Topics of this issue:

Training opportunities in Sweden, recommended by SNIC:

Attend training in the Nordics:

Training overview:

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Training course: “An introduction to parallel programming using Message Passing with MPI”, Gothenburg, 21 - 22 March 2019

Message Passing is presently the most widely deployed programming model in massively parallel high performance computing. Message passing is suitable for programming a wide range of current computer architectures, ranging from multi-core desk top equipment to the fastest HPC systems in the world, offering several hundred thousand processing elements. 

The course is at the beginners level and assumes no prior experience in parallel computing. The concepts behind message passing and distributed memory computing will be introduced and the syntax of the key MPI calls will be explained. The course will include point-to-point communications, non-blocking communication and the collective communications calls. Practical sessions to deepen the understanding of the lectures will be part of the course. At the end of the course participants should be able to write their own MPI programs at an intermediate level. The teaching language will be English. 

For more information and registration, please see https://www.c3se.chalmers.se/news/mpi-2019/

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Training course: Python for Scientific Computing, Umeå, 8 April 2019

HPC2N together with CS at Umeå University are offering a one-day introductory course on Python for Scientific Computing.

The course will have lectures interspersed with hands-on sessions where you get to try out what you have just learned.  The focus will lie on using Python to work with data. We will cover using NumPy and Scipy for data manipulation and Matplotlib for visualisation. The intention is that after the course you will have the skills needed to use Python to analyse your data.

Please bring a laptop for the hands-on.

Prerequisites: Previous experience with a scripting language or simple programming in any language.

Time and date: 8 April 2019, 09:00-16:30.

Location: N260, Naturvetarhuset, Umeå University

More information and registration at the course website: https://www.hpc2n.umu.se/events/courses/python-spring-2019

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Seasonal School: HPC for Life Sciences, 10 - 13 June 2019, Stockholm

Molecular modelling and simulations are integral part of biomolecular research. Yet, there is insufficient expertise on efficient usage of HPC resources among the user community.  We are bringing the core developers of GROMACS, NAMD, AMBER and VMD - some of the most popular and well-known applications in the field. Over the 4 days of the event, the school program will allow participants to get a comprehensive understanding of the  usage of the different codes; their scalability and performance, as well as ways to avoid potential issues; and learn the best practices about using them on HPC systems. Extensive hands-on sessions will cover more than half of time during the school. 

The school is jointly organised by PRACE and BioExcel and supported by SNIC.

For more information and registration see: https://events.prace-ri.eu/event/868/   Registration will open on 1st March 2019. 

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Only a few spaces left: Training Course for PhD students: “CFD with OpenSource Software, 2019”, Gothenburg, starting 2 Sept 2019

This event is almost fully booked.  Students interested students should register directly!

The course gives an introduction to the use of OpenSource software for CFD applications. It has a strong focus on how to efficiently use the Linux operating system and different softwares that are useful for CFD (to the largest extent OpenFOAM), rather than having a focus on teaching the basics of CFD or fluid dynamics. A major project work in OpenFOAM forms a large part of the course. The project may be defined according to the student's special interests. The result of the project should be a detailed tutorial for a specific application or library of OpenFOAM (Docendo discimus – Latin: “by teaching, we learn”). The tutorials will be peer-reviewed by the students, and the tutorials thus form a part of the course. The tutorials will be made available, as a contribution to the OpenFOAM community. To pass the course the student must do the project and peer-review a tutorial from another project. There are also some compulsory assignments.

Organisation: Preparation and introduction at distance, three two-day occasions on-campus, project work at distance. Oral and written presentations, and a review process.

Credits: 7.5 hec

For more information visit the website:  http://www.tfd.chalmers.se/~hani/kurser/OS_CFD/#YEAR_2019

Registration: Notification of interest by mail to hakan.nilsson@chalmers.se.  Interested participants are entered into a mailing list for future communication.  Final registration will be done later.  SNIC PhD students should mention that they are SNIC users.  There is a maximum number of attendees - register your interest as soon as possible.

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Training seminar: “Visualisation and interactivity in HPC - The LUNARC HPC Desktop” in Lund,  7 March 2019, 12:30 - 14:00

The LUNARC HPC Desktop provides LUNARC and SNIC users with a solution for hardware accelerated remote visualization that will provide a new scalable approach to HPC and scientific data visualization. The desktop introduces a convenient way to work with our clusters using not only multiple terminal windows but also file browsers, editors, graphical tools such as queue status and debuggers, 2D and 3D applications, etc. 

