Lecture Series "Wissenschaft für Alle" looks into space
06.01.2025 |
The lectures in the “Wissenschaft für Alle” series of GSI and FAIR will continue in the first half of 2025 in hybrid format. A focus of the current program is the view into our cosmos. Interested parties can either attend the event in the lecture hall of GSI/FAIR following a registration or dial into the broadcast of the event via video conference using an internet-enabled device such as a laptop, cell phone or tablet. The program begins on Wednesday, 22 January 2025, with a lecture by Professor Bernd Ulmann, anabrid GmbH, on analogue and hybrid computing.
Traditional digital computers are approaching their physical limits, for example in terms of practicable clock frequencies or integration densities. As a result, new technologies are coming to the fore. In addition to quantum computers, which are known at least conceptually, these are also analog and hybrid computers. They work differently from digital computers on a fundamental level and could complement them in the future as co-processors for the energy- and time-efficient solution of certain system classes. The lecture will cover the history of the computers, as well as basics of their programming and possible areas of application.
Professor Bernd Ulmann studied mathematics and philosophy at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and received his doctorate from the University of Hamburg with a thesis on analog computers. He has been a professor at the Frankfurt/Main School of Economics and Management since 2009. He is also co-founder of anabrid GmbH, which develops modern analog and hybrid computers.
In the further course of the program - with the support of the regional astronomical-physical associations - insights into the mysteries of the universe, the life cycle of light stars and the changes that our brain undergoes in space will be offered. The series is complemented by contributions on the benefits and properties of the chemical element technetium as well as an insight into the “million-volt machine”, the particle accelerator at GSI/FAIR.
The lectures start at 2 p. m., further information about registration, access and the course of the event can be found on the event website at www.gsi.de/wfa.
The lecture series “Wissenschaft für Alle” is aimed at all persons interested in current science and research. The lectures report on research and developments at GSI and FAIR, but also on current topics from other fields of science and technology. The aim of the series is to prepare and present the scientific processes in a way that is understandable for laypersons in order to make the research accessible to a broad public. The lectures are held by GSI and FAIR staff members or by external speakers from universities and research institutes. (CP)
Current program
- Wednesday, 22 January 2025, 2 p.m.
Analog- und Hybridrechnen im 21sten Jahrhundert
Bernd Ulmann, anabrid GmbH
- Wednesday, 12 February 2025, 2 p.m.
SPACE BRAIN – Wie das All unser Gehirn verändert
Insa Schröder, GSI/FAIR
- Wednesday, 26 March 2025, 2 p.m.
Die X-Akten der Astronomie – Mysteriöses aus dem Universum
Patrick Diel, Physikalischer Verein Frankfurt
- Wednesday, 23 April 2025, 2 p.m.
Das chemische Element Technetium – Künstlich, revolutionär und lebensrettend
Karlheinz Langanke, GSI/FAIR
- Wednesday, 21 May 2025, 2 p.m.
Teilchenbeschleuniger – Die Millionen-Volt-Maschine
(Das High-Tech-Abenteuer der Ionenstrahlen bei GSI und FAIR)
Ralph Aßmann, GSI/FAIR
- Wednesday, 18 June 2025, 2 p.m.
Stellare Leichtgewichte – Ihr Werden, ihr Leben, ihr Vergehen
Harald Horneff, Volkssternwarte Darmstadt
