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We are happy to announce that the workshop “From Structures to Functions” jointly organised by the Flagship Initiative Engineering Molecular Systems (FI EMS) and the STRUC­TURES Cluster of Excellence is going to take place entirely in presence. The registration is now closed. The workshop will start at 09:00 am at the International Academic Forum Hei­del­berg (IWH) in Hauptstr. 242 (old town Hei­del­berg). Participants are asked to use the lower entry at the front of the building.

Please find the schedule with speakers & topics here.

The symposium will take place in hybrid form at the Institute for Theo­re­ti­cal Physics (ITP). Lectures will be held in attendance for invited guests only but will also be broadcast via ZOOM. For more information on the invited speakers and the ZOOM details , please visit ITP's web page on the event or see the associated poster.

We cordially invite you to attend the Hei­del­berg Experiment Geometry Lab (HEGL) Community Seminar talk by Sean Lawton on May 2 at 3pm:

Title: Dynamics, Finite Fields, and Character Varieties: A Geometry Lab Project Working!
Abstract: In 2014, the Mason Experimental Geometry Lab (MEGL) was founded at George Mason Uni­ver­si­ty (GMU). During Fall and Spring of that year, MEGL obtained funding, space, equipment, and participants. In Summer 2015, the first re­search (and outreach) projects began. One of the first projects explored dynamics on the finite field points of certain algebraic varieties. This project continued every semester and summer until Fall 2018. In addition to interesting conjectures with substantial data to support them and 1000’s of lines of code generating said data, the project created awesome visualizations (images and 3D prints), a GMU-College of Science re­search award, an undergraduate honors thesis, a PhD thesis, a community of mathematicians (11 student participants, most in PhD programs or in professional scientific positions), and many fond memories. This talk is about that story.

The Seminar will take place online via Zoom. Contact HEGL or join the HEGL Mailing List to get the Zoom coordinates. More information can be found at the HEGL seminar website.

We are happy to present the sixth volume of the STRUC­TURES newsletter, which features the following topics:

• Pg. 1: New Centre for Model-Based AI  /  New Quan­tum Technology Cooperation Projects  /  KIDS: The New Parent-Child Offices of STRUC­TURES and ISOQUANT Are Ready For You!
• Pg. 2: HEGL: The Hei­del­berg Experimental Geometry Lab
• Pg. 3: We Are STRUC­TURES  /  Save the Date: STRUC­TURES YRC Conference Oct. 4–7 2022
• Pg. 4: STRUC­TURES Asks: Anna Marciniak-Czochra

The STRUC­TURES Office is happy to answer questions and to receive feedback.

The symposium on Computational Astrophysics will take place on May 5, 2022 in hybrid form. Lectures will be held in attendance for invited guests only but will also be broadcast via ZOOM. For more information, please visit the webpage of the Center of Astronomy (ZAH) on the event or see the associated poster.

We cordially invite you to attend the talk by Lamberto Rondoni (Politechnico di Torino) on Reality and probability: from atoms to bacteria and the Earth climate on Friday April 22 at 4.00pm at EMBL, Large Operon.

Registration is no longer required, but it is still mandatory to wear FFP2 masks in seminar rooms. Online access via Zoom: Meeting ID: 910 5345 7980, Passcode: 449594

Abstract: Probability is arguably the most effective mathematical tool that all sciences use. However, probability is not reality, and one should be aware of the relations between them, in order to avoid errors, and actually develop useful predictive theories. In this lecture, I will invite the audience and myself to ponder the matter, illustrating various notions probability and giving examples of how statistical physics understands thermodynamic phenomena. I will then discuss success and failures in the use of probabilities in Physics, and will conclude mentioning some applications of biological and geophysical interest. .

The 48th Hei­del­berg Physics Graduate Days of the Hei­del­berg Graduate School for Physics and the Department of Physics and Astronomy take place on April 11 - 14, 2022. Participants from other universities are very welcome!
Courses are open for advanced students, in particular those working on their Master's and doctoral theses. It is the aim to offer courses that broaden the students' physics knowledge as well as to teach specialized techniques.

Link: Website of the Graduate Days.