The University Computer Center of Heidelberg University and SCC have jointly been awarded a total of 2 million Euros from the German Research Foundation DFG to extend the Large-Scale Data Facility in support of numerous NFDI consortia.
An unexpected loss of data can severely impair your own work or even result in a permanent loss of information. To prevent this from happening in the first place, SCC has solutions for various use cases.
The construction of the new high-performance computer HoreKa 2, which will raise the computing power for science to a new level, has reached an important milestone with the conversion of the building infrastructure and the installation of the CPU units.
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A team including SCC researchers has published a paper in “Nature Scientific Data” using synchrotron-based nano-CT measurements to demonstrate how experimental metadata can be captured and semantically annotated in a FAIR-compliant manner from the start.
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Interested students from grade 8 onwards can register now: In a two-month STEM project, you will learn and work in a small group accompanied by SCC researchers on quantum algorithms and their implementation.
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The Artemis learning management system hosted at the SCC replaces the Praktomat software used in the Faculty of Computer Science. Artemis can be used to submit, manage and automatically assess programming and project tasks.
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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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