Within the framework of KONWIHR, a large number of larger and smaller projects have been supported since 2000. An overview of ongoing and completed projects of recent years is given below.
Current long-term support projects
- OMI4papps – Optimization, Modeling and Implementation for highly parallel applications – RRZE, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg; LRZ München
- ProPE-Algorithms – Process-oriented Performance Engineering Service Infrastructure for Scientific Software at German HPC Centers
- Basis project computer center TH Deggendorf
- Basis project University of Regensburg – Lattice Quantum Field Theory and Bioinformatics
- Basis project University of Würzburg – Monte Carlo simulations of topological quantum matter
Current scientific projects
Long-term
Short term
- Optimization of Dynamic Mesh Handling in preCICE – Dr. Uekermann (TU München), 2020
- Thinking beyond SuperMUC-NG: Porting MGLET to GPUs – Prof. Manhart (TU München), 2020
- Implementation of hyper-dimensional thermodynamic integration for parallel HPC molecular dynamics simulation using LAMMPS – Prof. Zahn (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg), 2020
- Scattering Tool to Advance Research of Materials Structure (STAR-MiSt) – Prof. Pöschel (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg), 2020
- Parallel mesh loading and partitioning for large-scale simulation – Prof. Frank (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg), 2020
- High-order matrix-free finite element implementations with hybrid parallelization and improved data locality – Dr. Kronbichler / Prof. Wall (TU München), 2020
- Semiempirische Molekülorbital-Theorie für sehr große Systeme – Prof. Clark (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg), 2020
- Talking Hands – creating HPC processes for improved person and gesture detection and recognition on a large audiovisual dataset – Dr. Uhrig (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg), 2020
- Embedding Python COSIPY in WRF for improved simulations over glaciers – Dr. Collier (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg), 2020
- COPI:GLECHA: Code Optimierung für die interferometrische Auswertung von Satellitendaten zur globalen Bestimmung von Gletscherhöhenänderungen – Prof. Braun (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg), 2020
- Implementation of multiscale X-DFA – a Fourier analysis for X-ray radiograms – Prof. Pöschel (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg), 2020
- Parallel in Time Integration with Rational Approximations targeting Weather and Climate Simulations – Dr. Schreiber (TU München), 2019
- Efficient finite cell computations for image-based analyses – Prof. Rank (TU München), 2019
- A modern framework for classical spin models and lattice field theory on general topologies – Dr. Goth (Uni Würzburg), 2019
- Coarse grid solver optimization for extreme-scale geometric multigrid methods on hierarchical hybrid grids – Prof. Rüde (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg), 2019
- Analyse der parallelen Skalierbarkeit für unterschiedliche Turbulenzmodelle unter Berücksichtigung der Gittergrößen mittels des CFD-Codes ANSYS CFX für den Anwendungsfall der Radialventilatoren – Prof. Epple (HS Coburg), 2019
- Optimizing and Parallelizing a 3D freeze drying simulation – Prof. Pöschel (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg), 2019
- Effective OpenFOAM MPI-I/O library for HDF5 archive output – Prof. Becker (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg), 2019
- Efficient checkpointing technique for the unsteady adjoint solver in SU2 – Prof. Becker (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg), 2019
- Integration of efficient compute kernels for phase field models into the waLBerla simulation framework using code generation and performance engineering techniques – Prof. Köstler (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg), 2019
- Scalable framework for scoring deleteriousness of genetic variants with CADD and Kipoi – Prof. Gagneur (TU München), 2019
- High Performance Emulation for File System like I/O (HiPEF) – Dr. Richter (TU München), 2019
- Spacefilling Fractal Tilings – Prof. Arndt (TH Nürnberg), 2019
- Implementaton von Vektoroperationen für SBCL – Dr. Neuß (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg), 2018
- OpenACC for a cosmo Gadget – Dr. Dolag (Universitäts-Sternwarte München), 2018
- Performance tuning of high-order discontinuous Galerkin solvers for SuperMUC-NG – Dr. Kronbichler (TU München), 2018
- Automatsierte Planung von Machine-Learning-Experimenten für Benchmarking und AutoML – Prof. Bischl (LMU München), 2018
- SIMD-optimisation of the CFD software package MGLET for SuperMUC-NG – Prof. Manhart (TU München), 2018
- TELEMAC – Optimierung einer Modellumgebung für großräumige und langzeitliche Simulationen am SuperMUC – Prof. Rutschmann (TU München), 2018
- High-fidelity large-scale CFD simulations on SuperMUC-NG: Improving accuracy and reproducibility of high-resolution schemes – Prof. Adams (TU München), 2018
- Hochparallele Berechnung vieler innerer und eng benachbarter Eigenwerte fermionischer und hochangeregter exzitonischer Systeme [PEigFEx] – Dr. Hager (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg), 2018
- Optimizing irreversible Markov-chain codes for manybody simulation – S. Kapfer (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg), 2018
- Efficient and Scalable Implementation of Hartree-Fock Exchange within the Ultrasoft Pseudopotential Branch of the CPMD code – Prof. Meyer (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg), 2018
- Matrix based particle interactions in a meshless multiphysics solver – Prof. Pöschel (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg), 2018
- A Scalable Implementation of Complex Substitution Models for Phylogenetic Inference from Large-Scale Genomic Data – Prof. Wörheide ( LMU München), 2018
- Dynamics of Complex Fluids – Prof. Harting (Helmholtz Institut / FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg), 2017
