Author: Katja Augustin

Welcome to the first HPC Café of 2026 on January 13. This time we're starting with a presentation in German on the topic of "Exportkontrolle & HPC"---perfect for anyone who is new to the field or works with it regularly. This is also a topic that concerns professors, group leaders, and PIs since...

Topic: Using Visual Studio Code Efficiently Speaker: Chang Liu, NHR@FAU Slides Abstract: Visual Studio Code (VS Code) is a powerful IDE, and thanks to its rich ecosystem of community-developed extensions, it has become increasingly popular among HPC users. In this HPC Café, we’ll share prac...

This year’s Supercomputing Conference (SC25), the largest and best-known event for High-Performance Computing (HPC) worldwide, took place from November 16–21 in St. Louis, Missouri. Under the motto “HPC Ignites,” the global HPC community once again gathered for a week of groundbreaking research, tec...

Topic: Why matrix processing? Speaker: Dr. José Moreira, IBM Date and time: Tuesday, December 9, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. CET Slides https://youtu.be/mTUj4nufNX8 Abstract: It took vector processing approximately 30 years to move from the domain of supercomputers to mainstream computing. ...

The International Conference for High-Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis (SC25) is set to take place this year in St. Louis, Missouri, from November 16–21, 2025. Once again, the global HPC community will gather for a week of groundbreaking research, technical innovation, and co...

On the evening of October 25, 2025, the cities of Erlangen, Nürnberg, and Fürth sparkled with curiosity and creativity during the "Long Night of Science." From 5 p.m. until midnight, thousands of visitors explored behind-the-scenes views of research labs, institutes, and companies across the region,...

In four days, the "Long Night of Sciences" (LNDW) will invite you to marvel, participate, and learn. We look forward to seeing you at our "HPC Village—supercomputers at work". Together with scientists from our partner institutions, NHR@FAU presents various fascinating fields of application fr...

State-of-the-art technology for research: With a celebratory colloquium on Tuesday, September 30, the NHR@FAU officially inaugurated the most powerful AI computer system currently available at German universities. As part of the BayernKI for Science initiative, "Helma" provides infrastructure for cu...

The next HPC Café will take place on Tuesday, September 16, 2025, at 4:00 p.m. CEST 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. CEST wi...

Current and future users of BayernKI resources for science can join the first BayernKI Q&A Session! We are pleased to invite you to our first BayernKI Q&A Session, jointly organized by NHR@FAU and LRZ. It takes place on Wednesday, June 4 from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. This online session will ...