25th Anniversary of the NIC

Start
21st April 2023 07:00 AM
End
21st April 2023 15:30 PM
Location
Dorint ⋅ Hotel am Heumarkt ⋅ Köln
Contact

NIC Coordination Office for the Allocation of Computing Time

coordination-office@fz-juelich.de

Tel. +49 2461 61-2200

For the last 25 years, the John von Neumann Institute for Computing (NIC) has provided supercomputer resources for projects in science, research and industry in the fields of modelling and computer simulation. As a joint foundation of the three Helmholtz Centres Forschungszentrum Jülich, Deutsches Elektronensynchrotron DESY, and GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung it supports computational science in Germany and Europe.

We are delighted to invite you to the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the NIC. The event takes place on 21 April 2023 at:

Dorint ⋅ Hotel am Heumarkt ⋅ Köln
Pipinstraße 1
50667 Köln
Deutschland
https://hotel-koeln-city.dorint.com/en/

The event will be opened by Prof. Astrid Lambrecht, Member of the Board of Directors of the Forschungszentrum Jülich, followed by presentations and a podium discussion, covering the history of the NIC, current research, technologies and innovations. Keynote presentations will be given by Prof. Hidetoshi Nishimori on Quantum Annealing and Prof. Steve Furber on Neuromorphic Computing.

To our great sorrow, Prof. Kurt Binder, former chair of the Scientific Council of the NIC, passed away last fall. Prof. Binder was one of the driving forces in the HPC community in Germany, and particularly in the NIC. We deeply mourn his loss.

Together with the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the NIC, we are organizing a special session in honor of Prof. Binder’s inspiring and creative scientific contributions. We have invited several former colleagues and friends of Prof. Binder to speak about recent advances in simulations of condensed matter.

Last Modified: 17.03.2023