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The Gauss Centre for Supercomputing (GCS) combines Germany's three national supercomputing centres—High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart (HLRS), Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC), and Leibniz Supercomputing Centre, Garching near Munich (LRZ)—into Germany’s foremost supercomputing institution.
The primary goal of the GCS is to foster scientific high-performance computing (HPC) and to develop computer-aided scientific research in Germany and Europe. The GCS aims to achieve this goal by providing an exceptional level of HPC expertise and services as well as state-of-the art HPC resources.
To ensure a leading role in the European HPC-Community, the GCS strives to:
- Provide state-of-the-art supercomputing resources featuring complementary system architectures to ensure the ongoing enhancement of computer-aided science in Germany.
- Ensure open access for all scientists and researchers to the GCS system environment through a peer-review process that evaluates researchers' technical and scientific excellence.
- Provide optimal application and user support for scientists and reseachers of various disciplines based on the specific needs of the individual user.
- Offer high-level education and training for supercomputer users to ensure the most efficient use of GCS's HPC resources.
- Continue to attract and retain highly qualified scientists and engineers by offering state-of-the-art HPC system infrastructures, services and support.
- Support Germany’s leading position in the realms of scientific and industrial research in fields like automotation, medicine, climate and environment, foundational research, and astronomy, amongst others.
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