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SUMMARY:Astroinformatics 2026
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URL:https://www.h-its.org/event/astroinformatics-2026/
CATEGORIES:Workshops and Conferences,Public Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20251202T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20251202T120000
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SUMMARY:HITS-SIMPLAIX Joint Colloquium Rommie Amaro: Multiscale Computational Microscopy for In Situ Molecular Dynamics
DESCRIPTION:  \nBy Rommie Amaro\, \nEndowed Chair\, Distinguished Professorship in Theoretical and Computational Chemistry\, Department of Molecular Biology\, UC San Diego\, USA \n  \nAdvances in multiscale computational microscopy are transforming our ability to visualize and understand biomolecular systems in their native contexts. In this talk\, I will highlight recent progress in in situ molecular dynamics (MD)\, where data-integrated simulations reveal how cellular environments reshape protein structure\, cryptic site accessibility\, and viral vulnerability. By bridging many different kinds of biological datasets and large-scale physics-based modeling\, we can now construct mesoscale digital twins of enveloped viruses and respiratory aerosols at unprecedented resolution\, from individual glycoprotein motions to billion-atom droplets. These simulations uncover how crowded\, chemically complex microenvironments modulate diffusion\, aggregation\, and interactions among mucins\, albumin\, viral spike proteins\, and lipids—yielding new insights into airborne infectivity and viral resilience. Together\, these efforts illustrate the power of in situ MD to reveal the hidden dynamics governing pathogens\, proteins\, and their environments\, opening new avenues for therapeutic design and predictive biological modeling. \n  \n  \nREGISTRATION: \nThe talk will be hybrid.\n\nIf you would like to participate online\, please register in advance here.\n\n\n\nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.\n\n\nIn case you are not able to attend\, you can watch the talk afterwards on the HITS YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheHITSters.
URL:https://www.h-its.org/event/hits-simplaix-joint-colloquium-rommie-amaro-multiscale-computational-microscopy-for-in-situ-molecular-dynamics/
LOCATION:Studio Villa Bosch\, Schloss-Wolfsbrunnenweg 33\, Heidelberg\, 69118\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Colloquia,Public Events
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251124
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251126
DTSTAMP:20260409T183949
CREATED:20251007T141018Z
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SUMMARY:The Future of NLP
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.h-its.org/event/thefutureofnlp-symposium-2025/
LOCATION:Studio Villa Bosch\, Schloss-Wolfsbrunnenweg 33\, Heidelberg\, 69118\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Workshops and Conferences,Public Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20251020T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20251020T150000
DTSTAMP:20260409T183949
CREATED:20250805T113025Z
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SUMMARY:HITS Colloquium Raphael Hirschi: Predicting the Impact of Massive Stars in the Universe and how to Store Renewable Energy From the Sun on Earth
DESCRIPTION:  \nBy Raphael Hirschi\, Klaus Tschira Guest Professor\nAstrophysics Research Centre\, School of Chemical and Physical Sciences\, Keele University\, UK \n  \nIn this colloquium\, I will start by briefly reviewing the importance of stars in the Universe. I will then discuss how we can re-create stars on computers using a range of simulations using a few hours on a laptop to months on supercomputers. I will explain how these simulations help us understand and predict the structure\, fate and impact of massive stars. In particular\, I will present recent work studying how mass and rotation affect their fate across cosmic times and compare the predicted black-hole mass distribution to the latest gravitational waves detections from the LKV collaboration. I will then introduce the 321D (3 to 1-dimension) loop\, a framework to improve 1D stellar evolution models using very detailed 3D hydrodynamic simulations. I will end by briefly presenting my research on using batteries and hydrogen to store renewable energy in order to minimise our energy bills and carbon footprint. \n  \nA Short Biography \nRaphael Hirschi is the 2025 Klaus Tschira Guest Professor at HITS. \nRaphael completed a MSc in physics at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in 1999 and a PhD in Astrophysics at the Observatoire de Genève in 2004. He studies the evolution\, fate and impact of stars. Stars play a key role in the Universe through the light they shine\, their kinetic feedback via winds and supernovae and the chemical elements they produce. They are complex objects involving many physical processes: turbulence (convection)\, interaction of rotation and magnetic fields and nuclear reactions. Ideally\, we would like to model the structure and evolution of stars using three-dimensional (3D) magneto-hydrodynamics simulations. The large spread in length scales and the lifetime of stars being many orders of magnitude longer than the convective timescale\, however\, implies that we need to model the global evolution of stars using one-dimensional (1D) stellar evolution models. During his PhD\, he improved 1D models to study the impact of rotation on the late phases of the evolution of massive stars. He then went to the Universität Basel as a postdoctoral fellow to determine the comprehensive nucleosynthesis taking place in massive stars\, in particular the so-called weak s process. Since joining Keele University in 2007\, major highlights of his research have been the determination of the mass and fate of the most massive stars known to date\, explaining unique abundances in the early Universe and the setting-up and leading of large projects (ERC starting grant for SHYNE project 2012-2017) and collaborations (NUGRID\, BRIDGCE\, ChETEC COST Action). The goal of his theoretical research is to link major nuclear physics experiments to large astronomical observing programmes\, 3D hydrodynamics simulations to 1D stellar models and theoretical stellar astrophysics to the high-performance computing industry. He also recently started research on energy storage (hydrogen and batteries) for a sustainable future. \n  \nREGISTRATION: \nThe talk will be hybrid.\n\nIf you would like to participate online\, please register in advance here.\n\n\n\nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.\n\n\nIn case you are not able to attend\, you can watch the talk afterwards on the HITS YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheHITSters.
