
2025 HPC Tutorials
We're offering free tutorials from mid-July to mid-September!
Download the flier to share with your colleagues. Contact us at hpcic-tutorials [at] llnl.gov (hpcic-tutorials[at]llnl[dot]gov).
Join us to learn how to use a modern, open-source HPC software stack!
All experience levels are welcome.
Follow along in real time on your own AWS EC2 instance (provided), supported by the project teams.
Register no later than 24 hours before each tutorial in order to reserve your EC2 instance.
Schedule
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Register now for all or any combination of tutorials. Scroll down to Featured Projects to learn more about each project.
Day | Date | Time | Tutorial | Materials |
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Tuesday | July 15 | 9:00am – 11:00am | BLT: build, link, and test large-scale applications | BLT tutorial |
Tuesday | July 22 | 9:00am – 11:00am | Ascent: visualize and analyze your simulations in situ | Ascent tutorial |
Tuesday | July 29 | 9:00am – 11:00am |
RAJA: run and port codes across different GPUs Umpire: discover, provision, and manage HPC memory |
RAJA docs RAJA tutorial Umpire docs Umpire tutorial |
Tuesday | August 5 | 9:00am – 12:00pm | Spack (part 1 of 2): learn to install your software quickly | Spack docs Spack tutorial |
Wednesday | August 6 | 9:00am – 12:00pm | Spack (part 2 of 2) | |
Tuesday | August 12 | 9:00am – 11:00am | Flux: run thousands of jobs in a workflow | Flux docs Flux cheat sheet Flux scheduler repo |
Tuesday | August 19 | 9:00am – 11:00am | Jacamar CI (part 1 of 2): use GitLab’s robust CI/CD testing on HPC resources | |
Wednesday | August 20 | 9:00am – 11:00am | Jacamar CI (part 2 of 2) | |
Tuesday | August 26 | 9:00am – 12:00pm |
Caliper: integrate performance profiling capabilities into your applications Hatchet: analyze hierarchical performance data Thicket: optimize application performance on supercomputers |
Caliper docs |
Wednesday | September 3 | 9:00am – 12:00pm | Benchpark: reproduce system, benchmark, and experiment specifications (tutorial also includes the Ramble dependency) |
Benchpark docs Benchpark tutorial Ramble docs |
Tuesday | September 9 | 9:00am – 11:00am | MFEM: use scalable finite element discretizations |
MFEM docs |
Tuesday | September 16 | 9:00am – 11:00am | Axom: leverage robust, flexible software components for scientific applications | Axom docs Axom quick start guide |
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