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HGS MathComp - Where Methods Meet Applications

The Heidelberg Graduate School of Mathematical and Computational Methods for the Sciences (HGS MathComp) at Heidelberg University is one of the leading graduate schools in Germany focusing on the complex topic of Scientific Computing. Located in a vibrant research environment, the school offers a structured interdisciplinary education for PhD students. The program supports students in pursuing innovative PhD projects with a strong application-oriented focus, ranging from mathematics, computer science, bio/life-sciences, physics, and chemical engineering sciences to cultural heritage. A strong focus is put on the mathematical and computational foundations: the theoretical underpinnings and computational abstraction and conception.

HGS MathComp Principal Investigators are leading experts in their fields, working on projects that combine mathematical and computational methodology with topical research issues. Individual mentoring for PhD candidates and career development programs ensure that graduates are fully equipped to take up top positions in industry and academia.

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02.02.2026 - 06.02.2026
Practicals & Schools
Collegio Futuro 2026
School

Location: Marsilius Arkaden • Im Neuenheimer Feld 130.1 • 69120 Heidelberg
Registration: Please apply on the event website • Application open until November 17, 2025
Organizer: Heidelberg Center For The Environment • 4EU+ European University Alliance
ECTS: 3
Collegio futuro is a joint educational project of the 4EU+ member universities. Participants tackle environmental issues in an interdisciplinary manner and practice science communication to policymakers and civil society. The training is open to PhD students and advanced Master’s degree students from all disciplines - natural (physical and life) sciences, social sciences and economics, formal sciences, applied sciences, or humanities.

Preparatory online sessions: January 2026
Winter School on campus: 2 – 6 February 2026, Heidelberg
- broaden knowledge beyond your own research area
- improve your science communication skills
- generate momentum for new projects
- expand your network

For more information, please visit the event website.

Land use lies at the heart of today’s environmental challenges. It both shapes and is shaped by the intertwined crises of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution. As both a major driver and a consequence of these crises, land use plays a central role in shaping environmental sustainability and social equity. The upcoming edition of Collegio futuro invites participants to explore these complex interrelations from multiple disciplinary perspectives. It aims to deepen understanding of how land use practices contribute to and are affected by global environmental change, while fostering discussion on how competing demands for terrestrial and maritime spaces can be reconciled to promote sustainable futures.
 
04.02.2026
Theory & Methods
Debugging in VSCode
Compact Courses

Speaker: Dr. Dominic Kempf, Research Software Engineer, Scientific Software Center (SSC)
Location: Mathematikon • Conference Room, Room 5/104, 5th Floor • Im Neuenheimer Feld 205, 69120 Heidelberg
Registration: Please register on the course website
Organizer: Scientific Software Center (SSC)
ECTS: 0.5
The latest information and a registration link are available on the course website.

This compact course is part of the course program of the Scientific Software Center (SSC) at Heidelberg University.

Prerequisites:
A laptop with VSCode installed is required. No prior knowledge expected.

Summary:
Tired of debugging your code by randomly sprinkling print statements throughout your code? In this course we will learn the basics of debugging with an Integrated Development Environment (IDE): Setting breakpoints, stepping through code, inspecting variables, and evaluating expressions. We exercise these techniques on small code examples from the Python language. Afterwards, we will cover other languages and more complex debugging scenarios. We use Visual Studio Code (VSCode) as our IDE, but the taught concepts translate naturally to other IDEs.

Learning Objectives:
After the course participants should be able to

- Run debug sessions in VSCode
- Know basic concepts of debuggers
- Understand some more complex debugging scenarios
 
04.02.2026
14:00 - 15:40
Theory & Methods
HGS MathComp Membership Colloquium
Colloquium

Speaker: New HGS MathComp PhD fellows
Location: Mathematikon • Conference Room, Room 5/104, 5th Floor • Im Neuenheimer Feld 205 • 69120 Heidelberg
Organizer: HGS MathComp
ECTS: 0
Introduction of new HGS MathComp members and their PhD projects.

The BlueSheet Meeting for all new members of HGS MathComp will be held online on Febuary 5, 2026 between 13:00–14:00.

14:00 Seyedmoein Mohsenimofidi (Supervisor S. Baltes)
"Prompts as Software Artifacts"

14:20 Brenda Chiteri (Supervisor S. Baltes)
"Process Mining for Software Engineering"

14:40 Marius Fracarolli (Supervisor S. Riezler)
"Exploiting Intrinsic Randomness in Ensembling for Improved Accuracy and Privacy in Predictive Models for Healthcare"

15:00 Hannes Schwab (Supervisor Z. Monfared)
"Koopman operator theory for PDEs"

15:20 Alessandro Biagiotti (Supervisor R. Strzodka)
"Data locality in parallel solvers"