Understanding information processing in the brain
Prof. Dr. Gordon Pipa is a new Fellow at FIAS. He focuses on information processing in the brain, using methods ranging from mathematical description and computer-based methods to machine learning and artificial intelligence.
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KISS: joint project for AI simulation of scientific data
Faster, more flexible and more efficient evaluation of research data based on AI simulations is enabled by KISS (Artificial Intelligence for the Fast Simulation of Scientific Data).
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Is "Dark energy" just contorted space-time?
A mathematically inspired extension of Einstein's general theory of relativity provides new insights into space and time. A FIAS team describes how the torsion of spacetime can explain the dark energy of standard cosmology.
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Predicting the Course of Influenza Virus Infection
A few drops of blood could be enough to predict the course of influenza infection. This is suggested by a study conducted by the team of Esteban Hernandez-Vargas.
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Extremely dense mass - a look into the interior of neutron stars
Neutron stars reach masses comparable to twice that of the sun - having a size equivalent to the city of Frankfurt. A FIAS team now deployed deep learning techniques to add further constraints on the stars’ interiors.
moreFIAS (Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies)
...is an interdisciplinary research institution in Frankfurt/Germany. Our Fellows develop theories on complex interdisciplinary topics of the future. The non-profit foundation supports 130 scientists cooperating with Goethe University and surrounding research institutes as well as private donors and sponsors.
Thoughts
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Wolf Singer
Life- and Neurosciences
"As long as people intervene in the fate of the world, they are obliged to explore the wisdom. Otherwise, responsible action is not possible."
Dr. Hermann Cuntz
Life- and Neurosciences
"Morphology is key to understanding both circuits and computation in the brain."
Prof. Dr. Hannah Elfner (Petersen)
Theoretical Sciences
"To understand the smallest building blocks of matter and their properties fascinates me and I enjoy the required international collaboration in this field."
Dr. Esteban Hernandez Vargas
Life- and Neurosciences
"Biologists and clinicians have generated a tremendous amount of data last decades, now is the time of computational biology to bring holistic understanding for improving health."
Prof. Dr. Armen Sedrakian
Theoretical Sciences
"My research is deeply focused on the interrelation between the particle physics and astrophysics, between the micro- and macro-worlds, on theories, models and methods that find applications in a multitude of research fields ranging from condensed matter to high-density quantum chromodynamics."
Research Areas
Theoretical Physics
Theoretical physics is the discipline that aims at describing how the world works in terms of fundamental equations. The goal is to abstract explicit phenomena by reducing them to underlying principles that are responsible for many different manifestations in nature.
Computer Science
Within the last decade high performance computers have become an integral part in todays science and society. Most simulations and experimental analysations of complex systems require a high amount of computing power.
Life and Neuro Sciences
Theoretical biology aims at a quantitative understanding of biological systems, their dynamics and interaction across scales. To this end new analysis approaches are developed to extract relevant information from either tera and petabyte sized data sets, or from very scarce data.