This seminar will give a short introduction on how to get started with the LUNARC HPC Desktop and the applications available. We will also present LUNARC HPC Desktop On-Demand, which enables users to request time on dedicated servers for running graphical user interfaces with hardware accelerated graphics. 

For more information and registration visit: http://www.lunarc.lu.se/training/visualisation-and-interactivity-in-hpc-the-lunarc-hpc-desktop-7-march-2019/

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Training seminar: “C3SE Introductory Seminar” in Gothenburg, 26 March 2019, 15:15 - 17:00

The seminar describes how to work on the systems and introduces the provided toolset.  Work management and best practices are also discussed.  The event is intended for all new users, to get a comprehensive overview on the systems and how to get started with using them. 

For more information and registration see: https://www.c3se.chalmers.se/

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Training opportunities in Sweden, recommended by SNIC

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Training courses in OpenFOAM at foundation and advanced level, Stockholm, 8 - 11 April, 2019

As part of an industry collaboration with the ESI-Group, PDC is offering two training courses on OpenFOAM.  One is at foundation level, the other is at an advanced level.  

For information on the course and possibly discounted course fees, consult the following pages.

Foundation level course: https://www.pdc.kth.se/about/calendar/openfoam-training-foundation-level-1.873028?date=2019-04-08&orgdate=2019-02-07&length=1&orglength=0

Advanced level course: https://www.pdc.kth.se/about/calendar/openfoam-training-advanced-level-1.873036?date=2019-04-10&orgdate=2019-01-24&length=1&orglength=0

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Attend training in the Nordics:

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CodeRefinery Training workshop: "Writing Reproducible and Sustainable Research Code”, Tartu, Estonia, 2-4 April 2019

A three-day CodeRefinery workshop on best practices for writing research code will be held in Tartu, Estonia, on 2-4 April. The workshop is for students and researchers who write code in any programming or scripting language, at any level of complexity, but it does not teach specific languages nor how to use the Linux/Unix terminal shell. Instead the focus is on using modern tools and workflows to make coding easier and more structured, reproducible and collaborative. 

Further information and registration details can be found on the course website:

https://coderefinery.org/workshops/2019-04-02-tartu/ 

There is a limited number of seats available for the workshop, so make sure to register early!

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CodeRefinery Training workshop: "Writing Reproducible and Sustainable Research Code”, Oslo, Norway, 3-5 June 2019

A three-day CodeRefinery workshop on best practices for writing research code will be held in Oslo, Norway, on 3-5 June. The workshop is for students and researchers who write code in any programming or scripting language, at any level of complexity, but it does not teach specific languages nor how to use the Linux/Unix terminal shell. Instead the focus is on using modern tools and workflows to make coding easier and more structured, reproducible and collaborative. 

Further information and registration details can be found on the course website:

https://coderefinery.org/workshops/2019-06-03-oslo/

There is a limited number of seats available for the workshop, so make sure to register early!

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CSC Summer School in High-Performance Computing 2019 in Finland, 25 June 25 - 4 July 2019

Registration for the CSC Summer School in HPC is now open! Ten days of coding, sport activities and good company right in the middle of beautiful Finnish nature just 30km from Helsinki. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZVwJgfhl-4

CSC Summer School celebrates its 10th anniversary by bringing together undergraduate and graduate students and postdoctoral researchers in different disciplines of scientific computing. The school consists of lectures and hands-on training on parallel programming, code optimization and other essential skills in development of scientific software. During the school you can build up your HPC expertise from almost zero up to an intermediate / semi-advanced level.

The aim of the school is to give you the skill set necessary to start writing high-performance scientific software! ... and to have a great time while doing it!

Join the fun and register now at: https://www.csc.fi/web/training/-/csc_summerschool_2019

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NeIC Nordic Training Calendar:

The NeIC Nordic Training Calendar gives an overview on eScience related training throughout the Nordics.  Have a look at https://neic.no/training/#neic-training-calendar for an overview on training in Nordic partner countries that is typically accessible to Swedish academic research.  The page also provides direct links to training portals of the national e-Science provides in the Nordics.

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SNIC training webpage

In addition to these news letters we also provide a SNIC training webpage: http://docs.snic.se/wiki/Training 

This webpage currently gives an overview on all courses currently planed.  It provides links to more information and the actual registration.  The webpage also includes training which is expected to be mostly of interest to individual SNIC centres.  Information will be added to this page as it becomes available.