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The winners of the 2025 Golden Spike Awards holding their golden spikes in their hands, all smiling

Congratulations to the Winners of the 2025 Golden Spike Awards, presented at HLRS's 28th Annual Results and Review Workshop today🏆

🔹Spencer Starr
🔹Dr. Karen Palacio-Rodriguez
🔹Dr. Andreas Stegmeir

Learn more about this year's Results & Review Workshop and the awards: www.hlrs.de/news/detail/...

Photo of Hunter supercomputer. A blurred person is walking past Hunter.

Calling all HPC users: Join our Hunter Hackathon (Nov 20–Dec 5, hybrid in Stuttgart) to port & optimize your codes for HLRS’s new AMD MI300A-based system.

Info & registration: www.hlrs.de/training/202...

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💻 AI on HPC – Working with Data on GPUs
🗓️ Oct 9, 2025 | 14:00–15:00 CEST
🎙️ Florian Kaspar (LRZ)

How to overcome I/O bottlenecks in AI workflows?
Join us for practical GPU data strategies & learn how to access free compute time through GCS & NHR.

Gruppe sichtbar von hinten in der CAVE

Aufnahme während Dennis Hoppes Vortrag im über HammerHAI im Rühle-Saal des HLRS

Zwei Personen vor dem neuen Supercomputer des HLRS, Hunter

Heute war die Quantum Effects Technical Tour bei uns am HLRS!

Spannende Einblicke in @hammerhai-eu.bsky.social, unseren Rechnerraum & die CAVE.

Morgen startet die Quantum AI Conference – wir freuen uns auf zwei Tage voller HPC, KI & Quantencomputing: www.hlrs.de/training/202...

Clustering Event - HiDALGO2 Clustering Event Join us on 4th November 2025 at HLRS, Stuttgart, Germany, for the Hidalgo 2 Clustering Event, a key gathering for professionals in high-performance computing (HPC) and big data…

We’re excited to co-host the HiDALGO2 EU Clustering Event at HLRS on Nov 4, 2025!
💡 A day of talks, pilots, and panels on how HPC + Big Data can tackle real-world challenges.

Join us in Stuttgart:

HammerHAI booth

Bastian Koller in a profile view during his panel.

Panel view with Natalie Lewandowski on screen

Natalie Lewandowski close-up during her panel.

HLRS at the @eurohpc-ju.bsky.social User Days in Copenhagen: Natalie Lewandowski presented CASTIEL in the support services session, Bastian Koller spoke in the AI Factory panel on @hammerhai-eu.bsky.social & both projects are featured as booths.

Great to connect with Europe’s HPC community again!

HLRS @ Quantum Effects 2025

📅 6.–8. Oktober | Stuttgart

Wir freuen uns, Teil der Technical Tour (mit Einblicken in HammerHAI, Hunter & CAVE) zu sein und zugleich die Quantum AI Conference mitzugestalten – das akademische Programm zu HPC, Quantum & AI.

Infos: www.messe-stuttgart.de/quantum-effe...

HLRS High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart: Modern C++ Software Design (Advanced) This advanced C++ course provides both advanced C++ programming techniques and software design insight to help developers to create professional, high-quality code. The course provides deeper insight…

Registration open: Modern C++ Software Design (Advanced)
📅 Nov 25–28, 2025 | Hybrid, Stuttgart

Deep dive into:
🔹API design & strong types
🔹Advanced templates (SFINAE, C++20 concepts)
🔹SOLID principles & modern design patterns

Trainer: Klaus Iglberger
Register by Nov 9:

2. SIDE Forum – Supercomputing in Deutschland Supercomputing in Deutschland

📅 Erleben Sie am 21. Okt 2025 am HLRS in Stuttgart während des 2. SIDE Forums, wie HPC & KI Innovation in Unternehmen, Start-ups und öffentlichen Einrichtungen beschleunigen können.

Infos & Anmeldung:

6. KI-Kongress: Agentische KI trifft Robotik – vom Denken zum Handeln Erleben Sie auf dem 6. KI-Kongress, wie die Kombination von agentischer KI und Robotik Ihre Unternehmensproduktivität revolutionieren kann. Seien Sie dabei und erfahren Sie, wie die Kluft zwischen…

Am 5. Nov 2025 hostet HLRS den 6. KI-Kongress von Fraunhofer IPA & Konradin Mediengruppe.

Mit dabei: HLRS & @hammerhai-eu.bsky.social im Panel zur IT-Infrastruktur für KI und Robotik.

