SURF's Snellius Cluster: Overview
Snellius is a Dutch supercomputer operated by SURF, the collaborative organization for IT in Dutch education and research. It is located at the Amsterdam Science Park and was officially launched in 2021. Snellius is named after the Dutch mathematician and physicist Willebrord Snellius, known for Snell's Law in optics. Snellius is the successor to Cartesius, the former national supercomputer of the Netherlands.
Snellius is one of the most powerful supercomputers in the Netherlands, designed to support complex scientific research, including complex mathematical simulations, data analysis, and machine learning. It enables researchers from Dutch universities and institutes to solve large-scale computational problems efficiently.
Access to Compute Services by SURF
In case you want to become a user of Snellius, we refer you to the information on requesting access to SURF's compute services. You can apply for limited amounts of computing time, data services and support at SURF here. Applications are done through SURF, but funded by NWO. You can find additional information on how to obtain an account on Snellius here.
Connecting to the Snellius Cluster
Once your request is approved, you can connect to Snellius. Because the method of connecting to Snellius may change over time, we refer to the manual in SURF's wiki: Connecting to the system.
Information on How to Use Snellius
You can find extensive information on Snellius' technical specifications and research examples in the Virtual 3D tour via the SURF User Knowledge Base. You will find information on how to use the National Supercomputer via the following weblink: Generic Usage Guides.
Additional support at Tilburg University (TiU) is available at Digital Research Support (DRS) via email or the Self-Service Portal of TiU.
TipNWO regularly publishes updates on applications for National Computing Facilities that were awarded, which includes use of Snellius.