Scientists qualified in their respective fields of research can submit proposals for access to HPC resources operated by Paderborn Center for Parallel Computing (PC²). We offer multi-million core-hour projects on a recent generation of Intel Xeon processors with a low-latency interconnect.

PC² provides a portfolio of preinstalled applications and offers support for software installation/configuration of project-specific applications. We advise our users on using the resources in an efficient way. In particular, we provide consulting services for users from computational chemistry and solid-state physics. Furthermore, PC² encourages approximate computing and the acceleration of applications with Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA).

Important Dates

Opening date: 22 January 2020

Closing date: 23 February 2020

Scientific reviews of proposals: March 2020

Announcement of allocation decision: End of March 2020

Allocation period for awarded large scale projects: April 2020 till March 2021

Detailed information on the available resources and how to apply can be found at https://pc2.uni-paderborn.de/go/hpc-proposal.

The Noctua system is the first phase of a multi-year funding of HPC resources. A significant extension will follow in the second phase in 2020/2021 (https://pc2.uni-paderborn.de/go/hpc-noctua-news).

Best Wishes

Robert Schade
Paderborn Center of Parallel Computing (PC²)