BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260916T230914Z UID:bc1b5dda-8c0e-4b0c-907f-b3b6f4738d58 DTSTART:20180308T090000Z DTEND:20180308T163000Z 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 Oxford on Thursday March 8th (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 gain individually tailored hands-on help and advice from the ARCHER team / HPC specialists and to ask questions pertaining directly to your use of ARCHER .\n\nEach attendee will be assigned a technical advisor. This advisor will 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 syst em can be used most efficiently\, to help evaluate the application's perfo rmance (providing guidance on the use of available tools if appropriate)\, and to suggest possible changes that could be made to the code to improve its performance.\n\nThe workshop is aimed at:\n\nPotential future users o f the service looking to understand whether ARCHER is suitable for their c omputing needs and could potentially accelerate their research.\n New user s of the ARCHER service looking to port existing software - be it their ow n code or a third-party application - to run on the machine for the first time or to explore its performance prior to an application for ARCHER time .\n Current users of the ARCHER service looking to improve the performance of their code\, e.g. parallel scaling and/or IO\, in order to make more e fficient use of the machine.\n Users who want to learn more about data man agement or using the RDF (Research Data Facility) and how this can help th eir work on ARCHER.\nThe workshop is not restricted to current users\; it is open to anyone interested in using ARCHER. We encourage applications fr om small teams of collaborators whose current or future use of ARCHER is b ased on one particular application. As the workshop is tailored to individ ual participants we can cater to the needs of attendees from a wide range of previous experiences with high-performance computing.\n\nThis course is free to all.\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\nFor more location information including maps and advice on travel please see o ur  University of Oxford page.\n\nTrainer\n\nArno Proeme\n\nArno has taug ht on and organised a range of High Performance Computing and Software Car pentry courses\, including training in HPC aimed at meeting the needs of r esearchers in the life sciences. He organises an annual ARCHER workshop on porting and optimisation\, and is also a course organiser on EPCC's MSc i n High Performance Computing. \n\nRegistration\n\nPlease use the registra tion link at the left.\n\nOnce you have registered\, you will receive a fo llow up email with a request to provide the following information:\n\nName 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 par t 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 inf ormation to ensure the workshop meets your needs and in order to allow us to plan and allocate technical staff to advise you appropriately.\n\nIf yo u are part of a small team applying for the workshop all team members shou ld register individually.\n\nQuestions?\n\nIf you have any questions pleas e contact the ARCHER Helpdesk.\n\nhttps://events.prace-ri.eu/event/700/ SUMMARY:Hands-on Porting and Optimisation Workshop: Making the most of ARCH ER @ EPCC at University of Oxford URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.prace-ri.eu/event/700/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR