BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260818T195656Z UID:6063aecc-de8d-4791-b3a5-2af779252e23 DTSTART:20170404T083000Z DTEND:20170404T153000Z DESCRIPTION:Hands-on Porting and Optimisation Workshop: Making the most of ARCHER\n\nARCHER\, the UK's national supercomputing service\, offers train ing in software development and high-performance computing to scientists a nd researchers across the UK. As part of our training service we are runni ng a 1-day hands-on workshop on Porting and Optimisation at the University of Birmingham on Tuesday April 4th (9:30 - 16:30).\n\nDetails\n\nInstead of a typical ARCHER course consisting of alternating lectures + practicals \, this workshop is designed to provide an opportunity for attendees to ga in individually tailored hands-on help and advice from the ARCHER team / H PC specialists and to ask questions pertaining directly to your use of ARC HER.\n\nEach attendee will be assigned a technical advisor. This advisor w ill work closely with you throughout the day to help run your application and any associated essential software on ARCHER and to advise on how the s ystem can be used most efficiently\, to help evaluate the application's pe rformance (providing guidance on the use of available tools if appropriate )\, and to suggest possible changes that could be made to the code to impr ove its performance.\n\nThe workshop is aimed at:\n\nPotential future user s of the service looking to understand whether ARCHER is suitable for thei r computing needs and could potentially accelerate their research.\n New u sers of the ARCHER service looking to port existing software - be it their own code or a third-party application - to run on the machine for the fir st time or to explore its performance prior to an application for ARCHER t ime.\n Current users of the ARCHER service looking to improve the performa nce of their code\, e.g. parallel scaling and/or IO\, in order to make mor e efficient use of the machine.\n Users who want to learn more about data management or using the RDF (Research Data Facility) and how this can help their work on ARCHER.\nThe workshop is not restricted to current users\; it is open to anyone interested in using ARCHER. We encourage applications from small teams of collaborators whose current or future use of ARCHER i s based on one particular application. As the workshop is tailored to indi vidual participants we can cater to the needs of attendees from a wide ran ge of previous experiences with high-performance computing.\n\nThis course is free to all.\nThe registration form allows EU residents to apply for a travel bursary of up to £100 - please register by Friday March 10th to b e considered.\n\nAttendees will be given access to ARCHER for the duration of the workshop.Please note you will be required to bring your own laptop in order to connect to ARCHER as no desktop computers will be provided.\n \nIf you are not familiar with ARCHER we encourage you to look at the onl ine training material available here in advance of the workshop to ensure you gain the maximum benefit from the day. This material also prepares you for the online ARCHER driving test\, which allows you to access the syst em with your own account and a time allocation independently of the worksh op.\n\nTimetable\n\nScheduled start and end times and breaks are given in the timetable below. The activities pursued during the workshop and their timings will vary depending on what you are looking to achieve and in cons ultation with your ARCHER advisor. The timetable shows the range of possib le activities that could be undertaken as well as an example of how these might progress during the day.\n\n09:30 Welcome\n 09:50 Introduction\n 10: 00 Meet your helper\n 10:15 Porting\, initial performance measurements\n 1 1:00 Coffee break\n 11:20 Exploration of runtime optimisations and efficie nt use of the machine\n 12:30 Lunch break\n 13:30 Detailed performance mea surements\, profiling\n 15:00 Coffee break\n 15:30 Profiling analysis and consultation on potential code optimisations\n 16:30 End\nLocation\n\nThe workshop will be held in Room G51 of the European Research Institute at th e University of Birmingham's Edgbaston campus.\n\nFor more location inform ation including maps and advice on travel and acommodation please see our   University of Birmingham page.\n\nRegistration\n\nPlease use the regist ration link at the left.\n\nOnce you have registered\, you will receive a follow up email with a request to provide the following information:\n\nNa me of your application / code of interest and any other essential software (if applicable)\n What you want to achieve on the day\n Whether you are p art of a small team that has decided to attend the workshop together\nNote : it is crucial that you respond to this email and provide the requested i nformation to ensure the workshop meets your needs and in order to allow u s to plan and allocate technical staff to advise you appropriately.\n\nIf you are part of a small team applying for the workshop all team members sh ould register individually.\n\nQuestions?\n\nIf you have any questions ple ase contact the ARCHER Helpdesk.\n\nhttps://events.prace-ri.eu/event/595/ SUMMARY:Hands-on Porting and Optimisation Workshop: Making the most of ARCH ER @ EPCC in Birmingham URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.prace-ri.eu/event/595/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR