Event Calendar
Introduction to High Performance Computing
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.
Dr.-Ing. Samuel Braun, Dr. René Caspart
KIT
Scientific Computing Centre
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