URL:https://www.h-its.org/event/hits-colloquium-raphael-hirschi/
LOCATION:Studio Villa Bosch\, Schloss-Wolfsbrunnenweg 33\, Heidelberg\, 69118\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Colloquia,Public Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250721T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250721T150000
DTSTAMP:20260409T183949
CREATED:20250605T093556Z
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SUMMARY:HITS-SIMPLAIX Joint Colloquium Massimiliano Bonomi: Structural and Dynamic Biology with Integrative Approaches
DESCRIPTION:By Massimiliano Bonomi\, Institut Pasteur\, Paris\, France \nUnderstanding the molecular mechanisms by which biological systems carry out their functions is often essential for the rational targeting of associated diseases. In many cases\, determining the three-\ndimensional (3D) structure of these systems provides valuable insights. However\, it is often the interplay between structural and dynamical properties that determines the behavior of complex systems. While both\nexperimental and computational methods are invaluable for studying protein structure and dynamics\, the limitations of each individual technique can hinder their capabilities [1].\nHere\, I present our lab’s work on developing integrative computational-experimental approaches that combine experimental data with molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to determine accurate protein structural ensembles of biological systems [2\,3]. I will showcase the capabilities of these methods through various applications to systems of significant interest. First\, I will demonstrate how accurate protein structural ensembles can be obtained from 3D cryo-electron microscopy maps using our recently developed EMMIVox approach [4]. Then\, I will highlight how we characterize the structural and dynamic properties of the CyaA toxin by integrating coarse-grained MD simulations with Hydrogen/Deuterium eXchange Mass Spectrometry (HDX-MS)\, Small-Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS)\, and 2D single-particle cryo-EM data.\nFinally\, I will show how structural information provided by Artificial Intelligence approaches\, such as AlphaFold\, can be synergistically combined with low-resolution experimental data to generate accurate\nmodels of protein complexes. \nReferences:\n[1] M. Bonomi\, G. T. Heller\, C. Camilloni\, M. Vendruscolo. Curr. Opin. Struct. Biol. 42 (2017) 106\n[2] M. Bonomi\, C. Camilloni\, A. Cavalli\, M. Vendruscolo. Sci. Adv. 2 (2016) e1501177\n[3] P. Cossio\, G. Hummer. J. Struct. Biol. 184 (2013) 427\n[4] S. E. Hoff\, F. E. Thomasen\, K. Lindorff-Larsen\, M. Bonomi. PLoS Comput. Biol. 20 (2024) e1012180 \nREGISTRATION: \nThe talk will be hybrid.\n\nIf you would like to participate online\, please register in advance here.\n\n\n\nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
URL:https://www.h-its.org/event/hits-simplaix-joint-colloquium-massimiliano-bonomi/
LOCATION:Studio Villa Bosch\, Schloss-Wolfsbrunnenweg 33\, Heidelberg\, 69118\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Colloquia,Public Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250522T161500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250522T173000
DTSTAMP:20260409T183949
CREATED:20250512T142833Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250512T142959Z
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SUMMARY:Science\, Fiction: Uncovering Research Misconduct Without Eroding Trust
DESCRIPTION:From accusations of plagiarism against Harvard’s former president to the case of Stanford’s Marc Tessier-Lavigne and over to the horrific case of Paolo Macchiarini’s plastic windpipes — scientific misconduct has exploded into the public eye in recent years. How can scientists and journalists cover such cases without undermining trust in the scientific process and our research institutions? \nOver the past five years\, Jackson Ryan\, HITS Journalist in Residence 2025\, has been investigating cases of research misconduct at Australian universities\, coming face to face with the problems in managing and investigating breaches. Along the way\, he’s learned some hard lessons about trust\, transparency and the critical role watchdog journalists play in improving scientific practice. \nLocation: Mathematikon • Conference Room\, Room 5/104\, 5th Floor • Im Neuenheimer Feld 205 • 69120 Heidelberg \nMore about Jackson Ryan: https://www.jacksonwryan.com/
URL:https://www.h-its.org/event/iwr-talk-jackson-ryan/
LOCATION:Mathematikon Heidelberg University\, Im Neuenheimer Feld 205\, Heidelberg\, 69120\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Public Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250428T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250428T150000
DTSTAMP:20260409T183949
CREATED:20250326T120330Z
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SUMMARY:HITS Colloquium Christina Elmer: Synthetic Truthfulness? Learning Systems as a Challenge for Communication and a Transformative Force for Journalism
DESCRIPTION:  \nBy Christina Elmer\, Institute & School of Journalism\, TU Dortmund University \n  \nAI systems are both promising and unsettling for quality journalism. On the one hand\, they open up completely new possibilities – for investigating large amounts of data\, utilizing knowledge resources and creating even more efficient workflows. At the same time\, they jeopardize trust in journalistic content. If AI systems write just as eloquently as humans and generate multimedia content whose AI origins are barely recognizable – how will media companies be able to sustain against such competition? \nThe talk outlines the current status of the integration of AI systems in media organizations and uses specific use cases to demonstrate the challenges to be overcome. One focus lies on the perception of media contents in whose creation artificial intelligence was involved\, and research results on meaningful labeling approaches. Finally\, future scenarios show the transformation that journalism still needs to undergo in order to survive in an AI-mediated information ecosystem and to continue to serve a well-informed society. \n  \nA Short Biography \nFrom September 2021\, Christina Elmer is Professor for Digital Journalism and Data Journalism at TU Dortmund University. Previously she was deputy head of editorial development at Der Spiegel\, where she had co-managed the relaunch of the digital platform and established the data journalism department. During a research sabbatical in 2021 as the first Journalist in Residence at the Cyber Valley research network\, she investigated the explainability of AI methods. Before she joined Spiegel Online as a science editor in 2013\, Elmer worked at Stern magazine’s investigative unit. Her journalistic career began in 2007 at the German press agency dpa\, where she was part of a team which set up Germany’s first department for data journalism and computer assisted reporting. Elmer studied Journalism and Biology. She is a shareholder of the human rights organization Algorithm Watch and a board member of Netzwerk Recherche\, Germany’s largest association supporting investigative reporters. \n  \nREGISTRATION: \nThe talk will be hybrid.\n\nIf you would like to participate online\, please register in advance here.\n\n\n\nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.\n\n\nIn case you are not able to attend\, you can watch the talk afterwards on the HITS YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheHITSters.
URL:https://www.h-its.org/event/hits-colloquium-christina-elmer/
LOCATION:Studio Villa Bosch\, Schloss-Wolfsbrunnenweg 33\, Heidelberg\, 69118\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Colloquia,Public Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250324T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250324T150000
DTSTAMP:20260409T183949
CREATED:20250219T115034Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250303T115705Z
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SUMMARY:HITS Colloquium Victoria Stodden: Verifying Correctness in AI-enabled Scientific Research - a New Frontier
DESCRIPTION:By Victoria Stodden\, Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering\, University of Southern California\, USA \nIn the last 10 years colossal cloud infrastructure investments behind the rise of near-ubiquitous global mobile technologies have trickled down to scientific research through innovative infrastructure including cloud compute and storage\, I/O tools\, data analysis and modeling frameworks\, which in turn have generated broad and expanding communities of users and supporters. Arguably\, the recent success of Large Language Models were catalyzed by the resulting technological innovations of 1) open and accessible massive data\, and 2) re-executable discovery pipelines for model estimation and prediction. These changes are deeply disruptive to the research community since they open new paths to knowledge creation that were previously inaccessible and largely culturally unknown.\nThe scientific community is faced with the challenge of responding to changes in research modalities due to these technological innovations. Research is now conducted as an “Olympics” of benchmarked competitions between machine learning models leveraged by the opaque results of Large Language Models\, access to massive data\, and redeployment of complex scientific discovery workflows. In this Colloquium talk I provide a roadmap of challenges and responses by various stakeholders in the research community to ensure that scientific results remain reliable and reproducible\, and secure within a position of trust in the broader society. \nA Short Biography \nVICTORIA STODDEN is Associate Professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Southern California. \nShe received a Ph.D. in Statistics from Stanford University and a Law Degree from Stanford Law School. She graduated magna cum laude with her Bachelor’s in Economics from the University of Ottawa and holds a master’s degree in Economics from the University of British Columbia. She held the Kauffman Innovation fellowship at Yale Law School and was a Berkman Klein fellow at Harvard Law School. She was a postdoctoral researcher at MIT and has held faculty positions at the University of California Berkeley\, Columbia University\, and a tenured position at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. \nStodden is an internationally recognized leader in improving the reliability of scientific results in the face of increasingly sophisticated computational approaches to research: understanding when and how inferences from data are valid and reproducible\, what it means to have replicated a result\, the effect of big data and computation on scientific inference\, the design and implementation of scientific validation systems\, standards of openness and transparency for data and code sharing\, and resolving legal and policy barriers to disseminating reproducible research. \nShe has published more than 50 papers in scientific journals and conference proceedings\, and has co-edited two professional books\, published in 2014\, Privacy\, Big Data\, and the Public Good: Frameworks for Engagement\, published by Cambridge University Press and Implementing Reproducible Research\, published by Taylor & Francis. \nIn 2009 she won the Access to Knowledge Kaltura prize for her publication on legal issues in reproducible research and scientific innovation. She has served on the National Academies of Science\, Engineering\, and Medicine committees: “Reproducibility and Replication in Science” and “Fostering Research Integrity.” She co-chaired the National Science Foundation Advisory Committee for Cyberinfrastructure and was a member of the National Science Foundation Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Advisory Committee. She has been quoted in The Economist (2013) and interviewed by publications such as Nature (2016) on reproducibility in science. \nShe also testified on scientific reproducibility before the Congressional House Committee on Science\, Space and Technology for the March 5\, 2013 hearing on Scientific Integrity & Transparency. \nShe is PI on NSF awards #1941443 EAGER: Reproducibility and Cyberinfrastructure for Computational and Data-Enabled Science\, and #1839010: EAGER: Preserve/Destroy Decisions for Simulation Data in Computational Physics and Beyond; and she is co-PI on the NSF grant #1541450: CC*DNI DIBBS: Merging Science and Cyberinfrastructure Pathways: The Whole Tale. \nHer ORCID ID is 0000-0003-2015-7825. \n  \nREGISTRATION: \nThe talk will be hybrid.\n\nIf you would like to participate online\, please register in advance here.\n\n\n\nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.\n\n\nIn case you are not able to attend\, you can watch the talk afterwards on the HITS YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheHITSters.