Infos & Anmeldung:

HLRS High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart: Fortran for Scientific Computing This course is dedicated to scientists and students to learn (sequential) programming of scientific applications with Fortran. The course teaches the newest Fortran standards, illustrated during…

HLRS Training: Fortran for Scientific Computing
📅 Dec 8–12, 2025 | Hybrid (Stuttgart & online)

Learn the latest Fortran standards with expert Uwe Küster, including syntax, modular programming, and performance optimization.

Register by Nov 9 ➡

Grafik mit dem Titel "Technische:r Angestellte:r (m/w/d) im Fachbereich Elektro oder Mechatronik (bis zu TV-L 10, 100%, unbefristet) mit den entsprechenden Anforderungen, siehe Website.

Zur Unterstützung des Infrastruktur-Teams am HLRS suchen wir zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt eine:n technische:n Angestellte:n (m/w/d) im Fachbereich Elektro oder Mechatronik.

Haben Sie Interesse? Dann freuen wir uns auf Ihre Bewerbung bis zum 19.10.2025 ▶️ www.hlrs.de/de/jobs/hlrs...

HLRS High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart: Multi-GPU Deep Learning NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute (DLI) offers hands-on training for developers, data scientists, and researchers looking to solve challenging problems with deep learning.

📢 HLRS Training: Multi-GPU Deep Learning
📅 Oct 28–31, 2025 | Stuttgart

Learn to scale neural network training with data & model parallelism, using PyTorch & NVIDIA GPUs.

Registration closes Sept 30 ➡

HLRS High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart: SAS25 Conference Explores Uncertainty in Simulation Whether for modelling weather systems, identifying new drugs to treat disease, or optimizing the design of a new engine, computational methods using high-performance computers can deliver insights…

HLRS hosted the SAS25 Conference in July, exploring the role of uncertainty in simulation across HPC, AI, and philosophy.

Keynotes from leading thinkers, including Ben Recht (UC Berkeley), sparked vibrant interdisciplinary exchange.

More:

HLRS Director Michael Resch and HPE CEO Antonio Neri in front of the HLRS supercomputer Hunter.

Michael Resch and Antonio Neri talk in front of HLRS's antique CRAY-2 computer.

Antonio Neri with employee of HLRS watching a colorful, immersive visualization, wearing 3D glasses.

Antonio Neri and Michael Resch in front of the construction site of HLRS's new datacenter.

Today HLRS welcomed Antonio Neri, President and CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, manufacturer of our Hunter #supercomputer. Conversation focused on how Hunter supports our user community in #HPC and #AI, and on Herder, a next-generation supercomputer which HPE will deliver to HLRS in 2027.

Clustering Event - HiDALGO2 Clustering Event HiDALGO 2 Clustering Event HPC & Big Data Technologies for Global Challenges Join us on 4th November 2025 at HLRS, Stuttgart, Germany, for the Hidalgo 2 Clustering Event, a key…

On Nov 4, HLRS will host the HiDALGO2 EU Clustering Event in Stuttgart.

Focus: HPC & Big Data for societal challenges with keynotes, panels & pilot demos (air pollution, wildfires, energy, transport, buildings).

➡ www.hidalgo2.eu/clustering-e...

Einladung Smart Data Innovation Day 2025 - Sicos BW Künstliche Intelligenz verändert alles – auch Ihr Unternehmen. Ob in der Automatisierung, im besseren Kundenverständnis oder bei der Entwicklung neuer

HLRS beim Smart Data Innovation Day 2025:

📅 11.11. | ZEISS Innovation Hub @KIT
🗣️ Dennis Hoppe präsentiert @hammerhai-eu.bsky.social – unsere AI Factory als europäische Antwort auf globale KI-Abhängigkeiten.

Mehr Infos & Anmeldung ➡️

HLRS ist Teil der Technical Tour der Quantum Effects 2025.

📅 6.10. | 11:00 Uhr: Einblicke in HammerHAI, unseren neuen Supercomputer Hunter & die CAVE.

Infos ➡ www.messe-stuttgart.de/quantum-effe...

HLRS High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart: Introduction to OpenMP Offloading with AMD GPUs OpenMP is one major option how to use GPUs to accelerate/offload computations on today's heterogenous computer systems. This course will give an introduction to the AMD Instinct™ GPU and Accelerated…

📢 HLRS Training: OpenMP Offloading with AMD GPUs

📅 Oct 21–22, 2025 | Online | Free
Learn how to use OpenMP to accelerate your apps on GPUs & APUs.

Register by Oct 6:
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EuroHPC User Days 2025 The EuroHPC User Days 2025 will take place in Denmark on 30 September to 1 October 2025.

