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2015 Annual Report 2015 Annual Report | Jahresbericht The ultrafast and yet selective binding allows the Durch die ultraschnelle, aber zugleich gezielte Bindung receptor (gold) to rapidly travel through the pore rast der Rezeptor (goldfarben) durch die mit ungeord- filled with disordered proteins (blue) into the nucle- neten Proteinen gefüllte Pore in den Zellkern, während us, while any unwanted molecules are kept outside unerwünschte Moleküle ferngehalten werden (siehe (see chapter 2.6, p. 77). Kapitel 2.6, S.77). Image/Bild: Davide Mercadante, Sebastian Sturm, Molecular Biomechanics group. In Memoriam In Memoriam Klaus Tschira und das KIT in Karlsruhe als Mitgesellschafter in die (1940 – 2015) HITS gGmbH eingetreten sind. Genauso wichtig ist aber die Tatsache, dass er jenseits When in mid-2007 Klaus Tschira came up with der strukturellen Vorgaben die Forschungsgruppen völlig the idea of establishing a new institute, he laid © Klaus Tschira Stiftung frei hat arbeiten und entscheiden lassen. Er hat sich im- down three basic rules: mer sehr für ihre Projekte und Ergebnisse interessiert – so It is just as important that, beyond these struc- Als Klaus Tschira Mitte 2007 den Plan zur Einrichtung war er zum Beispiel ein regelmäßiger Teilnehmer an den It was to be called “Heidelberg Institute for The- tural propositions, Klaus Tschira gave the research eines neuen Institutes entwickelte, waren drei Dinge fest montäglichen „Scientific Seminars“ – aber hinsichtlich der oretical Studies” – HITS, for short. (His favorite groups complete freedom to decide on the topics vorgegeben: Themenstellung oder der Methodenauswahl waren und tongue-in-cheek explanation was: “Mannheim has they wanted to investigate and the methods they sind die Gruppen völlig ungebunden. Er hat mit dem a Pop Academy, we have HITS.”) intended to use. He was always very keen on learn- Der Name sollte „Heidelberger Institut für Theoretische HITS eine paradigmatische Einrichtung des „unfettered ing about new projects and new results – he was Studien“ – kurz: HITS – lauten. (Er hat ihn späterhin gern research“ geschaffen, von denen es auf der Welt viel zu It was to become an internationally recognized, in- a regular at the “Scientific Seminars” held every augenzwinkernd so erklärt: „In Mannheim haben sie die wenige (und über die Zeit hin immer weniger) gibt. terdisciplinary research institute covering the nat- other Monday. With HITS, he created a paradig- Pop-Akademie, wir haben die HITS.“) Und Klaus Tschira hat dies nicht getan, um Aufmerk- ural sciences, mathematics and computer science. matic institution for “unfettered research.” There samkeit auf sich zu lenken; das hätte ihm ohnehin nicht aren’t many of them around anymore. Limelight Es sollte ein international sichtbares, interdisziplinäres gelegen. Dagegen war er aufrichtig stolz, wenn er berich- The main aim was not to establish a particular mix for himself was never Klaus Tschira’s motive in Forschungsinstitut auf den Gebieten der Naturwissen- ten konnte, dass die Wissenschaftler des HITS schon drei of research disciplines, but to do top-level cut- doing all this – he was not that kind of person. He schaften, der Mathematik und der Informatik sein. ERC-Grants eingeworben haben oder dass zwei der welt- ting-edge research. was genuinely proud when he could tell people weit meistzitierten Forscher dort arbeiten. Das sind die about the three ERC grants that HITS researchers Ziel sollte nicht eine irgendwie definierte fachliche Aus- Arten von Ergebnissen, die er angestrebt hat und die er als All other decisions were subordinate, simply means had won, or when he was told that two of the most gewogenheit sein, sondern Forschung auf höchstem Niveau. Belohnung seiner eigenen Arbeit ansah. for achieving the goal described by the basic rules. frequently-cited researchers worldwide are mem- Alle, die am HITS arbeiten, stimmen darin überein, We already had “EML Research,” a small, interdis- bers of our institute. Those are the kind of results Alle anderen Entscheidungen waren nachrangig und dass dies ein besonderer Platz ist, ein Ort, in dem freie, ciplinary institute with a good reputation and a he had in mind, he saw them as the rewards for his dienten nur dem Zweck, diese drei Prämissen umzusetzen. Neugier-getriebene Forschung möglich ist und großzügig research agenda fitting in with the above defini- personal efforts. Da gab es z. B. das „EML Research“, ein kleines, multi- unterstützt wird. Dies ist Klaus Tschiras Vermächtnis, und tions. So the pragmatic solution was to use it as All HITSters (the people working at HITS) agree disziplinäres Institut mit gutem Renommee, dessen fachli- wir alle fühlen die Verpflichtung – die zugleich eine große the nucleus of the new institute. The “T” in HITS that this is a special place, a place where you can che Ausrichtung mit der zweiten Vorgabe kompatibel war, Ehre ist –, dieses Vermächtnis zu erhalten und auszu- (referring to the focus on theory) was interpreted pursue curiosity-driven research and