The Center for Information Services and High Performance Computing (ZIH) is a central scientific unit of the Technische Universität Dresden with a broad spectrum of services and research competencies. It is responsible for the communication infrastructure of the university and operates the central information technology servers and services. In addition, with its interdisciplinary orientation, ZIH supports other departments and institutions in their research and education for all matters related to information technology and computer science.

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang E. Nagel is the Director of the ZIH and holds the Professorship in computer architecture at the faculty  of computer science of the Technische Universität Dresden.