During the past decades, the foundations of science have developed a new pillar: scientific computing. Using the power of modern-day computers, it is possible to model processes, analyse data and image interesting phenomena in a sophisticated way. The University of Heidelberg thought this development was important enough to establish the IWR, the Interdisciplinary Centre for Scientific…

On Thursday, the first ‘real’ day of the excursion, we were given the choice to either visit the Heidelberg Castle and the pharmacy museum situated there, or the University of Heidelberg’s faculty of Computer Science. A part of the group set out to visit the castle and museum. After a steep climb the castle was…