Computing services available for researchers and lecturers
Charles University provides both the physical infrastructure and the software services to lower the barrier of researchers and lecturers from all disciplines to computational tools.
Follow the links to the respective service for detailed information and documentation. For general queries and requests contact our support team at support@hpc.cuni.cz.
High Performance Computing
The computing cluster Chimera is available for various sections of the university. It can be used for computationally intensive research, teaching and for application development. Housed in the data center in Troja, the cluster is equipped with high-end CPU and GPU computational servers.
Cloud Services & AI
We offer various cloud applications and computational environments including JupyterHUB, OpenWebUI, Claude Science, etc. We provide a gateway to access Large Language Models from external providers, including eINFRA and commercial ones, and offer a limited in-house local inference capability, to enable processing of sensitive data.
Web hosting
We offer web hosting services on our Kubernetes cluster for presentation of research projects and groups. Running from containers, the web hosting services provide a safe environment for hosting customized web pages and databases, including this one.
Virtual machines
Researchers requiring the hosting of specialized applications and web services can take advantage of the virtual machine services provided by the Computer Science department of Faculty of Mathematics and Physics.