URL:https://www.h-its.org/event/hits-colloquium-victoria-stodden/
LOCATION:Studio Villa Bosch\, Schloss-Wolfsbrunnenweg 33\, Heidelberg\, 69118\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Colloquia,Public Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250210T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250210T150000
DTSTAMP:20260409T183949
CREATED:20250115T122632Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250116T121035Z
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SUMMARY:HITS-SIMPLAIX Joint Colloquium Cecilia Clementi: Modeling Protein Dynamics with Machine Learning and Molecular Simulation
DESCRIPTION:  \nBy Cecilia Clementi\, Einstein Professor Freie Universität Berlin\, Department of Physics\, Berlin\, Germany \nThe last years have seen an immense increase in high-throughput and high-resolution technologies for experimental observation as well as high-performance techniques to simulate molecular systems at a microscopic level\, resulting in vast and ever-increasing amounts of high-dimensional data. However\, experiments provide only a partial view of macromolecular processes and are limited in their temporal and spatial resolution. On the other hand\, atomistic simulations are still not able to sample the conformation space of large complexes\, thus leaving significant gaps in our ability to study molecular processes at a biologically relevant scale. We present our efforts to bridge these gaps\, by exploiting the available data and using state-of-the-art machine-learning methods to design multiscale models for complex macromolecular systems. We show that it is possible to define simplified molecular models to reproduce the essential information contained both in microscopic simulation and experimental measurements. \n  \nShort Bio: \nProf. Dr. Cecilia Clementi is the Einstein Professor of Physics at Freie Universität Berlin since 2020\, after 19 years as a Professor of Chemistry at Rice University in Houston\, Texas\, USA. Clementi obtained her Ph.D. in Physics at SISSA\, Italy\, and was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California\, San Diego. Her research focuses on the development and application of methods for the modeling of complex biophysical processes\, by means of molecular dynamics\, statistical mechanics\, coarse-grained models\, experimental data\, and machine learning. Clementi’s research has been recognized by a US National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award (2004)\, the Robert A. Welch Foundation Norman Hackerman Award in Chemical Research (2009)\, and the Hamill Innovation Award (2007 and 2014). \n  \nREGISTRATION: \nThe talk will be hybrid.\n\nIf you would like to participate online\, please register in advance here.\n\n\n\nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.\n\n\nIn case you are not able to attend\, you can watch the talk afterwards on the HITS YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheHITSters.
URL:https://www.h-its.org/event/hits-simplaix-joint-colloquium-cecilia-clementi/
LOCATION:Studio Villa Bosch\, Schloss-Wolfsbrunnenweg 33\, Heidelberg\, 69118\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Colloquia,Public Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250127T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250127T150000
DTSTAMP:20260409T183949
CREATED:20241218T123328Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260126T095309Z
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SUMMARY:HITS-SIMPLAIX Joint Colloquium Simon Olsson: How Can Generative AI Help Understand the Physics of Molecules?
DESCRIPTION:By Simon Olsson\, Chalmers University of Technology\, Department for Computer Science and Engineering\, Section for Data Science and AI\, Sweden \nGenerative AI\, including large language models and image generation technologies\, is influencing society and industry broadly. Current\, Generative AI methods are machine learned models. These models learn statistical distributions similar to those broadly used across the sciences\, for instance in statistical physics. My talk will discuss how scientists are integrating these technologies with existing scientific knowledge to advance research\, focusing on molecular sciences. I will detail how we are developing Generative AI to improve molecular dynamics simulations\, potentially supporting drug discovery and materials design in the near future. \n  \nREGISTRATION: \nThe talk will be hybrid.\n\nIf you would like to participate online\, please register in advance here.\n\n\n\nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.\n\n\nIn case you are not able to attend\, you can watch the talk afterwards on the HITS YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheHITSters.
URL:https://www.h-its.org/event/hits-simplaix-joint-colloquium-simon-olsson/
LOCATION:Studio Villa Bosch\, Schloss-Wolfsbrunnenweg 33\, Heidelberg\, 69118\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Colloquia,Public Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20241216T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20241216T150000
DTSTAMP:20260409T183949
CREATED:20241120T125559Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260126T095324Z
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SUMMARY:HITS-SIMPLAIX Joint Colloquium Markus Meuwly: Computational Protein Dynamics in the Era of Machine-Learned Atomistic Simulations
DESCRIPTION:  \nBy Markus Meuwly\, Department of Chemistry\, University of Basel\, Switzerland \n  \nMachine Learning-based techniques have the potential to fundamentally change how we approach characterizing and understanding chemical and biological materials. It is anticipated that ML applied to protein dynamics allows to carry out atomistic simulations on functionally relevant time scales using models approaching chemical accuracy. In the present seminar I will present methodological advances and their application to position-dependent spectroscopy and ligand (re-)binding reactions in small proteins with a focus on the links between simulations and experiment. Both\, opportunities and limitations of machine learning-based techniques will also be discussed. \n  \n  \nREGISTRATION: \nThe talk will be hybrid.\n\nIf you would like to participate online\, please register in advance here.\n\n\n\nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.\n\n\nIn case you are not able to attend\, you can watch the talk afterwards on the HITS YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheHITSters.
URL:https://www.h-its.org/event/hits-simplaix-joint-colloquium-markus-meuwly/
LOCATION:Studio Villa Bosch\, Schloss-Wolfsbrunnenweg 33\, Heidelberg\, 69118\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Colloquia,Public Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20241021T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20241021T150000
DTSTAMP:20260409T183949
CREATED:20241009T105548Z
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SUMMARY:HITS Colloquium Guillermo Cabrera-Vives: Machine Learning & Astronomy: Unique Challenges for a Unique Field
DESCRIPTION:By Guillermo Cabrera-Vives\, Department of Computer Science\, Universidad de Concepción\,  Chile \nCurrently Klaus Tschira Guest Professor at HITS \n  \nAstronomy\, like many other fields\, is experiencing an explosion of data\, with vast amounts of information pouring in from the universe. This influx has driven the development of new machine learning (ML) tools\, enabling new discoveries while also presenting unique challenges. Unlike standard ML tools\, those used in astronomy must adapt to data collected from distant sources\, often captured under irregular and constrained observational conditions. In this talk\, I will discuss the different challenges of applying ML in astronomy\, including handling observational biases\, irregular time series sampling\, and the need for robust uncertainty estimation\, among others. \n  \n  \nREGISTRATION: \nThe talk will be hybrid.\n\nIf you would like to participate online\, please register in advance here.\n\n\n\nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.\n\n\nIn case you are not able to attend\, you can watch the talk afterwards on the HITS YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheHITSters.
