UL HPC School - November 2018 
The University of Luxembourg operates since 2007 a High Performance Computing platform which currently features a total of nodes (in practice, computing cores) for a cumulative computing power estimated at TFlops.
The total raw storage capacity shared within the clusters is currently estimated at TB.
The UL HPC team will offer instructions and practical sessions on a variety of topics, including:
- Access to and interaction with the UL HPC infrastructures
- HPC challenges, especially as regards the storage data management (backups, git, GDPR, quotas)
- HPC workflow management (for sequential and parallel tasks)
- Advanced scheduling (on Slurm and OAR)
- Parallel programming with OpenMP/MPI
The aim is to cover basic and intermediate-level usage of the platform, Whether you have no HPC experience or are an advanced user, don’t miss this unique opportunity to learn more about the efficient usage of the system.
Important Pre-registration is required. The number of seats is limited and no on-site registration will be accepted. Pre-registration will be accepted until Wednesday, November 21th, 2018. Registration Fees (100€) applies for UL externals and should be paid prior to the venue.
November 23nd, 2018, on the Belval campus within the brand new Luxembourg Learning Center
Location: Learning Hub 2.02 (2nd floor)
Registration Portal
List of the practical sessions
This workshop is composed of several keynotes and practical sessions. The below table offers the list of these sessions covered during this event – you will find them online on ulhpc-tutorials.rtfd.io.
| PS | Description | Speaker | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1a | Getting Started (part 1: SSH) | C. Parisot | 1h |
| 1b | Getting started (part 2) | C. Parisot | 45 min |
| 2 | HPC workflow with sequential jobs | H. Cartiaux | 1h15 |
| 3 | Advanced scheduling (SLURM, OAR) | V. Plugaru | 1h15 |
| 4 | UL HPC Monitoring in practice | S. Peter | 45 min |
| 5 | Parallel computations with OpenMP/MPI | S. Varrette | 1h |
| 6 | User environment and storage data management (backups, git, GDPR, quotas) | S. Peter | 30 min |
Main Keynote
Title: Overview and Challenges of the UL HPC Facility at the EuroHPC Horizon
Program (Friday, November 23th, 2018)
All sessions will take place in the Belval Campus, within the premises of the new Luxembourg Learning Center.
Important You are expected to bring your laptop for all sessions since there will be no workstation available on site.
All tutorials proposed as practical sessions will be available on GitHub with a live rendering using Readthedocs.
Agenda - Friday, November 23th, 2018
| Fri. Nov 23 | Description (Learning Hub 2.02) |
|---|---|
| 9h00-10h00 | PS1a: Getting Started on the UL HPC platform, by C. Parisot. |
| 10h00-10h15 | break |
| 10h15-11h30 | Keynote: Overview and Challenges of the UL HPC Facility at the Belval and EuroHPC Horizon, by S.Varrette |
| 11h30-12h15 | PS1b: Getting Started on the UL HPC platform - continued, by C. Parisot |
| 12h15-13h30 | LUNCH |
| 13h30-14h45 | PS2: HPC workflow with sequential jobs (test cases on Python and Java), by H.Cartiaux. |
| 14h45-16h00 | PS3: Advanced scheduling (SLURM, OAR), by V. Plugaru |
| 16h00-16h15 | break |
| 16h15-17h00 | PS4: UL HPC Monitoring in practice, by S. Peter |
| 17h00-18h00 | PS5: Parallel computations with OpenMP/MPI, by S. Varrette |
| 18h00-18h30 | PS6: User environment and storage data management, by S.Peter |
Practical information
The HPC school will be organized in the Belval campus of the University of Luxembourg, within the premises of the new Luxembourg Learning Center (3 on the map).
University of Luxembourg, campus Belval
Luxembourg Learning Centre - 3 on the map
7, Ënnert den Héichiewen
L-4362 Esch-sur-Alzette
GPS: 49.502554, 5.947737