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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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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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NHR in­aug­ur­ates com­pu­ta­tion­al phys­ics cen­ter

On November 7. and 8. the National Alliance of High-Performance Computing (NHR) has introduced the "NHR Computational Physics Center" (CPC) through a virtual inauguration symposium.

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The eleventh Call for Proposals for HPC resources at PC² is now open (Call 2023-2).

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PC2 User Day 2022

On the 3rd of November 2022 14:00-17:00, our fifth annual PC² User Meeting will take place. The meeting will be held in a hybrid fashion. We cordially invite all interested people to join the event in person in room P1.4.17 on our campus. Additionally, we will provide online access for those who cannot personally come to Paderborn.

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The next Call for Proposals for HPC resources at PC² is now open (Call 2023-1).

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Schematic illustration of the submatrix method for evaluating matrix functions on sparse matrices.

A team led by scientists Prof. Thomas D. Kühne and Prof. Christian Plessl at Paderborn University has broken the exascale barrier for mixed-precision computation for a computational science application and has achieved 1.1 EFLOP/s application-level performance in the quantum chemistry application CP2K on the NERSC Perlmutter system.

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The ninth Call for Proposals for HPC resources at PC² is now open (Call 2022-4).

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Photo showing the following persons in front about the new HPC center: Isabel Pfeiffer-Poensgen, NRW Minister of Science, Dinah Heidemann (BLB NRW), University President Prof. Dr. Birgitt Riegraf, Udo Littke (Atos Germany), Prof. Dr. Christian Plessl (PC2), Prof. Dr. Christof Schütte (Zuse Institute Berlin) and Hans-Bernd Janzen, Deputy District Administrator of Paderborn. (Photo credit: Paderborn University, Thorsten Hennig):
Photo (Paderborn University, Thorsten Hennig): Happy about the new high-performance computing center: (front from left to right): Isabel Pfeiffer-Poensgen, NRW Minister of Science, Dinah Heidemann (BLB NRW), University President Prof. Dr. Birgitt Riegraf, (back from left to right) Udo Littke (Atos Germany), Prof. Dr. Christian Plessl (PC2), Prof. Dr. Christof Schütte (Zuse Institute Berlin) and Hans-Bernd Janzen, Deputy District Administrator of Paderborn.

140,000 processor cores, high-tech of the very latest generation and yet as compact as a squash court: On Friday, April 29, Paderborn University officially inaugurated its new high-performance computing center and the "Noctua 2" supercomputer.

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On April 29, 2022, we would like to celebrate the inauguration of our high-performance data center and the commissioning of the Noctua 2 high-performance computer with you. The ceremony begins at 2:00 p.m. in lecture hall O1 in building O of the University of Paderborn and ends with a reception and the opportunity to tour the data center. As a speaker for our keynote speech "High Performance Computing: Engine for Innovation or Waste of Energy?"…

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