Photo Credit: Isabelle Breloy and Ana Brás Würschig After a very intense preparation phase, our Cluster of Excellence proposal, Dynaverse- Our Dynamic Universe, was presented at the Wissenschaftszentrum Bonn on Thursday, January 23rd. Therefore, Prof. Dr. Stefanie Walch-Gassner and Prof. Dr. Cristiano Porciani would like to take this opportunity to thank all excellent scientists and …
Prof. Dr Dominik A. Riechers, CCAT-prime consortium, Fred Young submillimeter telescope: “After the successful test setup in Germany, the transport to Chile is another milestone for our unique telescope. We are now a significant step closer to the groundbreaking scientific observations we expect from FYST” The Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST) planned and assembled by …
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PI of Dynaverse, the physicist and computer scientist, Dr. Kai Polsterer, has been appointed the new Scientific Director of the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS) since the turn of the year 2025. A small reminder of the Curriculum of Dr. Kai Polsterer: Since 2013 at HITS, he has since headed the first European research …
Prof. Dr. Michael Kramer involved in the membership of Germany in SKAO said that “It has been a long and not always easy road that has led us to this important milestone for the entire radio astronomy community in Germany. This significant moment is thus particularly gratifying for everyone involved and we would like to …
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The International Annual Meeting of the German Astronomical Society was hosted by the University of Cologne during the week September 09-13, 2024. The meeting included invited plenary talks, splinter sessions, and working group meetings of the Astronomical Society. The Meeting was chaired by Prof. Dr. Stefanie Walch-Gassner. Dr. Laura Spitler and Prof. Dr. Jennifer Schober gave invited talks. More …
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photo credit: PPAM 2024 Dr. Andreas Lintermann, 15th lnternational Conference on Parallel Processing and Applied Mathematics (PPAM 2024), Ostrava, Czech Republic Note: The research leading to these results has been conducted in the HANAMI project, which receives funding from the European Union Horizon Europe Programme – Grant Agreement Number 101136269 under the call HORIZON-EUROHPC-JU-2022-INCO-04.
Photo Credit: University of Bath A Key Profile Area (KPA) is a thematically defined research area of high academic and/or societal relevance. It has substantial critical mass and are characterized by research at the highest international level. Research within the KPA is transdisciplinary and integrated into networks that create synergies – both within the university …
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Prof. Dr. Stefanie Walch-Gassner, Süddeutsche Zeitung “Hunderte Spitzenforscher in Deutschland konkurrieren dieser Tage um insgesamt 3,7 Milliarden Euro Fördermittel für Exzellenzcluster. Sieben von ihnen erzählen, was sie mit dem Geld vorhaben und wie sie die Finalphase überstehen.”Von Theresa Palm ‘Hundreds of top researchers in Germany are currently competing for a total of 3.7 billion euros …
Photo credit: Land NRW / Marcel Kusch Prof. Dr. Lucie Flek, Invited Guest, “Transatlantic AI Symposium: Europe’s Heartbeat of Innovation”, San Francisco, USA –> Press Release from the University of Bonn (19.04.2024) –> Press Release from NRW-Staatskanzlei (18.04.2024)