Erlangen National Center for High Performance Computing (NHR@FAU)

On January 1, 2021, the Center for National High Performance Computing Erlangen (NHR@FAU) was established and, together with eight other centers, forms a national network. Erlangen thus forms a hotspot of scientific computing in northern Bavaria and improves the framework conditions for strengthening the entire Free State as a top location for high-performance computing. In addition to the investment in new hardware, the use of which will open up interesting new opportunities for scientists at FAU and throughout Germany, an interdisciplinary team will be established at the same time that will efficiently support the operation and use of the computer hardware. The northern Bavarian branch office of the “network of competence for scientific high performance computing in Bavaria” (KONWIHR) is in the meantime also located at NHR@FAU. FAU contributes to the national network in particular its established and internationally recognized competencies in complex simulations of atoms and molecules, hardware-efficient parallel programming, and its expertise in education and training. The cross-faculty activities in these fields are already bundled at FAU within the framework of the "Atomistic Structure Simulation Lab " and the "HPC Performance Lab ". RRZE is the central IT service provider of the FAU, ensuring an operative IT infrastructure for science, teaching, and management. It also supports other universities in Northern Bavaria within a regional service framework. Providing an interface between scientific research and technology, RRZE is a center of IT competence in the higher education landscape and a partner for science.