NHR Conference '24

We bring together high performance computing users and providers of our NHR centers. You have the opportunity to present your projects in a poster session or contributed talk and to exchange ideas with the consulting and operational teams of the NHR centers.

The 2nd NHR Conference is taking place in Darmstadt in collaboration with NHR4CES@TUDa (Technische Universität Darmstadt).

Keynote Speakers


Here you can find the 'Book of Abstracts', which contains the final program of the conference, the abstracts of all contributions, and information on the conference venue.

 

 

September 9-10, 2024

Scientific Conference >>

Early Bird Price: 100 EUR (50 EUR per day) until July 16, 2024 
Regular Price: 120 EUR (60 EUR per day)
Registration Deadline: August 25, 2024

Abstract Submission is closed.

poster and/or contributed talk
Deadline was June 16, 2024 

September 11-12, 2024

NHR Networking Event >>

This event is an opportunity for all NHR employees of all centers,
NHR Graduate School Fellows and those involved in NHR working
groups/projects to exchange ideas and progress their projects.

TU Darmstadt
Hochschulstr. 1
64289 Darmstadt

This event is free of charge.
Registration Deadline: August 25, 2024

Network Meeting Proposal is closed.

Do you want to organize a working 
group meeting or project team meeting 
at the NHR Networking Event?
Share your idea with us and we will arrange 
a time slot for your meeting.
Deadline was June 16, 2024

!!! Additional offer !!!

Participation only if registered!

Visit of the Lichtenberg II 
high performance computer >>

Only a few places are remaining!
This event is free of charge.

Lichtenberg II (L5|08) ('Lichtwiese')
Günter-Behnisch-Straße 4
64287 Darmstadt
(approx. 20 minutes ride from Darmstadtium/TU Darmstadt). 

September 9, 2024
Tour I | 08:30-09:15 (15 places) Only a few remaining!
Tour II | 09:15-10:00 (15 places) Fully booked.

September 11, 2024
Tour III | 08:45-09:30 (15 places) Only one remaining!
Tour IV | 11:15-12:00 (15 places) Only a few remaining!

   

CALL-OFF CONTINGENTS
We have set up several on-call contingents for you at various hotels around the conference venue. Please feel free to use them. Hotels Darmstadt | Call-off Contingents

CHILDCARE SERVICE
This year, childcare facilities will be available. The TU Darmstadt has kindly offered to provide childcare services also for conference participants. Please submit your request to conference@nhr-verein.de with the subject line "Childcare" by August 7, 2024 at the latest. In your email, please indicate the number of children and the exact date and hours for which childcare is required.

FOOD RESTRICTIONS, ALLERGIES, FOOD INTOLERANCES

Catering will be provided during the conference. Should any attendees follow special food restrictions or suffer from allergies and/or food intolerances, they are kindly requested to send an email to conference@nhr-verein.de, with the subject line "Catering", so that this information can be conveyed to the caterer.

 

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POSTER GUIDELINES

  • Poster must be printed and brought to the conference.
  •  A0 portrait paper size (1189 mm x 841 mm/ 46.8” x 33.1”) with a high resolution to ensure readability. 
  • Research poster reception will take place on Monday, September 09 from 4:30-6:30 p.m.
  • This event will give special attention to the posters and allows a maximum of interaction between poster authors and participants.
  • Poster authors are obliged to be present at their poster during the entire reception.

CONTRIBUTED TALK GUIDELINES

  • Sessions starts either at 1:20 p.m. (Monday sessions) or 09:00 a.m. (Tuesday sessions).
  • Your talk is 15 minutes (12 minutes presentation + 3 min Q&A) long.
  • Every session will start with a short introduction by the session chair and a 30-minutes Invited Talk. 
  • All session speakers must come to the presentation room at least 15 minutes before the session starts to upload their presentation file to the presentation laptop. 

 

 

  

> Computational Engineering

In the area of Computational Engineering, we especially welcome contributions from the field of computational mechanics, with references to HPC and its impact on models and methods. We further invite talks on aspects of uncertainty quantification, and optimization or inverse problems in general.

> Materials Science

Within the Materials Science Sessions, we aim to explore the state-of-the-art computational frameworks and automated workflows to identify and design novel materials with optimal physical, chemical or mechanical properties, for example by using multiscale approaches, machine learning or high-throughput techniques.

