2021 Annual Report

Contents

Director's Welcome

Spotlight: 25 Years HLRS

• 25 Years of Innovation at the High-Performance Computing Center Stuttgart
• A History of High Performance
• Supporters Congratulate HLRS on Its 25th Anniversary
• Book Documents History of Supercomputing

News Briefs

News Highlights

• CIRCE Project to Improve Capabilities for Urgent Computing
• Sustainability at HLRS: With Great Performance Comes Great Responsibility
• Digital Twin of Historic Ludwigsburg Theater
• SEQUOIA Project to Bring Quantum Computing to Industry
• Supercomputing that Breathes: An Interview with Monika Wierse
• HLRS Completes Data Security Assessment
• Building Trust in Science
• Artificial Intelligence for Safer Automation

HLRS by Numbers

User Research

• Supercomputing Enables Analysis of Massive Atmospheric Datasets
• HPC Helps Scientists in Quest to Advance Hydrogen-Based Energy Storage
• Simulation Could Improve Durability of Hydroelectric Turbines
• Selected Publications by Our Users in 2021

About Us

• Inside Our Computing Room
• User Profile
• Third-Party Funded Research Projects
• HPC Training Courses in 2021
• Workshops and Conferences in 2021
• HLRS Books
• Organization Chart
• Departments