Roland Rühle

Roland Rühle (born October 5, 1937 in Stuttgart ; † February 25, 2012 there ) was a German scientist and university professor .

Life

Roland Rühle came from the Zuffenhausen district of Stuttgart . He studied physics in Stuttgart and joined the Institute for Nuclear Energy and Energy Systems in 1964. In 1975 Rühle became a professor for computer science applications in mechanical engineering. In 1986 he took over the scientific management of the computer center at the University of Stuttgart. From 1991 Rühle headed the computer simulation and visualization department at the Institute for Computer Applications at the University of Stuttgart. In 1995 he founded the first German federal high-performance computing center HLRS. In the same year he was instrumental in founding the high-performance computer for science and economy Betriebsgesellschaft mbH (hww), of which he was director from 1995 to 2011.

From the early 1970s, Rühle developed a modular simulation system for reactor safety (RSYST). With the help of this system, he was able to predict the consequences of the reactor accident in 1980, before the accident reactor at Three Mile Island was opened . As part of this program development, Rühle designed hierarchical data storage structures and abstract data types very early on.

A number of Prof. Rühle's students are now in leading positions in German high-performance computing.

Web links

Literature by and about Roland Rühle in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

↑ Stuttgarter unikurier: Roland Rühle adopted , accessed on September 5, 2012
↑ High-performance computing center of the University of Stuttgart (HLRS): Prof. Roland Rühle passed away , accessed on May 5, 2013 (English)
↑ Rühle, Roland: RSYST, an integrated module system with a database for the automated calculation of nuclear reactors, Stuttgart, Inst. Für Kernenergetik, 1973.

personal data
SURNAME	Rühle, Roland
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German university professor
DATE OF BIRTH	October 5, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH	Stuttgart - Zuffenhausen
DATE OF DEATH	February 25, 2012
Place of death	Stuttgart

[1] Stuttgarter unikurier: Roland Rühle adopted , accessed on September 5, 2012

[2] High-performance computing center of the University of Stuttgart (HLRS): Prof. Roland Rühle passed away , accessed on May 5, 2013 (English)

[3] Rühle, Roland: RSYST, an integrated module system with a database for the automated calculation of nuclear reactors, Stuttgart, Inst. Für Kernenergetik, 1973.