The authentication for the MATLAB software available with the campus license is done via Shibboleth with your Uni-ID and the associated password.

Already registered users who use an email address that does not belong to the @uni-bonn.de domain to access the MathWorks account, must change their email address by August 1, 2023 and enter with their personal university email address.

How do you update your email address for login?

• Sign in with your usual credentials
• Open the "Profile" drop-down menu
• Select "Edit Profile"
• Change your email address and click "Update" in the lower right corner

If the registration with your previous login email address does not longer work, you must register again. You can find instructions on how to register in the HRZ documentation on Confluence.

However, should problems occur, please contact lizenz@uni-bonn.de.

What is Artificial Intelligence? How "dangerous" is AI? Will AI change the work in the higher education sector?
Answers to these questions and further information on the topic of artificial intelligence (AI) were provided by Dr. Christian M. Stracke (HRZ and member of the Expert Group AI&ED of the Council of Europe) and Dr. Jan Kleinmanns (HRZ User Support) during the workshop "To the point - how AI is changing the University of Bonn" (Human Resources Development and Careers). In addition to a brief introduction to the content of the topic of artificial intelligence and the presentation of the different types of AI, the two experts presented the areas in which AI has already found its way into the University of Bonn. 

The workshop on July 13, 2023 was followed by an intensive discussion with many impulses from the ranks of the participants regarding the integration of AI in the higher education sector. In an open exchange, questions could be asked and discussed about the likely opportunities and possible risks of AI for the higher education sector.

"Celebrate what you've achieved and power up for what's left" was the theme of the first Bergfest at the University of Bonn last week. The HRZ team was able to take part in the consulting market and inform the students about the various IT services, IT courses, the research data infrastructure and much more. Above all, the in-house 3D printer generated great enthusiasm at the HRZ stand. The students were also able to demonstrate their knowledge of the IT universe at the university and receive useful gadgets from the 3D printer when answering questions about the IT services of the University IT and Data Center. A beautiful summer afternoon in the botanical gardens of the university between information stands and empowerment stations, a wide range of sports, cool drinks and freshly baked pizza from the truck.

New website area for research and projects at the University IT and Data Center.

In addition to providing central IT services, the University IT and Data Center is involved in various research areas and projects.

The projects aim to expand and improve IT services for the entire University of Bonn. The projects thus make a direct contribution to the sustainable development of what the University of Bonn has to offer in all areas: in teaching, research and administration. Many of the projects are linked to scientific research and are carried out in cooperation with the Digital Science Center (DiCe) with internal and external actors.

Eduroam is getting a new root certificate authority and the corresponding WLAN profile must therefore be reinstalled on all devices. This is necessary because the certificate of the old root certificate authority expires on July 15, 2023, i.e. without a reinstallation, eduroam will no longer work from this date.

What to do now?

Reinstall Eduroam in just two steps!

On the following webpage you can find detailed information and instructions for reinstalling Eduroam on your device.

On Thursday, 22 June 2023, our annual company trip will take place again after a long break, so that many HRZ employees will only be available to a limited extent on this day. Therefore, there may be occasional delays in ticket processing or telephone availability.

However, the availability and opening hours of the IT-Helpdesk will not be affected:

IT Helpdesk - the central contact point for members of the University
Plaza on the ground floor (room 0.008a)
Monday to Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Tel.: 0228 / 73-2751
E-mail: info-hrz@uni-bonn.de

How does one create a web page with HTML? How does one set up a website in a local network? How can a server be effectively secured? How does a 3D printer work?

This year, for the first time, seven girls between the ages of 13 and 16 were able to find answers to these and many other exciting questions at the University Computer Centre of the University of Bonn as part of the Girls'Day 2023.

Highlights included a demonstration of the in-house 3D printer and a tour of the HRZ's server rooms. After brief theoretical introductions to various IT topics in the morning, the girls were able to put what they had learned into practice in the afternoon: in an interactive phase, they designed their own websites on the topic of "University buildings in Bonn". The results were impressive and could even be taken "home" via QR codes printed on playing cards to be presented to family and friends. At the end of the day, the specially created golden Girls'Day-at-the-HRZ medals could be collected from the 3D printer - a great reminder of an exciting day at the University Computer Centre of the University of Bonn!

"It was a successful day for everyone involved," says Karin Ahorner, who was responsible for the planning and implementation of the Girls'Day 2023 at the HRZ, "and we are pleased that we were able to get the girls excited about IT topics and working at our HRZ, in the hope that we can make an active contribution to increasing the quota of women in the IT sector, especially in the area of trainees."