> Simulation & Artificial Intelligence

Simulation & AI addresses the development and application of artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques for engineering and sciences. This includes aspects such as surrogating or complementing simulation or optimization models through AI and ML, generative design, data generation, as well as the combination of physics-based and data-driven modeling and simulation through including prior knowledge into ML (“physics-informed ML”).

With top-class keynote speakers and further lectures on this year’s scientific topics, the conference will provide the basis for a scientific exchange beyond disciplinary boundaries. By presenting your research in a talk or poster, you are invited to initiate discussions with other scientists.

The NHR is made for science and so you are asked to provide impetus to make NHR meet your needs. Consulting, and operator staff will participate in the program, and there will be lots of opportunities for one-on-one meetings as well as panel discussions.
 

Computational Engineering
Marek Behr (RWTH Aachen) | Martin Frank (KIT) | Sandra May (Uppsala U)

Materials Science
Hongbin Zhang (TU Darmstadt) | Jörg Neugebauer (MPIE)

Simulation and AI 
Oliver Weeger (TU Darmstadt) | Dominik Michels (TU Darmstadt) | Barbara Solenthaler (ETH Zürich)

 

Day 1 | NHR Scientific Conference | Sep. 09, 2024

Additional offer!!! >> Visit of the Lichtenberg II high performance computer >>

Tour I 08:30-09:15 (15 places) Only a few remaining!
Tour II 09:15-10:00 (15 places) Fully booked.
At "Lichtwiese" (approx. 20 min. from Darmstadtium)
Participation only if registered! These events are free of charge.

11:00–11:20 | Opening Session | Room 3.0789

Opening | Christian Plessl | Vice Chairman of the NHR Executive Board
Welcome Address | Franziska Lang | Vice-President for Academic Careers, TU Darmstadt
Welcome Address | Felix Wolf | Department of Computer Science, TU Darmstadt

11:20–12:20 | Keynote Lecture Computational Engineering | Andrea Beck “CFD, HPC and AI: Ingredients for the next generation flow solvers” [KN-CE-01] | Room 3.0789

12:20-13:20 | Lunch | Foyer

13:20-13:50 | Room 3.05 
Invited Talk Computational Engineering
Axel Klawonn “How to precondition nonlinear problems in computational engineering” [IN-CE-01]

13:20-13:50 | Room 3.06 
Invited Talk Materials Science
Mira Todorova: Using HPC workflows in modelling electrochemical solid/liquid interfaces“” [IN-MS-01]

13:20-13:50 | Room 3.0789
Invited Talk AI & Simulation
Alexander Heinlein “Domain decomposition for neural networks” [IN-AIS-01]

Contributed Talks 
Computational Engineering
Tobias Bongartz [CT-CE-01]
Natalie Kubicki [CT-CE-02]
Chris Fischer [CT-CE-03]
Lea Saßmannshausen [CT-CE-04]
Xiaoyu Wang [CT-CE-05]

Contributed Talks Materials Science
Vasilios Karanikolas [CT-MS-07]
Somnath Bharech [CT-MS-02]
Luigi Sbailo [CT-MS-03]
Georg Manthey [CT-MS-04]
Ivan Kondov [CT-MS-05]

Contributed Talks AI & Simulation
Simon Dalpke [CT-AIS-01]
Ludovico Nista [CT-AIS-02]
Aditi Mohadarkar [CT-AIS-03]
Serhii Yaskovets [CT-AIS-04]
Leon Schindler [CT-AIS-05] 

15:05-15:30 | Coffee Break | Foyer

15:30-16:30 | Keynote Lecture Materials Science | Richard G. Hennig "Design of AI algorithms on Exascale for the Discovery of Novel Materials” [KN-MS-01] | Room 3.0789

16:30-18:30 | Poster Session | Finger Food & Beverages | Foyer


Day 2 | NHR Scientific Conference | Sep. 10, 2024

08:30-12:00
Serving of Coffee and Snacks
Foyer

09:00-09:30 | Room 3.05 
Invited Talk 
Computational Engineering
Johann Rudi: “Extreme-Scale High-Resolution Mantle Convection: Inference through Large-Scale Optimization and Uncertainty Quantification for Earth's Nonlinear Viscosity” [IN-CE-02]

