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Carnival Celebration at the IT Center 2024

February 19th, 2024 | by
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Source: Own illustration

The highlight of the carnival season – Fat Thursday or Weiberfastnacht – was also duly heralded at the IT Center. Many look forward to this day all year round and on February 8, 2024, it finally happened!

On this day, the IT Center’s employees met in their most colorful costumes in the foyer of the IT-ServiceDesk at Seffenter Weg 23 to celebrate the fifth season. From 10:30 am, the departments arrived one by one and the carnival party could get started!

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ENSIMA: One Year Towards Green Simulation

January 26th, 2024 | by
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Source: ENSIMA (Gauß-Allianz)

The three-year ENSIMA project (energy-efficient simulation methods for application-oriented computing problems), part of the BMBF’s “Energy-efficient HPS (Green HPC)” program, was launched almost a year ago. The aim of this project is to use AI methods to improve the selection of design parameters in production processes and to accelerate simulation processes through approximate and heterogeneous computing. You can also read our blog post about IT Zauber, another project under this program.

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The IT Center Prepares You for IT!

January 15th, 2024 | by
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Python is not just a type of snake for you?

Do you know that SPSS is not a typo, but a software for statistical data analysis?

Would you like to gain or refresh your knowledge of various software for your studies?

Then our free fit in IT courses are just right for you!

 

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Security Mechanisms Unravelled: MFA

January 3rd, 2024 | by
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Multifactor-authentication (MFA) is a security method that enables access to digital resources such as devices, networks or online services by combining multiple authentication factors. Essentially, MFA requires at least two independent confirmations of a user’s identity to access the resource.

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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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Source: Own illustration

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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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 »

Internship Abroad in Malta

November 29th, 2023 | by
Yasin holds smiling his Erasmus plus certificate

Source: Own illustration

Our apprentice, Yasin Kalem, who has already given us an insight into DiMa apprenticeship in the past, was able to complete an internship abroad in Malta as part of the apprenticeship and Erasmus+ program. He spent a total of five weeks on the Maltese islands, where he worked as a “Business Development Manager” at the esports academy “Level Academy Malta”.

He has summarized everything he experienced there for us.

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Best Trainee Award 2023

November 27th, 2023 | by
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Despite the extraordinary circumstances during the coronavirus pandemic, the training was completed with the grade “very good” – four former IT Center trainees achieved this in 2023: Patrick Blaneck, who completed his training as a mathematical-technical software developer at the beginning of the year, Mia Möbes, IT specialist for system integration, Eva Tiede, Management Assistant for Office Management, and Marcel Vogler, mathematical-technical software developer. All four were honored by the IHK-Aachen for their excellent results at a ceremony.

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Discover with us: The diversity of the IT Center!

November 17th, 2023 | by
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Hello knowledge explorers!

There is so much to explore in the almost infinite worlds of the IT Center. We want to share with you exactly what fascinates you the most on our IT Center blog.

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