Judith Carl

BayernKI Event Announcement LRZ NHR@FAU Training

Invitation to BayernKI Q&A Session (July 2, online)

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…

BayernKI NHR@FAU

BayernKI visiting Workshop “AI infrastructure for researchers in Bavaria”

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…

The picture of glowing blue and green connections on a dark background.
Event Announcement LRZ

Gauss Centre for Supercomputing offering online info event on AI project calls

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…

Helma is named after Wilhelmine, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1709–1758), co-founder of the University of Erlangen in 1743 (Image: Giulia Iannicelli, FAU)
BayernKI Hardware NHR@FAU

NHR@FAU GPU cluster “Helma” hits #51 in the 65th Top500 list

The 65th Top500 list was released today at the ISC High Performance 2025 Conference in Hamburg, Germany. The list ranks the 500 fastest supercomputers in the world using the “High Performance LINPACK” benchmark.

Helma, NHR@FAU’s GPU supercomputer, was recently expanded with another 96 nodes for a total of 768 H100 and H200 GPUs. We are thrilled to announce that Helma now ranks 51st in the current list, with a…

A screenshot of a fictional page on the BayernKI website with the heading “Questions and Answers”.
BayernKI Event Announcement LRZ NHR@FAU Training

First BayernKI Q&A Session

Current and future users of BayernKI resources for science can join the first BayernKI Q&A Session!

We are pleased to invite you to our first BayernKI Q&A Session, jointly organized by NHR@FAU and LRZ. It takes place on Wednesday, June 4 from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. This online session will recur on the first Wednesday of every month, providing a regular opportunity…