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HDS-LEE PIs Prof. Martin Schultz and Prof. Stefan Sandfeld are involved in pilot projects funded by the new Helmholtz Foundation Model Initiative (HFMI) to create a new generation of AI foundation models for science.

HDS-LEE PI Prof. Martin Schultz accepted an academic appointment at the University of Cologne for a W2 professorship in "Computational Earth System Science" in the Department of Computer Science.

HDS-LEE PI Jun.-Prof. Christopher Morris was awarded the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize, the German Research Foundation's most prestigious award for young researchers. It supports the prizewinners in continuing their scientific careers.

HDS-LEE PI Achim Basermann and colleagues were awarded by SIAM for the highlight article on the introduction of a novel algorithm for the well-known graph coloring problem that significantly outperforms previous methods.

At the end of last year, the Rhine-Ruhr Center for Scientific Data Literacy (DKZ.2R) was founded, which is headed by HDS-LEE PI Prof. Stefan Sandfeld and JARA-CSD Director Prof. Matthias Müller. The goal is supporting and assisting researchers from a variety of research disciplines with regard to increasingly complex data analysis, data management, and high-performance computing.

HDS-LEE PI Prof. Gerhard Gompper was awarded with the "John von Neumann Excellence Project 2023" in October 2023 for his work on the collective dynamics of intelligent microswimmers.

HDS-LEE PI Prof. Andrea Benigni acquired the Qugrids project together with other researchers. It aims to enable value creation at the interface of quantum technologies and energy system technology and to create a connecting hub for universities, research institutions and private companies through collaboration between leading players in NRW.

HDS-LEE PI Prof. Holger Gohlke and his working group contribute to the pubilcation "An archaeal lid-containing feruloyl esterase degrades polyethylene terephthalate" and figured out exactly how a PET-degrading enzyme binds to a PET piece and were able to optimize PET degradation.

Aytekin Demirci et al. writes about statistical analysis of dislocation dynamics simulations. In the study, they employed their own in-house code – "discrete-to-continuous" (D2C) – to generate continuous field variables based on discrete dislocations structures.

Alumnus Prof. Leonardo Rydin Gorjão talks in an interview about his research at HDS-LEE and the HIDA's exchange programs that he joined.

HDS-LEE PI Prof. Harry Vereecken was awarded the Alfred Wegener Medal for his pioneering research on hydrological interactions in the boundary layers of soil, plants and the atmosphere.

HDS-LEE supervisor Dr. Anne Caroline Lange and her team was tasked by the ECMWF to lead a project to augment the Earth's digital model to make better predictions of air quality during extreme weather events.

This year, Forschungszentrum Jülich bundels several activities on the topics of quantum computing, supercomputing, neuromorphic computing under the umbrella of the Jülich Summer Acadamy. The offers are aimed in particular at young scientists.

HDS-LEE is mourning the loss of Prof. Astrid Kiendler-Scharr. The internationally renowned atmospheric and climate researcher died suddenly and unexpectedly at the age of just 49 on 6 February 2023. She lead the Institute of Energy and Climate Research – Troposphere (IEK-8) at Forschungszentrum Jülich as director and taught experimental physics at the University of Cologne. She was part of HDS-LEE since the founding in 2019. Our thoughts and deepest sympathies are with her family and the colleagues of her institute. Anyone wishing to express their grief at the passing of Astrid Kiendler-Scharr can leave an entry in Forschungszentrum Jülich’s electronic book of condolence.

HDS-LEE PI Prof. Dirk Witthaut explains in an interview how likely a blackout is on the power grid and the difference between a blackout and a brownout.

The hosting agreement for the exascale supercomputer JUPITER was signed by the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) and the Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC). This first European exascale supercomputer represents a significant technological milestone for Europe and will have a major impact on European scientific excellence.

Since 2012, FZJ coordinates a successful atmospheric research project called IAGOS where measuring instruments for atmosphere observation are installed currently on eight commercial aircraft from six airliners. IAGOS has developed into a unique global infrastructure for long-term global observations of our atmosphere within Earth system science.

Laura Helleckes gives insights of her project and being scientist in HDS-LEE. How does she benefit from the diversity of the disciplines in HDS-LEE?

HDS-LEE PI and FZJ atmospheric scientist Prof. Astrid Kiendler-Scharr attended the 27th World Climate Change Conference and was lead author of the chapter on short-lived climate pollutants in the latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

HDS-LEE supervisor Dr. Anne Caroline Lange reviewed together with researchers at IEK-8 previous estimates of the number of sources of air pollutants commissioned by the Federal Environment Agency. The results of the studies are an important tool for identifying measures to improve air quality.