High-Performance Computing for the Public Sector

High-performance computing (HPC) offers powerful tools for making our communities more sustainable and resilient. For example, simulation and artificial intelligence offer strategies for accelerating energy transformation, planning healthier and more livable cities, improving administrative efficiency, and predicting and managing natural disasters, among other challenges. If you represent a public organization in Germany and have an application that requires large-scale computing power, we can help.

How can we help you?

As a nonprofit German national high-performance computing center affiliated with the University of Stuttgart, the High-Performance Computing Center Stuttgart (HLRS) operates supercomputing infrastructure in the interest of the public good. Public ministries, agencies, and organizations at all levels in Germany can use and benefit from our high-performance computing resources and expertise in simulation, artificial intelligence, data analytics, and visualization. Choose a category to learn more about our support for the public sector.

Access solutions to support your initiative

HLRS's expertise in simulation, artificial intelligence, and urban digital twins can support city and regional planning, administration, and management of risks to public safety.

Purchase computing time on HPC systems

If you have an existing computing application and need a larger system to run it efficiently, HLRS offers access to affordable, secure, public HPC resources.

Participate in a funded research project

HLRS is a partner in research projects that provide financial resources for testing new applications of HPC and AI, and that offer consulting and support services for public agencies.

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Develop your skills in HPC and AI

HLRS's extensive training program can help you learn to program and operate high-performance computing systems effectively.

Contact us

If you have questions about how high-performance computing can support the public sector or would like to learn more about HLRS, contact us at info@hlrs.de.

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Examples of HPC in the public sector

Learn more about the capabilities of high-performance computing and HLRS's experience with partners in the public sector.

Pandemic and health systems management

The Federal Institute for Population Research used HLRS's systems to predict intensive care unit occupancy during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Energy transformation

HLRS is a partner in a University of Stuttgart project focused on using simulation to improve the processes needed to make urban energy systems climate neutral.

Flood prediction and management

Working with the Duisburg fire department, simulations at HLRS predict potential flooding near the Rhine.

Urban digital twins

HLRS developed a comprehensive model of the city of Herrenberg in virtual reality that is supporting city planning efforts.

Air pollution simulation

Using publicly available data, HLRS developed a solution to better inform the public about local air pollution forecasts.

Landscape and cultural preservation

In partnership with the district of Ludwigsburg, HLRS simulates cliffs and terraces on the banks of the Neckar River to help conservation and planning efforts.

Traffic planning and management

A study in the project Cape Reviso used simulation to make recommendations for improving interactions between cyclists and pedestrians.

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Emergency preparedness and crisis computing

In the research project CIRCE, HLRS identified how supercomputing can aid emergency prevention and response, as well as practical steps that should be taken to ensure that public agencies can quickly access HPC resources when needed.

Our key supporters

Funding for HLRS supercomputers is provided by the German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space and the Baden-Württemberg Ministry for Science, Research and Arts through the Gauss Centre for Supercomputing.