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The Leap Year 2024

December 29th, 2023 | by

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Every year again … or rather every four years again.

The coming year 2024 has another day in store for us – February 29.

But what is a leap year and why does it exist?

It generally only occurs every four years, but there are some exceptions. In this blog post, you can find out more about the background to leap years, how they are calculated and why they exist at all.

 

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Social Engineering: Deception in Cyberspace

December 27th, 2023 | by
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In the world of cyber security, it’s not just technology that plays a crucial role. People are an equally important factor, and this is where social engineering comes in. This sophisticated method specifically exploits human behaviour and weaknesses to gain access to sensitive data or cause damage.

 

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The IT Center Christmas Party 2023

December 22nd, 2023 | by

The annual Christmas party took place at the IT Center again this year. This was celebrated on December 8, 2023 with the IT Center staff as well as alumni and family members. The party team

put on a fantastic celebration where nothing was missing. There was dancing, feasting, and toasting together.

Vanilla crescents and cinnamon buns

Source: Own illustration

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IT-Zauber: Efficient Data Centres

December 20th, 2023 | by
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The IT-Zauber project, funded by the BMBF as part of the nine joint research projects of the GreenHPC program, aims to improve the efficiency and sustainability of data centres through digital twins. These digital images enable a holistic view of data centres by encompassing the entire operation including the computer load as well as the power supply and cooling infrastructure.

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Sustainable Email Use: CO2 Impact

December 18th, 2023 | by
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After highlighting the environmental impact of emails in a previous article, we now take a closer look at the digital carbon footprint of digital activities, including email communication. In the previous article, we emphasized that although emails may seem more environmentally friendly than traditional letters at first glance, they still leave their own ecological footprint. We gave some tips on how to make your email traffic more environmentally friendly. But what is the actual environmental impact?

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Changed Opening Hours During Christmas and New Year

December 13th, 2023 | by
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Christmas is just around the corner and the year is ending. The IT Center will therefore have adjusted opening hours between Christmas and the beginning of January. Read the rest of this entry »

SC 2023 in Denver: A Review

December 11th, 2023 | by
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Supercomputing (“SC”) is the largest international conference in the research field of high-performance computing. Here, researchers and industry partners from all over the world discuss current topics in high-performance computing. The conference takes place annually in the USA, this year under the motto “I Am HPC.” from 12 November to 17 November in Denver, Colorado. A total of 14,000 participants and 438 exhibitors came together this year. The HPC Group from the IT Centre was also there with six participants.

 

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Raffle – IT Center Satisfaction Survey 2023

December 8th, 2023 | by
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Today our raffle for the IT Center Satisfaction Survey 2023 took place.

Once again this year, 15 “Schenk Lokal Aachen” gift vouchers worth EUR 15 each were raffled off.

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De Supinski: El Capitan – Exascale System

December 6th, 2023 | by
Bronis Talk in SW23

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Recently, we had the honour of experiencing a remarkable talk by Bronis R. de Supinski, the CTO of Livermore Computing, who dove deep into the design and insights behind the NNSA (National Nuclear Security Administration, part of the United States Department of Energy) Exascale System, El Capitan.

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Changed Opening Hours – December 8, 2023

December 4th, 2023 | by
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Due to an internal event, the IT Center will only be open for you during limited opening hours on Friday, December 8, 2023. Read the rest of this entry »