User Survey online

We invite you to participate in this survey aimed at assessing user satisfaction with our High Performance Computing (HPC) infrastructure and related support services. Your input is essential for identifying strengths, addressing potential issues, and guiding future improvements. The survey will require only a few minutes of your time. We greatly appreciate your contribution to enhancing the quality and effectiveness of our HPC environment.

High Performance Computing at the University of Bonn

Welcome to High Performance Computing (HPC) at the University of Bonn. This website is your central hub for everything concerning HPC.

Here you can find information on the central HPC systems at the University of Bonn2, possibilities to interact with the HPC community3 and our partners (like HPC.NRW4), training opportunities5, and articles on important topics such as publication policies6. There is also information on our consulting services and what to do if you want to use other HPC systems beyond Uni Bonn.

This website is the shared work of both our HPC-related groups: The HPC team at the University Computer Centre7 (HRZ) and the High Performance Computing and Analytics Lab8 (HPC/A-Lab).

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~500 Registered users

Within the first twelve months, 495 users have successefully registred for Marvin. Our users possess multidisciplinary backgrounds, from diverse departments and share a comman goal of securely handling their data for safety purposes.

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+100 Research groups

Since our large cluster Marvin was made available, 102 research groups have joined and been active. Each group leader has to confirm the registration of every new user in his group and own the management,  but can delegate adminstration to a group member upon request.

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+1000 Support cases

Our teams have successefully completed arround 1000 support cases on both clusters Marvin and Bender. We strive to provide fast, effective and accurate support services that ranges from technical and administrative to scientific, in addition to training courses.

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+45 Courses

Currently, 46 courses have been held with more to come starting this semesters. Our courses focus on using HPC clusters but, we are expanding our offerings to include diverse contents so that attendees with various backgrounds can benefit from each session.

Latest News
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HPC courses now online for the summer semester 202515
Registration via eCampus now open for all courses
Mar 19, 2025 15
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Enter the competition! Marvin's First Anniversary on March 25th, 202516
Dear HPC users, as already announced, on March 25, 2025, we will celebrate the first anniversary of our supercomputer "Marvin". Want to enter the competition? Submit an abstract about your most interesting result generated with Marvin! See below for more information. Note: attending the event requires a separate registration. General information about the event can be found here. This event is jointly organized by HPC@HRZ, the HPC/A Lab and TRA Modelling.
Jan 30, 2025 16
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Register now! Marvin's First Anniversary on March 25th, 202517
Marvin First Anniversary - Invitation and how to join the "Most Interesting Results" competition Dear HPC users, as already announced, on March 25, 2025, we will celebrate the first anniversary of our supercomputer "Marvin". If you want to attend, the registrations are now open! The event will consist of scientific presentations and an invited talk by parallel programming legend Timothy Mattson. We also have started the "Most Interesting Results" competition. Submit an abstract, describe the most interesting scientific result that you obtained with Marvin and win prices! See below for more information and registration links.
Jan 28, 2025 17
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Save the Date: Marvin's First Anniversary18
We are excited to announce that on March 25th, 2025, we will be celebrating the first anniversary of our supercomputer "Marvin"!
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Upcoming Events
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Monday May 19, 2025 until May 20, 2025
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Intro to Programming with Python - 1st course (summer 2025)20
PC Room 0.012 at the ...
Whole Day
Are you completely new to programming, or switching to Python from another language? Do you want to write scientific code with Python? Then this course ...
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Wednesday May 21, 2025 until May 22, 2025
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Version Control with Git - 1st course (summer 2025)21
PC Room 0.012 at the ...
Whole Day
Do you develop software? Never used git before? Or maybe you use it but do not understand what is actually going on? This course is for you! Topics: - ...
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Monday May 26, 2025 until May 27, 2025
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Python on HPC Clusters (summer 2025)22
HRZ, Wegelerstr. 6, ...
Whole Day
Do you use Python in your scientific work? Do you run Python code on HPC clusters, or simply on your laptop? This course will teach you some of the ...
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Monday Jun 30, 2025 until Jul 01, 2025
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Linux Introduction Course - 2nd course (summer 2025)23
PC Room 0.012 at the ...
Whole Day
In this course, you will learn about the following topics: - Using the command line - The ideas behind concepts like users, files, processes and ...
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Links

  1. https://indico.hiskp.uni-bonn.de/event/821/surveys/4
  2. https://www.hpc.uni-bonn.de/en/systems
  3. https://www.hpc.uni-bonn.de/en/community
  4. https://hpc.dh.nrw/en/
  5. https://www.hpc.uni-bonn.de/en/community/events-1/events
  6. https://www.hpc.uni-bonn.de/en/support/acknowledging-system-use
  7. https://www.hrz.uni-bonn.de/en
  8. https://www.dice.uni-bonn.de/hpca/en
  9. https://wiki.hpc.uni-bonn.de/en/getting_started
  10. https://www.hpc.uni-bonn.de/en/support/overview
  11. https://wiki.hpc.uni-bonn.de/gaining_access
  12. https://www.hpc.uni-bonn.de/en/systems/overview
  13. https://wiki.hpc.uni-bonn.de/
  14. https://www.hpc.uni-bonn.de/en/community/mailing-lists
  15. https://www.hpc.uni-bonn.de/en/news-collection/hpc-courses-now-online-for-the-summer-semester-2025
  16. https://www.hpc.uni-bonn.de/en/news-collection/enter-the-competition-marvin-first-anniversary
  17. https://www.hpc.uni-bonn.de/en/news-collection/register-now_marvin-first-anniversary
  18. https://www.hpc.uni-bonn.de/en/news-collection/marvins-first-anyversary
  19. https://www.hpc.uni-bonn.de/en/news
  20. https://www.hpc.uni-bonn.de/en/events/python_intro_course_2025-05-19
  21. https://www.hpc.uni-bonn.de/en/events/git_intro_course_2025-05-21
  22. https://www.hpc.uni-bonn.de/en/events/python_on_hpc_clusters-2025-05-26
  23. https://www.hpc.uni-bonn.de/en/events/linux_intro_course_2025-06-30