The High Performance Computing and Analytics Lab
Development of the HPC/A strategy
The High-Performance Computing and Analytics Lab (HPC/A Lab for short) coordinates and bundles activities relating to high-performance computing (HPC) at the University of Bonn. The Lab’s mission includes planning for and coordination of the central HPC infrastructure of the University of Bonn in collaboration with the HPC team at the University Computer Centre.
Bridging role
The HPC/A Lab serves as central contact point for research projects involving HPC, promotes interdisciplinary collaboration and coordinates interaction with the team responsible for operating the central computing infrastructure.
Advice
The HPC/A Lab provides University researchers advice on approaching specific application and method-related problems, and refers contacts for potential collaboration.
Early-career researchers
Training seminars, workshops and continuing education courses are offered to promote HPC knowledge and skills at the University, designed in partnership with the HPC operations team and other experts.
Infrastructure
The HPC/A Lab centrally documents HPC demand at the University of Bonn and facilitates HPC procurement among other things as part of the University’s overarching strategic planning.
Projects
Collaboration in statewide expertise networks like HPC.NRW and in third-party funded projects furthers interdisciplinary dialog at the University of Bonn as an HPC location.
Research
The HPC/A-Lab pursues innovative research projects and participates in research collaborations.
Specific offerings
In cooperation with various partners, we offer support for (prospective) scientists at the University of Bonn in questions relating to scientific computing in the following areas:
- Support for computationally intensive research projects, e.g.:
- Access to/procurement of computing resources at the University of Bonn
- Information on requesting external computing time, e.g. on Tier 2 systems
- Up-to-date information on HPC infrastructure and related topics
- Consultation
- Subject-specific advice (see core competencies under contacts)
- Arranging contacts via the Competence Network HPC.NRW
- Support for performance analysis of scientific codes
- Training
- Startup guides, tutorials, and course offerings, partly in collaboration with HRZ’s HPC department
- Tutorials with videos and final quizzes to assess what you have learned can also be found in the HPC Wiki
- Supervision of BSc/MSc/PhD theses
Contact
Prof. Dr. Petra Mutzel
Fabian Brand
Dr. Bartosz Kostrzewa
Dr. Malte Petersen
Dr. Marco van Hulten
Dr. Moritz Wolter