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SUMMARY:Introductionary PRACE course: HPC fundamentals for end-users
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DESCRIPTION:HPC Fundamentals for end-users is an introductory course on ho
 w to use Discoverer supercomputer\, a EuroHPC petascale system capable of
  executing more than 4\,2 Petaflops Rmax and over 6 petaFLOPS  Rpeak\, by
  users with no prior exposure to supercomputing systems. This is the first
  training course in a series of two courses for beginner and intermediate 
 HPC users that will allow them to master their skills\, knowledge and conf
 idence to work with supercomputing environments. The course will start wit
 h an introduction to the Discoverer systems and computing architecture inc
 luding storage subsystem and computer network infrastructure. During the f
 our days training\, there would be a number of hands-on exercises so that 
 attendees will gain immediate experience on working in a typical user envi
 ronment by building and running state of the art parallel codes on the Dis
 coverer system. Practical sessions will cover examples from different rese
 arch fields such as Life Sciences\, Material Science and Multiphysics simu
 lations. Sofia TechPark will graciously provide Discoverer compute resourc
 es for the hands-on sessions. The series of two courses is a joint effort
  by NCSA Bulgaria and PetaSC/Sofia TechPark\, Center of Excellence in 
 Combustion (CoEC)\, BioExcel Centre of Excellence\, STFC Daresbury Labor
 atory.\n\nHere is the invitation letter from Prof. Stoyan Markov\, Chairm
 an of NCSA.\n\nHere you can see the invitation letter in Bulgarian.\n\nR
 egistration: Please click here.\n\nObjective: The objective of the first
  course is to provide attendees with essential knowledge in modern petasca
 le architectures and computing environments as well as the necessary funda
 mental skills and knowledge on how to harness the capacity and capability 
 of supercomputing systems up to the petascale level.\n\nWhat you will lear
 n \n\n\n	Understanding of modern HPC architectures with a focus on Discov
 erer system\n	Navigating through typical HPC environment on Discoverer (te
 rminal access and file transfer tools\, usage of the module system)\n	Subm
 itting jobs by utilizing batch queuing and scheduling system SLURM\n	Worki
 ng with compilers and build tools available on Discoverer\n	Compiling and 
 running parallel codes on GROMACS\, CP2K\, Alya\, NAMD\, DL_PLOY and DL_ME
 SO\n\n\nTarget audience: Under-graduate and graduate students\, PhD stude
 nts\, junior researchers (academy and industry)\, IT specialists\, Softwar
 e Engineers or anyone who wants to use Discoverer petascale supercomputer 
 system in their research & business.\n\nPrerequisites: No prior knowledge 
 and experience with computational methodologies and HPC is required. Atten
 dees should have basic computer management skills and be able to work comf
 ortably on the Unix/Linux command line\, notion of compilers and build pro
 cedures. For those who would like to brush up on their Linux knowledge\, w
 e are going to organize a dedicated course “Practical Introduction to L
 inux” in January 13-14\, 2022. The latter course is open only for re
 gistered attendees in the “HPC Fundamentals for end-users” course. The
 y can express interest in the refresh course by registering here.\n\nSele
 ction process: There is a threshold number of participants (no more than 
 40 registrations)\, timely registration is essential. Attendees must be fr
 om institutions (universities\, research centers\, and companies) based in
  the EU or Associated Countries to the Horizon 2020 Programme. We will pri
 oritise attendees from South-East Europe\, Israel and Ukraine as well as p
 articipants that come from other EU13 countries.\n\nProgramme: A detailed
  programme will be announced in early January 2022 on the course webpage. 
 A shortlist of the software packages for hands-on sessions includes GROMAC
 S\, CP2K\, Alya\, NAMD\, DL_PLOY and DL_MESO.\n\nCost: There is no registr
 ation fee. The course is free of charge.\n\nRegistration deadline: Januar
 y 25\, 2022.\n\nOrganising committee leaders: Assoc. prof. Dr. Peicho Pet
 kov (NCSA) and Prof. Dr. Simeon Stoyanov (PetaSC).\n\nContact: g.prangov@
 ncsa.bg \n\nhttps://events.prace-ri.eu/event/1347/
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