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15MAY 2026
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Temporary software problems on all clusters
Due to yet another security problem in the Linux kernel discovered tonight (currently only known as “ssh-keysign-pwn” with no assigned CVE number yet), we have had to deploy a mitigation across all our clusters. As a result, the ‘ptrace’ system call is currently restricted, and that breaks a few things – mostly debugging tools like […]
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07MAY 2026
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dAIper Hackathon 2026 Drives AI Innovation
The dAIper Hackathon, held from April 24 to 26, 2026, was a collaborative innovation event between FAU and Procter & Gamble (P&G), focused on advancing computer vision and AI through real-world industrial challenges. The event attracted 34 selected participants working alongside 12 team members from both the FAU and P&G sides. The experts from academia […]
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07MAY 2026
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Monthly HPC Café: FAU’s services for research data management
The next HPC Café will take place on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, 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 […]
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02MAY 2026
Systems
OS-Upgrade of Alex from AlmaLinux8 to AlmaLinux9
Throughout the month of May, Alex will be gradually upgraded from AlmaLinux 8 to AlmaLinux 9. In addition to the operating system itself, most development and application software is updated to current versions. Testing the AlmaLinux9 environment To already test the new software environment now, proceed as follows: Planned schedule (as of April 29th) Provided […]
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29APR 2026
Systems
Partial outage of Fritz and Helma on Monday, May 4th
Half of Fritz and all H200 nodes of Helma will be unavailable on Monday, May 4th, from 06 to 19 o’clock due to work on the power grid. UPDATE 2026-05-04 @ 17:30: we did not get any update from FAU-Betriebstechnik; batch processing probably cannot be resumed today UPDATE 2026-05-05 @ 09:00: batch processing has been […]
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24APR 2026
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NHR PerfLab Seminar: MERIC: Energy Efficiency Data Center Software Suite (online)
Title: MERIC: Energy Efficiency Data Center Software Suite Speaker: Ondřej Vysocký, IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Center, Ostrava, Czech Republic Date and time: Tuesday, May 5, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. CEST Zoom: https://go-nhr.de/perflab-seminar Abstract: Data center operators, as well as their users, face pressure to constantly evaluate and optimize energy efficiency and the sustainability of computation. The […]Title: MERIC: Energy Efficiency Data Center Software Suite Speaker: Ondřej Vysocký, IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Center, Ostrava, Czech Republic Date and time: Tuesday, May 5, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. CEST Zoom: https://go-nhr.de/perflab-seminar Abstract: Data center operators, as well as their users, face pressure to constantly evaluate and optimize energy efficiency and the sustainability of computation. The […]
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