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SUMMARY:Command Line and DelftBlue Basics
DESCRIPTION:CLI101: Unlock the Power of Linux and DelftBlue\nAre you ready to dive into the world of Linux and high-performance computing? Whether you’re a complete beginner or looking to sharpen your skills\, this one-day course is designed to give you a solid foundation in using the Linux command line and shell environment\, with a special focus on utilizing the power of our DelftBlue supercomputer. \nWhat You’ll Learn\n\nLinux Command Line Basics: Start from scratch and learn the essential commands and techniques to navigate and manipulate the Linux shell environment.\nFile Management: Understand how to create\, move\, and modify files and directories\, crucial for efficient workflow.\nScripting Fundamentals: Gain a hands-on introduction to shell scripting to automate tasks and improve efficiency.\nHigh Performance Computing (HPC): Learn how to apply your new skills to access and use DelftBlue.\n\n\n \n\n\nMany thanks for an excellent session! After today\, DelftBlue is not a black box for me anymore. \n― Claudiu Forgaci \, Assistant Professor of Urban Design \n\n\n\n \nWhy You Should Join\n\nMaster the Linux Command Line: Learn to navigate\, manage\, and optimize Linux systems like a pro—skills that are essential for any tech-driven career.\nHarness HPC with SLURM: Discover how to run complex computations on supercomputers using SLURM\, the industry-standard workload manager trusted by researchers worldwide.\nHands-on learning: Interactive sessions with real-world examples.\nNo Experience? No Problem! This course is perfect for newcomers to Linux and HPC. We start from the basics and guide you step-by-step to confidently running your programs on DelftBlue.\n\n\n \nProgramme\n09:30 – 09:45 Introduction\n09:45 – 10:45 Part 1: Basic file operations and file editing\n10:45 – 11:00 Break\n11:00 – 12:30 Part 2: Working with remote systems \n12:30 – 13:30 Lunch \n13:30 – 14:30 Part 3: Creating scripts\n14:30 – 14:45 Break\n14:45 – 17:00 Part 4: Install and run your own scripts on a remote system \nOne day course \n25 max. participants \nTeachers:\nJ. Wallaart\nD. Palagin \nCosts:\n€50\,- \n€25\,- for BSc and MSc students. \nincluding lunch and course materials\, free for DCSE members. \nLocation:\nPenguinlab\, EWI B36.HB.2.130 \nPrerequisites:\nBasic knowledge and experience with handling files in Windows explorer or MacOS finder is assumed. \nNote:\nThis course is organized in the computer lab of the Mathematics department. You will log in to a prepared environment that contains all files needed for the in-class exercises. \n(Running Linux on your own laptop is much encouraged\, but you cannot use your own equipment for this course.) \n\nSign up
URL:https://eurocc-netherlands.nl/calendar/command-line-and-delftblue-basics/
LOCATION:TU Delft Library\, Prometheusplein 1\, Delft\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Training
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SUMMARY:EESSI webinar series (May-June 2025)
DESCRIPTION:What if you no longer have to install a broad range of scientific software from scratch on every laptop\, HPC cluster\, or cloud instance you use or maintain\, without compromising on performance? \nThe European Environment for Scientific Software Installations (EESSI\, https://eessi.io) comes to the rescue! \nIn this webinar series we will provide a comprehensive overview of EESSI: why we started it\, how it works\, how you can use it\, … \nYou can register for the sessions listed below (either all of them\, or selected ones). \nAll sessions will be recorded. Recordings\, slides\, and materials used will be made publicly available shortly after each session via this page. \nIn you have any questions regarding these webinars\, please send an email to support@eessi.io. \nSessions\n\nMonday 5 May 2025 (13:30-15:30 CEST): Introduction to EESSI\nMonday 12 May 2025 (13:30-15:30 CEST): Introduction to CernVM-FS\nMonday 19 May 2025 (13:30-15:30 CEST): Introduction to