ERC Advanced Grant for SIMPLAIX-PI Fred Hamprecht
SIMPLAIX-PI Fred Hamprecht from the Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing of Heidelberg University (IWR) has received an ERC Advanced Grant for his project “Learning Orbital-Free Density Functional Theory”.
This research, receiving approximately 2.5 million euros in funding, aims to develop a precise and stable calculation of molecular energies based on electron densities in what is called an orbital-free approach.
Hamprecht and his team are working on new methods of machine learning-enhanced calculation with which the energy of molecules can be derived from the distribution of electrons in space alone. The goal of the new method is to enable precise predictions even for complex systems − distinctly faster than conventional quantum chemistry methods – and thereby contribute to resolving a problem that has been open for decades.
Fred Hamprecht has been teaching and conducting research at Heidelberg University since 2001 and heads the research group “Scientific Artificial Intelligence” at the Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing.
More information at the Heidelberg University website: ERC Advanced Grants for Researchers at Universität Heidelberg
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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