High Performance Computing Competence Center Baden-Württemberg (hkz-bw)

The Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts of the State of Baden-Württemberg, the University of Karlsruhe and the University of Stuttgart have agreed to bundle the personnel and financial resources in the field of high performance computing so that an international competitive offering of high performance computing power can be maintained permanently.

For this reason the Universities of Karlsruhe and Stuttgart have founded the High Performance Computing Competence Center Baden-Württemberg (hkz-bw). Primarily it is established by the High Performance Computing Center of the University of Stuttgart (HLRS) and the Scientific Supercomputing Center of the University of Karlsruhe (SSCK) jointly providing the necessary services.

The hkz-bw plans and organizes the utilization of appropriate state resources for science in order to achieve a maximum efficiency by bundling the personnel and financial resources. It performs the tasks of a national scientific high performance computing center by providing scientific users with computing power which cannot be covered locally because of the high system requirements.

The hkz-bw moreover undertakes the task to further applications for high performance computing and to develop them in close cooperation with the users. In connection with these new developments the center especially pursues the shared utilization of computing resources within the network.

The hkz-bw coordinates the utilization of the resources according to the state's scientific steering committee for the allocation of high performance computing capacities. Furthermore the center undertakes the task to coordinate the state's activities with regard to local and national networking.

The hkz-bw is open for further members.