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 …
EBRAINS Germany established
The European Commission has accepted the EBRAINS 2.0 proposal submitted in response to the INFRASERV call, granting €38 million for the further development …
Guntram Bauer visits HITS
On 20 February 2024, Guntram Bauer, Chief Scientific Officer at the Human Frontier Science Program HFSP visited HITS. During his visit, which was …
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 …
New SIMPLAIX PI: Jan Stühmer
Computer scientist Jan Stühmer, group leader at HITS and Junior professor at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), has been …
Registration now open: 2nd SIMPLAIX Workshop on “Machine Learning for Multiscale Molecular Modeling”
The 2nd SIMPLAIX Workshop on “Machine Learning for Multiscale Molecular Modeling” will take place in the Studio Villa Bosch in Heidelberg …
New observations confirm computer models how massive stars are born as multiples
Astrophysicists have predicted the multiplicity of massive star births for a long time. But so far, there was little observational evidence …