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CSC Summer School in Scientific and High-Performance Computing

What?

CSC Summer School brings together undergraduate and graduate students and postdoctoral researchers in different disciplines of scientific computing. The contents consist of lectures and hands-on training on parallel programming, code optimization and advanced usage of popular scientific programs.

Where?

The school takes place at Nuuksio/Noux National Park in Espoo, Finland. It is conveniently located in the Helsinki metropolitan area. The near vicinity of the capital city is not visible, however - the venue, Solvalla Sports Institute, is in a nature preservation area that resembles Finland's nature in its best.

When?

School starts on the evening of Saturday 12 June 2010 and departure is on Sunday 20 June. The days between those are filled with high-quality lectures, sports & leisure activities and nice time together. Be warned that at this time of the year, sun will not set almost at all!

To Whom?

The school is aimed for graduate students working with computational sciences, e.g. computational chemistry, physics, biosciences, or engineering; but also undergraduates as well as post-docs will find the school very useful.

_{Nuuksio national park (c) Juhani Enckell

Nuuksio national park (c) Juhani Enckell}

Program

The following topics will be covered

Basics of parallel programming with the message-passing interface (MPI) paradigm
More advanced topics in MPI and hybrid MPI+OpenMP parallel programming
Fortran 95 and Python languages in scientific programming
Improving application scalability and serial performance
Parallel tools, compilers and libraries

In addition, tutorials in popular scientific software will be given. They are either introduction to the program and its capabilities, or tips&tricks for advanced users of the code. Tutorial sessions also include introductions to CUDA GPU programming, visualization and to computing cluster system administration.

The lectures are given by experts of CSC. The tutorial sessions feature also visiting specialists. The language of the school is English.

	Sat	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
7:30-8:30		Breakfast	Breakfast	Breakfast	Breakfast	Breakfast	Breakfast	Breakfast	Breakfast
9:00-12:00		Module 1	Module 3	Module 5	Module 7	Module 9	Module 11	Module 13	Departure
12:00-13:00		Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch
13:00-16:00		Module 2	Module 4	Module 6	Module 8	Module 10	Module 12	Q & A
16:00-17:00		Free	Sports	Sports	Sports	Sports	Sports	Free
17:00-18:00	Briefing	Dinner	Dinner	Dinner	Sports	Dinner	Dinner	Free
18:00-20:30	Banquet	Tutorials 1	Tutorials 2	Tutorials 3	Banquet	Tutorials 4	Tutorials 5	Banquet
20:30-22:00	Banquet		Sauna	Sauna	Banquet	Sauna	Sauna	Banquet

Modules	Option 1	Option 2
Module 1	Fortran 95 I	Python I
Module 2	Fortran 95 II	Python II
Module 3	Basic MPI I
Module 4	Basic MPI II
Module 5	Advanced MPI I
Module 6	Advanced MPI II
Module 7	Hybrid parallel programming
Module 8	Parallel I/O
Module 9	Optimal porting
Module 10	Code optimization	Computational drug design for beginners
Module 11	Parallel algorithms
Module 12	Parallel tools & libraries
Module 13	Introduction to grid and cloud computing
Tutorials
Tutorials 1	Introduction to parallel programming	Introduction to GPAW
Tutorials 2	Cluster construction and maintenance	Visualization with ParaView
Tutorials 3	GPU computing and CUDA	Advanced use of GPAW
Tutorials 4	Optimization case studies	Gromacs for beginners and more advanced users
Tutorials 5	GPU programming experiences	Introduction to Elmer

The schedule is more or less final.
Each module will consist of a lecture followed by related hands-on exercises, separated by a short break. Tutorials are more free-form and usually without exercises.

Date: 12.06.2010 18:00 - 20.06.2010 12:00

Location: Solvalla Sports Institute, Espoo, Finland

Language: English

Lecturers: Jussi Enkovaara, Sebastian von Alfthan, Pekka Manninen, Erik Lindhal, Sami Saarinen, Thomas Zwinger, and others

Price: 650/550/750 euros

The deadline for binding registrations is April 30 2010. The all-inclusive price for the school is 650 euros for registrations prior March 15 2010. For Helsinki region natives: the fee without the accommodation is 550 euros. For registrations on March 16 and later, the fee is 750 euros (without the accommodation 650 euros). The fee includes VAT, lodging, four meals per day, the banquets, necessary transportation, course materials, instructed sports activities and related equipment, as well as a substantial amount of refreshments.

Registration

Registration has expired 30.04.2010 16:00

The "invoice reference number" in the registration form is for your own accounting: if you would like to have the fee to be charged e.g. from some particular project. If you do not need such a reference, put a dash (-) on the field. The invoices will be send after the school has been held. Contact us if you need an invitation letter (those will not be sent by default).

Additional information

For further information, please contact courses(at)csc.fi or Dr. Pekka Manninen, tel. +358 50 3819 039.

Accommodation

Accommodation takes place in nice 1-2 person rooms with en-suite shower and toilet. Linen and towels will be provided. Please indicate in the registration form if you would like to share a room specifically with someone.

In collaboration with

CSC

HPC@CSC