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 “…
Digital Worlds 20.22: In the beginning was the Code
Come and join us for our Open Day at HITS on Saturday, 9 July, from 11am-5pm After four years the Heidelberg …
HITS: Call for “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? …
Issue 2 | 2022
A “magic triangle” has formed: “SIMPLAIX” is a three-way-cooperation between HITS, Heidelberg University and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), enabled …
A living lab of evolutionary biology
“The Aegean archipelago” is designed to help schoolkids play games to better understand that life forms on Earth have changed over …