Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC)

JCS at EuroHPC Summit 2025!🙌 A group of 12 people from JSC attend the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) Summit 2025 in Krakow. This event brings together more than 1000 HPC enthusiasts from Europe and abroad🌍. JSC is represented in several panel discussions, e.g. on boosting the application ecosystem in Europe or the future of benchmarks in #HPC, #AI and #quantum computing🚀. The new JADE quantum computer from Pasqal is presented in an exhibition, and students from the EUMaster4HPC program present #exa_JUPITER in the demo lab. Open positions at JSC are promoted at a job fair. In addition to show cases and discussions on HPC, QC, and AI, networking with colleagues from all over Europe is an important part of the event.🤝 #EuroHPCSummit2025 #HPC #QuantumComputing #AI #EuropeanInnovation

In a short interview on the WDR 5 radio station's “Westblick” program, JSC director Thomas Lippert explains what the #JUPITER AI Factory (JAIF)⚡🤖 🏭 is all about. You can listen to it here: https://lnkd.in/exBtSxCg Thomas Lippert describes the exascale supercomputer ⚡JUPITER and how we can access its #AI capacity through the new JARVIS module. He also explains how scientists, industrial companies, research institutions and the public sector will benefit from the JUPITER AI Factory.👌 👉 Missed out the according press release? More on JAIF and the new inference model, JARVIS, here: https://lnkd.in/e-cv2VAY Forschungszentrum Jülich EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) BMBF Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen RWTH Center for Artificial Intelligence Fraunhofer-Institut für Angewandte Informationstechnik FIT Fraunhofer IAIS hessian.AI KI-Servicezentrum WestAI hessian.AI KI Bundesverband European Commission HLRS - Höchstleistungsrechenzentrum Stuttgart Leibniz Supercomputing Centre Gauss Centre for Supercomputing #exa_JUPITER #HPC #AI #Science #collaboration

So exciting! 🎉 Having received the 100-qubit quantum computer from Pasqal, a world leader in neutral atoms quantum computing technology, in Jülich we can connect #quantum computers to #supercomputers and thus use the best of both technologies. ⚡⚛️ We are very much looking forward to enabling researchers across Europe to use hybrid classical-quantum resources for tackling challenging scientific issues. 👌 Find out more about the intriguing potential of this: Watch the interviews Prof. Kristel Michielsen (head of JUNIQ & Quantum Computing at JSC) and Dr. Georges-Olivier Reymond (CEO and Co-Founder of Pasqal) gave on the day of delivery. Among other things, they share their joint goal of combining the still-young quantum technology with the already mature world of supercomputing. 👍 The quantum computer is part of the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) project HPCQS_EU – an initiative aiming to advance the integration of quantum systems with the European supercomputing infrastructure. 🖥️ ⚡The new device will be coupled with the JURECA DC supercomputer at JSC and thus expand our quantum computing user facility, JUNIQ. 🌐 As you can see in the video embedded in Pasqal’s post, the day of delivery itself was also very exciting. We enjoy and appreciate this positive vibe in our collaboration. 🤝 #FZJ #QuantumComputing #supercomputing #HPCQS #IBMQuantum #HPC

