Monthly HPC Café: HPC for the Humanities (March 17, hybrid)
The next HPC Café will take place on Tuesday, March 17, 2026, at 4:00 p.m. CET as a hybrid event. As always, there will be plenty of time to get in touch with your favorite HPC group. We invite you to come to NHR@FAU to enjoy coffee, cake, and computing.
The event starts at 4:00 p.m. CET with an open coffee chat. The presentation is scheduled for 4:30 p.m.
Location (Please note the change of location!): Kochstr. 4, PSG II, 01.059 and Zoom online session (from 4:30 pm, https://go-nhr.de/hpc-cafe)
Topic: HPC for the Humanities
Speaker: Dr. Armine Garibyan, English and American Studies, FAU
Abstract: Your R code is taking too long? Your Python code runs out of memory? You have thousands of questions for a large language model (LLM)? This month’s HPC Café is aimed at researchers with a background in the humanities and social sciences who are curious about how high-performance computing (HPC) can support their work. The talk provides an accessible introduction to what HPC is and why it matters beyond the natural and engineering sciences. Through several practical scenarios, participants will learn how to use simple interfaces to run Python and R code efficiently. The session will also explain how to get started and how to apply for access to HPC resources at FAU.
Material from past events is available at: https://hpc.fau.de/teaching/hpc-cafe/