Understanding Complex Systems

TRA Modelling: Mathematics, Modelling and Simulation of Complex Systems

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In the TRA Modelling, scientists from applied mathematics, computer science, quantitative economics, life sciences, medicine and geosciences work together to gain a more comprehensive understanding of complex systems. By integrating diverse data and mutually influencing factors, models are developed that enable better analyses and more precise predictions. These will be used to tackle major social challenges more effectively.

Research

  • Research profile
  • TRA funded projects
  • Collaborative Research related to TRA Modelling

About us

  • Membership
  • Organizational structure
  • Network of our institutional partners

Offers

  • Funding opportunities for TRA Modelling members
  • Central services of the University of Bonn

Events

  • Announcements of current TRA events
  • Review of previous TRA events

News from the TRA

 Notifications

Stellar remnants solve the mystery of missing mass in galaxy clusters
Under the leadership of the University of Bonn, a research team led by Prof. Dr. Pavel Kroupa from the Helmholtz Institute for Radiation and Nuclear Physics has discovered that galaxy clusters are about twice as heavy as previously assumed. The additional mass comes mainly from neutron stars and stellar black holes and also explains the observed quantities of heavy elements.
Great honor for Prof. Ulf-G. Meißner
Prof. Dr. Dr.h.c. Ulf-G. Meißner from the Helmholtz Institute for Radiation and Nuclear Physics at the University of Bonn received the Award for International Scientific Cooperation. The Chinese Academy of Sciences honors the physicist for his outstanding contributions to scientific cooperation. During a festive ceremony in Beijing, Academy President Jianguo Hou presented the scientist with the coveted medal. 
University of Bonn opens its own supermarket
The University of Bonn has opened its own supermarket, in which pineapples, canned tomatoes, and toast are neatly lined up on black shelves. The space measuring 55 square meters (approx. 600 square feet) has pretty much everything you’d need in everyday life. The ‘clientele’, however, is very special: they are subjects participating in scientific studies. Here, researchers from the fields of food and resource economics, psychology, economics, and behavioral science are investigating how health- and sustainability-oriented purchases can be encouraged, for example, through product placement and other incentives. Robots are also demonstrating their capabilities here.
The mystery of intermediate-mass black holes
Galaxies contain black holes weighing between approximately five and 100 solar masses. There are also some with more than 100,000 solar masses. But do medium-mass black holes also develop in galaxies? A study by the Astronomical Institute of Charles University in Czechia, with significant participation from the University of Bonn, shows how medium-mass black holes can frequently form naturally. However, this currently only occurs in the innermost regions of star-forming galaxies similar to our Milky Way. The results have now been published in a “Letter to the Editor” in the journal “Astronomy & Astrophysics.” 

 Highlights and Announcements

Get Involved in the TRA

 As a member of the TRA, you can access funding opportunities, participate in events, and build new networks. 

Membership in TRA Modelling

In TRA Modelling, researchers from a wide range of disciplines create models that can not only describe complex systems, but also analyze them.

Membership is open to all scientists who work independently in the research field of TRA Modelling and are employed at the University of Bonn or a cooperating research institution.

Directory of our members and their research priorities

Search for new cooperation partners within our network of over 160 scientists - we will be happy to support you with new joint projects or events.

Meet our Researchers

Inter- and transdisciplinary research actively pursued at the University of Bonn and is promoted across faculty boundaries. The faces of TRA Modelling are our Hertz Chair, our Argelander Professor and the numerous dedicated researchers.  

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