News

What´s new at HITS? On this page you can find the latest news from and about HITS, including the latest scientific discoveries, personal achievements by our researchers or general changes at HITS.

A difficult task: Phylogenetic analysis of SARS-CoV-2 data

13. August 2020

Computer scientists from HITS and KIT review the challenges for phylogenetic methods in analyzing the evolution of the corona virus: Large …

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Starting from scratch – HITS group leader Vincent Heuveline nominated as one of 108 “Heidelberg Heroes”

6. August 2020

Our notion of a hero is usually a person who is admired for having done something brave or having achieved something …

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Verification and post-processing of weather forecasts

20. July 2020

Fellowship term ends for Tilmann Gneiting as one of ECMWF’s first three Fellows CST group leader Tilmann Gneiting was appointed …

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Women in Computational Chemistry

17. July 2020

The Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling (JCIM) published a special issue on “Women in Computational Chemistry” in May 2019 to address …

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Increasing knowledge about COVID-19

16. July 2020

The new “Task Force COVID-19” is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and aims to make it easier for experts …

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Getting health data into shape

16. July 2020

A multidisciplinary team is set to establish a research data infrastructure for personal health data in Germany: nfdi4health. The project – …

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Solidarity in running shoes

10. July 2020

HITS running team raises 10,000 Euros for cancer research in first virtual NCT Run – Klaus Tschira Foundation sponsors each team kilometer with 25 …

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Run beyond the limits!

25. June 2020

Alone and yet together! On 26-28 June 2020, the running team of the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS) will again participate …

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Issue 2 | 2020

16. June 2020

What our HITS researchers are doing during corona times as well as the latest research on collagen – those are the topics …

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Corona Emergency Fund: HITS supports students

19. May 2020

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is having a large impact on the life of many students, particularly in financial terms. In order …

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