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Best Scientific Image

Each year we look for the best scientific images of the Helmholtz Association, which showcase the outstanding portfolio of Helmholtz in imaging and the contribution of imaging science in solving major societal challenges.

Discover the winning images!

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Visual to promote the Best Scientific Image Contest 2025 showing several images of previous contests aligned and framed.

Image: Katharina Kriegel, DESY | info

Published on 28.01.2025

Best Scientific Image Contest 2025: Call for Submissions

Submit your captivating scientific image(s) by February 14, 2025 for a chance to win the prestigious Helmholtz Imaging Best Scientific Image 2025 award, and valuable prizes. The awarding ceremony will take place during the Helmholtz Imaging Conference on June 25-27 in Potsdam.

Promotional Banner for the Helmholtz AI Conference, showing a building at Messe Center Karlsruhe.

Image: Helmholtz AI | Messe Karlsruhe | info

Published on 28.01.2025

Helmholtz AI Conference 2025

Join this conference on June 3-5 in Karlsruhe, Helmholtz AI’s annual event for AI in science and research across the Helmholtz Association and beyond.

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Image: NicoElNino on Shutterstock | info

Published on 16.01.2025

Helmholtz-ELLIS Workshop on Foundation Models in Science

Explore AI’s transformative role in science at the Helmholtz-ELLIS workshop, featuring top experts on foundational models and AI applications in diverse scientific domains.

Visual to promote Helmholtz Open Hackathon 2025 showing data flows on a bluish-green to orange colored background.

Image: Helmholtz | info

Published on 11.12.2024

Helmholtz Open Hackathon 2025

Join this hybrid Open Hackathon from April 1-11, 2025 to receive support for porting, accelerating and optimizing your applications on a variety of data center architectures. Apply by February 10.

Image by Tian Wu, Pengfei Yao, Yu Ren (all GEOMAR), called "Whale Songs Across the Ocean" showing the visualization of fin whale calls in the Northeast Pacific, based on the dynamic image analysis (DIA) of the soundtracks recorded by ocean bottom seismometers (light-bluish lines and dots on black background forming the shape of a whale).

Image: T. Wu, P. Yao & Y. Ren, all GEOMAR | info

Published on 12.11.2024

7th Round Table on Deep Learning @DESY

For the 7th year in a row, the Round Table on Deep Learning @DESY will take place on November 22, 2024 — a one-of-a-kind opportunity to connect with fellow researchers across diverse disciplines who are using the same AI tools to solve vastly different problems.

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Image: DALL·E | info

Published on 18.10.2024

HI@Falling Walls Science Summit 2024

Join us at the Falling Walls Science Summit in Berlin, November 7-9, showcasing outstanding research, and innovative ideas. Don’t miss Lena Maier-Hein presenting on advancements in surgical imaging!

Graphic image to promote the "Deep Learning in Inverse Problems Workshop", showing a graphical representation of magnetic waves moving through a section of the Mn5Ge3 crystal in bright colours on black background.

Image: F. dos Santos, CBPF | M. dos Santos Dias, STFC | N. Biniskos, FZJ & S. Lounis, PSI | info

Published on 08.08.2024

Deep Learning in Inverse Problems Workshop

Join our in-person workshop on September 23-24, 2024 at DESY to learn about novel developments on learning based methods for inverse problems. Secure your spot today! Registration is open until September 15.

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Image: HiDA | info

Published on 22.07.2024

Helmholtz Summer School – From Data to Knowledge

Save the Dates for the Helmholtz Summer School: September 16-29, 2024! Registration ends August 25.

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Image: F. Qadri & B. Nickl, MDC | info

Published on 27.06.2024

Open Office Hour

Join our virtual open office hour on July 3 at 3-4 PM CEST to discuss your imaging-related challenge! No appointment needed. Just drop by!

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Published on 14.06.2024

Helmholtz Funded Projects – What’s Next?

Join this workshop on June 27 at 10 am (CEST) to learn about opportunities to build on intial seed funding!

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Image: Helmholtz Platforms | info

Published on 11.06.2024

Data Science Unlocked: Helmholtz Platforms Roadshow

Join us on June 26 at 10 am for the opportunity to learn more about the offerings of the five Helmholtz Information and Data Science Platforms. Interact with us, collaborate, and network with peers! On July 3 you can join us for the Open Office Hour to discuss your imaging-related challenge!

Group photo of the five Best Scientific Image Contest Winners 2024 standing on stage holding their certificates surrounded by the exhibition of the winning images.

Image: Jörg Modrow | info

Published on 14.05.2024

Best Scientific Image Contest 2024: Discover the Winners!

The winners of the 2024 contest have been announced! Dive into the captivating world of scientific images as we celebrate this year’s winners across three categories: the Jury Award, Public Choice Award, and Participants’ Choice Award.

Decorative image to promote the HI Projects Call 2024, showing title and further information in white fonts on black background and four aligned squares displaying three images from previous contests and a questionmark.

Image: Katharina Kriegel, DESY | info

Published on 02.05.2024

Helmholtz Imaging Projects Call 2024 Open

The new call for Helmholtz Imaging Projects is open! Submit your proposal by July 30, 2024! Have a great idea, but no partner yet? Join our matchmaking channel on Mattermost.

Decorative Image to promote the 4th Helmholtz Imaging Conference on 14-15 May 2024 by Dimos Traganos et. al., called "Glowing Bahamian seagrasses from space" showing glowing shallow seagrasses “dancing” with wave-shaped sand ripples on the Bahamian 100-million-year-old tropical limestone on the verge of a 4000-m trench (wavy pattern in greenish and blue colors.

Image: Dimos Traganos et. al., DLR | info

Published on 05.03.2024

Helmholtz Imaging Conference 2024

Join us for our 4th Annual Helmholtz Imaging Conference on 14-15 May 2024 in Heidelberg. The call for abstracts is closed, but you can still register to attend the conference.

Image to promote HIDA PhD Meetup on 6-7 June 2024 in Berlin, showing title and further information on a dark-blue circle surrounded by wavy shades in bright blue colors.

Image: HIDA | info

Published on 04.03.2024

HIDA PhD Meetup

Join the HIDA PhD Meetup on 6-7 June 2024 in Berlin! Having a research focus in Information and Data Science? Connect with your peers throughout the institutions. Register by 14 March!