This school aims to discuss the methodologies, numerical methods and their implementation used by the state-of-the-art codes in the HPC environment. The use of Computational (incl. HPC) methods and tools in the fields of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Materials science, areas in which the academics in Bulgaria have shown visible progress recognized globally will be demonstrated and exposed.
The attendants will learn the different techniques and their implementation in various codes, as well as will acquire the results that can be attained on the most recent HPC architectures. A particular focus will be the next technological developments and the possibilities that will be opened to chemists, biochemists and material scientists. Conditions for discussion and interaction with lecturers will be provided.
We shall bring the experiences of the UK’s Hartree Centre and the STFC Scientific Computing Department to show that knowledge exchange between scientists with different academic experience and between academia and industry is the facilitation process for setting collaborative projects in which academic and industrial interests, experiments, HPC modeling and application development meet to provide drive for one another.
A number of examples where the use of HPC modeling has been essential in solving scientific problems at atomic and molecular level will be present.
A basic introduction and training in some of the HPC applications developed at Daresbury Laboratory, relevant to collaborative projects of both academic and industrial nature it will also be provided.
The program is free of charge (not including travel and accommodation). For the hands-on sessions, participants are expected to bring their own laptops.
Applications are open to researchers, academics and industrial researchers residing in PRACE member countries, and European Union Member States and Associated Countries. All lectures and training sessions will be in English.
Information can be found also on the PRACE Winter School 2018 homepage.
Prerequisites and Registration
The School is free of participation charges, open to participants with some basic knowledge in computational chemistry and bio-chemistry. Skills for working in Linux environment are also required. The number of attendees is limited up to 35. Participants are expected to bring their own laptops with them.
Please register here >> (Registration closes on November 19th 2018)
Venue
The National Centre for Supercomputing Applications is located in the building of the Institute of Information and Communication Technologies at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (ICT-BAS): Akad.Georgi.Bonchev Str, bl. 25A, 1113 Sofia. Photo bellow shows the building and its entrance.
The training venue is situated approximately 7,5 km from the airport (Google link) and 4,5 km from Sofia’s city centre (Google link).
ICT-BAS has all necessary conditions for conducting the school, incl. a hall with the needed capacity and the most up-to-date technical conditions for lectures and practical classes on the topic of the school. This includes a tele-conference system, 3D presentation system (smart lab) and lecture hall with 50 seats.
Transport
The easiest way to reach the event venue from the airport by public transport is by using bus line 184 (from Terminal 2, 14 stops, ~ 30 minutes) or bus line 84 (From Terminal 1 – 12 stops ~30 minutes)
For information on making travel arrangements from Sofia airport visit Sofia airport Public Transport or the web site of Sofia Urban Mobility Center for detailed information on the public transport in the city. Explanation about fares, tickets and travel passes can be found here >>
Currency in Bulgaria is Bulgarian lev. Sofia city uses Urbana single trip travel card for its city buses (1.60 lv) and daily pass – for all lines (4 lv.), three days pass – for all lines (electronic) – 10lv.
Accomodation
10 rooms will be available especially for participants in the event at the 4 star Best Western Europe hotel (http://www.hotel-europe-bg.com/en/) situated within walking distance (< 10min) from the event venue. The rooms will be available at a price of 50Eur per night incl. breakfast (single accommodation) until November 11th (Sunday) by sending the promotional code NCSA together with the booking details to info@hotel-europe-bg.com. We advise participants to secure a room as early as possible if they choose to make use of this accommodation option.
Other hotels:
Close to the event venue:
- Hotel 007 (http://www.hotel-007.net/english.php ) – a 3 star hotel within walking distance
- Hotel Kibela (http://www.hotelkibella.com//indexen.php) – a cosy 2 star hotel within walking distance;
- Hotel Rotasar (http://www.rotasar.com/index.php?lang=eng) – a small 2 star hotel within walking distance;
- Hotel Rai (http://www.hotel-rai.com/indexen.html ) – a small 2 star hotel within walking distance
Hotels close to the airport:
- Best Western Expo Hotel (https://www.hotelexposofia.com/en/contactus.html) - a 4 star hotel 10 mins away from the airport
- Metropolitan hotel (https://metropolitanhotelsofia.com/) - a 4 star hotel 10 mins away from the airport