URL:https://www.h-its.org/event/hits-colloquium-guillermo-cabrera-vives/
LOCATION:Studio Villa Bosch\, Schloss-Wolfsbrunnenweg 33\, Heidelberg\, 69118\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Colloquia,Public Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240713T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240713T170000
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SUMMARY:Open Day at HITS
DESCRIPTION:Come and join us for our Open Day at HITS on Saturday\, 13 July\, from 11am-5pm \n\nThe Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies will open its doors to the public again. The program includes science talks in English and German\, presentations and hands-on stations\, all showcasing the research of the Institute.\n\nOne of the highlights this year will be the guided tours – also in English and German – through the HITS garden (advance registration is closed but there will be a few tickets available on Saturday). \nA free shuttle bus will run from 11am to 5.30pm every 30 minutes between S-Bahnhof Altstadt (Karlstor) and HITS\, free parking is available in the car park “Unter der Boschwiese”. Refreshments will be served throughout the day. \nProgramm2024
URL:https://www.h-its.org/event/open-day-at-hits-2024/
CATEGORIES:Public Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240624T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240624T150000
DTSTAMP:20260409T183949
CREATED:20240528T121710Z
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SUMMARY:Colloquium Volker Springel: Interfacing galaxy formation with precision cosmology
DESCRIPTION:By Volker Springel\, Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics\, Garching\, Germany\nHITS Fellow 2018 \n  \nNumerical simulations of cosmic structure formation have become a powerful tool in astrophysics. Starting right after the Big Bang\, they predict the dark matter backbone of the cosmic web far into the non-linear regime and follow complex galaxy formation physics with rapidly improving fidelity. In my talk\, I discuss extremely large simulations of the Universe and describe how they help to constrain basic cosmological parameters\, including the mass of neutrinos. They also allow us to test astrophysical hypothesis\, such as the influence of supermassive black holes on galaxy formation. Finally\, I will also discuss some of the specific computational challenges in this field. \n  \n  \nREGISTRATION: \nThe talk will be hybrid.\nIf you would like to participate online\, please register in advance here.\n\n\n\nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.\n\n\nIn case you are not able to attend\, you can watch the talk afterwards on the HITS YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheHITSters.\n 
URL:https://www.h-its.org/event/colloquium-volker-springel/
LOCATION:Studio Villa Bosch\, Schloss-Wolfsbrunnenweg 33\, Heidelberg\, 69118\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Colloquia,Public Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240422T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240422T150000
DTSTAMP:20260409T183949
CREATED:20240402T113445Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240402T113445Z
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SUMMARY:HITS-SIMPLAIX Joint Colloquium Michele Parrinello: Do we really understand catalysis?
DESCRIPTION:  \nBy Michele Parrinello\, Italian Institute of Technology\, Genova (Italy) \n  \nThe transition to a green economy depends critically on the development of efficient catalysts that could for instance help in sequestrating CO2 or producing H2. To reach this goal a detailed understanding of the catalytic mechanism would be of great value. Unfortunately\, most industrial catalysis takes place at temperatures and pressures\, so high that both experimental and theoretical investigations are challenging. Current theories cannot explain the extreme durability and stability of industrial catalysts under these conditions. In our view the root of this difficulty lies in a static view of the catalytic process in which the catalyst is only seen as a static platform for reaction. We argue instead that industrial catalysts are dynamical entities that\, under reaction conditions evolve forming reactive sites with the reagents. Recent technical development\, driven by machine learning methodologies\, allow realistic and accurate atomistic simulations to be performed. These simulations are validating such a complex dynamical picture\, and we find in our simulations that efficient catalysts are better described as functional materials. We focus our attention on the synthesis and cracking of NH3. The final purpose of these studies is twofold. On the one hand one wants to reduce the remarkably large carbon footprint of ammonia production which account for 4% of the global CO2 emission. On the other\, having in mind a hydrogen-based economy indicating ways of dissociating ammonia into its constituents nitrogen and hydrogen so as to allow using ammonia to store and transport hydrogen. \n  \nShort CV: \nMichele Parrinello currently leads the atomistic simulation group at the Italian Institute of Technology in Genoa. Together with Roberto Car he introduced the ab-initio molecular dynamics method. This method\, which goes under the name of Car-Parrinello Method\, represents the beginning of a new field and has dramatically influenced the field of electronic structure calculations for solids\, liquids and molecules. He is also known for a variety of widely used molecular dynamics methods like the Parrinello-Rahman barostat\, metadynamics and more recently he has pioneered the use of machine learning methodologies to molecular dynamics. Parrinello’s scientific interests are strongly interdisciplinary and include the study of complex chemical reactions\, materials science and protein dynamics. He has been awarded numerous prizes\, among which the 2011 Marcel Benoist Prize\, the 2017 Dreyfus Prize and the 2020 Benjamin Franklin Award. He is a member of several academies\, and his work is highly cited. \n  \nREGISTRATION: \nThe talk will be hybrid.\nIf you would like to participate in person\, please register in advance at benedicta.frech@h-its.org.\nIf you would like to participate online\, please use the following link: https://kta-email.zoom.us/j/91851613782?pwd=TzNmZHI5UmZTRmtXSnp5cVIrSFhCUT09.
URL:https://www.h-its.org/event/hits-simplaix-joint-colloquium-michele-parrinello/
LOCATION:Studio Villa Bosch\, Schloss-Wolfsbrunnenweg 33\, Heidelberg\, 69118\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Colloquia,Public Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240318T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240318T170000
DTSTAMP:20260409T183949
CREATED:20240213T093512Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240221T132117Z
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SUMMARY:HITS Colloquium "AI at HITS" - Symposium in honor of Wilfried Juling
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe symposium is a special event in honor of Professor Wilfried Juling\, whose decade-long leadership has greatly supported and furthered HITS. \n  \nSpeakers at the symposium are: \nCarsten Könneker\, HITS Stiftung \nPascal Friederich\, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) \nGanna (Anya) Gryn´ova\, HITS and Heidelberg University \nSebastian Lerch\, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and HITS \n  \nREGISTRATION: \nThe talk will take place in hybrid format.\nIf you would like to participate in person\, please register in advance at events@h-its.org.\nIf you would like to participate online\, please register in advance here.\n\n\n\nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
URL:https://www.h-its.org/event/hits-colloquium-ai-at-hits-symposium-in-honor-of-wilfried-juling/
LOCATION:Studio Villa Bosch\, Schloss-Wolfsbrunnenweg 33\, Heidelberg\, 69118\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Colloquia,Public Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240122T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240122T150000
DTSTAMP:20260409T183949
CREATED:20240109T124332Z
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SUMMARY:Colloquium Meik Bittkowski: Augmenting Science Journalism - The development of technology-based support for science journalism at the Science Media Center Germany
DESCRIPTION:  \nBy Meik Bittkowski\, Science Media Center Germany\, Cologne \n  \nOne way to augment (not replace) science journalism is to provide technological support for journalistic work processes\, from monitoring and research to the production of new content. The Science Media Center Germany\, founded in 2015\, had its own R&D lab right from the start to explore the possibilities of this form of augmentation and test it in prototype applications. This talk will take you through the stages of our journey so far\, which began here at HITS in 2012. \n  \nShort CV: \nMeik Bittkowski is Head of Research and Development at the Science Media Center (SMC)\, responsible in particular for the SMC Lab. He has many years of experience with data journalism projects\, including at HITS in Heidelberg. He studied philosophy and German studies as well as computer science and received his doctorate in philosophy. \n  \nREGISTRATION: \nThe talk will be hybrid.\nIf you would like to participate online\, please register in advance here.\n\n\n\nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.\n\n\nIn case you are not able to attend\, you can watch the talk afterwards on the HITS YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheHITSters.
