
Felicitas Mokler named HITS “Journalist in Residence”
The Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies gives science journalists the opportunity to deepen their knowledge of computer-based, data-driven science with a …

Stretched beyond the limits of the cell: the molecular biomechanics of collagen
HITS researcher Frauke Gräter receives an HFSP Research Grant Award for a project on a novel form of mechanosensing. Together …

2nd SIMPLAIX Workshop: Thanks to all participants!
A big thank you to all the speakers and participants for making the 2nd SIMPLAIX Workshop on “Machine Learning for Multiscale …

Do we really understand catalysis? Michele Parrinello at the HITS-SIMPLAIX Colloquium
On 22 April 2024, Michele Parrinnello from the Italian Institute of Technology, Genova (Italy) gave a joint HITS-SIMPLAIX Colloquium on the recent developments …

HITS researcher Sebastian Lerch appointed ECMWF Fellow
Sebastian Lerch, junior research group leader at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and visiting scientist in the Computational Statistics (CST) …

ERC Advanced Grant for SIMPLAIX-PI Andreas Dreuw
SIMPLAIX-PI Andreas Dreuw (Heidelberg University) received an ERC Advanced Grant for his project “High-Performance Computational Photochemistry and Spectroscopy” (HIPERCOPS). It deals …

A clear view on magnetic stars through a beautiful nebula
An international team of astronomers have solved a stellar mystery utilizing new data from the European Southern Observatory (ESO), and confirm …

Of bantam brains and fancy footwork: bioinformatics tools help reveal complexity of avian evolution
In 2014 the Science journal featured an article on the bird tree of life, mentioning the essential role of algorithms and supercomputers …

Issue 1 | 2024
At HITS, artificial intelligence (AI) is not a current trend, but a long-established practice: Several groups have been working with machine …

On Machine Learning and disordered materials: Volker Deringer at the HITS-SIMPLAIX Colloquium
On 23 October 2023, Volker Deringer from University of Oxford gave a joint HITS-SIMPLAIX Colloquium on machine-learning-driven advances in modeling and understanding disordered …