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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…

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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…

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

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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…

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AI Day at the University of Bayreuth

On February 7, 2025, the AI Day took place at the University of Bayreuth – an inspiring event with exciting lectures, practical presentations and lively discussions about artificial intelligence and data science. Scientists and experts from business and research came together to discuss current developments, use cases and challenges in this dynamic field.

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“Helma” already records massive workload

Early access to the new “Helma” AI cluster at NHR@FAU is in progress and already recording high usage and massive workloads on the system. The first half of the supercomputer is currently in an intense testing phase and will go into open access in the first half of 2025. As the monitoring visualizes, the capacities of the system were almost fully used on January 7…