The High Performance Computer Karlsruhe (HoreKa), which has been in operation at KIT's SCC since June 2021, is currently one of the fastest computers in Europe. Following a recent upgrade, it is now also ranked 6th in the biannual Green 500 list of the world's most energy-efficient computers.
In the ARTIST project "AI-enhanced differentiable Ray Tracer for Irradiation-concentrating Solar Towers", researchers are developing a digital twin to optimize solar power plants.
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As part of the joint project “Materialized Holiness”, SCC researchers have the unique opportunity to visit one of the most valuable collections of literature in the world.
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The SOL-AI project, in which the Scientific Computing Center of KIT is also involved, aims to accelerate the development and optimization of photovoltaic materials using state-of-the-art AI models.
SCC now also checks internal e-mails that may pose a potential threat to the IT infrastructure at KIT. There is a particular risk potential when sending specific files as e-mail attachments.
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Sebastian Krumscheid erarbeitet mit Studierenden Konzepte für Problemlösungen aus aktuellen Anwendungsbeispielen. Er erhält für seine herausragende Lehre den KIT-Fakultätslehrpreis 2024: Mathematik.
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The SCC provides basic IT services for all KIT members for work in research and teaching, studies, and administration as well as federal services for universities in the state of Baden-Württemberg and for national and international projects.
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Research
SCC stands for globally visible research, development and innovation in the fields of high-performance computing, the handling of large-scale data sets and secure IT federations.
SCC is involved in various research projects. The cooperation partners include universities and research institutions as well as companies, both national and international.
Project Overview
The focus is on high-performance computing & data-intensive computing, simulation labs, grid and cloud computing and large scale data management & analysis.
Overview
Operation of large-scale facilities for scientific high-performance computing and data-intensive science within the framework of secure IT federations.
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