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Prof. Neuwirth and Prof. Lippert named to inaugural SCW75 List

Behind almost every modern research breakthrough is a computing infrastructure. And behind that infrastructure are people who make scientific computing usable, scalable, and impactful.
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NHR@SW launches LinkedIn Channel

NHR South-West has launched its official LinkedIn channel! On our new channel, we will share updates from NHR@SW, training opportunities, user support offerings, research and user success stories enabled by high-performance computing, and news from the NHR Alliance and the wider HPC community.
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PRACE Scientific and Innovation Case for Computing in Europe 2026-2034 released

The latest PRACE (Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe) Scientific and Innovation Case for Computing in Europe 2026-2034 has been released.
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Goethe University Provides NHR Access to “Baby Diamond”

As a member of NHR-SW, Goethe University is opening up its quantum computer “Baby Diamond” to NHR members throughout Germany. Access will be provided in two phases: The first phase will begin in June 2026 and offer users access to demonstrative computing time.
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JGU Mainz Secures €9.6M State Funding for New HPC Cluster

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) has been awarded up to €9.6 million from the State of Rhineland-Palatinate to expand and modernize its high-performance computing infrastructure within Germany’s National High-Performance Computing (NHR) program.
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Prof. Brinkmann Appointed to Lead HPC and NHR@SW at Saarland University

As of 1 January 2026, Prof. Dr.-Ing. André Brinkmann will join Saarland University (Universität des Saarlandes) as Professor of High-Performance Computing.
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JGU opens New Data Center to the Public

On Friday, 7 November 2025, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) opened its new data center to visitors for the first time as part of the national “Open Data Center Day” (Tag der offenen Rechenzentren).
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NHR organizes Parlamentarischer Abend

At the Parliamentary Evening of the National High-Performance Computing (NHR) Alliance, the event highlighted the growing strategic importance of HPC and AI infrastructure for research at German universities.
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DREAM Workshop at SCA/HPCAsia 2026

NHR4CES@RWTH Aachen University, NHR@SW and The University of Tokyo are pleased to announce the 1st Workshop on Data Reduction and Energy-Aware Data Movement (DREAM’26), which will be held in conjunction with SCA/HPCAsia 2026 on January 26, 2026 in Osaka, Japan.
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New Data Center Opens on the Gutenberg Campus

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) has reached an important milestone: after two years of intensive construction, the new data center on the Gutenberg Campus is now operational.