News from BayernKI and the Centers
- BayernKI Q&A Session (May 6, online via Zoom)
Are you a current or future user of the BayernKI resources and have questions? Don’t miss the next BayernKI Q&A session on May 6. This regular meet-up is jointly organized by NHR@FAU and LRZ and is held on every first Wednesday of the month to provide space for questions about using BayernKI in scientific research. Anyone who uses or wants to use the BayernKI infrastructure and seeks help or advice from the team… - Join the TPC26 Satellite Event at LRZ! (June 2)
This year’s TPC26 takes place in Baltimore, but the LRZ is offering an alternative in Europe: the TPC26 Satellite Event. So, if you can’t attend in the US, join the LRZ on June 2 for a full-day viewing event from 9:30 to 18:30, featuring the TPC26 plenary sessions. Participants are invited to watch the recorded opening plenaries together in the morning, followed by a chance… - BayernKI Q&A Session (April 1, online via Zoom)March is coming to an end, which means the next BayernKI Q&A Session is just around the corner. This monthly event is jointly organized by NHR@FAU and LRZ and is held on the first Wednesday of each month to provide space for questions about using BayernKI in scientific research. The session is open to all current and future users of the BayernKI AI infrastructure…
- BayernKI Q&A Session (March 4, online via Zoom)March is here, and so is our next monthly BayernKI Q&A Session. This regular event is jointly hosted by NHR@FAU and LRZ every first Wednesday of the month to make room for all your questions regarding BayernKI in science. All current and future users of our AI infrastructure are warmly invited to ask our support team for help and advice…
- BayernKI Q&A Session (February 4, online via Zoom)We cordially invite you to our monthly BayernKI Q&A Session again, a regular event addressing all your questions about BayernKI in science, jointly hosted by NHR@FAU and LRZ. In this meet-up, current and future users of our AI infrastructure can get in touch with our skilled support team to gain useful tips and hopefully solutions to their problems. If you already have questions in advance…
- BayernKI Q&A Session (November 5, online via Zoom)November is close and so is the first Wednesday of the month: As usual we invite you to join our BayernKI Q&A Session, a monthly event that addresses all your questions about BayernKI in science, jointly hosted by NHR@FAU and LRZ. In this session, we want to we want to get our current and future users of our AI infrastructure in touch with the support team, to provide them with helpful solutions…
- BayernKI Q&A Session (October 1, online via Zoom)Every first Wednesday of the month, we invite you to join the BayernKI Q&A Session, a regular event where you can ask your questions about BayernKI in science. Jointly hosted by NHR@FAU and LRZ, the session connects current and future users of our AI infrastructure with our experts, offering practical tips, insights, and support. If you’d like to submit your questions in advance…
- LRZ AI Team Develops 10B Language Model
Bavarian, German and English – in one large language model: To enable AI to understand Bavarian, the LRZ developed and trained an own language model. Do-you want to translate “Hock di hera, samma mera”* into German or English? Now there’s Llama-GENBA-10B. The trilingual language model is based on Meta’s Large Language Model (LLM) Llama, version 3.1-8B, and was trained by researchers at LRZ and Cerebras Systems… - BayernKI Q&A Session (September 3, online via Zoom)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…
- BayernKI Q&A Session (August 6, online via Zoom)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…
- Join the EuroCC2 AI Hackathon in October – Registration is open!
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… - Photonic computer for AI use cases at LRZ
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: Blue Lion based on Vera Rubin chip architecture
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… - LLM meets finance at the Nürnberg Digital Festival
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… - EU Commissioner Henna Virkkunen visits AI Factory HammerHAI
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… - 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 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… - 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… - Join our HPC Café on “Using containers on the HPC systems at NHR@FAU”!
NHR@FAU’s next HPC Café will take place tomorrow on Tuesday, June 24, 2025, at 4:00 p.m. CEST as a hybrid event, provided by our AI Support Team. As always, there will be an interesting talk and plenty of time to get in touch with other HPC and AI enthusiasts. We invite you to come to NHR@FAU to enjoy coffee, cake, and computing… - 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…