URL:https://www.h-its.org/event/colloquium-meik-bittkowski/
LOCATION:Studio Villa Bosch\, Schloss-Wolfsbrunnenweg 33\, Heidelberg\, 69118\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Colloquia,Public Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20231120T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20231120T120000
DTSTAMP:20260409T183949
CREATED:20231025T115631Z
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SUMMARY:Colloquium Laura Maria Sangalli: Physics-Informed Spatial and Functional Data Analysis over non-Euclidean Domains
DESCRIPTION:  \nBy Laura Maria Sangalli\, MOX – Dipartimento di Matematica\, Politecnico di Milano\, Italy \n  \nRecent years have seen an explosive growth in the recording of increasingly complex and high-dimensional data\, whose analysis calls for the definition of new methods\, merging ideas and approaches from statistics and applied mathematics. My talk will focus on spatial and functional data observed over non-Euclidean domains\, such as linear networks\, two-dimensional Riemannian manifolds and non-convex volumes. I will present an innovative class of methods\, based on regularizing terms involving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)\, defined over the complex domains being considered. These Physics-Informed statistical learning methods enable the inclusion of the available problem specific information\, suitably encoded in the regularizing PDE. Illustrative applications from environmental and life sciences will be presented. \n  \n  \nREGISTRATION: \nThe talk will be hybrid.\nIf you would like to participate online\, please register in advance here.\n\n\n\nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.\n\n\nIn case you are not able to attend\, you can watch the talk afterwards on the HITS YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheHITSters.\n 
URL:https://www.h-its.org/event/colloquium-laura-maria-sangalli/
LOCATION:Studio Villa Bosch\, Schloss-Wolfsbrunnenweg 33\, Heidelberg\, 69118\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Colloquia,Public Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20231023T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20231023T120000
DTSTAMP:20260409T183949
CREATED:20231016T074019Z
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SUMMARY:HITS-SIMPLAIX Joint Colloquium Volker Deringer: Machine-learning-driven advances in modelling and understanding disordered materials
DESCRIPTION:  \nBy Volker Deringer\, Department of Chemistry\, University of Oxford\, UK \nMachine learning (ML) based interatomic potential models are increasingly popular simulation tools for molecular and materials systems and hold promise for use on exascale supercomputers [1]. ML potentials are fitted to large sets of quantum-mechanical reference data\, and therefore developing high-quality datasets and automated training approaches is becoming an increasingly important re-search challenge. In this seminar\, I will highlight some recent developments in ML-driven molecular-dynamics simulations of structurally complex inorganic materials\, combining methodological aspects and practical applications. In regard to methods\, I will discuss the use of cheaply available “synthetic” data in pre-training atomistic ML models [2]\, which can improve accuracy and robustness of neural-network interatomic potentials compared to direct training on quantum-mechanical data [3]. Regarding applications\, I will showcase device-scale simulations of phase-change memory materials (which encode digital “ones” and “zeroes” in data-storage devices) [4]. Finally\, I will discuss perspectives for the development of both purpose-specific and generally applicable ML potentials for materials. \n[1] C. Chang et al.\, Nat. Rev. Mater. 8\, 309 (2023).\n[2] J. L. A. Gardner et al.\, Digital Discovery 2\, 651 (2023).\n[3] J. L. A. Gardner et al.\, arXiv:2307.15714 [physics.comp-ph].\n[4] Y. Zhou et al.\, Nat. Electron.\, DOI: 10.1038/s41928-023-01030-x (2023). \n  \nREGISTRATION: \nThe talk will be hybrid.\nIf you would like to participate in person\, please register in advance at benedicta.frech@h-its.org.\nIf you would like to participate online\, please use the following link: https://kta-email.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIqcuyrpzIoH9KZWyFkzZoddoPQdtZDml5j
URL:https://www.h-its.org/event/hits-simplaix-joint-colloquium-volker-deringer/
LOCATION:Studio Villa Bosch\, Schloss-Wolfsbrunnenweg 33\, Heidelberg\, 69118\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Colloquia,Public Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20230928T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20230928T120000
DTSTAMP:20260409T183949
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SUMMARY:HITS-SIMPLAIX Joint Colloquium Fernanda Duarte: Exploring chemical reactivity in the age of automation and ML
DESCRIPTION:By Fernanda Duarte\, Department of Chemistry\, University of Oxford\, UK \n  \nEfficiently and accurately modelling chemical reactions in the condensed phase stands as one of the ‘grand challenges’ in computational chemistry. Although characterizing reaction energy pathways has become routine\, the exploration of intricate reaction mechanisms remains a time-consuming and non-systematic endeavour\, even for experienced computational chemists. To reduce technical barriers and enhance both efficiency and accuracy\, new developments in algorithms and computational methods are necessary. \nIn this talk\, I will present our team’s efforts to tackle these challenges through the integration of automation and machine learning\, demonstrating their potential for studying complex reaction mechanisms in the condensed phase. I will first describe our work on automating reaction pathways search through the use of our open-source software\, autodE\, which streamlines the characterisation of reaction pathways\, necessitating minimal user input and expertise and being compatible with several electronic structure theory packages.[1] I will illustrate the functionality and general applicability of autodE in a range of reaction classes\, including complex organic and metal-catalysed reactions\, and discuss current challenges in the field. \nMoving towards increasingly complex systems in the condensed phase\, such as large flexible molecules with explicit solvents\, I will present a comprehensive automated methodology for constructing machine learning potentials (MLPs).[2-4] MLPs have emerged as powerful surrogates for state-of-the-art ab initio methods\, providing access to accurate energy and forces at a significantly lower computational cost. Our approach combines the use of efficient MLP frameworks with automated active learning\, enabling the construction of data-efficient training sets across the relevant chemical and conformational space. I will discuss diverse examples to showcase the versatility of this approach and its transferability to a broad range of chemical systems\, including chemical reactions. \n  \nReferences \n\nA. Young\, J. J. Silcock\, A. J. Sterling\, F. Duarte. autodE: Automated Calculation of Reaction Energy Profiles— Application to Organic and Organometallic Reactions. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021\, 60\, 4266.\nA. Young\, T. Johnston-Wood\, V. Deringer\, F. Duarte. A Transferable Active-Learning Strategy for Reactive Molecular Force Fields. Chem. Sci.\, 2021\,12\, 10944.\nA. Young\, T. Johnston-Wood\, H. Zhang\, F. Duarte. Reaction dynamics of Diels-Alder reactions from machine learned potentials. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2022\, 24\, 20820.\nZhang\, V. Juraskova\, F. Duarte. Modeling Chemical Processes in Explicit Solvents with Machine Learning Potentials. ChemRxiv2023 Preprint.\n\n  \nShort CV: \nFernanda was born in Santiago\, Chile. She completed undergraduate and graduate studies at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC). Her PhD research focused on the formulation of theoretical frameworks for characterising chemical processes employing Density Functional Theory (DFT) and hybrid Quantum Mechanics/Molecular Mechanics (QM/MM) approaches. \nAfter graduation\, she joined the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology at Uppsala University\, where she pursued training in biomolecular modelling. In 2015\, she moved to the University of Oxford with a Royal Society Newton Fellowship\, working in the area of computational organic chemistry. She then joined the School of Chemistry at Edinburgh with a Chancellor’s Fellowship before returning to Oxford in 2018 as Associate Professor in Chemistry. \nThroughout her career\, Fernanda has received various accolades\, including the L’Oreal-UNESCO Women in Science award (2009)\, Pre-doctoral Fulbright scholarship (2010)\, Marie Curie Career Grant (2015\, decline in lieu of the Newton Fellowship)\, MGMS Frank Blaney Award(2020)\, OpenEye Outstanding Junior Faculty Award (2021)\, Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prize (2021)\, and Novartis Early Career Award in Chemistry (2022). Her team develops computational methods to understand (bio)chemical reactivity and guide molecular design. \n  \nREGISTRATION: \nThe talk will be hybrid.\nIf you would like to participate in person\, please register in advance at benedicta.frech@h-its.org.\nIf you would like to participate online\, please use the following link: https://kta-email.zoom.us/j/91974742258?pwd=K3U1TGFNWEJVaUhTODM5M3FZc0Vhdz09
