More than 80 participants from 23 countries are expected to attend the "Modern Computational Science: Simulation of Extreme Events" summer school. The scientists will exchange ideas and work together from 15 to 26 August at the University of Oldenburg under the direction of Prof. Dr Alexander Hartmann, Professor of Theoretical Physics, and Dr Reinhard Leidl, School V - School of Mathematics and Science. In hardly any other area of research is development as rapid as in the field of computer simulations. A quarter of all published scientific papers are already based on the use of computer-based simulations. The summer school pays tribute to this development: in lectures and seminars, students and doctoral students in the natural sciences, Computing Science and Mathematics deal with computer simulations of extreme events. "Whether it's the financial crisis or the increase in storms and floods due to climate change - extreme events are having increasingly drastic consequences," explains Hartmann. This is why they are of increasing interest to scientists. At the summer school, international experts and scientists will discuss how computer simulations can be used to explain and prevent extreme events. The event is sponsored by the EWE Foundation and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) with funds from the Federal Foreign Office.