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Workshop

Introduction to High Performance Computing

Friday, 19 June 2026, 9:30-16:30

KIT, Campus South

This two-day block course takes place on Friday, June 12 and 19, 2026 at Campus South.

SCC operates the high-performance computer systems Hochleistungsrechner Karlsruhe (HoreKa) and bwUniCluster 2.0. This introductory course will give you a theoretical overview of the following topics (block #1-2) and includes a practical workshop and a visit at the HoreKa facility (block #3).

Block #1:
- Supercomputer hardware design and architecture
- CPUs, Accelerators and High-Performance Interconnects
- Infrastructure, (Power) Efficiency and cooling concepts
- Operating models and user services

Block #2:
- Software stacks and job scheduling
- Programming models
- IT Security

Block #3 (date will be determined with participants):
- Practical workshop
- Visit at the HoreKa facility

Registration

The course "Intro to High Performance Computing" is organized jointly by graduate schools KCDS and ENZo and it is open to all interested doctoral researchers at KIT.

Please register via ILIAS until May 20, 2026.

Homepage
https://www.kcds.kit.edu/117_1130.php

Speaker
Dr.-Ing. Samuel Braun, Dr. René Caspart

KIT
Scientific Computing Centre

Organizer
Angela Hühnerfuß
KIT Graduate School Computational and Data Science (KCDS)
KIT-Center MathSEE
Karlsruhe
Mail: kcds ∂does-not-exist.kit edu
https://www.kcds.kit.edu

Targetgroup
Scientific Staff, Young Scientists

Online registration
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