🚀 𝗧𝗵𝗲 2025 𝗖𝗩𝗣𝗥 𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗛𝗩𝗜𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲! 🌍 The Embed2Scale Consortium is excited to announce the 2025 edition of the 𝗖𝗩𝗣𝗥 𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗛𝗩𝗜𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲. This year, scientists from JSC and all over Europe dive deep into the world of 𝗟𝗼𝘀𝘀𝘆 𝗡𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀. 🔍 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗻𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗹: The task is to develop an 𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿 that compresses 𝗦𝗦𝗟4𝗘𝗢-𝗦12 (𝘃1.1) 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗰𝘂𝗯𝗲𝘀 down to 1024 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗫 (a.k.a. embeddings). Details are in the link below. 📅 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲: • 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 10-31: : Create your encoder E(D) = X. • 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 3-5: Submit and test the quality of your embeddings on data from HuggingFace. • 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 11-12: The Winner presents their solution at CVPR EARTHVISION in Nashville, USA 🔬 𝗘𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: • 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗱𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 as a CSV with data cube IDs and 1024 feature values. • 𝗘𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗱𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 through regression and classification tasks to predict real-valued outcomes. • 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗸 will be based on comparisons with a baseline and other submissions. 🌟 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁-𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲: After the challenge, Embed2Scale will open-source the benchmark framework to 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗯𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆, encouraging the development of new downstream tasks and pushing the boundaries of neural compression. 🌍 Ready to take on the challenge and make your mark in the Earth observation space? 🚀Let's get started! https://lnkd.in/epavwj-T 🤝#Embed2Scale is: Deutsches Zentrum für Luft-und Raumfahrt e.V.,IBM Research, Hisdesat Servicios Estratégicos, Universität Münster,University of Oxford, SatCen, Sinergise, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Martel Innovate EUSPA - EU Agency for the Space Programme European Commission European Space Agency - ESA T-Systems International ThinkingEarth DaFab nextGEMS | next Generation Earth Modelling Systems CloudFerro S.A. VITO Remote Sensing Starion ACRI-ST Thomas Brunschwiler Conrad Albrecht Gabriele Cavallaro Vasilis Kalogirou Matej Batič Romeo Kienzler Benedikt Blumenstiel Sabina Dolenc Michele Lazzarini Tim Reichelt Philip Stier Damien ROBERT, PhD Isabelle Wittmann Carlos Gomes Ainhoa Mendizabal Rocco Sedona Stefan Kesselheim Jannik Schneider #EarthObservation #AI #GeospatialAI #MachineLearning #CVPR2025 #Earthvision #NeuralCompression #FoundationModels #Embed2Scale #EnvironmentalData #ClimateAction

Fantastic news: EuroHPC JU today announced that we have been awarded the JUPITER AI Factory! ⚡ 🤖 🏭 Through this selection, Forschungszentrum Jülich will play a key role in developing the European AI infrastructure.👌 With the JUPITER AI Factory (JAIF), start-ups, small and medium-sized enterprises, industrial companies as well as, of course, research institutions and the public sector will soon have access to Europe’s first exascale supercomputer ⚡JUPITER. With the help of its computing power, AI applications can then be developed, tested, improved and scaled faster than ever before. In addition, JUPITER will also receive a specialized inference module (“JARVIS”) that accelerates access to AI models via the cloud. 🚀 Together with our partners, we are bringing together excellence and resources in the areas of supercomputing, cutting-edge research in AI, and collaboration with industry in a unique way. 🤝 In addition to us as coordinators of the initiative, main partners include the RWTH Center for Artificial Intelligence, the Fraunhofer-Institut für Angewandte Informationstechnik FIT and Fraunhofer IAIS as well as hessian.AI. Furthermore, the JUPITER AI Factory collaborates closely with the German AI service centers @KI-Servicezentrum WestAI and hessian.AI, as well as the KI Bundesverband as associated partners. The JUPITER AI Factory is a key project in the implementation of the European Commission's "AI Innovation Package to support Artificial Intelligence Startups and SMEs". It maintains a close partnership with AI Factory HammerHAI, which is operated in collaboration with the HLRS - Höchstleistungsrechenzentrum Stuttgart (High Performance Computing Centre Stuttgart) and the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre . These institutions work together with the Jülich Supercomputing Centre under the umbrella of the Gauss Centre for Supercomputing. Moreover, the JUPITER AI Factory maintains partnerships with leading AI factories 🤖 🏭 across Europe, including BSC AIF (Spain), IT4LIA (Italy), and in particular GENCI (France), where Alice Recoque, Europe’s second Exascale supercomputer, is being developed. We are very excited about this great opportunity of creating a powerful platform for AI and paving the way for the European supercomputing infrastructure. 👌🚩 The JUPITER AI Factory (JAIF) is funded by EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU), BMBF (German Federal Ministry of Education and Research), Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen and Hessisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Forschung, Kunst und Kultur. Several leading German AI institutions have joined forces for this collaborative project. 💪 👉 Read more on JAIF and the new inference model, JARVIS, in the FZJ Press Release: https://lnkd.in/e-cv2VAY #exa_JUPITER #HPC #AI #Science #collaboration

