BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260717T125751Z UID:ccd3cea8-d790-46af-97ad-a4ec40b5a6b8 DTSTART:20191030T100000Z DTEND:20191101T150000Z DESCRIPTION:This course provides an introduction to High-Performance Comput ing (HPC) for researchers in the life sciences\, using ARCHER as a platfor m for hands-on training exercises.\n\nThe course is organised and funded b y BioExcel - the Centre of Excellence for Computational Biomolecular Resea rch (http://bioexcel.eu) and PRACE\, and delivered in collaboration with A RCHER - the UK national supercomputing service (http://archer.ac.uk).\n\nO verview\n\nHigh-performance computing (HPC) is a fundamental technology us ed to solve a wide range of scientific research problems. Many important c hallenges in science such as protein folding\, the search for the Higgs bo son\, drug discovery\, and the development of nuclear fusion all depend on simulations\, models and analyses run on HPC facilities to make progress. \n \nThis course introduces HPC to life science researchers\, focusing on the aspects that are most important for those new to this technology to u nderstand. It will help you judge how HPC can best benefit your research\, and equip you to go on to successfully and efficiently make use of HPC fa cilities in future. The course will cover basic concepts in HPC hardware\, software\, user environments\, filesystems\, and programming models. It a lso provides an opportunity to gain hands-on practical experience and assi stance using an HPC system (ARCHER\, the UK national supercomputing servic e) through examples drawn from the life sciences\, such as biomolecular si mulation.\n\nRegistration\n\nRegistration is on a first-come\, first-serve d basis via https://events.prace-ri.eu/event/840/registrations/\n\nLearnin g outcomes\n\nOn completion of the course\, we expect that attendees will understand and be able to explain:\n \n    • Why HPC? - What are the drivers and motivation? Who uses it and why?\n    • The UK &\; EU HPC landscape - HPC facilities available to researchers\n    • HPC h ardware - Building blocks and architectures\n    • Parallel computing - Programming models and implementations\n    • Using HPC systems\n         • Access\n        • Batch schedulers &\; resour ce allocation\n        • Running jobs\n        • Dealing w ith errors\n        • Compiling code\n        • Using libr aries\n        • Performance\n    • The Future of HPC\n\nPre- requisites\n\nThis course follows on naturally from the BioExcel Summer Sc hool on Foundation skills for HPC in computational biomolecular research ( http://bioexcel.eu/events/bioexcel-summer-school/)\n\nFamiliarity with bas ic Linux commands (at the level of being able to navigate a file system) i s recommended. You may find a Linux 'cheat sheet' such as http://www.arche r.ac.uk/documentation/user-guide/linux.php#quickref useful if you are less familiar with Linux.\n\nNo programming skills or previous HPC experience is required.\n\nLaptop computers will be available\, however you are encou raged to bring your own laptop (running Windows\, Linux\, or macOS) as you will find it useful to learn how to set this up to connect to ARCHER (wit h assistance from course helpers if needed) and perform the hands-on pract icals.\n\nTimetable\n\nDay 1\n\n10:00 - Welcome\, introduction\, and cours e overview\nWhat can BioExcel do for me?\nFamiliarisation with fellow atte ndees\n\n11:00 - LECTURE - What is HPC?\n11:25 - PRACTICAL - Connecting to ARCHER\n11:30 - BREAK - Coffee &\; Tea\n12:00 - PRACTICAL - Sequence A lignment using HMMER\n13:00 - BREAK - Lunch\n14:00 - LECTURE - Parallel Co mputing Patterns\n14:30 - LECTURE - Measuring Parallel Performance\n15:00 - PRACTICAL - Sequence Alignment using HMMER\n15:30 - BREAK - Coffee &\ ; Tea\n16:00 - PRACTICAL - Sequence alignment using HMMER\n16:15 - LECTURE - Building Blocks - Software (Operating System\, Processes and Threads)\n 16:45 - LECTURE - Building Blocks - Hardware (Processors/CPUs/cores\, Memo ry\, Accelerators)\n17:15 - Review of the day\n17:30 - Finish\n\nDay 2\n\n 9:30 - Summary of day 1\n9:45 - LECTURE - Parallel Models\n10:30 - PRACTIC AL - Molecular Dynamics using GROMACS\n11:00 - BREAK - Coffee &\; Tea\n 11:30 - PRACTICAL - Molecular Dynamics using GROMACS\n12:00 - LECTURE - HP C Architectures\n12:30 - LECTURE - Batch Systems &\; Parallel Applicati on Launchers\n13:00 - BREAK - Lunch\n14:00 - PRACTICAL - Molecular Dynamic s using GROMACS\n14:30 - LECTURE - Compilers and Building Software\n15:00 - BREAK - Coffee &\; Tea\n15:30 - PRACTICAL - QM/MM simulation using CP 2K\n16:30 - LECTURE - Parallel libraries\n17:00 - Review of the day\n17:15 - Finish of session\n19:00 - COURSE DINNER\n\nDay 3\n\n9:30 - Summary of day 2\n9:45 - LECTURE - Pipelines and workflows\n10:15 - PRACTICAL - QM/MM simulation using CP2K\n11:00 - LECTURE - The UK &\; EU HPC Landscape\n 11:30 - BREAK - Coffee &\; Tea\n12:00 - LECTURE - The Future of HPC\n12 :30 - LECTURE - "Where next?" and things to remember\n13:00 - Lunch\n14:00 - Individual consultations\, course review and feedback survey\n15:00 - F inish\n\nCourse Materials\n\nhttps://www.archer.ac.uk/training/course-mate rial/2019/10/intro-bham/index.php\n\nCourse Dinner\n\nThe course dinner (p aid for by BioExcel) will be at 7pm on Thursday 31st October at Pizza Expr ess Birmingham Mailbox\n(https://goo.gl/maps/akzJX5UhMVkWWjb68). \n\nTrave l Grant\n\nBioExcel will be providing a limited number of fixed amount tra vel bursaries for this event. If you would like to be considered for a tra vel bursary\, application instructions as well as eligibility criteria and conditions for the travel grants are available through the link below.\n\ nhttps://events.prace-ri.eu/event/840/attachments/991/1646/2019_BioExcel_T ravel_Grant_-_Hands-on_Introduction_to_HPC.pdf \n\nDeadline for Travel Gra nt applications is 30th September 2019.\n\nAny questions about the travel grants please email Michelle Mendonca (info@bioexcel.eu).\n\nAccommodation \n\nParticipants are responsible for booking their own accommodation and t ravel.\n\nOn-campus accommodation can be found at https://conferences.bham .ac.uk/accommodation/hotels-on-campus/. Hotels in the centre of Birmingham are also an option as the University's Edgbaston campus (closest train st ation "University") is only a short (~10 minute) train ride from Birmingh am New Street station.\nhttps://events.prace-ri.eu/event/840/ SUMMARY:Hands-on Introduction to HPC for Life Scientists @ EPCC at Birmingh am URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.prace-ri.eu/event/840/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR