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STRUCTURES member Ralf Klessen investigates interstellar gas clouds, as part of an international cooperation.
New level computer simulations reveal the role of turbulence in interstellar molecular clouds in star formation. In their publication, the authors show how their results allow to draw conclusions how this turbulent movement transitions from the supersonic to subsonic regime
The work of this international research team was led by scientists of the Center for Astronomy of Heidelberg University (ZAH) and of the Australian National University in Canberra. The simulations took place at the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre of the Bavarian Academy of Science and Humanities.
See press release from January 11, 2021 (in English) or from January 15, 2021 (in German).
Original publication in Nature Astronomy from January 11, 2021 (in English).
ONLINE SCIENCE PUB QUIZ @ SCIENCE DAYS
Date: Wednesday, 18 November 2020
Time: 07:30pm - 10:30 pm
As this month`s edition will be hosted as part of the Science Days (one of Germany`s oldest science festivals), this quiz edition will be in German only! Nevertheless, there will be many interesting questions like "Why should you pet a basil plant? How would you draw a Dugong? And which quack medicine can turn your skin blue?".
This month`s guest will be Fabian Navarro, who will talk about his current project Eloquentron 3000 (a bot writing poems) and the release of the new book "poesie.exe". You can register here to get all information and the link for participation: https://2020.science-days.digital. If you want to know more about the Science Pub Quiz Heidelberg, just visit the brandnew website: https://www.scipubquiz.de.
Dennis and Lisa have also presented their idea of the Science Pub Quiz at the WissKon2020: https://youtu.be/rp34ZoLRTqg.
Applications are invited for several postdoctoral appointments at the University of Heidelberg in Theoretical/Mathematical Physics. The appointments are made in the context of the STRUCTURES Cluster of Excellence, EXC 2181/1 and of the European Research Council "Random Tensors and Field Theory" grant (principal investigator Razvan Gurau). The successful applicant is expected to dedicate part of their research time to working on core topics in the Random Tensors research program.
The deadline for applications is November 22, 2020. The starting date for the appointment is no earlier than September 1, 2021, but can be at a later date. The initial appointment is for two years, but can be extended. The salary is commensurate with experience.
The interested candidates should submit their application through the academicjobsonline website.
Heidelberg University awards nine men and women in different categories for their extraordinary commitment in transforming lectures into digital teaching due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
CONGRATULATIONS to Dr. Kilian Schultes und Ruby Ellis, Dr. Nicole Aeschbach, Katharina Anders, Steve Bahn, Prof. Dr. Ullrich Köthe, Dr. Denis Vogel, Dr. Stefan Karcher and Christopher Nunn. The full article can be found here.
The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft extends joint Research Trainig Group 2229 “Asymptotic Invariants and Limits of Groups and Spaces” at Heidelberg University and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.
Read the full article here.
This workshop has been organized by the members of the STRUCTURES Exploratory Project "Mathematics & Data".
In the workshop the participant will be introduced to the main techniques utilized in topological data analysis and their implementation provided by the python package scikit-tda. Introductions to the Mapper algorithm and persistent homology will be complemented by respective hands-on tutorial sessions. The workshop will conclude with an exploratory project of these methods on ‘real data’, which may be provided by the participants.
Registration Deadline: October 11th, 2020 online at
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc2V50PhVQTQcXQgL_MtiNeEco8f5Uf7f-9fskO0qckZJnO7g/viewform
Detailed information about the workshop can be found at the website https://micbl.github.io/TDAworkshop/.
The Seminar series will start with Ashia Wilson who will present A Dynamical Perspective on Accelerated Methods. Ashia is in transition from Microsoft Research to her soon to start assistant professorship at MIT, and currently based in Heidelberg.
Title: A Dynamical Perspective on Accelerated Methods.
Time: Thursday, 15th of October, 16:15
Place: Online via the Link: https://audimax.heiconf.uni-heidelberg.de/sch-7ge-ntc
Abstract is available here.
