Getting An Account
There are multiple High Performance Computing (HPC) systems hosted in Göttingen that are available to different groups of users.
NHR@Göttingen
KISSKI
Applying for KISSKI resources requires a request for a specific service, which is listed on KISSKI Services page. An application can be started by clicking on the “book” button. Selected offers are:
- Compute resources
- Chat-AI
- Secure HPC
- Secure container
- Protein structure prediction
- Secure data catalogues
Further services, including consulting and development services, can be found in the KISSKI service catalogue. More details about the application for compute resources and Chat-AI can be found in the KISSKI application process.
Scientific Compute Cluster (SCC)
To access the HPC system, you need to be explicitly activated by us.
If you have a full GWDG account (this excludes student accounts that have a mail address ending in @stud.uni-goettingen.de), your account is eligible to be activated directly for the HPC system.
To see if you have a full GWDG account and can therefore be activated for the HPC service, log in to our AcademicCloud, and take a look at your account page. If the institute affiliation is “Studierende der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen”, it is NOT a full account. While you are there, you should also make sure the “Unix default shell” under “… Other” is set to /bin/bash to prevent future problems with the HPC system.
To get your account activated, please create a ticket via email to hpc-support@gwdg.de, including your username and ideally from the email address associated with the account.
Users without a full GWDG account
If you have a student or guest account (AcademicCloud), you can also request HPC access if you are working on a thesis or another project where you need access to compute resources. Please put your advisor in the CC of your email to hpc-support@gwdg.de and also mention the institute you will be working at and a short description/working title of your thesis/project as well as the duration of the project (for thesis projects please instead just tell us what sort of thesis it is and we will set an appropriate duration). A project will be created for you in the HPC Project Portal. You will receive an email with your login username (which does not match your AcademicCloud username) and further documentation.
Restrictions
Please note that our ability to activate your account for the HPC service is subject to export control regulations.