URL:https://www.h-its.org/event/hits-simplaix-joint-colloquium-fernanda-duarte/
LOCATION:Studio Villa Bosch\, Schloss-Wolfsbrunnenweg 33\, Heidelberg\, 69118\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Colloquia,Public Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20230724T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20230724T120000
DTSTAMP:20260409T183949
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SUMMARY:Colloquium Rafal Weron: Electricity price forecasting in the 2020s
DESCRIPTION:By Rafal Weron\, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology\, Poland \nAlthough electricity price forecasting aims at predicting both spot and forward prices\, the vast majority of research is focused on short-term horizons which exhibit dynamics unlike in any other market. The reason is that power system stability calls for a constant balance between production and consumption\, while being weather (both demand and supply) and business activity (demand only) dependent. The recent market innovations do not help in this respect. The rapid expansion of intermittent renewable energy sources is not offset by the costly increase of electricity storage capacities and modernization of the grid infrastructure.\nOn the methodological side\, this leads to three visible trends in electricity price forecasting research as of 2022. Firstly\, there is a slow\, but more noticeable with every year\, tendency to consider not only point but also probabilistic (interval\, density) or even path (also called ensemble) forecasts. Secondly\, there is a clear shift from the relatively parsimonious econometric (or statistical) models towards more complex and harder to comprehend\, but more versatile and eventually more accurate statistical/machine learning approaches. Thirdly\, statistical error measures are nowadays regarded as only the first evaluation step. Since they may not necessarily reflect the economic value of reducing prediction errors\, more and more often\, they are complemented by case studies comparing products from scheduling or trading strategies based on price forecasts obtained from different models. \n  \n  \nREGISTRATION: \nThe talk will be hybrid.\nIf you would like to participate in person\, please register in advance at christina.blach@h-its.org.\nIf you would like to participate online\, please register in advance here.\n\n\n\nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.\n\n\nIn case you are not able to attend\, you can watch the talk afterwards on the HITS YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheHITSters.\n 
URL:https://www.h-its.org/event/colloquium-rafal-weron-2/
LOCATION:Studio Villa Bosch\, Schloss-Wolfsbrunnenweg 33\, Heidelberg\, 69118\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Colloquia,Public Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20230708T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20230708T130000
DTSTAMP:20260409T183949
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SUMMARY:Math Colloquium and HITS Fellow Ceremony
DESCRIPTION:The “Math colloquium” is a special event in honor of former HITS group leader and alumna Anna Wienhard (Groups and Geometry group)\, who took up her new position as Director of the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences in November 2022. \nThe distinguished speakers at the colloquium are: \nSteve Trettel\, University of San Francisco\, California/USA\n“Geometry from the Inside”  \nRichard Schwartz\, Brown University\, Rhode Island/USA\n“Divide and Conquer:  5 Point Energy Minimization” \n \nAfter the talks and discussion\,  Anna Wienhard will be awarded HITS Fellow by HITS Scientific Director Tilmann Gneiting. \nA shuttle service will run between S-Bahnhof Altstadt and HITS\, departure times are: \n10:15 from S-Bahnhof Altstadt to HITS\n13:30 from HITS to S-Bahnhof Altstadt \nThe shuttle will leave from the same bus stop as the Science Bus. \nREGISTRATION: \nThe talk will be hybrid.\nIf you would like to participate in person\, please register in advance at benedicta.frech@h-its.org.\nIf you would like to participate online\, please register in advance here: https://kta-email.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwtcemrrD0jHdF6YQLeMHVPUpUIGcLAf8O-\n\n\n\nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.\n\n\nIn case you are not able to attend\, you can watch the talk afterwards on the HITS YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheHITSters.
URL:https://www.h-its.org/event/math-colloquium/
LOCATION:Studio Villa Bosch\, Schloss-Wolfsbrunnenweg 33\, Heidelberg\, 69118\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Colloquia,Public Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20230705T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20230705T203000
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SUMMARY:ChatGPT and its ilk
DESCRIPTION:Public Talk by Anil Ananthaswamy\, HITS Journalist in Residence 2023\nin collaboration with the Heidelberg Laureate Forum Foundation \nThere are anecdotal reports of cab drivers asking their passengers: “Have you heard of ChatGPT?” This cultural phenomenon is indicative of an inflection point in the development of a form of artificial intelligence (AI) called the large language model (LLM). ChatGPT is one such AI. \nIn this talk\, Anil Ananthaswamy will explain the conceptual underpinnings of LLMs\, how they are trained\, and curious emergent properties they are beginning to display\, such as being able to solve math problems\, even though they weren’t specifically trained to do so. But are these LLMs actually capable of reasoning or are they simply doing some extremely sophisticated pattern matching? \nThe talk will also highlight the dangers of large language models\, as they are currently designed\, and why it’s important for society to become aware of the promises and perils of such AIs\, as the technology has reached a point of no return. \nModeration: Jan Stühmer\, Machine Learning and Articifial Intelligence group\, HITS \nThe event is on-site and will take place in the “MAINS” (Mathematik-Informatik-Station)\, right in the center of Heidelberg\, close to the main station. It is organized in collaboration with the Heidelberg Laureate Forum Foundation (HLFF)\, the organizing institution of the Heidelberg Laureate Forum that celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2023. \n  \nAnil Ananthaswamy is currently “HITS Journalist in Residence” at the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS). He is an award-winning science journalist and former staff writer and deputy news editor at New Scientist magazine. As a freelance journalist\, he writes for Quanta\, Scientific American\, New Scientist and Nature\, among others. He’s the author of three popular science books\, a former guest editor at the University of California\, Santa Cruz’s science writing program\, and he teaches science journalism at the National Centre for Biological Sciences\, Bangalore\, India. Before he switched to science writing\, Anil had trained as an electronics and computer engineer at the Indian Institute of Technology\, Madras (BSEE) and the University of Washington\, Seattle (MSEE)\, and was working as a software engineer in Silicon Valley.
