NHR Women in HPC (NHR|WHPC) chapter

With the NHR Chapter, we want to connect and support the NHR employees and users who are scientists at German universities, in line with our mandate. We also welcome all other scientists and supporters of WHPC who are active in Germany.

The chapter will help us build a broad and strong community and better promote diversity, equality, inclusivity and a supportive culture in NHR and throughout Germany.

• We aim to actively support minorities and promote women professionals, students, researchers and faculty working in academia or industry in Germany.
• Our focus will be on providing networking opportunities, support and resources (such as mentorship, travel grants and campaigns).
• We specifically focus on advocating for gender equity initiatives within German HPC communities. Identifying challenges faced by women in HPC across different regions of Germany to gather insights, perspectives and feedback.
• Based on regular feedback, surveys, reviews and evaluations from diverse perspectives, our chapter will ensure its long-term success and sustainability by continuously refining the chapter's activities, strategies, and initiatives, to ensure that they are realistic, impactful, and responsive to the needs of women in HPC in Germany.

> Register as a member of NHR|WHPC >

The call for member participation is open across all of the NHR centres and Germany in general. The membership application is free, quick, and easy!
Register at WHPC by selecting the chapter "National High Performance Computing Alliance (NHR) (Germany)". 
If you’re already an individual member of WHPC and want to affiliate with our chapter, you will be able to go to a newsletter and then update your membership and mailing preferences by clicking on the "update preferences" link at the bottom.

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Subscribe to the NHR|WHPC chapter members' mailing list and stay informed about the latest news.

To get involved in our chapter activities, you can attend our upcoming events and volunteer your skills and expertise by contributing to our initiatives, speaking at events, or mentoring others.

 You can contact the representatives via whpc-orga@nhr-verein.de

Chapter Founder and Committee Lead

• Ayesha Afzal | NHR@FAU
• Dörte Sternel | NHR Office 

Chapter Representatives from all NHR Alliance Members

• Ayesha Afzal | NHR@FAU
• Anita Ragyanszki | NHR@ZIB
• Bai-Xiang Xu | NHR4CES@TUDa
• Charlotte Debus and Jasmin Hörter | NHR@KIT
• Diana Göhringer | NHR@TUD
• Michaela Kemper | PC2
• Sarah Neuwirth | NHR@SW
• Sandra Wienke | NHR4CES@RWTH
• Stefanie Mühlhausen, Martin Skowronek, and Narges Lux | NHR@Göttingen

NHR Office: Monique Drees and Franka Derwisch

Chapter monthly meetings 

Every second Tuesday of the month at 1:00 p.m. CEST.
Next meetings: 

• May 13, 2025
• July 8, 2025
• September 9, 2025
• November 11, 2025

ISC 2025 | Hamburg | June 10-13, 2025

We are proud to be part of the conference events:

• NHR | WHPC Travel Grant 
  Our chapter's travel grants, sponsored by the NHR Alliance, will be awarded to three selected ISC WHPC Poster presenters.
• WHPC | Sofa Talk on “Empowering Women’s Visibility in HPC" | NHR Booth J10 | June 12 at 10:30 AM
  Join us for our chapter's Sofa Talk featuring (co-)founders of all European WHPC Chapters: NHR|WHPC, MAR, Central European, JuWinHPC, ideas4hpc Swiss — and the WHPC Executive Committee Advisor
• WHPC | Tech Talk | Hall H, Booth L01 | June 10 at 6:45 PM
  A talk on our chapter's activities will be presented by Ayesha Afzal during the WHPC Tech Talks session.
• WHPC | Poster Submission Our chapter founder, Ayesha Afzal, continues to support WHPC events, serving once again as ISC WHPC Poster Chair. Check out her feature in the WHPC April Newsletter
• Meet and Greet: Cristin Merritt and Ayesha Afzal | Foyer D–G | June 12 at 2:00 PM
  Here you can connect with HPC experts in an informal setting and learn more about WHPC.
• Women in HPC Poster Pitch & Awarding | Hall E | June 11 at 1:00 PM
• A special shout-out was given by WHPC to her institutions, NHR@FAU and NHR Alliance, featured in WHPC merchandise.

Euro-Par 2025 | Dresden | August 25–29, 2025

Ayesha Afzal and Marta Garcia, founders of two WHPC chapters, will co-organize a special WHPC session featuring invited talks by both early-career and established female researchers in HPC.

Stay tuned for updates on our chapter's activities.

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NHR Conference '24 >>

Darmstadt, Germany | September 09-10, 2024
We announced the inauguration of our NHR|WHPC chapter at NHR Conference 2024.

EuroPar | WHPC Audiorium >>

Madrid, Spain | August 30, 2024 at 10:30-12:30 a.m.
We announced the inauguration of our NHR|WHPC chapter at the WHPC session in EuroPar Conference 2024.

Chapter first meet-up event with its members and JuWinHPC chapter 

online | August 29, 2024

We successfully held our first joint online event with all NHR|WHPC members and the JuWinHPC chapter. We had an open debate on providing support and opportunities for chapter members. Each participant introduced themselves, followed by a presentation of the NHR|WHPC chapter by Ayesha Afzal.

Proud and Strong in Computing Conference (PSCC) >> 

(online | June 24, 2024 at 4:10 p.m.)
“Women in HPC”, Keynote: Sarah Neuwirth

Chapter kick-off meeting

June 7, 2024

Chapter launch

The NHR Alliance is very proud to announce that we have become a Women in HPC (WHPC) chapter on May 24, 2024. We have now been fully onboarded with adding the chapter's name and mailing list on the WHPC website (Chapters & Affiliates Map, WHPC membership form) and adding chapter leadership contacts representing the chapter (Ayesha Afzal and Dörte Sternel) on the WHPC Chapters Committee (official WHPC chapter mailing lists and slack chapter channels).