MFA for KLIPS 2.0

Starting September 10th, version 7.0.5 of the Zoom client will be the minimum requirement for participating in UzK video conferences. This is necessary because older versions contain security vulnerabilities, some of which are serious. It is recommended that you keep the Zoom client up to date; Zoom offers an automatic update feature for this purpose on many systems.

Universities in North Rhine-Westphalia are pooling their AI expertise at the KI:Expertisezentrum.nrw. The University of Cologne and the ITCC are also participating.

The new KI:Expertisezentrum.nrw will begin operations on July 1, 2026. The Ministry of Culture and Science is funding the project with approximately 15.4 million euros through the end of 2030.

The new AI:Expertisezentrum.nrw is intended to facilitate reliable, data-protection-compliant access to generative AI models for all students and staff in research and administration in North Rhine-Westphalia, as well as to build AI expertise. To this end, the expertise of KI:edu.nrw, KI:connect.nrw, and Open Source-KI.nrw will be consolidated under one roof.

More information is available on the website of the state government of North Rhine-Westphalia.

The current software store is being discontinued by the external service provider asknet for security reasons.

Last day to place orders: June 26, 2026

System shutdown: June 30, 2026

Please save your orders and order details by June 26, 2026, as your order history will no longer be available after that date. Following a maintenance window of approximately one week, an interim solution will be available starting in early July 2026. Please take this downtime into account when planning procurement and operations. Please direct any questions regarding existing orders only to: vertrieb@asknet.com. The ITCC Help Desk cannot provide any information regarding order or process data.

Overleaf compilation has been temporarily disabled due to the “Copy-Fail” vulnerability (CVE-2026-31431). Projects can still be downloaded and edited.

A fix is already being worked on.

Further information can be found on the sciebo blog.