EasyBuild\, incl. highlighted features in EasyBuild 5.0.0\nMonday 26 May 2025 (13:30-15:30 CEST): EESSI for CI/CD\nMonday 2 June 2025 (13:30-15:30 CEST): Using EESSI as the base for a system stack\n\nFormat\n\nOnline webinars (via Zoom)\nMix of presentation & hands-on demos: ~1.5h of content\, ~30min for Q&A\n\nRegistration\nAttendance is free of cost\, but registration is required. \nRegister via https://event.ugent.be/registration/eessi202505 \nUseful links\n\nEESSI website: https://eessi.io\nEESSI documentation: https://eessi.io/docs\nCernVM-FS website: https://cernvm.cern.ch/fs\nCernVM-FS documentation: https://cvmfs.readthedocs.io\nEasyBuild website: https://easybuild.io\nEasyBuild documentation: https://docs.easybuild.io\nMultiXscale website: https://www.multixscale.eu\n\n\nSession details\nIntroduction to EESSI (5 May 2025)\n\nMonday 5 May 2025 (13:30-15:30 CEST)\nspeakers:\n\nRichard Topuchain (University of Bergen)\nHelena Vela (Do IT Now)\nThomas Röblitz (University of Bergen)\nKenneth Hoste (HPC – UGent)\n\n\noutline\n\nDiscover how EESSI (European Environment for Scientific Software Installation) is transforming the way scientific software is deployed and shared across HPC systems\, cloud platforms\, and even laptops. In this session\, we’ll introduce the motivation behind EESSI\, its architecture\, and how you can start using a fully pre-built\, modular software environment—no matter where you compute. Whether you’re an HPC user\, sysadmin\, or developer\, this webinar will show how EESSI can help you save time\, improve reproducibility\, and simplify your scientific workflows.\n\n\n\n\nIntroduction to CernVM-FS (12 May 2025)\n\nMonday 12 May 2025 (13:30-15:30 CEST)\nspeakers:\n\nmore info soon\n\n\noutline\n\nmore info soon\n\n\n\n\nIntroduction to EasyBuild (19 May 2025)\n\nMonday 19 May 2025 (13:30-15:30 CEST)\nspeakers:\n\nmore info soon\n\n\noutline\n\nincl. highlighted features in EasyBuild 5.0.0\n\n\n\nEESSI for CI/CD (26 May 2025)\n\nMonday 26 May 2025 (13:30-15:30 CEST)\nspeakers:\n\nmore info soon\n\n\noutline\n\nmore info soon\n\n\n\n\nUsing EESSI as the base for a system stack (2 June 2025)\n\nMonday 2 June 2025 (13:30-15:30 CEST)\nspeakers:\n\nmore info soon\n\n\noutline\n\nmore info soon\n\n\n\nMore information
URL:https://eurocc-netherlands.nl/calendar/eessi-webinar-series-may-june-2025/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:Introduction to Supercomputing\, part I
DESCRIPTION:If you need to perform many calculations or analyses that are too big for your own system\, clusters and supercomputers offer the computing power you need. In this course\, you will learn how to work with these large computing systems. \n\n\n\n\n\nSign up\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat will you learn in this training?\nIn this training course you will: \n\nunderstand what high-performance computing (HPC) is;\nlearn basic details about clusters and supercomputers;\neffectively perform practical exercises on the national supercomputer Snellius;\napply essential best practices on how to work effectively with large HPC systems.\n\nFor whom.\nAnyone who wants to know how to perform very large computing tasks. \nBasic knowledge of Unix shell is useful. \nThe training course is in English. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSign up now Introduction to Supercomputing\, part I\n\n\n\n\n\n5 Jun 2025\n\n13:00–16:00
URL:https://eurocc-netherlands.nl/calendar/introduction-to-supercomputing-part-i-10/
LOCATION:Amsterdam Science Park\, Science Park 904\, Amsterdam\, 1098XH\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Training
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SUMMARY:Machine learning using PyTorch on DelftBlue
