Introduction to High Performance Computing

  • Type: Block (B)
  • Chair: Zentrale Einrichtungen - Scientific Computing Center
    Interfakultative Einrichtungen - Graduiertenschulen - Computational and Data Science (KCDS)
  • Semester: SS 2025
  • Time:

    Fri 2025-04-04
    13:00 - 16:00
    CS, building 20.30, room 0.019

     

    Mon 2025-04-07
    09:00 - 12:00
    CS, building 20.30, room 0.019

     

    Tue 2025-04-08
    09:00 - 12:00
    CS, building 20.30, room 0.019

     

    Thu 2025-04-10
    09:00 - 12:00
    CS, building 20.30, room 0.019

     

    Fri 2025-04-11
    13:00 - 16:00
    Campus North (room to be announced)

     
  • Lecturer: Dr.-Ing. Samuel Braun
    Dr. René Caspart
  • SWS: 2
  • Lv-No.: 3300003
  • Information: On-Site
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Content

High performance computing facilityKIT

SCC operates the high-performance computer systems Hochleistungsrechner Karlsruhe (HoreKa) and bwUniCluster 2.0. This introductory course will give you a theoretical overview of the following topics (block #1-4) and includes a practical workshop and a visit at the HoreKa facility (block #5).

Block #1:
- Supercomputer hardware design and architecture
- CPUs, Accelerators and High-Performance Interconnects

Block #2:
- Infrastructure, (Power) Efficiency and cooling concepts
- Operating models and user services

Block #3:
- Software stacks and job scheduling
- Programming models

Block #4:
- IT Security

Block #5:
- Practical workshop
- Visit at the HoreKa facility

Registration

Please register via the KCDS Intranet portal until March 7, 2025.

For non-members of KCDS: 
In order to be able to book the course, a KCDS guest/non-member account is necessary.
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Once your account is activated by a KCDS administrator, you will be able to book the course.