That’s right, Science IT is turning 10!

And we still remain committed to help ensure that research at the University of Zurich remains internationally competitive.

Science IT does this by providing access to state-of-the-art research computing infrastructure, direct consultancy on how to best use IT to solve research problems, and custom services to the research projects via embedded experts. Acting as a center of expertise for scientific computing, we collaboratively make use of and develop new innovative solutions driven directly by researchers’ demand.

Memorable moments in Science IT’s history include:

• Access to Piz Daint Supercomputer in early 2015
• Initial ScienceCloud offering started in late 2015
• Science IT Board initiated in 2016
• Access to initial GPU computing provided in 2017
• Access to HPC nodes on ScienceCloud available in 2018
• ScienceCluster service starting in 2019
• More than 100 research groups using Science IT Computing in 2019
• ScienceApps interface to ScienceCluster in 2020
• More than 200 research groups using Science IT Computing in 2020
• Access to Alps/Eiger Supercomputer in 2021
• Major ScienceCluster upgrade in 2023
• Upgraded to a total capacity of 14PB of storage in 2024
• …and not to forget, numerous research project collaborations since 2014

All this would not be possible without our users, the researchers of UZH. Many thanks for the continued support and opportunities to collaborate in research projects.

We’re looking forward to the next 10 years of collaborations and advancing our services to match the future needs of UZH researchers.