URL:https://www.h-its.org/event/chatgpt-and-its-ilk/
CATEGORIES:Colloquia,Public Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20230613T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20230613T120000
DTSTAMP:20260409T183949
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SUMMARY:Colloquium Olexandr Isayev: Accelerating Design of Organic Materials with Machine Learning and AI
DESCRIPTION:  \nBy Olexandr Isayev\, Carnegie Mellon University\, Department of Chemistry\, Pittsburgh\, Pennsylvania\, USA \nDeep learning is revolutionizing many areas of science and technology\, particularly in natural language processing\, speech recognition\, and computer vision. In this talk\, we will provide an overview of the latest developments of machine learning and AI methods and their application to the problem of molecular discovery and rational design at Isayev’s Lab at CMU. We identify several areas where existing methods have the potential to accelerate materials research and disrupt more traditional approaches. First\, we will present a deep learning model that approximates the solution of the Schrodinger equation. We introduce the AIMNet-NSE (Neural Spin Equilibration) architecture\, which can predict molecular energies for an arbitrary combination of molecular charge and spin multiplicity. The AIMNet-NSE model allows us to bypass QM calculations fully and derive the ionization potential\, electron affinity\, and conceptual Density Functional Theory quantities like electronegativity\, hardness\, and condensed Fukui functions. We show that these descriptors and learned atomic representations could be used to model chemical reactivity through an example of regioselectivity in electrophilic aromatic substitution reactions. Second\, we proposed a novel ML-guided materials discovery platform that combines synergistic innovations in automated flow synthesis and automated machine learning (AutoML) method development. A software-controlled\, continuous polymer synthesis platform enables rapid iterative experimental–computational cycles that result in the synthesis of hundreds of unique copolymer compositions within a multi-variable compositional space. The non-intuitive design criteria identified by ML\, accomplished by exploring less than 0.9% of overall compositional space\, upended conventional wisdom in the design of 19F MRI agents and led to the identification of >10 copolymer compositions that outperformed state-of-the-art materials. \n  \nShort CV: \nOlexandr Isayev is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Carnegie Mellon University. In 2008\, Olexandr received his Ph.D. in computational chemistry. He was Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Case Western Reserve University and a scientist at the government research lab. During 2016-2019 he was a faculty at UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy\, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Olexandr received the “Emerging Technology Award” from the American Chemical Society (ACS) and the GPU computing award from NVIDIA. The research in his lab focuses on connecting artificial intelligence (AI) with chemical sciences. \n  \nREGISTRATION: \nThe talk will be hybrid.\nIf you would like to participate in person\, please register in advance at benedicta.frech@h-its.org.\nIf you would like to participate online\, please register in advance here: https://kta-email.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMudeGqqTgqE9AKlyirJF9Cv0xXYH0EGSTV.\nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.\n\n\nIn case you are not able to attend\, you can watch the talk afterwards on the HITS YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheHITSters.\n 
URL:https://www.h-its.org/event/colloquium-olexandr-isayev/
LOCATION:Studio Villa Bosch\, Schloss-Wolfsbrunnenweg 33\, Heidelberg\, 69118\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Colloquia,Public Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20230522T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20230522T120000
DTSTAMP:20260409T183949
CREATED:20230510T084612Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230510T095450Z
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SUMMARY:Colloquium Norman Schumann: Media in the Climate Crisis - How German Media Manage Humanity´s Greatest Communication Challenge
DESCRIPTION:  \nBy Norman Schumann\, Klima vor acht e.V. \nIt’s hard to imagine that the world is coming to an end\, and nobody’s talking about it. Unfortunately\, this happens every day in the German media\, or\, to put it differently\, the issue is not being addressed. After more than thirty years since the establishment of the IPCC\, we now know for certain that climate change is caused by human activities\, and we have the power to do something about it. However\, the German media has not been giving enough attention to this critical issue\, making global warming the most significant communication challenge faced by humankind too. \nDuring our presentation\, we will take a journey through the German media\, especially public broadcasting. We will analyze quantitative data to understand how the media reports on climate change and highlight common incorrect narratives. Additionally\, we will give a brief introduction to the work of the initiative “KLIMA° vor acht“. The initiative aims to increase the coverage of “climate” topics in the German television landscape and has already achieved some notable successes in this regard. \n  \nShort CV: \nDr. Norman Schumann studied mathematics and philosophy at the Ruhr University in Bochum and at John Hopkins University in Baltimore. He has been involved in various areas of the climate movement for some time and is co-founder and spokesman of KLIMA vor Acht e.V. \nHe works as a data scientist and data manager in the energy sector. Since 2022\, he has also been working as a freelancer at Hamburg University\, Chair of Communication Science\, especially Climate and Science Communication. \n  \nREGISTRATION: \nThe talk will be hybrid.\nIf you would like to participate in person\, please register in advance at benedicta.frech@h-its.org.\nIf you would like to participate online\, please register in advance here: https://kta-email.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMvc-uupjgtEtBN-g6ZPSrD9jEhggG_ieFK\n\n\n\nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.\n\n\nIn case you are not able to attend\, you can watch the talk afterwards on the HITS YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheHITSters.
URL:https://www.h-its.org/event/colloquium-norman-schumann/
LOCATION:Studio Villa Bosch\, Schloss-Wolfsbrunnenweg 33\, Heidelberg\, 69118\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Colloquia,Public Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20230511T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20230511T120000
DTSTAMP:20260409T183949
CREATED:20230426T112652Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230426T115457Z
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SUMMARY:Colloquium Philipp Podsiadlowski: How Stars End Their Lives
DESCRIPTION:By Philipp Podsiadlowski\, Stellar Astrophysics\, University of Oxford\, UK \n  \nWhile the basic evolution of stars has been understood for many decades\, there are still major uncertainties in our theoretical understanding of how stars end their lives\, both in the context of low- and intermediate-mass stars (including the Sun) and massive stars. After reviewing some of key principles that govern the structure and evolution of stars\, I will present recent progress that has been made for both groups of stars. I will argue and present numerical simulations that show that all stars become dynamically unstable when they become very large giants\, which leads to sporadic\, dynamical mass ejections. Low- and intermediate-mass stars may lose all of their envelopes as a consequence\, leaving white-dwarf remnants. More massive stars experience core collapse\, leaving a neutron-star or black-hole remnant\, possibly associated with a supernova explosion. I will show how the dramatic recent progress on understanding the core-collapse process\, for the first time\, allows us to connect the late evolution of massive stars with the resulting supernova explosions and the final remnants and discuss how observations with current gravitational-wave detectors (such as LIGO) will allow us to test this theoretical connection. \n  \nShort CV: \nPhilipp grew up in Germany\, but left Germany after three years of study at the Technical University of Munich to start a PhD at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge (USA). After graduating there in 1989\, writing a thesis on “Binary Models for Supernova 1987A”\, he moved to Cambridge (UK) for 5 years\, first as a SERC Fellow and later as a Royal Society Research Associate of Martin Rees. After a year as a Royal Society Exchange Fellow at the Max-Planck-Institute for Astronomy in Munich\, he became a SERC Advanced Fellow and University Lecturer at the University of Oxford in 1996\, becoming Full Professor in 2006. In 2015\, he was awarded a Humboldt Research Prize by the Humboldt Society in Germany\, which has helped him to establish a close scientific link with the University of Bonn. In 2020 he gave up his university position to become an independent scientist. Philipp is an expert on the theory of single and binary stars\, in particular with applications to compact binary systems\, the progenitors of different supernova types\, and most recently to understanding the origin of the gravitational-wave sources discovered by the Advanced LIGO detector since 2016. In recent years\, Philipp has been a regular visitor to HITS\, working with the groups of Fritz Röpke and Fabian Schneider. He is currently the Klaus Tschira Guest Professor at HITS. \n  \nREGISTRATION: \nThe talk will be hybrid.\nIf you would like to participate in person\, please register in advance at benedicta.frech@h-its.org.\nIf you would like to participate online\, please register in advance here: https://kta-email.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJItc-uqrjIpE9dB4Feg7847E8jt3ITFr_VY\n\n\n\nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.\n\n\nIn case you are not able to attend\, you can watch the talk afterwards on the HITS YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheHITSters.
