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Published Dec. 6, 2024 3:50 PM

Doctoral candidate Marinella de Giovanetti at the UiO, Department of Chemistry, defended her thesis "The multifaceted nature of lithium derivatives, and its implications for Grignard chemistry - A computational study from first-principles to machine learning" for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Published Dec. 5, 2024 10:15 AM

On 5.12.2025, Simen Kvaal published a reader contribution piece in the online newspaper Khrono.no, Norway’s news outlet for academia. The title of the piece was “KI er bullshit” (“AI is bullshit”), and discussed how one as a researcher should consider AI generated content as bullshit in the philosophical sense.

Published Nov. 28, 2024 1:26 PM

The Hylleraas Centre made a generous contribution with eight talks on a broad range of research topics at the Annual Meeting of the Quantum and Computational Chemistry Chapter of the Norwegian Chemical Society.

Published Nov. 22, 2024 11:00 AM

New paper published: The study provides a comprehensive view of LiX in organic solvent through the use of machine learning potentials, revealing a dynamical polymorphism that is not easily observable experimentally. 

Published Nov. 21, 2024 1:06 PM

The adiabatic Born-Oppenheimer approximation permeates our fundamental understanding of chemistry but breaks down when molecules interact with attosecond laser pulses. In his seminar at the Department of Chemistry at Aarhus University, Thomas Bondo Pedersen outlined how researchers at the Hylleraas Centre are tackling this challenge.

Published Nov. 8, 2024 6:40 PM

On November 7-8 2024, the seminar DFT in Chemistry — Dispute at Inception and Rise to Prominence was held at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, with a large number of prominent speakers. The meeting was organized by Sture Nordholm and Trygve Helgaker, both members of the Swedish Academy.

Published Nov. 1, 2024 11:00 AM

“Faglig-pedagogisk dag” is an annual event organized by the University of Oslo where primary and secondary school teachers can be updated and inspired by the most recent research. This year’s contribution from the Hylleraas Centre was given by Thomas Bondo Pedersen.

Published Oct. 29, 2024 3:25 PM

Doctoral candidate Sahil Gahlawat at the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, defended his thesis "Computational Approach to Molecular Reactivity of Transition Metal Complexes" for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Published Oct. 27, 2024 8:25 AM

Luis M. Varelais a full Professor Physics of Condensed Matter from the University of Santiago. He visited the Hylleraas Centre in Tromsø for a week in october. Luis collaborated with Luca Frediani during his visit.

Published Oct. 18, 2024 7:31 PM

Doctoral candidate Hannes Kneiding at the UiO Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, defended his thesis "Complex Learning - Machine learning approaches for transition metal complexes" for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.