News from the NIC Scientific Council

The Scientific Council of the John von Neumann Institute for Computing (NIC) held its annual meeting on 20 April 2023. The meeting was conducted by the chair of the council, Prof. Marcus Müller (University of Göttingen). After six years of enormous dedication, his term ends on 31 December 2023. Deputy chairwoman Prof. Christine Peter (University of Konstanz) has unanimously been elected as chairwoman and will take up office at the beginning of next year. Prof. Müller will still remain on the council as deputy chairman. Furthermore, Prof. Szabolcs Borsanyi (University of Wuppertal), Prof. Timo Dickscheid (FZJ), and Dr. Patrick Jöckel (DLR) were elected as new members and will begin their terms in January 2024.

Prof. Stefan Bornholdt (University of Bremen), Prof. Elena Innocenti (University of Bochum), Prof. Rolf Kuiper (University of Duisburg-Essen), Prof. Alexander Schug (University of Duisburg-Essen), and Prof. Ina Tegen (Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research) were elected as new members of the NIC Peer Review Board. Their terms of office will begin at the upcoming meeting of this body in October.

Contact: Dr. Alexander Trautmann, coordination-office@fz-juelich.de