12 Months of War

23. February 2023

As the first year of the Russian war in Ukraine is coming to a close, we are turning our gaze inwards.

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Girls, let your geek flag fly!

30. January 2023

What happens to a neutron star after its formation? Why are big media cooperations looking for molecular biologists? How big can …

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Registration now open: SIMPLAIX Workshop on “Machine Learning for Multiscale Molecular Modeling”

23. January 2023

The first SIMPLAIX Workshop on “Machine Learning for Multiscale Molecular Modeling” will take place in the Studio Villa Bosch in Heidelberg …

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New Scientific Director: Tilmann Gneiting

3. January 2023

As of January 2023, Tilmann Gneiting is the new Scientific Director of HITS. As the position of Scientific Director rotates through the …

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Exploring the life of binary stars

21. December 2022

Since September 2022, astrophysicist Rajika Kuruwita has been the first fellow of the HITS Independent Postdoc Program. The program offers an opportunity …

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Season’s Greetings

19. December 2022

Another extraordinary year is almost over and as always at this time, we take the opportunity to look back and take …

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Issue 4 | 2022

14. December 2022

Fall is the season of the harvest, and at HITS it´s particularly abundant this year: Alexandros Stamatakis, head of the …

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Anil Ananthaswamy to be “Journalist in Residence” at HITS

12. December 2022

The Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies gives science journalists the opportunity to deepen their knowledge of computer-based, data-driven science with a …

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Time and again: “Highly Cited Researcher“ at HITS

16. November 2022

For seven years running, computer scientist Alexandros Stamatakis from the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS) has been named one of …

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HITS group leader Anna Wienhard appointed director at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences

4. November 2022

The Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences in Leipzig welcomes Anna Wienhard as its new director. Her newly established …

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