Leibniz Supercomputing Centre
The Leibniz Supercomputing Centre (LRZ) is an IT service provider and research institute of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BAdW). LRZ stands at the forefront of its field as a leadership-class computing and user facility serving Munich’s top universities and colleges, as well as research institutions in Bavaria, Germany, and Europe. For more than 60 years, LRZ has offered an expansive portfolio of IT and advanced computational resources, scientific consultation, services, and support. Among its assets for data storage, cluster, and cloud computing, LRZ hosts and operates its flagship high-performance computing (HPC) systems, SuperMUC-NG, and its upgrade system, SuperMUC-NG Phase 2.
For Quantum computing, LRZ is one of the leading centers in Europe and operates a spectrum of quantum computers based on superconducting, trapped ion, and neutral atoms. With its Quantum Integration Centre (QIC), the Quantum Computing and Technologies (QCT) department at LRZ conducts research and development of quantum and hybrid Quantum-HPC computing environments, from infrastructure through the system and application software to evaluation of hybrid algorithms. In service of the Munich Quantum Valley (MQV) and scientific network, and in collaboration with users from regional, national and EU-wide research communities, innovative work is achieved in a co-design manner to propel technology and scientific discovery forward. LRZ is one of the six European host sites for hybrid supercomputers combining HPC with quantum technologies selected by the EuroHPC JU.
Main tasks in the project
LRZ is mainly involved in WP6 System Integration, with tasks on (i) developing user interface on cloud portal access and providing access to transmon-based QPUs (up to 24 qubits), (ii) deriving a generic breakdown of a quantum computer system with key components like functionality, interfaces and protocols for standardisation, and (iii) performing tight integration of QC into HPC, including software accommodation to OSQP1000 systems, HPCQC benchmark tests to measure performance of software stack on different HPC+QC combinations with different run-time parameters.
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Staff members involved
