Introduction to Supercomputing at JSC - Theory & Practice (training course, online)
Ilya Zhukov, Jolanta Zjupa
(Course no. tba in the training programme 2026 of Forschungszentrum Jülich)
The course will take place in November. Exact dates TBA.
This course will take place as an online event and is exclusively targeted at users of the Jülich supercomputers. The link to the streaming platform will be provided to the registrants only. The course will be held in English.
Course Content:
Disclaimer: This course offers the opportunity to attend lectures selectively, based on individual needs and knowledge levels. Participants are not required to attend all sessions as some may cover advanced or basic material. While flexibility is offered, it is important to assess personal needs and choose sessions accordingly, as attending lectures out of order may result in knowledge gaps.
Research Centre Jülich provides cutting-edge high-performance computing resources to scientific groups and industry partners across Germany and Europe via the John von Neumann Institute for Computing. To help new users of JSC's supercomputers efficiently leverage their allocated resources, we offer an introductory course that covers system basics and best practices.
The course includes theoretical lectures held every afternoon from Monday to Thursday, and practical tutorials offered in the mornings from Tuesday to Thursday. The tutorials are based on the previous afternoon's lectures and allow participants to put theory into practice. We cover a wide range of topics, starting from basic log-in procedures to intermediate-level techniques. Participants are free to choose the lectures that best match their needs and interests.
Topics covered include:
- User account management with the JuDoor portal
- System access via SSH, Jupyter, and UNICORE
- System configuration for JURECA and JUWELS
- File systems, I/O, and data management
- Software modules (compilers, MPI, math libraries, applications, debuggers, tools)
- Building software from source
- Submitting jobs via the resource manager
- Using GPUs
- Performance tuning
- Deep Learning
- Visualization
Contents level | in hours | in % |
|---|---|---|
Beginner's contents: | 17.5 h | 80 % |
Intermediate contents: | 4.5 h | 20 % |
Advanced contents: | 0 h | 0 % |
Community-targeted contents: | 0 h | 0 % |
Prerequisites:
- Your own laptop with Windows, GNU/Linux or macOS installed
- Knowledge of either C, C++ or Fortran (helpful)
A personal institutional email address (university/research institution, government agency, organisation, or company) is required to register for JSC training courses. If you don't have an institutional email address, please get in touch with the contact person for this course.
Agenda
The preliminary agenda can be found here (in October).
Target Audience:
New users of the supercomputers in Jülich
Language:
This course is given in English.
Duration:
3.5 days
Dates:
Exact days TBA, November 2026
Venue:
Online
Number of Participants:
Maximum 100
Instructors:
JSC employees, representatives of Intel and ParTec
Contact:
Ilya Zhukov
HPC Application Analyst
- Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC)
Room 323
