Present day compute and moreover high-performance computing systems in the NHR alliance are based on the newest hardware technologies. This includes heterogeneous chip architectures and performant communication networks. Their efficient usage is based on problem adapted algorithms in the field of parallel programming and includes the energy efficient inclusion of accelerators, in particular GPUs.

The NHR@ZIB supports such demands and helps to extend the knowledge base of the users. For that a broad range of information, education, and advanced trainings is offered to present and future users and to the general HPC community.

For the education of  junior researchers the NHR@ZIB contributes to the NHR graduate school, to the course offerings at the universities of the Berlin University Alliance (BUA), especially for bachelor, master, and PhD students. Low-threshold support contains the following activities.

• On the compute system short documentation is available for installed application software.
• Online on the user portal the hardware description, the corresponding programming models and software documentation are available in full detail.
• All written information online and further application specific knowledge are presented in advanced trainings in online meetings and directly at ZIB. These courses are coordinated together with the other NHR centers in Germany.