Kategorie: ‘HPCnews’
How to Use IT Center Help – a Guide for our Docuportal
As the central IT service provider of RWTH Aachen University, the IT Center offers numerous services for RWTH members. Whether right at the beginning when redeeming the ConnectMe coupon or for using W-Lan, VPN, Software & Co. – sooner or later everyone who studies or works at RWTH Aachen University uses the services we provide and may need support or have questions. For this reason, we maintain a detailed documentation portal with practical step-by-step instructions and information about IT Center Services: IT Center Help. Today we introduce you to our portal and give you helpful tips & tricks on how to use it. Read the rest of this entry »
The IT Center Picture Puzzle: Service & Communication Department
#MeetMeWednesday: We continue with our series “The IT Center Picture Puzzle“. This time we have an exciting interview with the head of department Sarah Grzemski in store for you.
The word “communication” is synonymous with the Service & Communication (SeKo) department. The reason for this will be presented to you in the current blog post. We provide exciting insights behind the various scenes of the department, which, by the way, do not only consist of support requests 😊 …. We present what makes the department special and what current projects and developments are currently in the pipeline. Be curious!
The IT Center Picture Puzzle: High Performance Computing (HPC) Office
MeetMeWednesday: Our series “The IT Center Picture Puzzle” has already gone into the fourth round. Could you guess which word we were looking for this time?
The required word “coordination” stands for the High Performance Computing (HPC) Office. Did you guess it? In this blog post, we present the corresponding interview with the HPC Office, in which you can learn more about the activities and exciting insights of the Office.
The IT Center Picture Puzzle: Computational Science & Engineering (CSE) Department
#MeetMeWednesday: Our series “The IT Center Picture Puzzle” went into the third round and we were again looking for a word on our social media channels that stands for a department of the IT Center.
We were looking for five letters and the word “Lehre” (teaching) – did you guess it? In this blog post, we present not only the solution word, but also the corresponding interview with the Computational Science & Engineering (CSE) department. In this interview, you will learn more about the fields of activity and gain exciting insights into the diverse department of the IT Center.
Well represented: IT Center at ISC22
For two years the ISC High Performance conference could not take place as usual. Now it is back in a hybrid form and with top-class guests in lectures, tutorials and workshops that move the industry. From May 29 to June 2, ISC High Performance will take place in Hamburg. Following the motto Transforming the future, the international conference for High Performance Computing (HPC) focuses on the most important developments and trends in the fields of HPC, machine learning and high-performance data analysis.
The IT Center Picture Puzzle: Finance, Human Resources & Organizational Support Department
#MeetMeMittwoch: Recently, we started our series “The IT Center Picture Puzzle” and you were asked to form a word from four pictures that stand for a department of the IT Center.
The word we were looking for “administration” has already been uncovered, but you can read and discover about the corresponding interview, the introduction to the Finance, Human Resources & Organizational Support (FPO) department as well as exciting insights from the head of department Sarina Franzen and the deputy head of department Axel Taraschewski in this blog post! 🙂
#ITCenterEvents Parallel Programming in Computational Engineering and Science 2022
The PPCES 2022 is about to start!
Again this year, the one-week (March 21-25, 2022) HPC seminar will take place at the IT Center of RWTH Aachen University to train you on the latest developments around parallel programming on the RWTH high performance computer.
Registration deadline is already March 18 – be there! Read the rest of this entry »
Award received – SPEC Contributor Award
The SPEC activities of the RWTH
In October 2021, the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC) released the new SPEChpc™ 2021 (application-oriented) benchmark suites. SPEC was formed in 1988 to establish industry standards for measuring computer performance. Since then, SPEC has become the largest and most influential benchmark consortium in the world. Read the rest of this entry »
#ITCenterEvents – Introduction to High-Performance Computing 2022

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This event provides basic information on High Performance Computing (HPC) at the IT Center of RWTH Aachen University for different target groups and needs. It is the basis for the follow-up event PPCES 2022.
It focuses on CLAIX-2018, the cluster installed at our center at the end of 2018 and extended in 2019. Read the rest of this entry »
SC21 – Supercomputing Conference

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The largest HPC conference in the world and we are a part of it
This year at SC21, from November 14-19, thousands of researchers, developers, students, exhibitors, managers, and speakers from institutes of all shapes and sizes will gather to share ideas about the power of high performance computing (HPC) and discover the latest innovations. There are opportunities in St. Louis to attend the conference on-site or to experience SC Remote. Read the rest of this entry »










