Attributes of the Top National Buyers of HPC Resources for Deep Learning and Machine Learning

Hyperion Research recently initiated its Top of Mind (ToM) surveys, a periodic series of questions designed to gather quick answers on some of the more compelling topics of the day. For this second round of the ToM survey, questions spanned AI, power/sustainability concerns, cloud provider improvements, talent shortages, and work-from-home programs. 120 respondents from across the HPC/AI community and around the world participated.

This report, the latest in the Hyperion Research HPC Profiles in Leadership series, spotlights the Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC), located at Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ), in Jülich, Germany. With origins dating back to 1956 as "Zentralinstitut für Angewandte Mathematik" (ZAM), FZJ has expanded well beyond its initial charter of nuclear energy and nuclear physics research to driving scientific research across a wide breadth of disciplines, including bioeconomy, alternative energy, neuroscience, and climate research. Operating as Germany's first national center for high-performance computing since 1987, it became JSC in 2007 with the goal of ensuring that scientists and researchers are able to conduct ground-breaking research and address society's most complex challenges.