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Published on 09.12.2025

Helmholtz Imaging Newsletter Issue No. 24

Discover what’s new in imaging across Helmholtz and beyond in our final newsletter of the year, from new tools, workshop recordings and a community survey to benchmarking initiatives, event highlights, and upcoming opportunities.

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Published on 02.12.2025

Celebrating Science’s Hidden Heroes

From the background to the spotlight: The Helmholtz Software Award recognizes the often overlooked work of software developers in the association. Dive into HIDA’s article to learn more!

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Published on 12.11.2025

PixelPatrol: Scientific Image Quality Control

Explore your imaging data before diving into analysis! PixelPatrol helps you quickly assess quality, consistency, and completeness. This early-version tool generates interactive reports to reveal insights and potential issues across your entire dataset.

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Published on 27.10.2025

Helmholtz launches first UNLOCK benchmarking projects

The Helmholtz Association has selected the first projects to be funded under its UNLOCK call for AI benchmarking datasets aiming to strengthen reproducible and trustworthy AI across Helmholtz. Explore all twelve projects!

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Published on 21.10.2025

Bridging AI and Theory: Workshop on the Mathematics of Transformers at DESY

Deep learning experts from across Europe gathered at the DESY to discuss a merging research field: the mathematics of transformers.

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This group photo shows members of Medical Image Computing, led by Klaus Maier-Hein, together with members of the Intelligent Medical Systems Lab at DKFZ, led by Prof. Lena Maier-Hein at MICCAI2025.
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Published on 16.10.2025

MICCAI 2025 – The Human Radiome Project represented in Seoul!

Successful conference for DKFZ, THRP & Helmholtz Imaging: three accepted papers, one challenge workshop, five challenge wins – a great result!

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Published on 13.10.2025

ELLIS PhD Program: Call for Applications 2025

Interested to contribute to our AqQua project? Apply by October 31, 2025, to join the ELLIS PhD Program in 2026.

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Published on 10.10.2025

HPCGateway Fall School

Join this school on November 3-7, 2025 at HZDR for an intensive workshop blending Artificial Intelligence & High-Performance Computing (HPC)!

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Published on 08.10.2025

Data Science Unlocked: Helmholtz Platforms Roadshow

Join us on November 12 at 11 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!

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Published on 11.09.2025

Mathematics of Transformers

A workshop on transformer architecture and its underlying (self-)attention mechanisms.

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Published on 11.09.2025

Helmholtz Career Day for Data Science 2025

Kick-start your career in Data Science and IT at Helmholtz! Join the virtual Career Day and take part in the exciting conference program.

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Published on 08.09.2025

Helmholtz Imaging Newsletter Issue No. 23

In this newsletter edition, we highlight new Helmholtz Data Science training courses, AI-powered imaging of ancient manuscripts, and an interview with Martin Burger on the mathematics of machine learning. Plus: Scicomm-Support, a survey on research assessment, events, updates, and job and funding opportunities.

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Image: Andreas Müller, Deborah Schmidt, Martin Weigert. Blender rendering of organelles within a single beta cell

Published on 01.09.2025

3D Data Visualization

Bring your volumetric data to life in this workshop. Gain hands-on experience with 3D visualization techniques using tools like Fiji, Blender, and Neuroglancer. Join us on November 10-13, 2025!

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Published on 12.08.2025

Introduction to Image Registration

Explore fundamental concepts and practical techniques for image registration, focusing on applications in microscopy, material science, and earth science. Join this course on October 29!

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Published on 05.08.2025

Bridging Gaps: How Mathematics Advances Machine Learning — A Conversation with Martin Burger

How can mathematics help us understand and improve machine learning? In our interview, Martin shares insights into the goals of the Conference on Mathematics of Machine Learning 2025, current challenges in the field, and his motivation to keep exploring the mathematical depths of this rapidly evolving field.

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