Supercomputer Marvin turns 1 year old1
On 25 March 2025, we will celebrate the first birthday of our supercomputer ‘Marvin’. To mark this special day, the HPC team at the HRZ is organising an event together with the HPC/A Lab and TRA Modelling. The programme consists of a welcome by Prof. Maren Bennewitz, Vice-Rector for Digitalisation and Information Management and head of the HPC/A-Lab, followed by an invited presentation by the legend of parallel programming, Timothy Mattson: "The hitchhiker's guide to the future of HPC - processors, people and programming", as well as other exciting scientific talks, presentations, a competition, public voting and an award ceremony. A detailed programme can be found here. The ‘Most Interesting Results’ competition is now open: you can submit a summary describing the most interesting scientific project or result you have realised or achieved with Marvin and win great prizes.
How to take part in the ‘Most Interesting Results Competition’
Submit an abstract here. Seven finalists will be selected by a jury to present their project. An audience vote will then determine the winners on site. The jury consists of scientific members of the HPC Advisory Board and employees of the HPC/HRZ.
What prizes can you win?
1st prize:One week of premium HPC support! A member of our support team will come to your group for a whole week, help you install the HPC software, check your code and job scripts or hold training sessions, depending on what you need!3x Fair Share on Marvin for 6 months for your research group
2nd prize:2x Fair Share on Marvin for 6 months for your research group
3rd prize:1.5x fair share on Marvin for 6 months for your research group
Registration Register here for the event (the exact location will be announced upon registration.)
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Changes to the VPN for IPSec access2
General note: If you have previously used the AnyConnect client or the OpenConnect client to establish a connection to the VPN server (unibn-vpn.uni-bonn.de and unibn-wlan.uni-bonn.de) of the University of Bonn, you will not be affected by the following changes.
What will change?
For security reasons, the central VPN servers for IPSec access will be switched off on 28 February 2025. These are the VPN servers with the IP addresses 131.220.224.201 (vpn1-rz.rhrz.uni-bonn.de) and 131.220.224.202 (vpn3-rz.rhrz.uni-bonn.de). We will notify users of these accesses whether their VPN connection is affected, as they must switch to access using the AnyConnect client in good time, otherwise they will no longer be able to establish a VPN connection to the intranet. If you need support with the installation of the AnyConnect client, you can contact the HRZ IT helpdesk or your institute admin.
Why is it being switched off?
The manufacturer no longer provides software updates and security updates for the VPN servers mentioned.and security updates are no longer provided by the manufacturer. In addition, there is noreplacement and support for the hardware used.
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Girls' Day 2025 - wir machen mit!3
Girls' Day is back on April 3, 2025 and we at the University Computer Center are taking part!
We are pleased that we can once again offer an exciting range of activities and an interesting program for Girls' Day - Girls' Future Day - the nationwide orientation day for career and study orientation for girls from 8th to 10th grade.
The aim is for the girls to get to know professions and study subjects on this day in which the proportion of women is below 40%. As in many IT departments, the proportion of women in the university computer center is low. This should change in the future!
Special opening hours of the IT helpdesk for carnival4
On 27.02.2025 (Altweiber) the IT helpdesk closes at 12:00 noon.
On 28.02.2025 the IT helpdesk will close at 03 p.m..
On 03.03.2025 (Shrove Monday) the IT helpdesk will be closed all day.
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Availability of the IT helpdesk on 17.01.20255
On Friday, 17 January 2025, changes will be made to our telephone system. Therefore, the IT helpdesk will not be available on the regular telephone number on this day, but exceptionally on 0228-36764909 and 0228-36764910.
The IT helpdesk will offer you support on site, via support form and telephone on 17 January 2025 from 08:00-18:00.
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Special opening hours: IT-helpdesk6
Our IT helpdesk is also available for you between Christmas and New Year's Eve.
On 23.12.24, 02.01.25 and 03.01.25 the IT helpdesk is open from 08:00 - 16:00.
Between the public holidays on 27 December and 30 December, the IT helpdesk will be available by telephone and via the support form from 09:00-15:00. The HRZ is closed during this time, so no on-site support is possible.
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Dies academicus 2024 at the HRZ7
As part of the Dies academicus on December 4, 2024, we as the University IT and Data Center offer an approx. 30-minute guided tour through the machine room of the high-performance computer “Marvin”.
Start of the tour: 10:00 am
Please note that the number of participants is limited to 15 people. Therefore, participation is unfortunately not possible without prior registration and confirmation. If you are interested in participating, please contact Jan Steiner by Monday, December 2, 2024.
After successful registration, you will receive a confirmation and information regarding the meeting point by e-mail.
New Confluence training dates8
In addition to the weekly, open video consultation hour, in which questions can be asked about the structure, design, macros, functionalities and templates, the Atlassian team at the University IT and Data Center also offers Confluence training courses for beginners.
The short training courses with small exercises are designed for newcomers to working with Confluence. Participants receive an overview of the core functions of Confluence so that they can start working with Confluence immediately after the training.
The next dates:
25.11.2024 from 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
13.01.2025 from 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
10.02.2025 from 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
10.03.2025 from 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
07.04.2025 from 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
05.05.2025 from 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Duration of the training: 60-90 minutes
Technical implementation: Zoom and Confluence (the Zoom meeting room will be opened 10-15 minutes before the start of the training to clarify any technical questions).
You will receive the access data in the Atlassian Tools area in Confluence (only accessible in BONNET/VPN).
Prior registration is not required.
Interested members of the university should take part in this training with a computer/laptop from the university network (BONNET) or via VPN. Confluence is only accessible via BONNET or VPN.
Links
- https://www.hrz.uni-bonn.de/en/news/supercomputer-marvin-wird-1-jahr
- https://www.hrz.uni-bonn.de/en/news/copy_of_bewerbungsstart-zur-ausbildung-2025-am-hrz
- https://www.hrz.uni-bonn.de/en/news/girlsday-2025
- https://www.hrz.uni-bonn.de/en/news/sonderoeffnungszeiten_karneval
- https://www.hrz.uni-bonn.de/en/news/erreichbarkeit-it-helpdesk-festakt
- https://www.hrz.uni-bonn.de/en/news/sonderoeffnungszeiten-it-helpdesk-weihnachten24
- https://www.hrz.uni-bonn.de/en/news/dies-academicus-2024-at-hrz
- https://www.hrz.uni-bonn.de/en/news/neue-confluence-schulungstermine
- https://www.hrz.uni-bonn.de/en/news?b_start%25252525253Aint=104&b_start%252525253Aint=80&set_language=en&b_start:int=8
- https://www.hrz.uni-bonn.de/en/news?b_start%25252525253Aint=104&b_start%252525253Aint=80&set_language=en&b_start:int=16
- https://www.hrz.uni-bonn.de/en/news?b_start%25252525253Aint=104&b_start%252525253Aint=80&set_language=en&b_start:int=24
- https://www.hrz.uni-bonn.de/en/news?b_start%25252525253Aint=104&b_start%252525253Aint=80&set_language=en&b_start:int=32
- https://www.hrz.uni-bonn.de/en/news?b_start%25252525253Aint=104&b_start%252525253Aint=80&set_language=en&b_start:int=40
- https://www.hrz.uni-bonn.de/en/news?b_start%25252525253Aint=104&b_start%252525253Aint=80&set_language=en&b_start:int=48
- https://www.hrz.uni-bonn.de/en/news?b_start%25252525253Aint=104&b_start%252525253Aint=80&set_language=en&b_start:int=128