News from HIFIS
More Computing Power for BLABLADOR
Blablador is growing!
Thanks to a new contribution from the HZDR, the service can now draw on additional hardware alongside the resources already provided by Forschungszentrum Jülich.
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The Tale of PHP2Shell
Two critical PHP vulnerabilities, an embargo broken, and a race against time.
Our cybersecurity coordinator takes us behind the scenes of the recent PHP2Shell incident.
You’ll find out why several Helmholtz Cloud services had to go offline for a while.
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AI-Assisted Merge Request Reviews in the Helmholtz Codebase
Reviewing merge requests just got a little easier.
The Helmholtz Codebase now offers an AI assistant to support code reviews.
While it doesn’t replace human reviewers, it is a useful extra pair of eyes when used thoughtfully.
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Celebrating the Best Helmholtz Software of 2026
Good scientific software deserves recognition!
Selected from 39 eligible applications across 17 Helmholtz Centers, the winning teams were honoured at the Helmholtz Codes! Workshop, hosted by HZDR last week.
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New in the Helmholtz Cloud: PIDA
Ontologies, vocabularies, knowledge graphs — how do you keep them accessible over time?
Meet PIDA, the latest addition to the Helmholtz Cloud.
Operated by HMC and hosted by FZJ, this free service provides persistent URLs for semantic resources, making research metadata more FAIR and interoperable.
No login required.
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Helmholtz.Software: Making Software Reporting Easier
The RSD is ready to help reporters and librarians at Helmholtz centers to account for software in the next PoF.
A new functionality allows representatives of Centers to retrieve figures on their published software that meet the minimum quality criteria.
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News from the Helmholtz Platforms
HIDA Lecture: Towards More Reliable Machine Learning Research
Does the accelerating pace of ML research also lead to more reliable scientific findings?
On 25 November, Peter Steinbach examines the “trust gap” in ML research - from lucky random seeds to leaked test sets - and discusses essential safeguards to ensure that scientific contributions provide lasting value.
Register now.
Got an Imaging Challenge? Join Our Open Office Hour!
Working with scientific images and looking for expert advice?
Join the Helmholtz Imaging Open Office Hour!
Whether it’s AI in imaging, image analysis, visualization, or a tricky dataset, our experts are happy to help you explore possible solutions.
Every second Tuesday of the month at 1 PM (CET), online and free of charge.
No registration needed – just drop by!
Open to anyone working at a Helmholtz Center.
More information and Zoom link.
HMC Conference 2027: From Metadata to Meaning – Calls Open
How does metadata create meaning in research?
Join HMC Conference 2027, 10–12 March at KIT Karlsruhe, and help shape the programme.
We welcome abstracts for talks, posters and demos as well as interactive workshop proposals.
Submit your ideas and bring your perspective to the metadata community.
Explore the calls & submit
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9–12 Nov 2026
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16–17 Nov 2026
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The workshop is full but feel free to enter the waiting list, so we can assess the need for follow-ups.
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24 Nov 2026
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5 platforms in 90 minutes, including time to ask questions to the coordinators and their team.
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7–9 Dec 2026
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