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Computing and Data Science

PIER Computing and Data Science

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As basic research in the fields of AI and data science progresses at unprecedented speed, findings that are considered established and proven are increasingly being rolled out to specific applications. To do justice to this development, exploit synergistic effects, and ensure the ongoing preservation of methodological expertise, service facilities have been created at a number of institutions to enable and advance digitalization in scholarship.

Participating partners

In the Hamburg metropolitan region, the Hub of Computing and Data Science (HCDS) at the Universität Hamburg has already established such an institution, which was conceptually modelled after the Hamburg X project: Center for Data and Computing in Natural Science (CDCS) (participating partners: Universität Hamburg, Hamburg University of Technology, DESY). Helmholtz Imaging Platform (HIP) operates at DESY specifically on the subject of image processing. The TUHH is home to the interfaculty initiative Machine Learning in Engineering (MLE) (participation: Hereon). For the promotion of young researchers, there are two graduate schools that involve many partners: the joint DASHH-Graduiertenschule (Data Science in Hamburg Helmholtz Graduate School for the Structure of Matter), and the Hamburg VISTA School Of Graduate Research (VISOR) for Artificial Intelligence in Science and Technology.

Current Activities in “Computing and Data Science”

Cooperation is currently supported by two structures:

  1. The Kiez of Computing and Data Science brings together people from many institutions that apply computing, data science and artificial intelligence in their respective contexts. This is where individuals across institutions can situate themselves and exchange ideas and pool their expertise. The “Kiez” operates an event calendar for relevant events in the Hamburg Metropolitan region and beyond.
  2. The Hamburg Virtual Initiative for Science & Technology in AI (Hamburg VISTA) was launched to make the existing synergies between the PIER PLUS institutions at the interface of artificial intelligence and its application in the natural sciences and engineering visible. The initiative operates the VISOR graduate school. To strengthen interdisciplinary cooperation in research, its funded and associated doctoral students are each supervised jointly by two VISTA researchers; the character of VISTA as an inter-institutional graduate school is underlined by the organization of events and networking events. By bringing together cutting-edge research in artificial intelligence, as well as methodological expertise, further education and training opportunities, scientific events, job offers and much more, Hamburg is further strengthening its position as an attractive location for pioneering topics in digitization and automation in science.