09:00-09:30 | Room 3.06 
Invited Talk 
Materials Science
Kai Exner: “Electrocatalysis of MXenes: On 2D Materials and Single-Atom Catalysts” [IN-MS-02]

09:00-09:30 | Room 3.0789
Invited Talk 
AI & Simulation
Carsten Binnig: "Towards LLM-augmented Database Systems” [IN-AIS-02]

Contributed Talks 
Computational Engineering
Paul Wilhelm [CT-CE-06]
Simon Märtens [CT-CE-07] 
Zoya Masih [CT-CE-08]
Michael Mauersberger [CT-CE-09]
Gustavo de Morais [CT-CE-10]

Contributed Talks Materials Science
Ronaldo Rodrigues Pela [CT-MS-06]
Fabian Peschel [CT-MS-01]
Giovanna Tosato [CT-MS-08]
Ganesh Kumar Nayak [CT-MS-09]
Marcus Müller [CT-MS-10]

Contributed Talks AI & Simulation
Tobias Kortus [CT-AIS-06]
Fabian Orland [CT-AIS-08]
Ali Doosthosseini [CT-AIS-09]
Florian Dietz [CT-AIS-11]
 

11:00 –12:30 | Plenary Session “NHR for Users” and „NHR Women in HPC (NHR|WHPC)“ | Room 3.0789

12:30-13:00 | Group Photo | Main Entrance Darmstadtium

13:00-14:00 | Lunch | Foyer

14:00–15:00 | Keynote AI & Simulation | Dennis Kochmann “AI-assisted inverse design of architected materials” [KN-AIS-01] | Room 3.0789

15:00-15:30 | Coffee Break | Foyer

15:30-17:00 | Panel Discussion “Research Software Engineering: 
Towards a culture of sustainable software development in a research environment”
Moderator: Jan Martin Wiarda | Room 3.0789

17:00-17:30 | Closing Session | Room 3.0789

Day 3 | NHR Networking and Workshop Event | Sep. 11, 2024

Locations: 

TU Darmstadt | Hochschulstr. 1 | 64289 Darmstadt
HRZ | Alexanderstr. 2 | 64283 Darmstadt
806qm | Alexanderstr. 2 | 64283 Darmstadt
Lichtenberg II (L5/08) | Günther-Behnisch-Str. 4 | 64287 Darmstadt
 

08:30-12:00
Coffee and Snacks

Additional offer!!! >> Visit of the Lichtenberg II high performance computer >> 

Tour III
08:45-09:30 
(15 places)
Only one remaining!

Tour IV
11:15-12:00
(15 places)
Only a few remaining!

At "Lichtwiese" 
(approx. 20 min. ride from TU Darmstadt)
Only if registered

09:00-11:30
Meeting Nutzungsausschuss
(non public) HRZ, 203 "Berlin"

09:00-11:30
Meeting Betreiberausschuss +
Mitgliederversammlung
(non public) HRZ, 403 "New York"

09:00-10:30
Workshop: “Application of the RDM
Software Kadi4MAT in HPC (NFDI4Ing)”
-> GradS Scholars
TU Darmstadt | Köhler-Saal (180 p.)

09:00-10:30
Working Group Meeting “NHR Security”
TU Darmstadt | 100 (44 p.)

09:00-10:30
Working Group “Supervisor NHR GradS”
TU Darmstadt | 204 (48 p.)

09:00-10:30
Workshop “NHR+NFDIxCS” TU Darmstadt | 209 (37 p.)

  

11:00-12:00
Photosession Gremien
HRZ

10:30-12:00
Working Group “Office Admins”
TU Darmstadt | 102 (19 p.)

11:00-12:30
Working Group: “Envisioning a NHRNFDI
Collaboration on enabling FAIR
implementation on HPC”
TU Darmstadt | 100 (44 p.)

10:30-12:00
Career Planning Meeting NHR Graduate
School Fellows with HPC-Experts
TU Darmstadt | 204 (48 p.)

10:30-12:00
Working Group: “NHR in Standard
Groups”
TU Darmstadt | 110 (26 p.)

