Tutorials Learn how to use a modern HPC software stack at your own pace. If you missed the August 2024 tutorials, you can still access the materials here and watch the playlist. Contact us at hpcic-tutorials [at] llnl.gov (hpcic-tutorials[at]llnl[dot]gov). Overview Good for… Tutorial environment Tutorial features Recommended prerequisites Project Language agnostic Python users C/C++ users Command line Jupyter notebook Interactive/ Exercises Container env available Videos provided Linux/shell HPC basics Ascent BLT Caliper Flux Hatchet Maestro Merlin MFEM RAJA Spack Thicket Umpire VisIt Key: blue = yes, white = no or insufficient Find the right tutorial for you. Search or click on category to retrieve related tutorials | Click on tutorial name to find out more Has taxonomy term AdvancedGPU portingPerformanceResource managersVisualizationBatch systemsBeginnerContainer availableGUIJupyter NotebooksMachine learningPackage managementProfilingWorkflow managersBuild systemsData analysisFinite elementsHPC basicsMemory managementPython programmingShell basicsCommand line Contact Form Name (field_toggle) - Any -TrueFalse Apply Toggle Advanced GPU porting Performance Resource managers Visualization Batch systems Beginner Container available GUI Jupyter Notebooks Machine learning Package management Profiling Workflow managers Build systems Data analysis Finite elements HPC basics Memory management Python programming Shell basics Command line Ascent × Ascent Lightweight in situ visualization and analysis infrastructure for multiphysics HPC simulations Ascent tutorial video Ascent tutorial docs Level: Advanced Topics: Visualization Tutorial environment: Jupyter Notebooks Container available: Yes BLT × BLT A streamlined CMake build system foundation for developing HPC software BLT tutorial docs Level: Advanced Topics: Build systems Tutorial environment: Command line Container available: No Caliper × Caliper A library to integrate performance profiling capabilities into applications Caliper tutorial video Caliper tutorial docs Level: Advanced Topics: Performance; Profiling Tutorial environment: Command line Container available: No Flux × Flux A resource management framework customized for HPC systems Flux tutorial docs Level: Advanced Topics: Batch systems; Resource managers Tutorial environment: Command line Container available: Yes Hatchet × Hatchet Graph-indexed Pandas DataFrames for analyzing hierarchical performance data Hatchet tutorial video Hatchet tutorial docs Level: Advanced Topics: Data analysis; Performance Tutorial environment: Jupyter Notebooks Container available: No Introduction to HPC × Introduction to HPC This workshop is an introduction to using high performance computing systems effectively Introduction to HPC at The Carpentries Incubator Level: Beginner Topics: HPC basics Tutorial environment: Command line Container available: No Maestro × Maestro A tool to easily orchestrate general computational workflows both locally and on supercomputers Maestro tutorial docs Level: Advanced Topics: Workflow managers Tutorial environment: Command line Container available: Yes Merlin × Merlin A tool for running machine learning based workflows Merlin tutorial docs Level: Advanced Topics: Machine learning; Workflow managers Tutorial environment: Command line Container available: No MFEM × MFEM a lightweight, scalable C++ library for finite element methods MFEM tutorial video MFEM tutorial docs Level: Advanced Topics: Finite elements Tutorial environment: Command line Container available: Yes Python Programming × Programming with Python: Summary and Setup This introduction to Python is built around a common scientific task: data analysis Programming with Python at Software Carpentry Level: Beginner Topics: Python programming Tutorial environment: Command line Container available: No RAJA × RAJA Portability Suite Software abstractions that enable architecture and programming model portability for HPC apps RAJA tutorial video RAJA tutorial docs Level: Advanced Topics: GPU porting; Performance Tutorial environment: Command line Container available: No Spack × Spack A package manager that supports multiple versions, configurations, platforms, and compilers Spack tutorial videos Spack tutorial docs Level: Advanced Topics: Package management Tutorial environment: Command line Container available: No Thicket × Thicket A Python-based toolkit for analyzing ensemble performance data Thicket tutorial video Thicket tutorial docs Level: Advanced Topics: Data analysis; Performance Tutorial environment: Jupyter Notebooks Container available: No Umpire × Umpire An application-focused API for memory management on NUMA & GPU architectures Umpire tutorial docs Level: Advanced Topics: GPU porting; Memory management Tutorial environment: Command line Container available: No Unix Shell × The Unix Shell: Summary and Setup This lesson guides you through the basics of file systems and the shell The Unix Shell at Software Carpentry Level: Beginner Topics: Shell basics Tutorial environment: Command line Container available: No VisIt × VisIt Tool for visualizing data defined on two- and three-dimensional structured and unstructured meshes VisIt tutorial video VisIt tutorial docs Level: Advanced Topics: Visualization Tutorial environment: GUI Container available: No Beginner level Learn More Check out Livermore Computing's full catalog of tutorials and user guides. 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