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 …
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 …
EBRAINS research infrastructure secures €38 million in funding for new phase of digital neuroscience
The European Commission has accepted the EBRAINS 2.0 proposal submitted in response to the INFRASERV call, granting €38 million for the further development …
Season’s Greetings
We have reached again the season in which many of us are getting ready to take time off and wind down. …
Felicitas Mokler to be “Journalist 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 …
Phylogenetic trees and biodiversity research: “Highly Cited Researcher“ at HITS
For eight years running, computer scientist Alexandros Stamatakis from the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS) has been named one of …
Anil Ananthaswamy – Journalist in Residence 2023
Indian-American science journalist and author Anil Ananthaswamy was the 11th “Journalist in Residence” at the Heidelberg Institute for …
Accelerating the design of therapeutics through simulations
Since October 2023, Fabian Grünewald is the second fellow of the HITS independent PostDoc Program. The program offers an opportunity for …