On 09/28/2023, a security incident was detected on GWDG systems by internal security systems. This incident is being investigated in detail by the GWDG. Authorities and external security experts have also been informed and are consulted where necessary. So far, [...]
The Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung mbH Göttingen (GWDG) and the IT of the Universitätsmedizin Göttingen (UMG) cooperate in the area of infrastructure operation and are looking for a manager for the management of networks (m/f/d) as soon as possible.
Next week, on 19.9 + 20.9, the first “HeKKSaGOn Symposium on AI” will take place in the Alte Mensa, Wilhelmsplatz 3, Göttingen.
Experts from the HeKKSaGOn network (www.hekksagon.net) and other institutions will illuminate and discuss current topics on [...]
When it comes to our High-Performance Computing (HPC) systems, efficiency is the name of the game. But are you managing your Python environments efficiently?
Our HPC systems use network file systems that are optimized to access a small number of [...]
The GWDG strives to make the use of its diverse services as accessible as possible. For this purpose, we already published a guideline for accessible IT in 2020, which we follow. We have now set up a barriers reporting point, [...]
Most researchers at the University of Göttingen and the Max Planck Society are familiar with the GWDG as a long-standing IT provider. However, the GWDG also provides high-performance computing (HPC) resources to researchers at the University and the MPS. With [...]
The Göttingen eResearch Alliance (eRA) started a survey to assess the visibility of the eRA and its services at the Göttingen Campus. Please participate in this survey to contribute to the development of research data management support at the Göttingen [...]
The July/August issue of the GWDG News has just been published.
It contains among others the following topics:
In 2020, the GWDG celebrated its 50th anniversary. On this occasion, a ten-minute YouTube video shows an interesting time travel through 50 years of scientific data processing at the GWDG at the long-time founding location “Am Faßberg” on the Max [...]
Starting in October 2023, the GWDG will offer special courses for apprentices in addition to the usual course program of its Academy. These two- or three-day courses will take place in the Göttingen Data Center, Burckhardtweg 4, and are aimed [...]
Deep learning powers a broad range of applications, from autonomous cars and image generation to voice assistants. The successful training of deep learning models necessitates the use of graphics processing units (GPUs). To facilitate a quick and easy start with [...]
Yesterday, not only a serious vulnerability in AMD’s Zen 2 CPUs was disclosed, but also a very easy-to-use exploit for this vulnerability was published. By exploiting this vulnerability, sensitive data, such as passwords, can be read from other processes and [...]
Quantum computers and their capabilities is an area of growing global interest and resource allocation. Particularly exciting is the possibility of exponential improvements in classical machine learning algorithms when executed by an equivalent algorithm on a quantum computer. GWDG, along [...]
VSCode is a popular lightweight IDE developed by Microsoft that supports many programming languages and scripts. There are many features and capabilities that can be added to VSCode by installing extensions from the marketplace, including the ability to develop [...]
On July 1, 2023, the productive operation of our new service “STACK-Maxima” has started. The service gives operators of e-learning systems such as Ilias or Moodle the possibility to interpret mathematical questions resp. exercises created via STACK algebraically, thus the [...]
As of now, all users of our Indico service, which can be used for event management, also have the language “German” as an additional selection option for the user interface. This applies to both the general instance https://events.gwdg.de and the [...]
The June issue of the GWDG News has just been published.
It contains among others the following topics:
The GWDG offers two systems for high-performance computing; the Scientific Compute Cluster (SCC) and Emmy.
For researchers of the Max Planck Society and University of Göttingen
The tier-3 Scientifc Compute Cluster is operated for researchers [...]
On the occasion of its 75th anniversary, the Max Planck Society is offering a day of wonder, discovery and participation on Friday, 23.06.2023, at its founding site in Göttingen. For this purpose, a science market will be set up in [...]
The GWDG Academy course program for the second half of 2023 has now been published. As in previous months, all courses will take place in a suitable online format rather than as presence courses. You can find more information about [...]