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Based on a long tradition in supercomputing at Stuttgart University, the High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart (HLRS) was founded in 1995 as a federal center for High-Performance Computing. Since then it has assumed a leading position in supercomputing which is internationally accepted and renowned. The National Science Foundation Award for High Performance Distributed Computing in 1999 and the HPC Challenge Award 2003 have emphasized this again. Today, HLRS provides services to researchers at universities and research laboratories in Germany and at the same time does a great deal of research in the field of modeling and simulation.
But besides being a national center for research HLRS has always taken the role of being also a service center and a cooperation partner for industry. Together with its partners T-Systems, T-Systems sfr and Porsche AG HLRS provides engineers and researchers alike with unique and outstanding performance from leading edge systems. This very particular cooperation creates synergetic effects for both industry and public research that help to reduce costs on the one hand and increase the know-how transfer in both directions on the other hand.
One of the key goals of the HLRS is the provision of the best system for each application. HLRS therefore sees itself not just as another center hosting another supercomputer. Hence, the decision for any hardware provided is always driven by demand of the users aiming to provide the best solution for a given problem. In consequence HLRS does not follow trends in architecture but rather sees one part of its role in evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of existing systems. This is naturally reflected in purchase decisions. However, at least as important is the feedback that HLRS is able to provide to its industrial hardware vendors in intensive partnerships. Thus HLRS has helped to improve HPC-systems by bringing to bear the requirements of simulation in the hardware design process. On top of this HLRS sees itself as a provider for simulation solutions. This requires for the center to take the lead in bringing together various disciplines working towards solutions in research and engineering.
Based on a staff of mathematicians, computer scientists, engineers and scientists from a variety of application fields HLRS has become a breeding place for innovative simulation. Not the least because HLRS has successfully managed to integrate means of virtual reality visualization and supercomputing. By this it provides the user with a real simulation workbench that virtually puts the scientist directly into the simulation process.
Because the director of HLRS at the same time holds a chair for High Performance Computing at the University of Stuttgart HLRS also is a center of excellence in the field of modeling and simulation. Together with its partners and users HLRS can thus work on shaping the future of science and technology.

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