DESCRIPTION:Sign upThis course introduces machine learning on the DelftBlue supercomputer\, blending theory with hands-on practice. Participants will learn to manage dependencies\, handle large datasets\, optimize GPU performance\, and scale deep learning models using PyTorch. \nAt the end of the day\, you should be able to \n– Understand the basic setup of a supercomputer and identify bottlenecks in ML applications.\n– Run PyTorch examples on CPUs and GPUs on DelftBlue\, assessing performance and resource requirements.\n– Optimize workflows to efficiently utilize a single GPU\, including LLM examples.\n– Scale a deep learning workflow for distributed training across GPUs. \n## Prerequisites\n– Python\n– Command line and DelftBlue basics\n– Experience with machine learning workflows (e.g.\, PyTorch) \n## Content level \n– 30% Beginner (Connecting to DelftBlue\, dependency management\, basics of Slurm)\n– 50% Intermediate (Handling datasets\, optimizing ML workflows)\n– 20% Advanced (Large models on small GPUs\, scaling with Fabric) \nOne day course \n30 max. participants \nTeachers:\nA. Ahmed\nS. Wacker \nCosts:\n€100\,- \n€25\,- for BSc and MSc students. \nincluding lunch and course materials\, free for DCSE members. \nLocation:\nPenguinlab\, EWI B36.HB.2.130 \nPrerequisites:\nCommand line and DelftBlue basics\nPython\nBasic knowledge of ML algorithms \nNote:\nThis course is organized in the computer lab of the Mathematics department. Exercises will be carried out on DelftBlue.\nYou can either bring your own laptop or use one of the lab computers as a terminal.
URL:https://eurocc-netherlands.nl/calendar/machine-learning-using-pytorch-on-delftblue/
LOCATION:TU Delft Library\, Prometheusplein 1\, Delft\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Training
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SUMMARY:Introduction to Deep Learning
DESCRIPTION:Would you like to learn the theoretical and practical basics about Deep Learning? \n\n\n\n\n\nSign up\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn the course\, you’ll learn how deep neural networks work and how they are optimised. During our hands-on sessions you will have the opportunity to work on our high-performance systems and train neural networks to solve an image classification problem. We’ll cover various neural network architectures: from a basic fully connected network\, to a convolutional neural network and variational auto-encoders (time permitting). \nWhat you will learn\nIn this course you will learn to \n\nUnderstand how a neuron and neural network works\nUnderstand how a neural network is trained\nExplore the effect of hyperparameters on neural network performance\nWork with a high-level machine learning API (Keras)\n\nFor whom\nEveryone interested in deep learning\, but with no (or little) current experience & knowledge. \nTopics\n\nNeural network: basics\n\nHow does a neuron work?\nFully connected networks\nTraining/optimising a neural network\n\n\nConvolutional neural networks (CNNs)\n(Variational) Auto-Encoders\n\nPrerequisites\n\nPython\nBasics of linear algebra\nBasic statistics\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSign up now Introduction to Deep Learning\n\n\n\n\n\n12 Jun 2025\n\n13:00–17:00\n\nAmsterdam Science Park\, Building LAB 42\, Room L3.36
URL:https://eurocc-netherlands.nl/calendar/introduction-to-deep-learning-3/
LOCATION:Amsterdam Science Park\, Science Park 904\, Amsterdam\, 1098XH\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Training
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SUMMARY:Introduction to Remote Visualization with Paraview
DESCRIPTION:Get to know the fundamentals of scientific visualisation using ParaView. Even if your 3D data is not directly scientific\, you will definitely get some insight on how to visualise it in a simple way! \n\n\n\n\n\nSign up\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe main topics will cover the 3D data manipulation model and pipelines\, learning how to work with simulation data effectively. Practical exercises with different scientific examples will help you to apply these concepts. \nPrerequisites\n\nYou will need to have your own laptop with ParaView installed. (https://www.paraview.org)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSign up now Introduction to Remote Visualization with Paraview\n\n\n\n\n\n19 Jun 2025\n\n13:00–17:00