10:30-12:30
Vergabe-Orga and NHR Office (JARDS,
NHR-Template, Starter projects…)
TU Darmstadt | Köhler-Saal
(180 p.)

10:30-12:30
Working Group “NHR Admin Networking
Session”
TU Darmstadt | 209 (37 p.)

12:00-13:30 | Lunch | TU Darmstadt | Foyer
Separate Lunch for PhD Supervisors
Separate Lunch for PhD Students and HPC Experts

13:30-14:30 | Photosession | NHR | Main Entrance TU Darmstadt
14:30-16:30 | Photosession | Graduate School | Main Entrance TU Darmstadt

14:30-16:30 | Presentation Strategic Projects | TU Darmstadt | Köhler-Saal

17:00-21:00 | Networking Event | 806qm

Day 4 | NHR Networking and Workshop Event | Sep. 12, 2024

08:30-12:00
Coffee and Snacks
TU Darmstadt | Foyer

09:00-09:30
Joint Meeting Consulting Groups
TU Darmstadt | Köhler-Saal

09:30-10:30
Working Group Meeting
“Life Sciences”
TU Darmstadt | 100 (44 p.)

09:30-10:30
Working Group Meeting “Digital Humanities”
TU Darmstadt | 102 (19 p.)

09:30-10:30
Working Group Meeting “Physics/Chemistry”
TU Darmstadt | 110 (26 p.)

09:30-10:30
Working Group Meeting “Engineering/CFD”
TU Darmstadt | 116 (48 p.)

09:30-11:00
Working Group Meeting “Earth System Sciences”
TU Darmstadt | 209 (37 p.)

10:30-11:00
Joint Meeting Consulting Groups
“AI and Machine Learning”
TU Darmstadt | Köhler-Saal

10:30-12:00
Working Group: HPC Training and Certification
TU Darmstadt | 100 (44 p.)

10:30-12:00
Working Group “Public Relations”
TU Darmstadt | 110 (26 p.)

11:00-12:00
Panel: “HPC Procurements in NHR - Experiences & Challenges in
Benchmarking and TCO Modelling“
TU Darmstadt | Köhler-Saal

  

12:00-13:30 | Lunch |TU Darmstadt | Foyer

13:00-14:00 | HPC Procurement in NHR | TU Darmstadt | 209 (non public)

 

Darmstadtium

The darmstadtium congress center is located in the heart of the art nouveau and science city of Darmstadt, directly on the city center campus of the Technical University and opposite Darmstadt Castle. Opened in 2007, the congress center combines modern architecture with historical relics such as the old city wall, which has been integrated into the building. The building takes its name from the chemical element “Darmstadtium”, which was discovered in 1994 at the GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research in Darmstadt.

Locations Networking Days

TU Darmstadt | Hochschulstr. 1 | 64289 Darmstadt
HRZ | Alexanderstr. 2 | 64283 Darmstadt
806qm | Alexanderstr. 2 | 64283 Darmstadt
Lichtenberg II (L5/08) | Günther-Behnisch-Str. 4 | 64287 Darmstadt

Darmstadtium
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Insight | NHR Conference '23

We are pleased to share with you the highlights of past year's NHR conference, which provided many exciting insights and interesting discussions during and after the scientific presentations and led to many stimulating conversations and exchanges between the participants.

Topics 2023 | Atomistic Simulation | Life Science | Agent-based Simulation
 
Keynote Speakers
  • Helmut Grubmüller, MPI for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen
  • Karissa Sanbonmatsu, Los Alamos National Laboratory
  • Mohammed AlQuraishi, Columbia University New York
  • Rob Axtell, George Mason University College of Science
Participants of the NHR Conference '23
Prof. Dr. Christof Schütte
NHR Conference '23
Zuse Institute Berlin
Women in HPC: Empowering Future Careers 2
Zuse Institute Berlin
Poster Session
Participants of the NHR Networking Event
Rob Axtell, George Mason University College of Science
NHR Conference '23
Prof. Dr. Gerhard Wellein, NHR@FAU
Women in HPC: Empowering Future Careers 1
NHR Conference '23
Mohammed AlQuraishi, Columbia University New York
Zuse Institute Berlin