slide AiiDA engine % Section introduction
-\begin{frame}[plain,c]
-  % \frametitle{{\small AiiDA}}
-  \vspace*{2em}
+        \vspace*{0.5em}
 
-  \begin{columns}[c]
-    \begin{column}{0.3\linewidth}
-      \begin{center}
-        \includegraphics[width=1.0\linewidth]{../resources/fig/presentation-2023-06/aiida-card-aiida.net.png}%
-      \end{center}
-    \end{column}
-    \begin{column}{0.7\linewidth}
-      \begin{center}
-        \includegraphics[width=1.0\linewidth]{../resources/fig/aiida/aiida-node-types4.pdf}%
-        % \caption[AiiDA type hierarchy]{The simplified AiiDA process type (left) and
-        % database node type hierarchies (right). The lowest level shows example
-        % concrete types of the AiiDA-KKR plugin. Arrows indicate
-        % generalization (abstract base classes). Diamonds indicate aggregation: a
-        % \texttt{Process} creates a \texttt{ProcessNode}, a
-        % \texttt{KkrImpCalculation} acquires a \texttt{Code} object to locate its
-        % JuKKR binaries for execution.}%
-        \label{fig:aiida-node-types}%
-
-        \vspace*{1em}
-        \begin{columns}[t]
-          \begin{column}{0.35\linewidth}
-            \begin{center}
-              \textcolor{fzjgray50}{\faCogs{} Engine}
-            \end{center}
+        \begin{columns}[c]
+
+
+          \begin{column}{0.3\linewidth}
+            \hspace*{0em}
+            \includegraphics[width=0.66\textwidth]{../resources/fig/logos/hds-lee/adapted/HDS_LEE_Logo_Solo_RGB_cropped.pdf}
+
+            {\small Internal (50/50)\\3 months}
           \end{column}
-          \begin{column}{0.55\linewidth}
-            \begin{center}
-              \textcolor{fzjgray50}{\faDatabase{} Database}
-            \end{center}
+          \begin{column}{0.3\linewidth}
+            \hspace*{0em}
+            \includegraphics[width=0.66\textwidth]{../resources/fig/logos/cost-eu/cost-eu-logo-no-bg.png}
+
+            {\small
+              \href{https://www.cost.eu/multimedia/short-term-scientific-missions-stsms/}{cost.eu
+                STSM}\\1 month}
           \end{column}
-        \end{columns}
+          \begin{column}{0.3\linewidth}
+            \hspace*{0em}
+            \includegraphics[width=0.66\textwidth]{../resources/fig/logos/hida/HiDA_Logo_RGB_kompakt-no-text-cropped.png}
 
-        \vspace{1em}
+            {\small
+              \href{https://www.helmholtz-hida.de/en/new-horizons/trainee-network/}{Trainee
+                Network}\\3 months}
+          \end{column}
+        \end{columns}
       \end{center}
     \end{column}
+    % \vrule{}                    % vertical separator line
+    \hspace*{1em}
+
+    \begin{column}{0.4\linewidth}
+      \vspace*{-1em}
+      \textbf{\color{fzjblue}{Host Jul-Oct 2024}}\vspace*{1em}
+
+      % use two minipages to vertically center-align the side-by-side images
+      \begin{minipage}[c]{0.3\linewidth}
+        \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{../resources-local/map-europe/sanvito-1.jpg}%
+      \end{minipage}%
+      \hspace*{1.0em}%
+      \begin{minipage}[c]{0.7\linewidth}
+        \hspace*{1.0em}\includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{../resources/fig/logos/tcd.ie/Trinity_Main_Logo.jpg}
+      \end{minipage}
+
+      \vspace*{0.5em}Prof. Dr. Stefano Sanvito\\Computational Spintronics Group
+
+      % \vspace*{1em}
+      % \hrule{}                  % horizontal separator line
+      \vspace*{2em}
+
+      \textbf{\color{fzjblue}{Host Feb-May 2025}}\vspace*{1em}
+
+      % use two minipages to vertically center-align the side-by-side images
+      \begin{minipage}[c]{0.3\linewidth}
+        \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{../resources-local/map-europe/cangi-1.png}%
+      \end{minipage}%
+      \hspace*{1.0em}%
+      \begin{minipage}[c]{0.6\linewidth}
+        \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{../resources/fig/logos/casus.science/Logo-CASUS-color.png}
+      \end{minipage}
+
+      \vspace*{0.5em}Dr. Attila Cangi\\Machine Learning for Materials Design Group
+    \end{column}
   \end{columns}
-
-  \vspace*{2em}
-  \begin{center}
-    \large{\href{https://aiida.net}{aiida.net}}
-  \end{center}
 \end{frame}
 
 
+
+
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+++ b/presentation/presentation.tex
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
 % MAINMATTER
 % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
 
-% \input{mainmatter/introduction}
+\input{mainmatter/introduction}
 % \input{mainmatter/kkr-theory}
 % \input{mainmatter/kkr-jlcdm}
 % \input{mainmatter/jij-prediction}
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+* Maps - Europe
+
+- File =European_Union_main_map.svg=
+  - Source. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:European_Union_main_map.svg
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