URL:https://eurocc-netherlands.nl/calendar/introduction-to-remote-visualization-with-paraview/
LOCATION:Amsterdam Science Park\, Science Park 904\, Amsterdam\, 1098XH\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Training
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SUMMARY:Introduction to SURF Research Cloud
DESCRIPTION:Do you want to create and manage your own work environment and run powerful applications on it? SURF Research Cloud opens the door to cloud computing on different platforms. During this training\, your workload runs on the SURF HPC Cloud platform in Amsterdam. \nSign up\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis training explains cloud computing in general. The accompanying hands-on approach introduces you to (some of) the many features of SURF Research Cloud. You will learn how to create and manage your own virtual computing environment(s). By the end\, you will feel comfortable enough to install your own applications\, and benefit from the power of cloud computing. \nFor whom?\nAnyone who wants to use a flexible and customized environment to run powerful applications. \nThe language of instruction is English. \nRequirements\n\nBring your own laptop.\nA browser (Chrome or Firefox is good enough).\nExperience with Linux commands helps but is not a requirement.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSign up now Introduction to SURF Research Cloud
URL:https://eurocc-netherlands.nl/calendar/introduction-to-surf-research-cloud-6/
LOCATION:Amsterdam Science Park\, Science Park 904\, Amsterdam\, 1098XH\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Training
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SUMMARY:Parallel computing with Python on DelftBlue
DESCRIPTION:Sign up \nThis is an introductory course to programming for the DelftBlue supercomputer.\nIt introduces the main concepts of efficient and parallel computing with examples using Python. \nWhile Python is very popular nowadays\, the language’s focus on convenience can easily compromise efficiency compared to traditional HPC languages like C\, C++ or Fortran. This course summarizes these pitfalls and how to mitigate them\, and introduces simple techniques for parallelizing your program. \nAt the end of the day\, you should be able to \n– Describe how a program is executed on a supercomputer including scheduling\,\ndisk storage\, shared vs. distributed memory\, multi-core CPUs and GPU accelerators;\n– Find hotspots determining the runtime of your Python program\n– Parallelize a Python program using a combination of\n– optimized libraries\,\n– numba just-in-time compilation\,\n– numba parallel loops\,\n– (simple) mpi4py communication routines;\n– Optimize the I/O (disk usage) of your program \n## Prerequisites \n– Command line and DelftBlue basics\n– Basic Python skills \n## Content level \n100% beginner\n \n\n \nProgramme\n09:30 – 09:45 Introduction\n09:45 – 10:30 Introduction to Parallel Computing (lecture)\n10:30 – 10:45 Coffee break\n10:45 – 11:15 Numba (lecture)\n11:15 – 12:45 Lab 1 \n12:45 – 13:45 Lunch \n13:45 – 14:30 mpi4py (lecture)\n14:30 – 14:45 Coffee Break\n14:45 – 16:15 Lab 2\n16:15 – 16:30 Closing \nOne day course \n30 max. participants \nTeachers:\nJ. Thies\nD. Palagin \nCosts:\n€100\,- \n€25\,- for BSc and MSc students. \nincluding lunch and course materials\, free for DCSE members. \nLocation:\nPenguinlab\, EWI B36.HB.2.130 \nPrerequisites:\nCommand line and DelftBlue basics\nPython \nNote:\nThis course is organized in the computer lab of the Mathematics department. Exercises will be carried out on DelftBlue.\nYou can either bring your own laptop or use one of the lab computers as a terminal.\nExternal partiticipants without a NetID can do the exercises on their laptop or a lab computer.
URL:https://eurocc-netherlands.nl/calendar/parallel-computing-with-python-on-delftblue/
LOCATION:TU Delft Library\, Prometheusplein 1\, Delft\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Training
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