2020 Annual Report

The 2020 HLRS Annual Report highlights HLRS's experiences and activities during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the inauguration of its next-generation Hawk supercomputer, environmental certifications under the Blue Angel and EMAS frameworks, and new projects aimed at building HPC expertise across Europe.

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Contents

Director's Welcome
Spotlight: Supercomputing in the Year of COVID-19
News Highlights
  • News in Brief
  • Hawk Supercomputer Takes Flight
  • HLRS Begins Building European Network of HPC Expertise
  • Building a National Data Research Infrastructure for Catalysis Research
  • Research Program Will Focus on Trust and Information
  • Collaborative Virtual Reality Environments for the Home Office
  • HLRS and Fraunhofer IPA Begin Cooperation
  • How Artificial Intelligence Could Improve Robotics: An Interview with Marco Huber
  • Performance Optimization Workshop Opens New Scientific Opportunities
  • HLRS Achieves Two Environmental Certifications
  • PhD Graduates 2020
HLRS by the Numbers
User Research
  • Machine Learning Could Improve Fluid Dynamics Research
  • Taking Quantum Dots for a Spin
  • Modeling Muscles with the Help of HPC
  • Selected User Publications 2020
About Us
  • Inside Our Computing Room
  • User Profile
  • Third-Party Funded Research Projects
  • Structure
  • HPC Training Courses in 2020
  • Divisions and Departments

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