Researchers from the Hub of Computing and Data Science (HCDS) at the University of Hamburg are part of an international research team that has received two prestigious awards at the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL 2026) in San Diego.

The team's paper, "POLAR: A Benchmark for Multilingual, Multicultural, and Multi-Event Online Polarization," was recognized...

RSE Day 2026 brings Hamburg's Research Software Engineering community together

Despite exceptionally high summer temperatures, 65 participants from around 30 institutions and research areas came together for RSE Day 2026 at the University of Hamburg. Organized by the Hub of Computing & Data Science (HCDS), the event provided a platform for exchange, networking, and discussion around Research...

How can societies become better prepared for crises? What role do research, technology, and education play in strengthening resilience and disaster preparedness? These questions were at the center of the “Resilience and Disaster Preparedness” workshop organized by the European University Alliance EUGLOH at UiT The Arctic University of Norway in Tromsø.

Representing the Hub of Computing and Data...

On 25 June 2026, the Hub of Computing & Data Science (HCDS) at the University of Hamburg will host RSE Day 2026 at the AER Atrium in Science City Bahrenfeld.

The one-day event is aimed at researchers, Research Software Engineers, developers, and everyone interested in research software, scientific computing, and data-driven methods. The goal is to strengthen the RSE community in Hamburg and...

The Hub of Computing and Data Science (HCDS) is pleased to announce that Martin Semmann, Managing Director of HCDS, is co-chairing a new minitrack at the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) 2027.  

The minitrack: 

“Human AI Co-Creation of Realistic Media: Risk Mitigation, Opportunity Realization, and Digital Skills for Safe Interaction” 

addresses one of the most pressing...

The Hub of Computing and Data Science (HCDS) at the University of Hamburg is pleased to welcome two international visiting researchers: Tadesse Belay and Subhankar Swain. During their research stays, they will contribute to the interdisciplinary work at HCDS in the fields of Natural Language Processing (NLP), AI safety, and digital society.

Tadesse Belay is a...

A new research project explores German-language exile literature from an expanded, cross-epochal perspective. The project investigates how literary texts from different historical periods can be meaningfully connected.

Focusing on works from the Vormärz period, the Nazi era, and contemporary literature, the project highlights the interconnections between these texts and examines how they are...

The Hub of Computing and Data Science (HCDS) will be strongly represented at ACL 2026, with multiple research papers accepted to one of the world’s leading conferences in Natural Language Processing (NLP).

The 64th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics will take place from July 2–7, 2026, in San Diego. The conference brings together top researchers from academia and...

Representatives from nine institutions of the DaDiS community met for a two-day workshop in Bielefeld to exchange ideas and define new implementation goals for 2026.

The key topics initiated at the previous workshop in Bochum (March 2025)—the publication of a position paper and the development of a process for founding an association—were successfully completed. Building on this, the Bielefeld...

The Hub of Computing and Data Science (HCDS) participated in the 85th Annual Conference of the German Academic Association for Business Research (VHB), held from March 18–20, 2026, at the University of Göttingen. 

Under the theme “Responsible Innovation – Shaping the Future through Business Administration”, the conference addressed how companies and entrepreneurship can contribute to sustainable...