🌍 Europe Strengthens Digital Sovereignty in HPC & AI with DARE💻 JSC is proud to be part of the first phase of DARE Digital Autonomy with RISC-V in Europe (DARE SGA1)—a major European initiative to advance High-Performance Computing (HPC) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) with homegrown technology. 🔹 38 partners across Europe 🔹 Next-gen European processors & computing systems 🔹 Optimized software ecosystem for research & industry 🔹 RISC-V & chiplet technology for true European innovation By reducing dependency on non-European hardware & software, DARE paves the way for a secure, competitive, and sovereign digital future.🚀 More info: https://buff.ly/9R9w8Ux #HPC #AI #RISCV #Supercomputing #DigitalSovereignty #EuropeTech

💻🌱 Energy-Efficient HPC Made in Germany The demand for #supercomputing (especially #AI) increases rapidly and so is the energy consumption. An already very energy-efficient supercomputer like #exa_JUPITER in Jülich consumes ~ 17 MW ⚡. The challenge is clear: How can we enhance #sustainability for #HPC? Researchers at JSC & other German HPC centres joined forces to tackle this, identifying key measures to boost #energy_efficiency. Key findings include: Smarter cooling, heat reuse, energy monitoring, optimized programming, and specialized heterogeneous hardware will lead HPC into a sustainable future! 🔍Full JSC news: https://buff.ly/3Xi0bKy 🌱Full paper: click on image

🚀 Exciting news! The JSC is now on Bluesky! 🦋 💡Follow us for insights into high-performance computing, quantum computing, AI, and cutting-edge research with exciting findings: @fzj-jsc.bsky.social

This post on the occasion of the “International Day of Women and Girls in Science” 👩🎓 👩💻 👩🔬 👩🚀 from Careers at Forschungszentrum Jülich shows some of our great female colleagues and also our network “Jülich Women in HPC” (#JuWinHPC), which organized its own, very well-received event on this day. While our institute is very international and diverse 👍, #women are still underrepresented in science. This certainly also applies to the #HPC community. 🖥️ What goes without saying is that the low representation of women in many areas of #scientific #research is not due to a lack of expertise, but primarily to structural factors. This makes it all the more important to do something ourselves - as employers and as colleagues. 💪 🙌 🤝

🚀 Advancing Earth System Science with AI – WeatherGenerator Project Launched! 🌍🔬 The JSC is proud to be part of WeatherGenerator, a European initiative to revolutionize weather and climate predictions using cutting-edge AI and machine learning. 🌦️⚡ On February 5 the project officially kicked off, bringing together 16 leading European institutions, coordinated by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts - ECMWF. By leveraging exascale computing power from #exaJUPITER, WeatherGenerator marks a major leap forward in climate science, benefiting sectors like renewable energy, disaster management, and public health. Key objectives of the project: ✅Develop a state-of-the-art AI model for simulating Earth system dynamics. ✅Enhance predictions for weather and climate events across various timescales. ✅Deepen our understanding of Earth system dynamics, enabling better insights into climate processes and interactions. ✅Support disaster response efforts with more accurate predictions for extreme events like floods, heatwaves, and storms. ✅Provide open-source tools and data, promoting transparency and collaboration in climate research. ✅Train the next generation of AI experts specialized in Earth sciences to ensure the long-term impact of the project. More info: https://buff.ly/4hFTAlp #WeatherGenerator #AI #ClimateScience #EarthSystemScience #EUInnovation #Sustainability #HorizonEurope #MachineLearning