On the first Wednesday of the month, we are happy to invite you again to the BayernKI Q&A session, an opportunity to discuss your questions about BayernKI in science. This regular event, jointly hosted by NHR@FAU and LRZ, connects current and future users of our AI infrastructure with our experts for specific tips, tricks, and support…
Next week marks the first Wednesday in August, and we’re pleased to invite you once again to the BayernKI Q&A session, your opportunity to ask questions related to BayernKI in science. This regular meet-up, jointly hosted by NHR@FAU and LRZ, offers current and future users of our AI infrastructure a chance to connect with experts, ask questions, and receive support. If there are particular questions…
In October 2025, you can look forward to an intensitive hackathon that focuses specifically on the topic of AI: The EuroCC2 AI Hackathon, is jointly organized by NVIDIA, the OpenACC organization and the EuroCC National Competence Centres of Austria, Germany, and Poland, including BayernKI co-host Leibniz Supercomputing Centre. The Event takes place from from October 14 to 23…
At LRZ in Garching, a photonic computer for AI use cases was put into operation in an HPC environment for the first time worldwide. The Native Processing Server (NPS) from German start-up Q.ANT uses light instead of electrons for computing and therefore does not require energy-intensive cooling. Through parallel processing at different wavelengths, the technology promises high computing power combined with high energy-efficiency…
LRZ is set to deploy the Blue Lion supercomputer, powered by NVIDIA’s upcoming Vera Rubin architecture, as NVIDIA announced during ISC in June 2025. This system combines the Rubin GPU and Vera CPU, forming a superchip designed for real-time, large-scale scientific computing. Blue Lion aims to deliver approximately 30 times the performance of its predecessor, SuperMUC-NG, facilitating advanced research in areas like climate modeling, physics, and AI…
The Nürnberg Digital Festival is an annual event that took place from June 30 to July 9 with several events, talks, and get-togethers in and around Nuremberg, all focusing on the topic of digitization.
The NHR@FAU was also involved with AI Support Team member Sebastian Wind hosting a workshop on “Training LLMs for German tax consultancy with HPC infrastructure”, including hands-on elements…
On July 7, 2025, Henna Virkkunen, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for Technological Sovereignty, Security and Democracy, visited the High-Performance Computing Center Stuttgart (HLRS) as part of her tour of European “AI factories” established by the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking. The visit spotlighted HammerHAI, Germany’s first AI factory—launched in December 2024 and coordinated by HLRS along with partners such as the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre…
The first Wednesday of the month is coming up, and we are pleased to invite you to our second BayernKI Q&A Session, jointly organized by NHR@FAU and LRZ. This online session provides a regular opportunity for current and future users of our AI infrastructure to discuss your questions and receive support. If there are specific topics or questions you would like to discuss in the session, you can let us know in advance via the following form…
Bavaria is an AI hotspot, but AI research needs reliable access to infrastructure, and that’s where BayernKI enters the stage. This week the NHR@FAU joined the workshop “AI infrastructure for researchers in Bavaria” at the Technical University of Applied Sciences Augsburg (THA). The aim of the event was to provide information about AI infrastructure in Bavaria, to identify the needs of AI researchers and to support…
For those with larger AI projects that are not fully covered by the basic compute time provided by BayernKI, there is another option: A new call for projects on the Gauss Centre for Supercomputing’s (GCS’s) systems will open soon. To support this, the AI Support teams from FZJ/JSC, LRZ, and HLRS are organizing an info event for scientists interested in AI-related projects on the GCS supercomputers, including…