Neural networks and computational chemistry
On 26 September 2022, Olexandr Isayev (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) visited HITS and SIMPLAIX and gave a joint HITS/SIMPLAIX (hybrid) talk on “…
Klaus Tschira Guest Professors at HITS
The Klaus Tschira Guest Professorship Program has started this year. It aims to reach internationally renowned scientists for sabbaticals or extended …
When machines learn for science
Computer scientist Jan Stühmer leads the new HITS research group “Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence” (MLI). He was concurrently appointed …
Integrative data-intensive research for better drug design
The 23rd EuroQSAR Symposium in Heidelberg, Germany will focus on “Integrative Data-Intensive Approaches to Drug Design” and be attended by about 300 …
Issue 3 | 2022
In recent years, hardly any buzzword has become as much a part of everyday human life as “artificial intelligence” – from voice …
SIMPLAIX No 5 – a certain scent of magic
On 15 September afternoon, the 5th SIMPLAIX internal meeting took place at the Studio Villa Bosch in Heidelberg. More than 20 members of …
Up or Down? Nowcasting COVID-19 hospitalisation figures
Outreach talk (in German) by HITS scientist Johannes Bracher on how nowcasting can help predict COVID-19 hospitalisation figures more accurately At …
News from inside the stars
Outreach talk by HITS group leader Saskia Hekker about asteroseismology and how stars sound At the “Open Day” 2022, HITS group leader …
Deadline 18 September: Call for “HITS Journalist in Residence” in 2023
Are you an experienced science journalist? Would you like to delve into new areas of research and deepen your technical knowledge? …
Who will win? Phylogenetics help to predict
Outreach talk (in German) by HITS group leader Alexandros Stamatakis about efficiently simulating elimination tournaments using concepts from phylogenetics At the “…