Kategorie: ‘Events, Anniversarys & Success’
The 1st RWTHjupyter Community Meeting
Photo: Pixabay
The first RWTHjupyter community meeting took place on July 23, 2021 – establishing the foundation for the exchange between users, developers and operators of this interactive computing platform. The advantage promised by the community is to promote the service together in the interplay of interests and to organize the exchange between the people involved.
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We would have missed you very much otherwise! (The SysAdmin Appreciation Day 2021)
We appreciate you every day.
Source: Unsplash
Of course we are talking about our SysAdmins. Once a year we can celebrate their day of honor and give a heartfelt thank you to all our system administrators.
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NFDI Consortia Funding – Who is actually NFDI-MatWerk?
Source: NFDI-MatWerk
In our last article Eight NFDI consortia with RWTH participation are funded by the DFG! we reported on the funding decision of the Joint Science Conference (GWK) within the framework of the National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI). As one of ten consortia – eight of them with RWTH participation – NFDI-MatWerk now receives a five-year grant for the infrastructure development of a common materials research data space. In our new blog post, we introduce you to the initiative. Read the rest of this entry »
One Platform – All Events!
The IT Center Event Site
Source: Own illustration
The IT Center, as the central IT service provider of RWTH Aachen University, offers a number of continuing education and information events. Unfortunately, since last year, due to COVID-19, barely any events can take place or have been replaced by an online format. We used the time gained by this to build a brand new, clearly arranged website for you, which informs you at a glance about all events around the IT Center.
ISC High Performance 2021 Digital –
The largest virtual community meeting for hpc
Live at ISC21
Source: Own illustration
This year, the International Supercomputing Conference (ISC) was once again held digitally from June 24 to July 2, 2021. With more than 3,500 attendees and exhibiting companies, this year’s ISC 2021 Digital is the largest virtual community gathering for High Performance Computing (HPC), Machine Learning (ML) and High Performance Data Analytics (HPDA). Read the rest of this entry »
Eight NFDI consortia with RWTH participation are funded by the DFG!
Source: Pixabay
We celebrate the approval of funding for eight consortia with RWTH participation!
As recently announced by the Joint Science Conference (GWK), a total of ten consortia will be funded. Eight of them have RWTH participation. The funding decision was science-led by the GWK.
Digital Summer Party 2021
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The IT Center did not let itself be deprived of the annual and popular summer party, even in spite of the home office! So, on June 25, in a relaxed atmosphere, a social gathering was also made possible digitally.
The party team of the IT Center opened the summer party with a few words about the schedule. Professor Müller also took the opportunity to welcome all employees and to thank the party team.
IT-SAD: IT Security Awareness Days 2021!
Online and without any registration – the IT Security Awareness Days 2021
Source: TU Braunschweig
Trustworthy IT infrastructure is essential these days, especially when it comes to IT security. But did you know that most cyber attacks take advantage of human vulnerabilities? Terms like social engineering and (spear-)fishing are becoming more and more popular. In other words, IT security is not limited to the implementation of a solid IT infrastructure. In fact, the human factor can be the greatest vulnerability. Accordingly, it is particularly crucial to involve every single user and to educate them about the various threats.
The cooperation project “Prüfung hoch III”
Source: Stifterverband 2020
To mark its 100th anniversary, the Stifterverband for German science, or Stifterverband for short, has launched the anniversary initiative “Effect to the power of 100“. The aim is to promote the 100 best ideas for the education, science and innovation system of tomorrow.
After the application phase had been completed in mid-September 2020, an expert advisory board selected the 100 best ideas (from a total of 500 applications) for the future of the education, science and innovation system. And the IT Center was among them – we reported on it in detail here on the blog.
Ever since then, a while has passed and synergies have emerged with different perspectives on the common theme, allowing for a holistic view of digital testing. Read the rest of this entry »
