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New Scientific Director: Tilmann Gneiting
As of January 2023, Tilmann Gneiting is the new Scientific Director of HITS. As the position of Scientific Director rotates through the …
HITS helps ESCAPE improve their data discoverability with machine learning
ESCAPE, the European Science Cluster of Astronomy & Particle Physics ESFRI Research Infrastructures, has successfully tested new machine learning prototypes that …
Revisiting star formation in the era of big data
HITS group leader Kai Polsterer selected member of an international team at the International Space Science Institute Kai Polsterer, head of …
Measuring the true scale of the Universe
The Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS) is a beneficiary of the ERC Synergy Grant “UniverScale”. An international research team from …
The Data Revolution in the Night Sky
The HITS Astroinformatics research group led by Kai Polsterer helps astronomers to better analyze the rapidly growing data-sets with modern methods …
ESCAPE: Launch of the European Project for Data Management in Astronomy
2019 marks the beginning of one of the biggest projects for data management in astronomy. The „European Science Cluster for Astronomy & Particle …
“Astroinformatics” Conference 2018 in Heidelberg
The international “Astroinformatics 2018” conference will be held in the Studio Villa Bosch, Heidelberg, from September 3–7, 2018. Scientists from all over the world …
On the way to better understand the Universe
HITS is scientific partner of the ARC Centre of Excellence for All Sky Astrophysics in 3 Dimensions – led by the Australian National …
Data mining algorithms and new standards for astronomers
Kai Polsterer, leader of the HITS Astroinformatics (AIN) group, is now chair of the IVOA Knowledge Discovery in Databases group. It’…
Smartphones, Dark Matter & Code – Kai Polsterer @ ADASS in Sydney
Three hundred international astronomers and software engineers will gather in Sydney during 25-29 October for the 25th annual Astronomical Data Analysis …
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