Issue 2 | 2026
Tilmann Gneiting, head of the Computational Statistics group at HITS, has been awarded the 2026 Wald Memorial Award and Lecture by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, recognizing his fundamental contributions to statistics and probability.
A team led by HITS PhD student Vincent Bronner and former HITS postdoctoral researcher Eva Laplace (now at KU Leuven) shows that red supergiant stars may become increasingly unstable before supernovae.
Researchers from HITS and the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research have developed KIMMDY, a fast simulation method combining molecular motion with chemical reactions in large biological systems.
Indian science journalist Monika Mondal gave a video interview for the HITS social media channels, reflecting on her time at the institute and discussing which questions she believes journalists should ask scientists more often.
About HITS
HITS, the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies, was established in 2010 by physicist and SAP co-founder Klaus Tschira (1940-2015) and the Klaus Tschira Foundation as a private, non-profit research institute. HITS conducts basic research in the natural, mathematical, and computer sciences. Major research directions include complex simulations across scales, making sense of data, and enabling science via computational research. Application areas range from molecular biology to astrophysics. An essential characteristic of the Institute is interdisciplinarity, implemented in numerous cross-group and cross-disciplinary projects. The base funding of HITS is provided by the Klaus Tschira Foundation.
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