Programme

The school has four days covering different subject areas of modern supercomputing, including hands-on experience and special lectures by invited speakers.

This is the preliminary programme:

Day 1: Basics of Modern Supercomputing

• Introduction to High-Performance Computing
• Getting to Know a First HPC System - Hands-On Exercise: Submitting a Computing Job
• HPC System Concepts at IT4I, LRZ and Elsewhere
• Hands-On Exercise: Running a Complex HPC Application

Day 2: Data-Driven Workflows across Heterogeneous Systems

• Introduction to Cloud Computing and Distributed Systems
• Hands-on Exercise: Using Cloud Computing and the LEXIS Distributed Computing Platform
• Supercomputing with Optimum Data Backends - EXA4MIND
• Hands-On Exercise: Automatizing Data-Heavy Workflows

Day 3: AI and Quantum Computing

• Basics of Artificial Intelligence - Training and Inference
• Hands-on Exercise: An AI Model
• Quantum Computing
• Outing / Free Evening

Day 4: Data Management and Supercomputing Applications in Real Life

• EUDAT - European Collaborative Data Infrastructure
• FAIR Research Data Management in Supercomputing
• Hands-on Exercise: A Real-Life Supercomputing Workflow with Research Data Management
• Summary, Announcements and Farewell