- Platform for Advanced Scientific Computing (PASC) conference in Basel (July 2-4 2018), Co-organizer: Prof. F. Ciorba, see PASC18 Home
- NFP 75 «Big Data» grant awarded to Profs. Harbrecht & von Lilienfeld: «Machine Learning to predict properties of chemical compounds»
- RNCS seed fund of 50 kCHF for joint SINERGIA proposal of Profs. von Lilienfeld & Cattin (May 2017)
- Inauguration of the RNCS in May 2017 at the University of Basel