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HCDS|18 February 2026
Science in the Classroom: HCDS Participates in “Wir wollen’s wissen!”

Science does not only belong in lecture halls — it belongs in classrooms as well. Through the University of Hamburg’s outreach series “Wir wollen’s wissen!”, researchers visit schools to share their work directly with students. As the Hub of Computing and Data Science (HCDS), we actively support this initiative and are pleased that our colleague Marten Borchers contributed this year with insights...

HCDS|12 February 2026
Final Presentation of the Teaching Project Data-driven Solutions for the Smart City Hamburg

On Wednesday, the final event of the interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary teaching project “Data-driven Solutions for the Smart City Hamburg” took place. The format has now been successfully implemented for the eighth time – in close collaboration between Hamburger Hochbahn AG, the University of Hamburg, and the Hub of Computing and Data Science (HCDS).

The course enables students to work on...

HCDS|6 January 2026
HCDS at ICIS: Designing Intelligent Situation Maps for Flood Emergency Management

At this year’s ICIS – International Conference on Information Systems, the flagship conference of the global AIS community, our paper
“Emergency Management: Designing Situation Maps to Support Rescue Forces during Flood Disasters” was presented by Marten Borchers.

The presentation was delivered on behalf of the co-authors Enrico Milutzki, Lisa Fetzer, Valeria Magdych, Eva Bittner, and Martin...