Training & Education

“Give a man a fish and you feed him for one day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.”

We want our users to be able to optimally use our HPC systems. Therefore, the MPCDF provides training and educational events for the MPG and its partners. From the basic introduction of how to use our systems to focused advanced workshops and lectures, we give our users the means to master their work on our systems.

Courses and workshops arranged by or in collaboration with the MPCDF

Upcoming Events

Python for HPC Workshop

Python for HPC

Start: Oct 5, 2021
End: Oct 7, 2021
Speaker: Members of the MPCDF Application group
Location: online via Zoom
Host: MPCDF
Contact: training@mpcdf.mpg.de

This workshop introduces the use of Python for High Performance Computing. Main topics are HPC packages like numpy, scipy etc., writing parallel code with Python, speeding up Python code with Cython or interfaces to compiled languages. Building Python packages and documentation as well as a good coding style are further topics of this three-day workshop. [more]

Introduction to MPCDF Services

How to start with the MPCDF systems and services

Date: Oct 13, 2021
Time: 14:00 - 16:30
Speaker: Members of the MPCDF Application group
Location: online via Zoom
Host: MPCDF
Contact: training@mpcdf.mpg.de

This introductory course helps new users with the first steps on the MPCDF systems. It covers login, file systems, HPC systems, SLURM, and the MPCDF services remote visualization, Jupyter notebooks and datashare. Basic knowledge of Linux is required. [more]

GPU Computing - Bootcamp with NVIDIA

Start: Oct 19, 2021 09:00
End: Oct 20, 2021 12:30
Speaker: NVIDIA Employees
Location: online via Zoom
Host: MPCDF
Contact: training@mpcdf.mpg.de

NVIDIA and the Max Planck Computing and Data Facility (MPCDF) is hosting a GPU Bootcamp open to all researchers and code developers of the Max Planck Society (MPG). During this two-day online Bootcamp, participants will learn about multiple GPU programming models and can choose the one that best fits their needs to run their scientific codes on GPUs (like those in the HPC system Raven). This Bootcamp will cover an introduction to GPU programming using OpenACC, OpenMP, stdpar and CUDA C, and provides hands-on opportunities to learn how to analyse GPU-enabled applications using NVIDIA Nsight Systems. [more]

Advanced HPC Workshop

Start: Nov 22, 2021 12:30
End: Nov 25, 2021 17:00
Speaker: Application Group, Intel, NVIDIA
Location: online with GoToMeeting
Host: MPCDF
Contact: hpcworkshop-21@mpcdf.mpg.de

This workshop helps HPC users to better manage, debug and profile their code. One day is dedicated to GPUs. [more]

Past Events

2021, July	GPU computing on the new HPC system Raven	online
2021, April	Introduction to MPCDF Services	online
2020, November	Advanced HPC Workshop	online
2020, November	Python for HPC Workshop	online
2019, November	Advanced HPC Workshop	MPCDF
2019, April	Python for HPC Workshop	MPCDF
2018, November	Advanced Python/HPC workshop	MPCDF
2018, May	Advanced Python/HPC workshop	MPI-PKS (Dresden)
2017, November	Advanced HPC workshop	MPCDF
2017, September	Deep Learning workshop	MPCDF
2015, May	GPU Programming Workshop	RZG (MPCDF)
2014, June	International HPC Summer School	Budapest, Hungary
2014, May	GPU Programming Workshop	RZG (MPCDF)
2013, November	Intel Tools Workshop	MPI for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
2013, June	International HPC Summer School 2013 (EU+US+Japan)	New York, USA
2013, April	Intel Tools Workshop	Albert-Einstein Institute (Potsdam)
2013, March	Introduction to GPU Programming	RZG (MPCDF)
2012, November	Intel Software Training	RZG (MPCDF)
2012, June	EU-US Summer School	Dublin

Training programmes of other institutions

There are many regularly offered courses, both fundamental and advanced ones, in different topics of scientific computing. Consider e.g. the following:

Courses at the HLRS Stuttgart (partly held at the LRZ Garching)
Courses at the LRZ Garching
PRACE HPC training and tutorials