The Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) is concerned with investigating the principles underlying a power plant, which – like the sun – will produce energy from the fusion of light atomic nuclei.
In the project “HTS4Fusion”, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Research, the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) is working with partners to advance magnet technologies for stellarators – which could enable more compact and efficient fusion power plants.
The journal Nature Reviews Physics features a contribution by IPP Director Prof. Frank Jenko on the potential applications of supercomputing and artificial intelligence in fusion research. In the following interview, he explains what these are.
IPP is dedicated to training outstanding young scientists, from providing practicals for undergraduates, then bachelor, master and PhD theses, to the presentation of comprehensive courses of graduate study.
