Awarded Projects

Natural Language Processing (NLP) is increasingly important in our digital lives. In particular, Large language models (LLMs) such as GPT-4 and chatbots like ChatGPT are likely to profoundly impact society, affecting an estimated 80% of the workforce.

Protoplanetary discs are the birthplace of planetary systems that form around nascent stars. These discs are now observed with an exquisite resolution that allows us to probe the kinematics of the gas during planet formation.

The Event Horizon Telescope has recently taken the first direct images of supermassive objects in the center of the Milky Way, SgrA*, and in the center of galaxy M87, M87*.

We will investigate mechanisms of ion transport and in the unique bacterial K+-importing protein complex (KdpFABC), which unlike any other ion transporting protein, contains both a channel and a pump subunit.

Atomistic modeling can provide mechanistic insights and improved design principles, but it is limited by the complexity of modern alloys that involve up to a dozen carefully tuned components.

The project tackles one of the fundamental open questions in cosmology: the nature of dark matter. The project aims to redefine the standards of the field by simulating three cosmological volumes in multiple scenarios: cold, warm and three self-interacting dark matter models.

Propellers are by far the major device for marine propulsion. The improvement of their efficiency is critical for reducing fuel consumption, resulting in beneficial effects on the economic and environmental costs of shipping.

In the near future, the hydrokinetic energy of ocean currents, rivers and tides is expected to provide a growing contribution to our effort of decreasing the world dependence on fossil fuels, replacing them with cleaner, renewable and more sustainable energy resources.

One of the most iconic properties of ice is its slipperiness. While humans exploit this property at a large scale in various sports, such as hockey and figure skating, we have yet to reach a clear scientific consensus on why ice is so slippery.