Unfortunately, the Academy will not be running in September 2023; we intend to run it again in September 2024, with exact dates to be confirmed. The timetable below gives an indication of the format in previous years.
Times below are in BST (GMT+1)
Week 1
| Time | Monday 11th September 2023 | Tuesday 12th | Wednesday 13th | Thursday 14th | Friday 15th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9am |
Welcome to the Academy |
Introduction to numerical application (Dr Stephen Millmore and Dr Phil Hasnip) |
C++/Fortran | C++/Fortran | Performance Programming (Professor Matt Probert) |
| 10am | Introduction to Linux (Dr Phil Hasnip) |
Introduction to numerical application | C++/Fortran | C++/Fortran | Performance Programming |
| 11am | Coffee break | Coffee break | Coffee break | Coffee break | Coffee break |
| 11.30am | C++/Fortran (Dr Philip Blakely and Dr Peter Hill) |
C++/Fortran | C++/Fortran | C++/Fortran | Performance Programming |
| 12.30pm | Lunch break | Lunch break | Lunch break | Lunch break | Lunch break |
| 1.30pm | C++/Fortran | C++/Fortran | C++/Fortran | C++/Fortran | Performance Programming |
| 2.30pm | Computer arithmetic (Professor James Davenport) |
Version Control (Dr Chris Richardson) |
Coding a numerical application | Numerical application practical | Performance Programming |
| 3.30pm | Tea break | Tea break | Tea break | Tea break | Tea break |
| 3.45pm | Seminars by former HPC Academy students |
Version Control |
Use of a debugger |
Compilation, libraries, and Makefiles. (Dr Philip Blakely) |
Visualisation (Dr Stephen Millmore) |
| 4.45pm | Drinks reception |
Seminar: TBC |
Seminar:TBC |
Seminar: TBC |
Week 2
|
Time |
Monday 18th |
Tuesday 19th |
Wednesday 20th |
Thursday 21st |
Friday 22nd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
9am |
Parallel architectures |
Parallelising a numerical application |
MPI (Professor James Davenport) |
MPI |
Code documentation |
|
10am |
Introduction to HPC Cluster |
OpenMP |
MPI |
MPI |
Unit testing |
|
11am |
Coffee break |
Coffee break |
Coffee break |
Coffee break |
Coffee break |
|
11:30am |
Introduction to HPC Cluster |
OpenMP |
MPI |
MPI |
Seminar: Dr Louisa Michael (Boeing) |
|
12:30pm |
Lunch break |
Lunch break |
Lunch break |
Lunch break |
Lunch break |
|
1:30pm |
OpenMP (Dr David Henty) |
OpenMP |
MPI |
MPI |
Ask the experts Q&A session. |
|
2:30pm |
OpenMP |
OpenMP |
Parallel numerical application practical |
Group practical preparation |
Ask the experts Q&A Finish by 3pm |
|
3:30pm |
Tea break |
Tea break |
Tea break |
Tea break |
|
|
3:45pm |
OpenMP |
Parallel numerical application practical |
Parallel numerical application practical |
Group presentations |
|
|
4:45pm |
Seminar:TBC |
Seminar: TBC |
Seminar: TBC |
Group presentations |
|
|
7pm |
|
|
|
Formal Course Dinner |