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SUMMARY:Practical HPC 2025 Winter School Online Course
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DESCRIPTION:UPDATE: Please see the new links to the EPCC Supercomputing co
 urse below.\n\nPractical HPC 2025 Winter School Online Course\n\nThis onli
 ne course will introduce African HPC users to the systems at the CHPC and 
 help you develop practical skills in using the cluster for your scientific
  work. Attendees will learn the basics of using the CHPC Lengau cluster al
 ong with how to convert the computational intensive parts of their scienti
 fic workflow into a job script suitable for the CHPC. The Practical HPC co
 urse is 2 weeks long and will need about 4 hours per day\, including dail
 y practical sessions each afternoon.\n\nSyllabus:\n\nSelf-study:\n\nBefore
  the course starts…\n\n\n\n	\n	Introduction to Supercomputing (see belo
 w)\n	\n	\n	CHPC Induction course:\n\n	\n		\n		CHPC Hardware\n		\n		\n		The
  CHPC Systems\n		\n		\n		Job Scripts and the PBSPro Scheduler\n		\n	\n	\n	
 \n	Linux commands\n	\n\n\nWeek 1 — Practical HPC:\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\nWeek 2 — HPC Software\n\n\n	\n	Scaling & Performance\
 n	\n	\n	Installing Your Own Software\n	\n	\n	Python virtual environments\n
 	\n	\n	Matlab*\n	\n\n\n\nIntroduction to Supercomputing\n\n\n\n\nEPCC's "I
 ntroduction to Supercomputing" provides the necessary foundational informa
 tion and concepts for the Practical HPC course. Their course is free and y
 ou will not need to sign up to access it.\n\nThe first 3 sections are need
 ed for the CHPC Winter School that follows.\n\nLesson plan & guide:\n\nAft
 er the introduction\, please work through the first 3 sections of the EPCC
  course:\n\n\n\n\n	\n	Supercomputing \n	\n	\n	Parallel Computers — SC 
 Hardware\n	\n	\n	Parallel Computing — SC Programming\n	\n	\n	[Optional]
  Computer Simulations\n	\n\n\nSection 4 is optional but will help you und
 erstand how scientific simulations use super computers.\n\n \n\nSkip the 
 exercises as similar material is covered in the CHPC courses.\n\n \n\n\n*
 New for 2025: Matlab\n\nThe 3-hour Matlab module is presented in partnersh
 ip with Mathworks and Optinum.  This module will cover the use of Matlab 
 for HPC with examples on the CHPC cluster.\n\nHow to sign up:\n\n\nApply f
 or the Practical HPC Winter School  here (see the menu on the left).\n\nN
 ote:\n\nApplications to enroll in the Winter School are moderated and will
  take 1 to 3 business days to process.  Once your application is approved
  you will be enrolled from 8 July 2025 in the online course and receive lo
 gin details via email.\n\nYou will need to complete all of the first 3 sec
 tions of the OxRSE Supercomputing course to be fully prepared for all the 
 topics in the CHPC Practical HPC course.\n\nWho May Apply\n\nThe CHPC Wint
 er School is open to all CHPC users as well as students\, postdocs and sta
 ff of teaching and research institutions from South Africa\, SADC\, the SK
 A Partner countries\, and other African partner countries of the CHPC.\n\n
 Limited Places\n\nThe 2025 Winter School has limited resources and and wil
 l only be able to include 80 students.  Preference will be given to new C
 HPC users and those with genuine need.  Successful applicants will be ful
 ly enrolled in the course and have access to the interactive sessions\, qu
 izzes and assignments during the supervised learning period.\n\nUnsuccessf
 ul applicants may request access to the lecture notes and other non-intera
 ctive course material for self-study.\n\nTimelines\n\nRegistration: open u
 ntil 12:00 on 1 August 2025\n\nSelf-study: 30 June to 27 July for self-stu
 dy\n\nPractical course:  28 July to 8 August 2025 for supervised learning
 \n\nAssignment deadline and close of course:  15 August 2025.\n\n\nImport
 ant: Privacy\n\nIn compliance with the Protection of Personal Information 
 Act (PoPIA) No. 4 of 2013\, please read the CHPC Events Privacy Notice.\n\
 nPurpose for the collection of personal data:\n\n\n	To make contact with y
 ou with any matters regarding this course\;\n	Information on your academic
  background is used to determine if you are eligible to participate in thi
 s event\;\n	To report to the Departments of Higher Education and Training\
 , Science and Innovation\, and the Services Sector Education and Training 
 Authority (SETA).\n\n\nThe Centre for High Performance Computing (CHPC) is
  part of the National Integrated Cyberinfrastructure System (NICIS) and i
 s managed by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).  
 Please also see the CSIR legal notices — note that these links take you 
 to the CSIR's web site:\n\n\n	CSIR Privacy Notice\n	CSIR PAIA Manual \n\n
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