2026 HPC Tutorials

Schedule

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Register no later than 24 hours before each tutorial in order to reserve your EC2 instance.

Day	Date	Time (PT)	Tutorial	Recordings	Materials
Tuesday	July 7	9:00am – 12:00pm	Spack (part 1 of 2): learn to install your software quickly	Spack (part 1) video	Spack docs Spack tutorial
Wednesday	July 8	9:00am – 12:00pm	Spack (part 2 of 2)	Spack (part 2) video	Spack docs Spack tutorial
Tuesday	July 14	9:00am – 11:00am	BLT: build, link, and test large-scale applications	BLT video	BLT tutorial
Tuesday	July 21	9:00am – 11:00am	Flux: run thousands of jobs in a workflow	Flux video	Flux docs Flux cheat sheet Flux scheduler repo
Tuesday	July 28	9:00am – 11:00am	YGM: manage irregular communication patterns between running processes	YGM video	YGM docs YGM tutorial
Tuesday	August 4	9:00am – 12:00pm	Caliper: integrate performance profiling capabilities into your applications Thicket: optimize application performance on supercomputers	C+T video	Caliper docs Caliper tutorial Thicket docs Thicket tutorial
Tuesday	August 11	9:00am – 11:00am	Axom: leverage robust, flexible software components for scientific applications	Axom video	Axom docs Axom quick start guide
Tuesday	August 18	9:00am – 12:00pm	Jacamar CI: use GitLab’s robust CI/CD testing on HPC resources	Jacamar CI video	Jacamar CI docs Jacamar CI tutorial
Tuesday	September 1	9:00am – 12:00pm	Benchpark: reproduce system, benchmark, and experiment specifications	Benchpark video	Benchpark docs Benchpark tutorial
No tutorials during Labor Day week
Tuesday	September 15	9:00am – 12:00pm	RAJA: run and port codes across different GPUs Umpire: discover, provision, and manage HPC memory	RAJA & Umpire video	RAJA docs RAJA tutorial Umpire docs Umpire tutorial
Tuesday	September 22	9:00am – 11:00am	MFEM: use scalable finite element discretizations	MFEM video	MFEM docs MFEM tutorial MFEM annual workshop MFEM seminars
Thursday	September 24	9:00am – 12:00pm	WarpX: simulate physical systems with the particle-in-cell method Presented in collaboration with the High Performance Software Foundation	Registration closed	WarpX docs WarpX tutorial
Tuesday	September 29	9:00am – 11:00am	Ascent: visualize and analyze your simulations in situ	Ascent video	Ascent tutorial

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