Tasks and Objectives

The hkz-bw undertakes service and development tasks in the field of high performance computing. These are particularly:

• A continuous and reliable provision of science with high performance computer capacity and the appropriate high performance communication.
• The support of the users for an optimum utilization of the available computer and network infrastructure.
• The coordination and promotion of the utilization of high performance computers and networks.
• The exploration and development of new possibilities of numerical simulation and of new supercomputing applications in cooperation with the users.
• The creation and development of applications, middleware and libraries for high performance computing.
• The cooperation with and support of the research community WiR (Scientific Computing in the State of Baden-Württemberg).
• The promotion of the exchange of experience among the users as well as an active participation.
• The advanced education in the field of high performance computing.