University IT and Data Center

The University IT and Data Center (Hochschulrechenzentrum, HRZ) is the central IT service provider of the University of Bonn

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Girls' Day 2025 am Hochschulrechenzentrum¹

How do smartphones and laptops at home communicate? Which parts is a computer made of? How do I create a safe password? How does our server room look, and what purpose does it serve? And how does a 3D-printer work? These questions, and many more, were explored at this year's Girls' Day at the University IT and Data Center. Once again we were happy to welcome 8 interested students at the HRZ! During a scavenger hunt through the HRZ, the students solved riddles for parts of a password with which four computers could be unnlocked at the end of the day. The participants visited the IT-helpdesk, the 3D-printer as well as the working stations and network communication. In an informative quiz key words were earned, which would later help to unlock the computers. After a tour through the server room and a well-deserved pizza break, the new knowledge was to be applied. Four raspberry pis had to be wired up correctly and were connected to screens, keyboards and switches in order to enter the master password and create a network connection. With these now fully configured working stations the girls were able to interact and play cooperative and competetive computer games.

HPC courses in summer term 2025²

The HPC team at the University IT and Data Center is once again offering a series of exciting introductory courses and workshops (in English language) on high-performance computing in the summer term 2025. The program for the HPC courses in the summer semester 2025 is as follows: Introduction to Programming with Python19.05.2025 – 20.05.2025 or 07.07.2025 – 08.07.2025 or 01.09.2025 – 02.09.2025, 3:00 – 6.30 pm on each day Linux Introduction Course05.05.2025 – 06.05.2025 or 30.06.2025 – 01.07.2025, 9:30 am – 1:00 pm on each day Introduction to Working on HPC Clusters07.05.2025 – 08.05.2025, 3:00 – 6:30 pm or 02.07.2025 – 03.07.2025, 9:30 am – 1:00 pm Version Control with Git21.05.2025 – 22.05.2025, 3:00 – 6:30 pm or 09.07.2025 – 10.07.2025, 1:00 – 4.30 pm Building a Raspberry Pi ClusterFriday, 04.07.2025, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm All courses take place at HRZ, Wegelerstr. 6, room 0.012.Registration takes place via eCampus. Please note while registering: In ALL courses, you MUST join one of the groups to attend, just joining the event is not enough. That is because most courses are held multiple times, or additional dates may be added depending on the demand.

eCampus courses in the summer semester 2025³

The eCampus team is again offering a wide range of webinars in the summer term 2025 to support you in digital teaching. You can read through the training program in Confluence (only accessible via BONNET/VPN) and then register directly via eCampus: » See the training program on eCampus (for teachers and staff) » See the training program in the eCampus Confluence Space (for teachers and staff) Offer for students We also offer eCampus introductions for new students: » See the training offer on eCampus (for students)

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New design of the GOsa login⁴

On March 5 an important update is due: The GOsa platform will be updated from version 2.6 to version 2.8. This update will modernise and declutter the user interface. Additionally, the login mask be changed visually as well. The following image shows the previous login screen (top) and the new login screen (bottom):

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Eine Wissenschaftlerin und ein Wissenschaftler arbeiten hinter einer Glasfassade und mischen Chemikalien mit Großgeräten.

Help and Services

The University IT and Data Center offers a variety of services and provides support for them. You can find all services here:

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System Status and Maintenance

The status of all systems of the University IT and Data Center, maintenance messages and current faults are available on a separate status overview at StatusPage.

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