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“Test of Time Award” for HITS researcher
Alexandros Stamatakis, group leader at HITS and professor at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), has received the “Test of Time …
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Using Bioinformatics algorithms to predict the European Football Championship
Researchers from the Computational Molecular Evolution (CME) group at HITS have simulated the knock-out phase of the European Football Championship using …
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The good, the bad, and the spaghetti code: Software put to the test
Computer scientists at HITS and KIT Karlsruhe have developed “SoftWipe”, a largely automated open source tool and benchmark to assess the …
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Traps and code: assessing insect biodiversity in Southern Crete
HITS group leader Alexandros Stamatakis (Computational Molecular Evolution) is one of the coordinators in a citizen science project to asses insect …
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Corona variants: Tackle the bioinformatics bottleneck!
In the light of fast-spreading coronavirus variants, genomic surveillance has become of great importance to fight the pandemic. In a …
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104 minutes of science
In an online conversation, Casey Dunn, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University, and HITS group leader Alexis Stamatakis …
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Again: “Highly Cited Researcher“ at HITS
For five years running, computer scientist Alexandros Stamatakis from the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS) has been named one of …
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A difficult task: Phylogenetic analysis of SARS-CoV-2 data
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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Again: “Highly Cited Researcher” at HITS
HITS scientist Alexandros Stamatakis belongs to the most cited researchers worldwide, according to this year’s “Highly Cited Researchers” ranking by …
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Computing the tree of life: The Computational Molecular Evolution group at HITS
The “Scientific Computing“ group (SCO, group leader: Prof. Alexandros Stamatakis) will change its name as of January 1st, 2019: To better reflect …