High Performance Computing in Science and Engineering, Munich 2002

High-Performance Computers (HPC) have initiated a revolutionary develop­ ment in research and technology since many complex and challenging prob­ lems in this area can only be solved by HPC and a network in modeling, algo­ rithms and software. In 1998 the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Association) recommended to install an additional Federal High­ Performance Computer followed by the one in Stuttgart. In January 1999 the Wissenschaftsrat (German Science Council) decided that t