Data mining algorithms and new standards for astronomers
Kai Polsterer, leader of the HITS Astroinformatics (AIN) group, is now chair of the IVOA Knowledge Discovery in Databases group. It’…
New Managing Director for HITS
On 1 January 2016, Dr. Gesa Schönberger was appointed the new managing director of the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies. She succeeds …
Tilmann Gneiting as Editor-in-Chief of “The Annals of Applied Statistics”
HITS group leader Professor Tilmann Gneiting is now Editor-In-Chief of the peer-reviewed scientific journal “The Annals of Applied Statistics”, which is …
HITS researchers cited worldwide
In the recent ranking “Highly Cited Researchers” by Thomson Reuters, the HITS scientists Volker Springel (Astrophysics) and Tilmann Gneiting (Mathematics) are …
Season’s Greetings
Dear friends and colleagues, In the languages of their native countries, all HITSters send you their season´s greetings. Sincerely, Prof. …
Simulating the Death of Stars
Humboldt Fellow Samuel Jones (University of Victoria, Canada) is exploring the evolution and the explosion of stars by means of highly …
Michael Stang and T V Padma to be “Journalists in Residence” at HITS
The Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies gives science journalists the opportunity to deepen their knowledge of computer-based, data-driven science with a …
ISESO: On the road to a new energy management
On November 9 and 10, 2015, the International Symposium on Energy System Optimization (ISESO 2015) took place at the Studio Villa Bosch conference center in …
Mechanosensing of focal adhesion kinase
Why do astronauts suffer from bone loss? Astronauts lose bone mass because of the low gravity in space. Bones need mechanical …
Higher Teichmüller theory and Higgs bundles: Hengstberger Symposium in Heidelberg
From November 2 – 6, 2015, Dr. Daniele Alessandrini, Dr. Gye-Seon Lee, and Dr. Ana Peón-Nieto from the Differential Geometry research group at Heidelberg …
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