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.

Made by nature: a highly elastic pressurized balloon

9. August 2016

Collagens constitute the dominant class of extracellular proteins in multicellular organisms. They are highly abundant wherever high elasticity is needed. The …

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EMNLP Paper Accepted

1. August 2016

A paper by Daraksha Parveen, PhD. student in the HITS NLP group, has been accepted at EMNLP ’16. The title of the …

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Python for Scientists

1. August 2016

This block course teaches elementary Python programming for scientists. It will take place from 1st August 2016 to 5th August 2016. Instructor is …

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Volker Springel elected to the German Academy of Sciences “Leopoldina”

11. July 2016

Volker Springel, head of the Theoretical Astrophysics group at the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS), has been elected to the …

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„Hands on“: Auszeichnung für Bioinformatik-Praktikum

4. July 2016

This text is only available in German. Die Lehrveranstaltung „Hands-on Bioinformatics Practical“ von Prof. Alexandros Stamatakis und Dr. Tomas Flouri wird …

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HITS researcher Rebecca Wade receives ISQBP Award in Computational Biology

1. July 2016

HITS Molecular and Cellular Modeling group leader and HITS scientific director Prof. Dr. Rebecca Wade was awarded the International Society of …

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Statistik, Seide, Supernovae: Spitzenforschung mit Supercomputern am Tag der offenen Tür im HITS

27. June 2016

Das Heidelberger Institut für Theoretische Studien (HITS) öffnet am Samstag, 2. Juli 2016, von 11 bis 17 Uhr seine Türen im Schloss-Wolfsbrunnenweg 35 fü…

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HITS Annual Report: Advanced Research

22. June 2016

Annual Report of the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS) published: Advanced research using supercomputers – from molecular biology to astrophysics. In 2010, …

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HITS at Explore Science 2016

13. June 2016

Der menschliche Körper steckt voller Überraschungen. So können unsere Augen über 20 Millionen Farben und unsere Nase mehr als eine …

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Not only the Weather: Workshop on Advances in Economic Forecasting

9. June 2016

When we are talking about forecasting, most of us associate it with the weather, come rain or shine. However, forecasting is …

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