German Computing Center

The realization of a central German Computer Center (Deutsches Rechenzentrum DRZ) had been suggested by the Kommission fiir Rechenan-lagen of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DEG) in 1956. It finally came into existence on October 3, 1961. It was accessible to all universities and research institutions in Germany for such jobs that could not be handled on the computer (if there was any at all) of the local institution. The first machine at the DRZ was an IBM 704, which was replaced in June 1963 by an IBM 7090, which was about five times faster than the IBM 704. The front-end was an IBM 1401, financed by the Volkswagen Foundation and the DEG. In 1965, the DEG financed another disk and the total investment amounted to about 18 million DM. The chairman of the scientific board was Professor Walther from Darmstadt, who, as already mentioned, had been involved earlier in computer developments. 

Heimann, M. (1995). The TM2 tracer model, model description and user manual, pp. 47. German Climate Computing Center (DKRZ). 

B.K. acknowledges support from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) through a research scholarship and O.D. acknowledges an NSERC PDF for salary support. P.A.K., S.H., and J.W. are grateful for research support from the NIH (GM-29072). We thank the NSF supercomputer centers for providing computational resources. 

German National Research Center for Information Technology (GMD), Scientific Computing and Algorithms Institute (SCAI), Schloss Birlinghoven, D-53754 St. Augustin, Germany... 

Mihai V. Putz, PhD, is currently Associate Professor of theoretical and computational physical chemistry at West University of Timisoara, Romania. He has been recognized for his valuable contributions in computational, quantum, and physical chemistry. He is Editor-in-Chief of the InternationalJournal of Chemical Modeling and the International Journal of Environmental Sciences. He is member of many professional societies and has received several national and international awards from organizations such as the Romanian National Authority of Scientific Research, Romanian Ministry of Research, the German Academic Exchange Service DAAD and the Center of International Cooperation of Free University Berlin, among others. 

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