{"id":2684,"date":"2021-01-28T12:31:55","date_gmt":"2021-01-28T11:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc-events\/?page_id=2684"},"modified":"2021-10-20T17:15:44","modified_gmt":"2021-10-20T15:15:44","slug":"hpc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc-events\/en\/hpc\/","title":{"rendered":"HPC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The HPC group of the IT Center offers various events and courses in the area of parallel programming, performance tuning, and correctness checking.<\/p>\n<h4>Upcoming HPC Events<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"ecs-event-list\"><li class=\"ecs-event hpcevents_ecs_category nhr4ces-events_ecs_category\"><h4 class=\"entry-title summary\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc-events\/en\/event\/nhr4ces-community-workshop-2026\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">NHR4CES Community Workshop 2026<\/a><\/h4><span class=\"duration time\"><span class=\"tribe-event-date-start\">Monday, 11. May \u25ba 13:00<\/span> - <span class=\"tribe-event-date-end\">Tuesday, 12. May \u25ba 17:00<\/span><\/span><\/li><li class=\"ecs-event hpcevents_ecs_category nhr4ces-events_ecs_category\"><h4 class=\"entry-title summary\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc-events\/en\/event\/nhr4ces-introduction-to-scientific-visualization-with-paraview-2\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">NHR4CES &#8211; Introduction to Scientific Visualization with ParaView<\/a><\/h4><span class=\"duration time\"><span class=\"tribe-event-date-start\">Wednesday, 13. May \u25ba 11:00<\/span> - <span class=\"tribe-event-time\">17:00<\/span><\/span><\/li><li class=\"ecs-event hpc-consultation-hour_ecs_category hpcevents_ecs_category\"><h4 class=\"entry-title summary\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc-events\/en\/event\/hpc-consultation-hour-56\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">HPC Consultation Hour #56<\/a><\/h4><span class=\"duration time\"><span class=\"tribe-event-date-start\">Thursday, 21. 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This will take place online 4-weekly. Here, we give you the opportunity to ask any HPC related question.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5304 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc-events\/files\/2021\/09\/HPC_Consulation_Hour_14h_klein-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"A graph with time with 14:00 - 15:00\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>HPC Training<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/hpc_import_20210107\/attachments\/thumbnails\/3474896\/3703583\" width=\"307\" height=\"203\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For users with different knowledge levels, different courses are offered on a regular basis:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Our annual basic introductory course called <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc-events\/ppces\/\"><strong>PPCES<\/strong><\/a> targets users that have no or limited experiences in HPC and would like to get in touch with parallel programming in general.<\/li>\n<li>For users that want to get initial information about HPC at RWTH Aachen University, we provide the basic course <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc-events\/intro-hpc\/\">Short Introduction to High-Performance Computing<\/a><\/strong> as a preparation for the follow-up event PPCES.<\/li>\n<li>The annual performance tuning workshop <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc-events\/aixcelerate\/\"><strong>aiXcelerate<\/strong><\/a> targets advanced users. It teaches attendees the basics of performance tuning and how to apply them to their own codes.<\/li>\n<li>Beside these regular events, we offer further events on hot HPC topics like accelerating machine learning workflows.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"PPCES2021-ParallelProgramminginComputationalEngineeringandScience2021\">PPCES<\/h3>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc-events\/ppces\/\">Parallel Programming in Computational Engineering and Science (PPCES)<\/a> seminar covers the basics of parallel programming in OpenMP on shared-memory computers, MPI on distributed-memory computers. In recent iterations, it also covers basic principles of accelerator programming. The PPCES has a long tradition and is taking place in Aachen since 2001 every year.<\/p>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2783 aligncenter\" style=\"color: #333333;\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc-events\/files\/2021\/02\/show_picture-300x120.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc-events\/files\/2021\/02\/show_picture-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc-events\/files\/2021\/02\/show_picture.jpg 709w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Short Introduction to High-Performance Computing<\/h3>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc-events\/intro-hpc\/\">Short Introduction to High-Performance Computing<\/a> provides basic information about high-performance computing (HPC) at the RWTH Aachen University&#8217;s IT Center for different target groups and needs. 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