HLRS will take part in the EuroHPC User Days 2025 (Copenhagen, Sept 30–Oct 1).

We’ll showcase our projects related to EuroHPC JU systems and join the exchange on how HPC drives science, AI, and industry across Europe.

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Banner "Research Scientist Focus: HPC, AI & Training" (f/m/x, 100%, TV-L13) including the key requirements for this position (given also in the web link).

We are hiring! We are looking for a Research Scientist (f/m/x) focusing on HPC, AI & Training to join our TASC team and contribute to the EU project GreenShift.

📍 Stuttgart | 100% | TV-L 13
Apply by September 15, 2025

Details ➡ www.hlrs.de/de/jobs/hlrs...

Foto der Gruppe vom HLRS und IPAI vor dem IPAI SPACES Gebäude in Heilbronn

Heute war das HLRS-Team beim IPAI in Heilbronn zu Gast.

Spannender Austausch zu KI, HPC und möglichen Kooperationen – danke für die Einladung!

#HPC #KI #IPAI

Prof. Lihua Wang presenting (far), Prof. Resch standing next to her.

Prof. Lihua Wang presenting (close-up)

Prof. Resch (left) and Prof. Lihua Wang (right) in front of HLRS's supercomputer Hunter

Today we hosted Prof. Lihua Wang (Tongji University, Shanghai) at HLRS.

In her guest lecture she presented advances in meshfree methods and their applications in computational mechanics.

Thank you for the inspiring visit!

#HPC #ComputationalMechanics

GA-Infobrief | Nr. 128: August / September 2025 - HPC in Deutschland - Gauß-Allianz August / September 2025

📢 Die neue Ausgabe des Gauß-Allianz Infobriefs ist da!
Mit dabei: HLRS-Beitrag zu HPC für mehr Energieeffizienz in der Wasserwirtschaft.

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Banner of the EuroCC 2 AI Hackathon, specifying date, online format and logos of participating entities

Deadline extended! Apply by Aug 19 for the @eurocc.bsky.social #AI Hackathon (Oct 14–23, prep starts Oct 7).

Work with NVIDIA & EuroCC mentors to supercharge your AI/ML projects – incl. GPU cluster access.

📅 Online, co-hosted by LRZ
🔗 openhackathons.org/s/siteevent/a0CUP000013Tp8f2AC/se000375

Am 6.10. ist das HLRS Teil der Technical Tour zur Quantum Effects 2025 in Stuttgart.

📍 11:00 Uhr: HammerHAI, Hunter & 3D-Visualisierung in der CAVE erleben – live vor Ort in Stuttgart.

Infos & Anmeldung ➡️ www.messe-stuttgart.de/quantum-effe...

Foto von Michael Resch, Direktor des HLRS, und Arne Braun, Staatssekretär des Landes BW, vor dem Supercomputer Hunter des HLRS.

Heute war Arne Braun, Staatssekretär im Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst BW (@mwk-bw.bsky.social), bei uns am HLRS.

Themen: KI, Quantencomputing und #HPC in der Kunst. Danach ging es noch durch unseren Rechnerraum & die CAVE.

Danke für den Besuch!

Konferenzsituation, Close-up einer Frau, die auf ihrem Schoß etwas in ihr Notizbuch schreibt.

Das HLRS beteiligt sich an der HPC-Statuskonferenz 2025 in Göttingen:

Prof. Michael Resch (HLRS/GCS): Status & Ausblick des GCS
📅 24.09. | 16:00 Uhr

Dennis Hoppe (HLRS): @hammerhai-eu.bsky.social – cloud-native KI-Fabrik
📅 25.09. | 17:20 Uhr

Alle Infos ➡️ gauss-allianz.de/de/hpc-statu...

HammerHAI logo alongside HLRS logo, with the text "Meet HLRS – One of the partners of the HammerHAI consortium and coordinator of HammerHAI."

Meet the coordinator of HammerHAI: @hlrs-hpc.bsky.social

💡Research institution affiliated with the University of Stuttgart

🧠Leads HammerHAI & will host the AI-optimized EuroHPC JU supercomputer (2026)

🤝Supports startups, SMEs, industry & academia

👉 hammerhai.eu | hlrs.de

Woman sitting at her desk, shot from the side, working on a programming task.

📣 Summer slowdown? Not at HLRS.

We're getting ready for hands-on (online) training courses in Fortran, MPI & Deep Learning in the fall – designed for researchers and engineers working with simulation & data.

All details here:
➡ www.hlrs.de/training/hpc...