Advanced Course 2025/10/23: Advanced HPC and Data Management topics @KIT

Thursday Oct 23, 2025, 9:30 AM → 4:35 PM Europe/Berlin

Gebäude 20.21 (KIT Campus Süd)

Carolin Breitzke, Hany Ibrahim (KIT)

Das Scientific Computing Center lädt Sie herzlich am 23. Oktober zum Kurs "Fortgeschrittene Hochleistungsrechnen- (HPC) und Daten-Management-Themen" ein. Die Veranstaltung richtet sich an alle aktiven, forgeschrittenen Nutzer der bwHPC-Cluster (bwUniCluster, bwForCluster) und des Hochleistungsrechners HoreKa und umfasst Batch- und Job-Scripting, weiterführendes Jobmanagement (inkl. für parallele Anwendungen), Kompilieren, Remote-Visualisierung und Daten-Management. Vorkenntnisse im Umgang mit der Bash-Shell und dem Linux-Kommandozeileninterface werden für diesen Kurs empfohlen. Die Präsenzveranstaltung kombiniert Vorträge mit Tutorien. Der Kurs findet in englischer Sprache statt.  Es fallen keine Teilnahmegebühren an.

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The Scientific Computing Center is hosting the course: "Advanced High Performance Computing (HPC) and Data Management topics" on October 23, 2025. This course is aimed at active, intermediate users of the bwHPC clusters (bwUniCluster, bwForClusters) and the HPC cluster HoreKa and includes advanced batch & job scripting, compiling, remote visualization and data management. Knowledge about the Bash shell and the Linux command line interface are recommended for this course. The event combines talks and tutorials. The course will be conducted in English. It is free of charge and will take place on-site.

02_2025-04-11_adv_HPC_topics_-_adv_topics_usage_HPC_clusters.pdf

9:30 AM → 11:30 AM Advanced Bash Scripting + Exercises

• Bash and shell features and utilities:
  • reading the bash manual
  • conditionals and looping beyond for loops
  • functions
  • arrays
  • using the terminal even more efficiently
  • more advanced shell tools and their composability
• Discussion about workflows
• Bash/Job scripting:
  * asynchronous
  * signal handlers: trap
  * composability of bash
  * Special filesystems
  * Job Chaining and job dependencies
  * Coalescing work together: gnu parallel
• Discussion of alternatives

Speaker: Michele Mesiti (KIT)

Lesson Material

11:30 AM → 11:50 AM Break

11:50 AM → 12:50 PM Adv. topics - Usage of bwHPC & HoreKa clusters

02_2025-04-11_adv_HPC_topics_-_adv_topics_usage_HPC_clusters.pdf

12:50 PM → 2:30 PM Lunch Break

2:30 PM → 3:15 PM Introduction to Jobmon

Speaker: Holger Obermaier (KIT)

jobmon.pdf

3:15 PM → 3:35 PM Break

3:35 PM → 4:35 PM HPC Support Session

Description:
This is an open session for all course attendees. If you have any questions or are experiencing issues while using the Horeka HPC system, please join us for live troubleshooting and support.

Why you should join:

Get immediate help with technical problems.

Ask questions about the material covered in the course.

Ensure you can use HPC effectively after the course ends.

Speakers: Andreas Baer, Hany Ibrahim (KIT), Leon Pascal Schuhmacher (KIT - SCC), Michele Mesiti (KIT), Peter Weisbrod