URL:https://www.h-its.org/event/colloquium-philipp-podsiadlowski/
LOCATION:Studio Villa Bosch\, Schloss-Wolfsbrunnenweg 33\, Heidelberg\, 69118\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Colloquia,Public Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20230428T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20230428T150000
DTSTAMP:20260409T183949
CREATED:20230405T113237Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230421T112455Z
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SUMMARY:HITS-IMK Joint Colloquium Adrian Raftery: Downscaled Probabilistic Climate Change Projections\, with Application to Hot Days
DESCRIPTION:By Adrian E. Raftery\, Department of Statistics\, University of Washington\, Seattle\, USA \nThis colloquium is organized jointly with the Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research (IMK)\, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). \n  \nThe climate change projections of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change are based on scenarios for future emissions\, but these are not statistically based and do not have a full probabilistic interpretation. Instead\, Raftery et al. (2017) and Liu and Raftery (2021) developed probabilistic forecasts for global average temperature change to 2100. I will describe a method for downscaling these to yield for probabilistic long-term spatial forecasts of local average annual temperature change\, combining the probabilistic global method with a pattern scaling approach. This yields a probability distribution for average temperature in any year and any place in the future. Finally\, we ask\, how common dangerously hot days are likely to be at any location by the end of the century\, and develop a method for assessing its predictive distribution. We find\, for example\, that exposure to dangerous heat levels is likely to increase by factors of 3-10 in many parts of the midlatitudes. This is joint work with Xin Chen\, Peiran Liu\, Lucas Zeppetello and David Battisti. \n  \nShort and long CVs can be found here \n  \nREGISTRATION: \nThe talk will be hybrid.\nIf you would like to participate in person\, please register in advance at benedicta.frech@h-its.org.\nIf you would like to participate online\, please register in advance here: https://kta-email.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEuceqqrzwrHNF-Bm9dRm-ysB7oyk0n8ckK.\n\n\n\nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
URL:https://www.h-its.org/event/hits-imk-joint-colloquium/
LOCATION:Studio Villa Bosch\, Schloss-Wolfsbrunnenweg 33\, Heidelberg\, 69118\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Colloquia,Public Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20230424T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20230424T120000
DTSTAMP:20260409T183949
CREATED:20230215T122952Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230215T122952Z
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SUMMARY:Colloquium Jürgen Knödlseder: The carbon footprint of astronomical research infrastructures
DESCRIPTION:By Jürgen Knödlseder\, IRAP\, GAHEC\, Toulouse\, France \n  \nThe carbon footprint of astronomical research is an increasingly topical issue with first estimates of research institute and national community footprints having recently been published. As these assessments generally do not take into account the contribution of astronomical research infrastructures\, we propose to complement them by providing an estimate of the contribution of astronomical space missions and ground-based observatories using greenhouse gas emission factors that relate cost and payload mass to carbon footprint. We find that use of astronomical research infrastructures dominates the carbon footprint of an average astronomer. Comparison of our findings with the socio-economic pathways that are compliant with keeping the global average temperature rise below levels of 1.5°C or 2°C suggests that drastic changes are needed on how astronomical research is conducted in the future. Specifically\, continuous deployment of ever more and larger astronomical research infrastructures is clearly not sustainable. We argue that a new narrative for doing astronomical research is needed if we want to keep our planet habitable. \n  \nShort CV: \nDr. Jürgen Knödlseder graduated at the Technical University of Munich and the Max-Planck Institute for extraterrestrial physics (MPE) in Garching\, Germany. He then moved to the Institute of Astrophysics (IAP) in Paris and subsequently to the Institute for Astrophysics and Planetology (IRAP) in Toulouse\, France where he became in 2001 a staff scientist of the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS). He is working on instrumentation and observations in the field of gamma-ray astronomy\, initially using the COMPTEL telescope aboard the CGRO satellite and the SPI telescope aboard the INTEGRAL satellite on the topics of nucleosynthesis and antimatter. More recently he focused on the topic of cosmic rays\, working on observations of the Fermi satellite and on the development of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA). He is member of the astrophysics advisory board of the French Space Agency CNES\, and he was chairing for nine years the Consortium Board of CTA. Since 2022 he is head of the office for environmental footprint reduction of the CTA Observatory. \n  \nREGISTRATION: \nThe talk will be hybrid.\nIf you would like to participate in person\, please register in advance at benedicta.frech@h-its.org.\nIf you would like to participate online\, please register in advance here: https://kta-email.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUqcOGurzooEtd5_WvsY3GGpIxSa1vG4e3U.\n\n\n\nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.\n\n\nIn case you are not able to attend\, you can watch the talk afterwards on the HITS YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheHITSters.
URL:https://www.h-its.org/event/jurgen-knodlseder/
LOCATION:Studio Villa Bosch\, Schloss-Wolfsbrunnenweg 33\, Heidelberg\, 69118\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Colloquia,Public Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20230327T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20230327T150000
DTSTAMP:20260409T183949
CREATED:20230215T121932Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230215T121932Z
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SUMMARY:Colloquium Victor M. Panaretos: Sums of Squares from Pythagoras to Hilbert via Fisher
DESCRIPTION:By Victor M. Panaretos\, Institute of Mathematics\, EPFL\, Switzerland \nFor one hundred years\, the analysis of variance has been at the core of statistical inference. Though Fisher first distilled the notion circa 1920\, its roots go much deeper in time\, and ultimately lie in some of the most elemental concepts of geometry. This\, in turn\, lends it considerable versatility as statisticians grapple with data that are increasingly complex in their mathematical description. I will try to illustrate that\, particularly when the data are infinite dimensional\, the analysis of variance can help statisticians elicit order out of chaos\, apparently promising to remain at the core of statistics for another hundred years. \n  \nShort CV: \nVictor M. Panaretos is Professor of Mathematical Statistics and Director of the Mathematics Institute at the EPFL. He received his PhD in 2007 from UC Berkeley\, advised by David Brillinger. Upon graduation he was appointed as Assistant Professor at the EPFL\, where he rose the ranks to Full Professor. He received the Erich Lehmann Award for an Outstanding PhD (UC Berkeley\, 2007)\, an ERC Starting Grant Award (2011) and was named “One of 40 extraordinary scientists under 40” by the World Economic Forum (2014). He is an Elected Member of the ISI (2008) and a Fellow of the IMS (2019). He was the Bernoulli Society Forum Lecturer in the 2019 EMS\, and will be a plenary speaker at the XVI Latin American Congress in Probability and Mathematical Statistic (CLAPEM). He is an Associate Editor for Biometrika\, and the Journal of the American Statistical Association (Theory and Methods)\, and previously for the Annals of Statistics\, Annals of Applied Statistics\, and Electronic Journal of Statistics. He has served the discipline from various posts\, most notably currently being President-Elect of the Bernoulli Society. \n  \nREGISTRATION: \nThe talk will be hybrid.\nIf you would like to participate in person\, please register in advance at benedicta.frech@h-its.org.\nIf you would like to participate online\, please register in advance here: https://kta-email.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYvcuytrjMpG9AiPDXORfnJ2HpaGx-d3vmv.\n\n\n\nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.\n\n\nIn case you are not able to attend\, you can watch the talk afterwards on the HITS YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheHITSters.
URL:https://www.h-its.org/event/colloquium-victor-m-panaretos/
LOCATION:Studio Villa Bosch\, Schloss-Wolfsbrunnenweg 33\, Heidelberg\, 69118\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Colloquia,Public Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20230227T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20230227T120000
DTSTAMP:20260409T183949
CREATED:20230125T091105Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230213T162506Z
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SUMMARY:Colloquium Shimei Pan: Bias and Fairness in AI
DESCRIPTION:By Shimei Pan\, Information Systems Department of UMBC\, Baltimore\, USA \nThe emergence of advanced AI technologies\, such as Deep Learning and ChatGPT has the potential to revolutionize the way we work\, live\, and interact with each other\, potentially bringing a profound transformation of our society. Thus\, it is imperative that we ensure the responsible development and equitable use of these technologies. Unfortunately\, it has been found recently that numerous AI systems exhibit prejudice against certain groups of people\, including women and people of color.  There is an increasing concern that vulnerable groups in our society could be harmed by biased AI systems. \nIn this talk\, I will present some of our recent work on bias and fairness in AI such as fairness definitions/assessment and bias mitigation.  As AI fairness is not a purely technical construct\, having social implications\, I will also present our work on human-fair AI interaction to demonstrate that an algorithmic solution itself is often insufficient to achieve its intended societal goals. \n  \nShort CV: \nDr. Shimei Pan is an Associate Professor in the Information Systems Department and the director of the text mining and social media analytics lab at University of Maryland\, Baltimore County. Previously\, she was a research scientist at IBM Watson Research Center in New York. Her research focuses on Natural Language Processing (NLP)\, fair AI\, and Human-AI Interaction.  Her current Fulbright Award in Germany is on cross-cultural analysis of social biases with large pre-trained language models. Dr. Pan received a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Columbia University. \n  \nREGISTRATION: \nThe talk will be hybrid.\nIf you would like to participate in person\, please register in advance at benedicta.frech@h-its.org.\nIf you would like to participate online\, please register in advance here: https://kta-email.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEldOCrqDssE9UtTNjzWOSpZh6dEb3EZelh\n\n\n\nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.\n\n\nIn case you are not able to attend\, you can watch the talk afterwards on the HITS YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheHITSters.
URL:https://www.h-its.org/event/colloquium-shimei-pan/
LOCATION:Studio Villa Bosch\, Schloss-Wolfsbrunnenweg 33\, Heidelberg\, 69118\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Colloquia,Public Events
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