57. Heidelberger Physik Graduiertentage

FROM EQUATIONS TO IMPACT: QUANTITATIVE THINKING IN A CHANGING WOLRD

d-fine industry series

This year’s d-fine lecture series, From Equations to Impact: Quantitative Thinking in a Changing World, explores how quantitative methods help us understand, model, and shape increasingly complex systems. Across five sessions, d-fine consultants will show how mathematical thinking, data-driven modelling, and technological innovation translate into practical impact in business, industry, energy, robotics, and finance.

The series begins with the foundations of quantitative model building and an introduction to d-fine as a consulting firm rooted in analytical problem solving. Subsequent lectures demonstrate how these capabilities are applied to some of today’s most dynamic fields: Physical AI and intelligent robotics, proxy hedging for virtual power plants, agentic AI and autonomous process landscapes, and modern interest rate risk management at the intersection of economics and regulation. Together, the lectures illustrate how rigorous quantitative thinking can bridge theory and practice – turning equations into solutions for real-world challenges.

Agenda:

• Monday, 05.10.2026, 14:00 - 16:00: Dr Arnd Hübsch, “Quantitative Model Building in a Complex World”
• Monday, 05.10.2026, 16:00 - 17:00: Dr Arnd Hübsch, “defining d-fine”
• Tuesday, 06.10.2026, 14:00 - 17:00: Dr Tassilo Christ, Matteo Manek, “Physcial AI: The Path to Intelligent Robots”
• Wednesday, 07.10.2026, 14:00 - 17:00: Dr Christian Kappen, “Proxy Hedging of Virtual Power Plants”
• Thursday, 08.10.2026, 14:00 - 17:00: Franziska Krüger, Kira Huneke, “Agentic AI: From Quantitative Intelligence to Autonomous Process Landscapes”
• Friday, 09.10.2026, 14:00 - 17:00: Dr Tino Schulz, “Modern Interest Rate Risk Management: How to Model, Measure and Control the Evolving Complexities between Economics and Regulation”