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About BIH HPC

The High Performance Compute (HPC) IT team maintains, extends, and supports the scientific compute systems at the Berlin Institute of Health. The prime service offered by HPC-IT is the BIH cluster which was designed and optimized for processing human genome data for translational research. The system is currently used by 150+ groups and 900+ users mostly for bioinformatics data analysis but also for simulation, image analysis, and machine learning.

BIH Cluster

• Designed and optimized for processing human gene sequence data for translational research
• Specific requirements:
  • Excellent I/O performance
  • Large storage (petabyte scale)
  • Suitable queuing system and rules
  • Processes and measures to ensure data privacy
  • Processes and measures suitable for research applications
• You can read about the technical specifications here.
• We have established an elaborate user and rights management process, including
  • Authentication with MDC or Charité account
  • Private data spaces for groups and projects
  • Specific authorizations
  • Documentation of all access rights

User Committee

• Dominik Seelow
• Kathrin de la Rosa
• Martin Kircher
• Nils Blüthgen
• Uwe Ohler