Kategorie: ‘Studies & Teaching’
The Welcome Week for the Summer Semester 2023
Source: Own illustration
The first three weeks of the semester are over and introductory events have already taken place. Did you also attend the Welcome Week before the start of the semester? This series of events offers international students in particular the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the services and processes of RWTH Aachen University.
The IT Center was present again this year. On March 23, 2023, we gave a live digital presentation on our IT services. On March 30, 2023, we were even live on site at the Freshers’ Fair, offering advice and support to new students. The following blog post is a follow-up of the Welcome Week and also includes assistance for a successful semester.
Selfservice Tutorials to Start off the Semester
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The new semester has started and as students you have a big to-do list to work through.
As a little support, we have gathered a few Selfservice videos for you in this post today.
New Semester, New RWTHapp
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New RWTHapp? That’s right – just in time for the start of the summer semester 2023, you will be able to use the app in a new design with new and improved functionalities from April 3, 2023.
Spoiler: The long-awaited Dark Mode is finally available!
Did you know that this app has been around for ten years in November? We’ve published a few posts about the RWTHapp here on the blog over the past few years, reflecting its evolution. Feel free to check them out! Read the rest of this entry »
Renaming: RWTH Service and L²P Get a New Name
New name, but nothing new behind it! Source: Own illustration
The IT Center has two account renamings for two services to announce! As of March 23, 2023, the account “RWTH Service” will be renamed “RWTH-E-Mail” and the account ” L²P” will be renamed “RWTH Collaboration”. What the name changes mean for you and what the background for the renaming is, you can find out in this blog post! (*)
Protecting the HPC account with MFA
Protection of the HPC account
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At least a little less than a dozen of Europe’s supercomputers were taken offline simultaneously in May 2020. Several university centres in Europe have been attacked by hackers and had to go offline. The unknown perpetrators hacked the accounts of the users in order to gain access to the supercomputers. Fortunately, our high-performance computer was not affected, but JURECA, JUWELS and JUDAC at the Jülich Supercomputing Centre, Hawk at the Stuttgart High Performance Computing Centre and the supercomputers at the Leibzig Computing Centre (LRZ), for example, fell victim to the attack.
NHR4CES: High-Speed 4 Science
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Cards, posters, stickers and on social media: Everywhere you read the slogan “High-Speed 4 Science.” With this campaign, NHR4CES – National High Performance Computing for Computational Engineering Science – is drawing nationwide attention to its freely accessible service services.
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TSM Backup “Read Only”
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Attention!
As part of the backup transition 2022, a new platform for data backup and recovery has been built at RWTH Aachen University in the last months. Together with the manufacturers Hitachi Vantara and Commvault, the backup team of the IT Center has set up a new backup infrastructure, which in the future will not only provide the RWTH, but also other universities in NRW with the Datensicherung.nrw service.
In this context, we are gradually saying goodbye to the previous backup solution, the “TSM backup”.
#Goodtoknow – IT Services in the Spotlight
We take some important IT services for you in the spotlight, and hence you a few interesting facts at hand!
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#Goodtoknow – IT Services in the Spotlight
Today we have useful knowledge about some of the IT services at RWTH. We have summarized interesting facts about our collaboration and communication tools, but also information about a stable connection via VPN and Eduroam. To keep you connected, we have prepared a small series for you!
Today: Sciebo and Gigamove Read the rest of this entry »
How Do I Get Access to My RWTH Email Account?
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At the beginning of the semester, we are currently receiving a lot of support requests regarding the “RWTH E-Mail account”. Therefore, in this article we would like to briefly and concisely inform you about everything important regarding your faithful study companion, in order to facilitate communication and the exchange of information as quickly as possible!
Welcome to the Winter Semester 2022/23!
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We’re glad you’re here and happy to start the new semester with you!
For the new international students, the RWTH has already organized the Welcome Week – also the IT Center was there to make the start in the new country and at the (yet) foreign university a little more pleasant.
You are also new at RWTH and still have difficulties with the IT services? Below in the text you will find a small guide for a good start: A Good Start – IT Services for the Start at RWTH Aachen University
