2025 HPC Tutorials

We're offering free tutorials from mid-July to mid-September!

Download the flier to share with your colleagues and watch the video trailer. 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
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)	Spack docs Spack tutorial
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	Jacamar CI docs Jacamar CI tutorial
Wednesday	August 20	9:00am – 11:00am	Jacamar CI (part 2 of 2)	Jacamar CI docs Jacamar CI tutorial
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 Caliper tutorial Hatchet docs Hatchet tutorial Thicket docs Thicket tutorial
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 MFEM tutorial MFEM annual workshop MFEM monthly seminars
Tuesday	September 16	9:00am – 11:00am	Axom: leverage robust, flexible software components for scientific applications	Axom docs Axom quick start guide

2025 HPC Tutorials

We're offering free tutorials from mid-July to mid-September!

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