We welcome Prof. Dr. Stefan Wesner, who joined the University of Cologne on July 1st and who is the new director of the Regional Computing Center of Cologne (RRZK). He will continue the advisory work of Prof. Dr. Ulrich Lang in the board of directors of the Center for Data and Simulation Science. We are looking forward to working with Prof. Wesner, and we thank Prof. Lang for his contributions to the CDS.

Furthermore, it was voted to admit Prof. Dr. Nils Reiter to the board of directors. He will take over the coordination of Scientific Domain 5: Digital Humanities from Prof. Dr. Øyvind Eide, who will henceforth focus his efforts on the Scholarly Platform.