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SUMMARY:Practical HPC 2024 Winter School Online Course
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DESCRIPTION:This online course will introduce African HPC users to the sys
 tems at the CHPC and help you develop practical skills in using the cluste
 r for your scientific work. Attendees will learn the basics of using the C
 HPC Lengau cluster along with how to convert the computational intensive p
 arts of their scientific workflow into a job script suitable for the CHPC.
  The Practical HPC course is 2 weeks long and will need about 4 hours per 
 day. The first week is guided self-study and the second week has daily pra
 ctical sessions each afternoon.\n\nSyllabus:\n\nWeek 1 — Self-study:\n\n
 \n\n	\n	Supercomputing MOOC (see below)\n	\n	\n	CHPC Hardware\n	\n	\n	The 
 CHPC Systems\n	\n	\n	Job Scripts and the PBSPro Scheduler\n	\n\n\nWeek 2 
 — Practical:\n\n\n	\n	Advanced Job Scripts\n	\n	\n	How to Fix Errors\n	\
 n	\n	Applications—from Workflow to Job Script\n	\n	\n	Scaling & Performa
 nce\n	\n	\n	Installing Your Own Software\n	\n\n\n\nThe online Winter Schoo
 l for 2024 is presented in collaboration with PRACE and EPCC\, and the fir
 st 3 sections of the PRACE Supercomputing MOOC provide the necessary found
 ational information and concepts for the Practical HPC course.\n\n\n\nPRAC
 E Supercomputing MOOC\n\n\nThis MOOC is a focused introduction to High Per
 formance Computing and the prerequisite for the CHPC Practical HPC online 
 course. This course is 5 sections long and requires around 2 hours per sec
 tion. The first 3 sections are needed for the CHPC Winter School that foll
 ows.\n\nNote that you will only have access to the Supercomputing MOOC at 
 no cost for 7 weeks.\n\n\nSyllabus:\n\n\n\n	\n	Supercomputers — introduc
 tion to HPC\n	\n	\n	Parallel Computers — the hardware\n	\n	\n	Parallel C
 omputing — programming supercomputers\n	\n	\n	Computer Simulations\n	\n	
 \n	Case Studies\n	\n\n\nSections 4 and 5 are optional but may help with un
 derstanding HPC applications. .\n\n\n \n\nHow to sign up:\n\n \n\n\nFirs
 t sign up for the SC MOOC:\n\n\n	\n	https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/su
 percomputing\n	\n\n\nYou should compete the first 2 sections of the SC MOO
 C before the CHPC course starts\, and then complete the 3rd section of the
  SC MOOC before the 2nd week of the CHPC course.\n\nApply for the Practica
 l HPC Winter School  here (see the menu on the left).\n\nNote:\n\nApplica
 tions to enroll in the Winter School are moderated and will take 1 to 3 bu
 siness days to process.  Once your application is approved you will be en
 rolled from 26 August 2024 in the online course and receive login details 
 via email.\n\nYou will need to complete all of the first 3 sections of the
  Supercomputing MOOC to be fully prepared for all the topics in the CHPC P
 ractical HPC course.\n\nWho May Apply\n\nThe CHPC Winter School is open to
  all CHPC users as well as students\, postdocs and staff of teaching and r
 esearch institutions from South Africa\, SADC\, the SKA Partner countries\
 , and other African partner countries of the CHPC.\n\nLimited Places\n\nTh
 e 2024 Winter School has limited resources and and will only be able to in
 clude 80 students.  Preference will be given to new CHPC users and those 
 with genuine need.  Successful applicants will be fully enrolled in the c
 ourse and have access to the interactive sessions\, quizzes and assignment
 s during the supervised learning period.\n\nUnsuccessful applicants may re
 quest access to the lecture notes and other non-interactive course materia
 l for self-study.\n\nTimelines\n\nRegistration: open until 12:00 on 9 Sept
 ember 2024\n\nSelf-study: 30 August to 8 September for self-study\n\nPract
 ical course:  9 to 13 September 2024 for supervised learning\n\nAssignmen
 t deadline and close of course: 20 September 2024.\n\n\nImportant: Privacy
 \n\nIn compliance with the Protection of Personal Information Act (PoPIA) 
 No. 4 of 2013\, please read the CSIR's Privacy Notice: https://www.csir.co
 .za/csir-privacy-notice and the CHPC Events Privacy Notice.\n\nPurpose for
  the collection of personal data:\n\n\n	To make contact with you with any 
 matters regarding this course\;\n	Information on your academic background 
 is used to determine if you are eligible to participate in this event\;\n	
 To report to the Departments of Higher Education and Training\, Science an
 d Innovation\, and the Services Sector Education and Training Authority (S
 ETA)\;\n\n\nhttps://events.chpc.ac.za/event/140/
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