
Michele Catanzaro – Journalist in Residence 2014
In 2014, the HITS Journalist in Residence Program was announced for the third time – and for the first time internationally. Journalists from 22 …

In “Science”: Big data explain evolution of birds
Bird tree of life reproduced by gene analysis and supercomputing, new findings about basics of birdsongs, feathers, biodiversity, and bird evolution …

Portrait of Michele Catanzaro
In his attic office, piles of paper are spread on the desk: copies of scientific articles, newspaper clippings, books and handwritten …

No. 17 | 12-2014
Everything about the new foundations for HITS, the biggest computational analysis of the insect tree of life as well as a …

HITSter wins Heidelberg Science Slam
Lucas Czech, PhD student in the HITS group Scientific Computing (SCO), won the Heidelberg Science Slam at O’Reilly’s Heidelberg …

DFG funds an interdisciplinary Research Training Group
DFG funds an interdisciplinary Research Training Group (DFG Graduiertenkolleg) “Adaptive Information Processing from Heterogeneous Sources” in a cooperation of TU Darmstadt, …

Pia Grzesiak – Journalist in Residence 2013
TV journalist Pia Grzesiak stayed at HITS as Journalist in Residence from April to July 2013. Already during her Biology studies at …

Volker Stollorz – Journalist in Residence 2012
In July 2012, Volker Stollorz came as the first Journalist in Residence to HITS and spent four month at our institute. Volker …

Lecture: “Cosmic Explosions”
Winter semester 2014/2015 by Rüdiger Pakmor (Mentor: Volker Springel) The lecture on “Cosmic Explosions” will be given at Heidelberg University in …

Lecture: “Fundamentals of Simulation Methods”
Winter semester 2013/2014 (will be offered again by V. Springel in winter semester 2015/2016) by Volker Springel This lecture (MVComp1) …