get generous also wurde pragmatisch entschieden, dies zum Ausgangs- bauen, ganz im Sinne der ursprünglichen Vorgaben. as “computational science” due to the fact that in support for doing so. This is Klaus Tschira’s legacy, punkt des neuen Institutes zu machen. Das „T“ im Namen Klaus Tschira hat gelegentlich scherzhaft darauf all areas of scientific endeavor, computer-based and we all feel the obligation – it is at the same time (die theoretische Ausrichtung) wurde im Sinne von „Com- hingewiesen, dass wir noch keinen Nobelpreis ans HITS methods are becoming ever more important. And a very great honor – to preserve this legacy and to putational Science“ interpretiert, der in allen Gebieten der geholt hätten, dass ein solcher aber durchaus billigend in when deciding on new research groups, the key build on it, in line with the basic rules he set down Wissenschaften immer wichtiger werdenden Nutzung von Kauf genommen würde. Wir können natürlich in dieser criterion was never the research topic. The only back in 2007. rechnergestützten Methoden bei der Forschung. Und bei Hinsicht nichts versprechen, aber wir alle werden uns sehr thing that mattered was to attract top talents to Klaus Tschira occasionally teased us, pointing der Entscheidung über die Einrichtung neuer Gruppen ernsthaft bemühen. Und auch wenn daraus in absehbarer head our research groups. out that we hadn’t won a Nobel Prize yet and that stand nie die thematische Ausrichtung im Vordergrund; Zeit nichts werden sollte: Es ist für uns alle ein Privileg Klaus Tschira strictly adhered to these princi- he wouldn’t mind at all if we did. Of course, we wichtig war und ist allein, ob es gelingt, herausragende und ein Vergnügen, es hier, im Institut von Klaus Tschi- ples, and he defended them against all attempts cannot promise anything in this respect, but we Wissenschaftler für die Leitung der Gruppen zu gewinnen. ra, versuchen zu dürfen – im Geiste Klaus Tschiras und in to persuade him otherwise. And it was this clarity will do our very best. And even if we do not suc- Diese Prinzipien hat Klaus Tschira konsequent befolgt und Erinnerung an ihn. and this dependability that were the foundation for ceed in the foreseeable future, for all of us it is both auch gegen alle möglichen Versuche der Einflussnahme the high reputation that HITS very quickly earned a privilege and a pleasure to have the chance to try, verteidigt. Und diese Klarheit, diese Verlässlichkeit wa- Andreas Reuter in both the scientific community and in political right here at HITS, in the spirit of Klaus Tschira ren entscheidend dafür, dass sich das HITS in Kreisen circles – and which is demonstrated by the fact and in fond remembrance of him. der Wissenschaft, aber auch in der Politik sehr schnell ein that Heidelberg University and Karlsruhe Institute hohes Ansehen erwerben konnte – was nicht zuletzt dadurch of Technology have become shareholders of HITS. Andreas Reuter zum Ausdruck kommt, dass die Universität Heidelberg 4 5 Inhalt Table of Contents 1 Think Beyond the Limits! 8 – 11 5.1.7 ISESO Symposium 172 5.1.8 ICSB 2015 Tutorial 173 2 Research 12 – 155 5.2 HITS Colloquia 174 2.1 Astroinformatics (AIN) 12 – 23 5.3 Symposium “Klaus Tschira Stiftung 175 2.2 Computational Biology (CBI) 24 – 35 celebrates anniversary with HITS” 2.3 Computational Statistics (CST) 36 – 45 5.4 Stephen Wolfram at HITS 176 2.4 Data Mining and Uncertainty 5.5 Girls’ Day 177 Quantification (DMQ) 46 – 57 5.6 Explore Science 178 – 179 2.5 Groups and Geometry (GRG) 58 – 69 5.7 International Summer Science School 180 2.6 Molecular Biomechanics (MBM) 70 – 81 5.8 Heidelberg Laureate Forum 181 2.7 Molecular and Cellular Modeling (MCM) 82 – 93 5.9 Symposium in honor of Andreas Reuter 182 – 183 2.8 Natural Language Processing (NLP) 94 – 105 2.9 Physics of Stellar Objects (PSO) 106 – 117 6 Cooperations 186 – 187 2.10 Scientific Computing (SCO) 118 – 129 2.11 Scientific Databases and Visualization (SDBV) 130 – 143 7 Publications 188 – 195 2.12 Theoretical Astrophysics (TAP) 144 – 155 8 Teaching 196 – 199 3 Centralized Services 156 – 161 9 Miscellaneous 200 – 215 3.1 Administrative Services 158 9.1 Guest Speaker Activities 200 – 203 3.2 IT Infrastructure and Network 159 – 161 9.2 Presentations 204 – 211 9.3 Memberships 211 – 213 4 Communication and Outreach 162 – 165 9.4 Contributions to the Scientific Community 213 – 215 9.5 Awards 215 5 Events 166 – 183 5.1 Conferences, Workshops & Courses 168 – 173 5.1.1 Computational Molecular Evolution (CoME) Course 168 5.1.2 ISO Meeting 168 – 169 5.1.3 International Conference for Biocuration 169 5.1.4 Annual Meeting of the Association for 170 Computational Linguistics (ACL) 5.1.5 SHENC Symposium on “von Willebrand factor” 171 5.1.6 SEMS Workshop “Data and Models” 171 – 172 1 Think Beyond the Limits! tor grant to set up his own Junior Research group, the support of the Klaus Tschira Stiftung on the High-Energy Astrophysics and Cosmology (HAC), Heidelberg University campus, opened at the end which will start work in April 2016.
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