Quite a varied field of research. From Computer Science and Neuroscience to Climate Research and more. You can find an overview for some of the HPC systems here: https://www.fz-juelich.de/en/ias/jsc/systems/supercomputers/...

Looks like a research cluster. Universities / their Researcher can apply for reasources instead of setting up own hardware.

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