- Parallelization and Optimization of Numerical Methods in the Polaris(MD) Molecular Dynamics Software – Prof. Zacharias (TU München), 2017
- High-performance implementation of the Geometric Electromagnetic Particle-In-Cell Framework (GEMPIC) – Prof. Sonnendrücker (TU München), 2017
- Computational methods for mapping of regulatory elements from large-scale RNA-sequencing compendia – Prof. Gagneur (TU München), 2017 (extended)
- Improving the Parallelism of Ultrasoft Pseudopotential Calculations within the CPMD code – Prof. Meyer (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg), 2016
- Effiziente Simulationsexperimente zur Parameteroptimierung speicherintensiver computerlinguistischer Lernverfahren – Prof. Evert (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg), 2016
- Integrating gesture annotation into a unified HPC workflow for the automatic analysis of large quantities of multimodal data within the Distributed Little Red Hen Lab – Dr. Uhrig (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg), 2016 (extended)
Completed scientific projects
Long-term
- EMPIRE – Ein Höchstleistungsprogramm für die semiempirische Molekülorbital-Theorie
- BG.DAF – Bavarian Genome Data and Analysis Facility
Short-term
- Efficient parallel HPC implementation of pH-dependence in molecular dynamics simulation using LAMMPS – Prof. Zahn (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg), 2019
- Cancer Progression Models – Prof. Wettig (Uni Regensburg), 2018
- Optimizing the Parallel Granular Gas Solver to study the crater formation – Prof. Pöschel (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg), 2018
- Algorithms and data structures for matrix-free finite element multigrid operators with MPI-parallel sparse multi-vectors – Dr. Davydov (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg), 2018
- Computing continuum fields from particle data – Prof. Pöschel (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg), 2017
- Matrix-free GPU kernels for complex applications in fluid dynamics – Prof. Wall (TU München), 2017
- Matrix-Free Finite Cell Method – Prof. Rank (TU München), 2017
- Fraktale Monsterkurven – Prof. Arndt (TH Nürnberg), 2017
- Performance-Optimierung eines iterativen Maxwell-Lösers – Prof. Pflaum (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg), 2016
- Analyse und Stärkung der Multi-Core Komponente in Gascoigne 3D – Dr. Richter (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg), 2016
- CFS++MPI: Erweiterung von CFS++ um MPI-parallelisierte Löser – Dr. Wein (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg), 2016
- Fast & Flexible Poisson-Boltzmann Solver – Prof. Greiner (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg), 2015
- Scalable Data and Visualisation Output Strategies within the WaLBerla-framework – Prof. Rüde (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg), 2015
- Optimierungstechniken für explizite Verfahren zur GPU-beschleunigten Lösung von Anfangswertproblemen gewöhnlicher Differenzialgleichungen (OTEGO) – Dr. Korch (Uni Bayreuth), 2015
- Highly-parallelized boundary integral implementation for blood flow simulations – Prof. Gekle (Uni Bayreuth), 2015
- Optimization and implementation of novel quantum Monte Carlo methods for strongly correlated electron systems – Prof. Assaad (Uni Würzburg), 2015
- Monte Carlo Streustrahlensimulation zur Beschleunigung von deterministischen Simulationen für industrielle Computertomographie – Prof. Hanke (Uni Würzburg), 2015
- Dynamic adaptive meshing for direct numerical simulations of turbulence at large Reynolds numbers and complex flow geometries – Prof. Jovanovic (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg), 2015
- Advanced Parallel Simulation of Colloidal Structuring at the nanoscale: Parallel Computing Optimization of LAMMPS and a Phase Field Crystal Simulation Code – Prof. Emmerich (Uni Bayreuth), 2015
- waLBerla-MC – A Widely Applicable Lattice-Boltzmann Solver for Many-Core Architectures – Lehrstuhl für Systemsimulation (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg), 2013
- GeoPF – Geophysics for PetaFlop Computing – Department für Geo- und Umweltwissenschaften (LMU München), 2013
Comprehensive scientific presentations of project results
Comprehensive scientific presentations of the project results can also be found in the proceedings of the HLRB/KONWIHR review workshops:




- High Performance Computing in Science and Engineering, Munich 2002 – Transactions of the First Joint HLRB and KONWIHR Status and Result Workshop, October 10-11, 2002, Technical University of Munich, Germany, S. Wagner, W. Hanke, A. Bode, and F. Durst (Eds.), Springer (Berlin, Heidelberg), 2003, ISBN 3-540-00474-2.
- High Performance Computing in Science and Engineering, Munich 2004 – Transactions of the Second Joint HLRB and KONWIHR Status and Result Workshop, March 2-3, 2004, Technical University of Munich, and Leibniz-Rechenzentrum Munich, Germany, S. Wagner, W. Hanke, A. Bode, and F. Durst (Eds.), Springer (Berlin, Heidelberg), 2005, ISBN 978-3-540-44326-1. DOI: 10.1007/b137893
- High Performance Computing in Science and Engineering, Garching 2004 – Transaction of the KONWIHR Result Workshop, October 14-15, 2004, Technical University of Munich, Garching, Germany, A. Bode and F. Durst (Eds.), Springer (Berlin, Heidelberg), 2005, ISBN 978-3-540-26145-2.
- High Performance Computing in Science and Engineering, Garching/Munich 2007 Transactions of the Third Joint HLRB and KONWIHR Status and Result Workshop, Dec. 3-4, 2007, Leibniz Supercomputing Centre, Garching/Munich, Germany, S. Wagner, M. Steinmetz, A. Bode, M. Brehm (Eds), Springer (Berlin, Heidelberg), 2009, ISBN 978-3-540-69181-5.
Popular scientific presentations from the KONWIHR environment
A wide variety of scientific and popular-scientific presentations from the KONWIHR environment can be found in the regularly published Quartl.
Further information is available on the respective project pages as well as at the KONWIHR offices in Munich and Erlangen.