is an interdisciplinary research institute for applied mathematics and data-intensive high-performance computing. Its research focuses on modeling, simulation and optimization with scientific cooperation partners from academia and industry.
In the evolving landscape of public transportation, achieving efficiency, sustainability, and cost-effectiveness is paramount. With over 8 billion passengers annually…
Deep learning methods excel in various do-mains, yielding substantial economic benefits and practical implications. From powering self-driving cars and enabling protein…
In the face of one of the most pressing challenges of our time — the transition to sustainable, fossil-free energy systems — Germany continues to emit greenhouse gases…
Pain therapy is one of the most important areas of health care with 12–15 million patients with chronic pain, including 5 million with severe pain, in Germany alone…
40 Years of Excellence in High-Performance Computing
What do such diverse fields as climate modeling, renewable energy, artificial intelligence, and precision medicine have in common? They all rely on high-performance…
Most life forms, including plants, animals, and humans, are composed of cells. The cell itself is a kind of tiny factory where millions of molecules interact continuously…
At the beginning of the 21st century, a doctor’s understanding of a patient’s health was largely limited to the data gathered from physical exams, basic lab tests, and…
Our society is facing tremendous changes re-lated to climate change. In order to reduce CO2 emissions from energy production, we need to exploit sustainable sources of…
Modeling Tomorrow: Computational Lens on Social Dynamics
Modern societies face numerous significant challenges, including climate change, health pandemics, forced migration, political instability and social injustice…
Was haben Fischschwärme und Meinungsdynamiken gemeinsam? Entdecke die faszinierende Welt der sozialen Dynamik und lerne aktuelle Forschungsprojekte am ZIB kennen, bei...
Entdecke spielerisch die faszinierende Welt der Mathematik! Mit spannenden Experimenten, lustigen Spielen und kreativem Basteln, z. B. von platonischen Körpern, könnt Ihr...
Wie entwickeln sich Korallenskelette ausgehend von einer einzelnen Knospe? Wie oft verzweigen sich Korallen? Und wie viele Korallenpolypen leben in einer Korallenkolonie...
Geometrische Färbungen: Das Hadwiger-Nelson Problem
Interaktive Demonstration zum Hadwiger-Nelson-Problem, welches nach der minimalen Anzahl an Farben fragt, die benötigt werden, um die Ebene so einzufärben, dass keine...
Projekte in 3D - Das Wissenschaftskino - Vorführungen 18:30, 19:15, 20:00, 21:30, 22:15, 23:45 Uhr
Wie kann man Wetterphänomene, z. B. Wetterfronten, in 3D analysieren? Welche Bedeutung hat die Analyse von Formen für unser Leben und die Wissenschaft und wie kann man...
Die Wärmewende ist eine der größten Aufgaben für eine treibhausgasneutrale Zukunft. Wie ersetzt man ein Kohlekraftwerk in einem Fernwärmenetz, so dass es warm und...
Team Sets New Records in Mathematical Optimization with FICO Xpress
Recently, Google DeepMind made waves with a blog post about AlphaEvolve, a new LLM-based tool that writes its own algorithms to crack notoriously difficult math problems…
Gioni Mexi, Deborah Hendrych, Sébastien Designolle, Mathieu Besançon, and Sebastian Pokutta were awarded the Land-Doig Competition Prize 2025 at the Mixed-Integer…
Data-driven research is crucial for tackling societal challenges- whether in health, materials, or climate research. In a collaboration that is so far unique, Berlin's…
Zuse Institute Berlin Celebrates Continued Funding of MATH+ Excellence Cluster
The Zuse Institute Berlin (ZIB) proudly announces the successful extension of the MATH+ Cluster of Excellence, which will receive continued funding for another seven…
Focus on partnership: Stryker team visits ZIB and the MODAL research campus
In preparation for the third phase of the BMBF research campus MODAL, our new industrial partner Stryker Berlin GmbH visited ZIB together with their Freiburg colleagues…
Apply for project funding for the digitisation of Berlin's cultural heritage
The call for proposals for the "Funding Programme for the Digitalisation of Cultural Heritage Objects of the State of Berlin" of the Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und…
2025 European Conference on Optics for Solar Energy
The 2025 European Conference on Optics for Solar Energy (ECOSE) reviews current trends and recent developments in optics and photonics for solar energy conversion. It…
Am 23. April 2026 ist es wieder so weit: Der Girls'Day am ZIB öffnet seine Türen für dich! Tauche für einen Tag in die faszinierende Welt von Mathematik und Informatik…
On 28-30 April 2026, the "18th Annual Meeting Photonic Devices" will take place at Zuse Institute Berlin. The AMPD 2026 workshop will focus on photonic devices, with an…
Individualized Morphological Analysis of the Human Spine
The causes of lower back pain (LBP) are still not fully understood. One essential part of a better understanding might be the association of LBP, spinal morphology, and...
Collective Variables for Spreading Processes on Complex Networks
Analyzing dynamical systems on networks presents an important area of research that unveils a rich interplay between structure and dynamics, offering profound insights...
This research project investigates the improvement of root canal treatment (RCT) by analyzing the relationship between root canal morphologies and treatment failures...
Unlocking the next level of 3D shape registration! Our cutting-edge method seamlessly aligns 3D shapes with 2D keypoints captured from multiple cameras, pushing the...
Many organisms utilize a small number of sensory organs and a centralized nervous system (e.g., the paired eyes and complex brains of vertebrates) to acquire and process...
This project is part of the 8th edition of the Graduate-Level Research in Industrial Projects for Students (G-RIPS) summer program at the Zuse Institute Berlin (ZIB).