This course will be delivered as an ONLINE COURSE for remote participation due to the COVID-19 measures enforced by most European governments.
Description
This course is an introduction to GPU programming using the directive based OpenACC paradigm. The course consists of lectures and hands-on exercises. Topics covered in the course include basic usage of OpenACC, how to control data movement between CPUs and GPUs, and some more advanced issues related to profiling and interoperability with e.g. MPI.
Learning outcome
After the course the participants should have the basic skills needed for utilising OpenACC with new or existing programs.
Prerequisites and content level
The participants are assumed to have a working knowledge of Fortran and/or C programming languages. In addition, fluent operation in a Linux/Unix environment will be assumed.
The content level of the course is broken down as: beginner's - 0%, intermediate - 90%, advanced - 10%, community-targeted content - 0%.
Agenda
Day 1, Thursday 22.10
- 9:00 - 9:30 Introduction to accelerators
9:30 -9:35 Coffee break
- 9:35 - 10:30 Introduction to OpenACC
- 10:30 - 12:00 Exercises [offline]
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch time recommended
- 13:00 - 16:00 Exercises [offline cont.]
- 16:00 - 17:00 Q&A session
Day 2, Friday 23.10
- 9:00 - 10:00 Data management
10:00 -10:15 Coffee break
- 10:15 - 11:00 Profiling and performance optimisation
- 11:00 - 12:00 Exercises [offline]
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch time recommended
- 13:00 - 15:30 Exercises [offline cont.]
- 15:30 - 16:00 Advanced topic: Multiple GPUs with MPI
- 16:00 - 17:00 Q&A session
Lecturers:
Martti Louhivuori (CSC), George Markomanolis (CSC)
Language: English
Price: Free of charge (2 training days)
REGISTRATION is OBLIGATORY since the details to access the online course will be provided to the registered and accepted attendees only. If you have registered to this course and you are not able to attend, please CANCEL your registration in advance by sending an email to patc@csc.fi
