The ZKI Spring Conference will take place from March 9–11, 2026, under the motto “Acting in a network, working together” at the Göttingen Data Center. The conference website, including the preliminary program, information on hotel accommodations, and the registration form, is now online at: https://zki-ft26.gwdg.de. The content will be continuously updated in the coming weeks. Questions about the conference can be directed to zki-fruehjahrstagung2026@gwdg.de.

The new quantum computing testing and consulting centers funded by the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology, and Space (BMFTR) have successfully launched with an initial joint workshop. The GWDG is involved in this project together with other institutions. The aim of the new centers is to bring quantum computing into industry in a practical way and, in particular, to make it usable for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), thereby strengthening the innovative power of German SMEs.

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1. Data Protection Managers (m/f/d)
2. Generative AI Developers (m/f/d)
3. AI Solutions Engineer (Customer Projects) (m/f/d)

To the job advertisements…

The GWDG is looking to strengthen its Identity and Access Management team within the Organisation, Operation and Development of Services Working Group (AG D) as soon as possible with a software developer (m/f/d) in the field of identity and access management, working 39 hours per week.

To the job advertisement…

Dear Users,

over the past months, we have made significant strides in strengthening the security posture of the ChatAI service through a comprehensive set of technical and organizational enhancements. These improvements are either integrated into the ChatAI frontend and the SAIA platform that hosts our backend infrastructure or measures will be dedicated for deployment of use cases requiring data class D.

Key advancements include:

• Secure Model Hosting via our dedicated SecureHPC workflow, ensuring models run on trusted, isolated hardware.

• End-to-End Encryption of all request payloads,