Astroinformatics 2026 at the University of Cologne

We are pleased to announce that Astroinformatics 2026 will be hosted by Prof. Dr. Stefanie Walch-Gassner at the University of Cologne, with Dr. Kai Polsterer from the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies gGmbH (HITS) serving as co-host. The conference will take place within the framework of the Key Profile Area “Dynamics of the Universe” and …

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Happy Holidays from Dynaverse!

As 2025 comes to a close, we celebrate an incredible year of collaboration, discovery, and connection. It’s been amazing to see so many talented people from diverse backgrounds come together in our vibrant scientific community. A huge thank you to everyone for your dedication and contributions — you make Dynaverse shine! The winter illustration accompanying …

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Congratulations to Prof. Dr. Lucie Flek for an ERC starting grant

Prof. Dr. Lucie Flek has been awarded one of the highly sought ERC Grants. She is PI of Excellence Cluster Dynaverse and Professor of Data Science and Language Technologies. She works at the Institute of Computer Science and the Bonn-Aachen International Center for Information Technology (b-it). This great achievement, which is an ERC Starting Grant …

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Dynaverse Summer Party

On July 18th, Prof. Dr. Stefanie Walch-Gassner hosted the first summer party of Dynaverse with many of our team of researchers and staff as well as many other guests from the I. Physics Institute of the University of Cologne. We celebrated again the DFG funding, with good weather and a barbecue and snacks for everyone …

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DYNAVERSE is a new DFG funded Excellence Cluster

Our Dynamic Universe (DYNAVERSE) has been selected for funding by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and is now a new Cluster of Excellence. The Cluster of Excellence DYNAVERSE aims to determine how coupling extremely different timescales influences the universe. Only by linking physical processes across different time scales can a complete picture of the dynamic …

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The KPA “Our Dynamic Universe” at the “Machine Learning Day” Symposium

The one-day symposium will showcase current and future research in artificial intelligence and machine learning at the University of Cologne. Bringing together speakers from all Key Profile Areas and Clusters of Excellence, the event will span natural sciences, humanities, economics, and medicine.

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The METIS instrument has become the first ELT instrument to pass its Final Design Review

Photo Credit: ESO.org Prof. Dr. Lucas Labadie, METIS co-investigator According to Prof. Dr. Lucas Labadie, “Our understanding of many of the most important astrophysical questions concerning the formation of galaxies or the evolution of young extrasolar systems will be greatly improved”. More informations can be found:

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“On new paths into the universe” Prof. Dr. Cristiano Porciani for “Our Dynamic Universe”

“Auf neuen Wegen ins Universum” Prof. Dr. Cristiano Porciani für “Unser dynamisches Universum” Prof. Dr. Cristiano Porciani, General- Anzeiger “Bewerbung um ein Exzellenz-Cluster: Astronomen möchten in neue Dimensionen der Simulationstiefe vorstoßen” von Martin Wein “Proposal for a Cluster of Excellence: Astronomers want to explore new dimensions of simulating depth” by Martin Wein This Article is …

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