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First PRACE Call for Proposals
PRACE (the Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe) allows researchers from across Europe to apply for time on the PRACE resources via a peer review process. This call marks the first opportunity for researchers to apply for PRACE resources on the IBM BlueGene/P - JUGENE - hosted by the Gauss-Centre member site in Jülich, Germany. The proposals must be submitted until 15 August 2010.
see also PRACE News, 15 June 2010

Jülich Supercomputer JUGENE is Still Europe's Fastest Computer
In the TOP500, the global ranking of the world's fastest supercomputers published on 31 May, Jülich computers occupy leading positions. JUGENE, Europe's fastest computer, holds 5th place, and JUROPA / HPC-FF, the computer tandem developed in Jülich, is ranked 14th in the world and 3rd in Europe. QPACE (131st), also located at Jülich, continues to be the most energy-efficient supercomputer in the world.
31 May 2010 - press release from Forschungszentrum Jülich

Enormous demand for computing time on JUGENE
The recent call for applications for computing time on the supercomputers at Jülich has met with a tremendous response. About 170 project applications have been received, requesting about seven times the computing time available on the petaflop computer JUGENE as well as on the general purpose supercomputer JUROPA.
March 2010 - article in JSC News No. 183