ONLINE -- PRACE training course "High-performance computing with Python"

Start
16th November 2020 08:00 AM
End
20th November 2020 12:00 PM
Location
Online

(Course no. 882020 in the training programme 2020 of Forschungszentrum Jülich)

This course will take place as an online event. The link to the online platform will be provided to the registrants only.

Contents:

Python is increasingly used in high-performance computing projects. It can be used either as a high-level interface to existing HPC applications and libraries, as embedded interpreter, or directly.

This course combines lectures and hands-on sessions. We will show how Python can be used on parallel architectures and how to optimize critical parts of the kernel using various tools.

The following topics will be covered:

  • Interactive parallel programming with IPython
  • Profiling and optimization
  • High-performance NumPy
  • Just-in-time compilation with numba
  • Distributed-memory parallel programming with Python and MPI
  • Bindings to other programming languages and HPC libraries
  • Interfaces to GPUs

This course is aimed at scientists who wish to explore the productivity gains made possible by Python for HPC.

This course is a PRACE training course.

Contents level

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Beginner's contents:

0 h

0 %

Intermediate contents:

11 h

62 %

Advanced contents:

7 h

38 %

Community-targeted contents:

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Prerequisites:

Good working knowledge of Python and NumPy

Target audience:

Scientists who want to use Python on supercomputers

Language:

This course is given in English.

Duration:

5 days

Date:

16-20 November 2020, 09:00-13:00

Venue:

Online

Number of Participants:

minimum 5

Instructors:

Dr. Jan Meinke, Dr. Olav Zimmermann, JSC

Contact:

Photo Dr. Jan Meinke

Dr. Jan Meinke


Phone: +49 2461 61-2315


E-mail: j.meinke@fz-juelich.de

Registration:

This course is fully booked!

Last Modified: 20.05.2022