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Photo (Paderborn University, Johanna Pietsch): The contracts for the new HPC system have been signed. (front from left to right) Judith Schröter (Lenovo) and Simone Probst (Paderborn University), (back from left to right) Prof. Dr. Christian Plessl (Paderborn University) and Oliver Kill (pro-com).

Contract awarded for next supercomputer at Paderborn Center for Parallel Computing

Paderborn University is set to receive a high-performance computing (HPC) system from pro-com Datensysteme GmbH, featuring AMD's next-generation processors, 740 Lenovo compute nodes, and over 5 petabytes of IBM Spectrum Scale storage. This energy-efficient system, costing about 14 million Euros, will be used for nationwide research starting in 2025, and will enhance the university's current Noctua 2 system with double the computing…

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Seasons Greetings

We wish all our customers, cooperation partners and students happy holidays and look forward to continuing our collaboration in 2023.

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Workshop: Exploring Efficient Neural Network Inference on FPGAs with FINN

On the 12th December 2023, the first hands-on workshop to explore efficient neural network inference with FPGAs took place at the Paderborn Center for Parallel Computing (PC2). The workshop was organized and hosted by PC2 in cooperation with the Computer Engineering Group of Paderborn University, both partners within the eki project.

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Introduction to Julia for High Performance Computing

Julia as a modern approach to high performance computing

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NHR-Computational Physics Symposium 2023

The computational physics center of the National Alliance of High-Performance Computing (NHR) cordially invites everyone to the 2nd NHR Computational Physics Symposium.

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Easy Access to our HPC Systems

New service for all employees of the University of Paderborn, which greatly simplifies access to the HPC systems.

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Invitation banner for PC2 User Day 2023

PC2 User Day 2023

The sixth annual PC2 User Day will be held on 20th of October, 2023. The meeting will take place on-site.

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Call for Proposals 2024-2: Access to HPC Resources at PC²

The fifteen Call for Proposals for HPC resources at PC² is now open (Call 2024-2).

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NHR-Conference | 18.09.23 - 20.09.23 | Berlin

The annual NHR-Conference is aiming at promoting scientific exchange among the HPC-user community. The aim of the scientific conference is to bring together HPC users working on selected topics, varying each year. This years topics are: Atomistic Simulation, Life Science and Agent-based Simulation

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PC2 Hackathon 2023: A Week of High-Performance Computing Advancements

From September 4 to 7, 2023, the Paderborn Center for Parallel Computing hosted their first hackathon event that brought together researchers with diverse scientific backgrounds to collaborate on innovative High-Performance Computing (HPC) projects. Key themes included software development, accelerator programming, performance engineering, and project infrastructure support.

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Besucherführung im HPC-Rechenzentrum der Universität Paderborn

Große Rechenzentren sind aus unserem Alltag oft nicht mehr wegzudenken. Daten für Videokonferenzen, Livestreaming und Video-on-demand werden zum Beispiel Tag für Tag in riesigen Mengen verarbeitet und schnellstmöglich an Endgeräte übertragen. Unternehmen speichern und verarbeiten viele Daten, um uns unsere liebsten Services direkt auf Smartphone & Co. anbieten zu können. Auch die Forschung kann durch spezialisierte Rechenleistung unterstützt…

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PC2 Hackathon 2023

We are happy to announce that PC2 will host a PC2 hackathon from September 4 to 7, 2023 in Paderborn!

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International CP-PAW Autumn School - Hands-on Course on Density-Functional Calculations

This autumn school introduces first-principles electronic-structure calculations. Lectures provide theoretical background on methods and materials. Practical experience will be gathered during hands-on tutorials using our CP-PAW code. In the optional second week the focus will be on a guided self-study project which will be presented in a seminar. The course targets physicists and chemists during their masters or PhD studies.

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Computing the Ninth Dedekind Number using FPGA-Accelerated Supercomputer

Making history with 42 digits: Researchers at the Paderborn Center for Parallel Computing (PC2) and KU Leuven have solved decades-old mathematical challenge by computing the so-called ninth Dedekind number. Experts worldwide have been searching for the value since 1991. The Paderborn scientists arrived at the exact sequence of numbers with the help of the Noctua supercomputer located at PC2 . The results will be presented in September at the…

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Besucherführung im HPC-Rechenzentrum der Universität Paderborn

Große Rechenzentren sind aus unserem Alltag oft nicht mehr wegzudenken. Daten für Videokonferenzen, Livestreaming und Video-on-demand werden zum Beispiel Tag für Tag in riesigen Mengen verarbeitet und schnellstmöglich an Endgeräte übertragen. Unternehmen speichern und verarbeiten viele Daten, um uns unsere liebsten Services direkt auf Smartphone & Co. anbieten zu können. Auch die Forschung kann durch spezialisierte Rechenleistung unterstützt…

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