The Programm Supercomputing

The processing of large volumes of data and the modelling of complex systems are important research activities. By focusing on supercomputing and grid computing, this programme provides science in Germany with indispensable infrastructures. At the Jülich Supercomputing Centre and the Grid Computing Centre Karlsruhe, experts work on optimizing methods, tools and applications, and provide support for numerous internal and external users from various research fields and institutions. This research programme also aims to develop and operate the latest and most powerful generation of supercomputers; JUGENE in Jülich is the fastest computer in Europe. Making sense of the growing floods of data supplied by accelerators and satellites poses a special challenge. The concept of grid computing, whereby computers are networked to form clusters, allows increasing volumes of data to be analysed.