Kategorie: ‘Students’
Onboarding – Digital and with heart – Network connects – you, us and the RWTH
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Thomas Völl and Mirko Bollenberg during interview
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Mirko Bollenberg and Thomas Völl work as a team in the IT Center’s technical field service. For almost four years, the two have been traveling to university-wide assignments and, together with their colleagues, maintaining and expanding the RWTH’s communications infrastructure. In this interview, they tell us what their day-to-day work looks like, what tasks the “Networks” department is responsible for, and how the pandemic is affecting field support.
Blended Welcome Weeks for the start of the winter semester 2021/2021 – we were there!
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New semester, new students! Once again this year, RWTH Aachen organized events to welcome the new students. Especially international students were prepared for student life and procedures at RWTH Aachen. The IT Center was also there: We provided information about the basic IT services and explained how to use them.
Selfservice – The New Design
Since 7th October 2021, Selfservice shines in a new modern look. Usability was also considered and optimized during the redesign.
In our first blog post announcing the redesign of Selfservice, we briefly explained what Selfservice is, what it’s for, and how you can sign up. You can also see there the old design.
A bit back to normality: The NHR4CES team event in presence at the IT Center
In November 2020, RWTH Aachen University together with TU Darmstadt were accepted into the National High Performance Computing Network (NHR Network). RWTH Aachen University and TU Darmstadt, together with the other six computing centers in the NHR network, are creating optimal framework conditions by establishing a joint infrastructure and offering the best possible support for high-performance computing for scientists* at German universities.
Within the framework of NHR4CES, new structures and new teams are being created to conduct joint, cross-university research and user support. A good cooperation between the colleagues from Aachen and Darmstadt is essential to ensure the success of the project. For this reason, we have organized a team event for the employees of both locations on September 08, 2021, to enable the best possible start by getting to know each other personally.
RWTHjupyter goes into regular operation
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Hip hip hurray! The time has come: RWTHjupyter will become an official service of the IT Center starting with the winter semester 2021/2022!
How this came about and what this means for you, you can read here.
IT-SAD: The IT Security Awareness Days in the winter semester 2021!
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Online and without any registration – the IT Security Awareness Days
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IT is all around us. We use it in our free time and at work, both at home and on the road. The possibilities it offers us are almost unlimited. But with these possibilities also comes great responsibility, as the use of IT is not always without risks. Cyberattacks are no longer isolated incidents and can affect anyone. With more attacks, there is a need for more IT security and a higher level of awareness. For this reason, several German universities are campaigning for greater awareness in this field.
In order to raise awareness, several German universities have now joined forces for the second time to organise the IT Security Awareness Days. During this online event series, a total of 24 lectures on the topic of information security will be held from 4 October to 12 November 2021. The following universities are actively involved: TU Braunschweig, TU Darmstadt, Uni Hildesheim, KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Uni Göttingen/GWDG, Uni Marburg, Uni Osnabrück, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Uni Duisburg-Essen, Uni Köln. The series of events is open to the public. A registration is not required.
HPC Consultation Hour – Our experts will answer your questions
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The IT Center operates one of the fastest supercomputers in Germany. CLAIX is available to RWTH students in the context of teaching as well as to researchers from all German teaching and research institutions.
The IT Center’s High Performance Computing (HPC) group provides users with methodological support for the efficient use of CLAIX. In addition, the colleagues assist with serial and parallel programming, debugging, correctness analysis, runtime analysis and tunings.
Onboarding – Digitally and with Heart
On board in financial management
Patrick Wawoczy has been working in financial management at the IT Center since April 1 and Xuan Nguyen since May 1. In this interview, the two tell us how they experienced their first time at the IT Center, how their induction went and what it’s like to get to know their colleagues digitally. Read the rest of this entry »
Restricted opening hours of IT-ServiceDesk on October 1st 2021
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Due to an internal event, the opening hours of the IT-ServiceDesk will be restricted on Friday, October 1st 2021.
How you can reach us on this day:
- By phone from 7:30 am to 4:00 pm: You can reach us easily and reliably by phone via the number +49 241/80-24680.
- By e-mail: You can also contact us by e-mail at servicedesk@itc.rwth-aachen.de.
- Chat support is closed on this day.
On this day, longer waiting and processing times must be expected, as not all employees are available due to the in-house event.
We therefore ask for a little patience on the phone.
Thank you for your understanding. From Monday, October 4th 2021, we will be available again in full staff at our usual opening hours.
Responsible for the content of this article is Kerstin Kesper.
Bye, bye simpleArchive – Life is simple, but not easy… or is it?
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On October 5, the time has come: We say goodbye to simpleArchive. What this service has made possible for us and how you can archive research data in the future, you can read in this blog post.