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Top-class award for mathematician³

The mathematician Dr. Rajula Srivastava from the Cluster of Excellence Hausdorff Center for Mathematics at the University of Bonn has received a Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Prize from the Breakthrough Prize Foundation for her outstanding research achievements. The award is endowed with 50,000 dollars. The ceremony took place in Los Angeles.

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How can science benefit from AI?⁴

Researchers from chemistry, biology, and medicine are increasingly turning to AI models to develop new hypotheses. However, it is often unclear on which basis the algorithms come to their conclusions and to what extent they can be generalized. A publication by the University of Bonn now warns of misunderstandings in handling artificial intelligence. At the same time, it highlights the conditions under which researchers can most likely have confidence in the models. The study has now been published in the journal Cell Reports Physical Science.

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Mathematician investigating stochastic processes⁵

How does water move through a filter with coffee? This question is not so easy to answer, as neighboring areas in the moist coffee powder influence each other. How the hot water moves through the roasted powder is also governed by stochastic processes. Answers are provided by what are known as “percolation models,” which mathematician Dr. Alexis Prévost is investigating. He joined the University of Bonn from the University of Geneva and now leads an Emmy Noether group. It is being provided with up to 1.3 million euros of funding by the German Research Foundation (DFG).

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H2-Reality Check: EU targets for 2030 probably not achievable⁶

Hydrogen is considered an important part of the EU's and Germany's climate neutrality strategy. Significant progress is required for the ramp-up, otherwise the targets might not be met. A report by CASSIS and EWI analyses the status of the ramp-up.

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Opening Up: Volkswagen Foundation Funds Two Projects at the University of Bonn⁷

Not one but two projects at the University of Bonn—on queer Islamic theology and culinary sensory analysis—have each been awarded funding of around €300,000 as part of the Volkswagen Foundation’s Open Up program. The aim of the Open Up funding initiative is to explore entirely new fields of science.

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PhenoRob Cluster of Excellence Invites You to Attend a Career Fair⁸

The PhenoRob Cluster of Excellence Career Fair is all about connecting the artificial intelligence (AI) and agriculture experts of tomorrow with high-profile non-academic employers. Students, doctoral candidates and graduates of the University of Bonn are invited to expand their network of professional contacts on May 9 from 1 pm to 6 pm.

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Marvin: the Supercomputer Redefining Research at the University of Bonn⁹

Marvin the supercomputer has been available to researchers for exactly a year. The University of Bonn is now taking a look back over 365 days in which its computing power has helped bring countless projects to life. At an event on the Poppelsdorf Campus, researchers and other staff recently had the opportunity to celebrate a whole year of successful high-performance computing (HPC) and crown the three most exciting projects from all manner of different disciplines.

Bonn Graduate Center at a Glance: Our Office, Your Opportunies

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