2026 HPC Tutorials

Join us for live tutorials this summer! Project teams will offer sessions from July to September.

Registration links for individual sessions are in the chart below,
or you can register for a combination of tutorials via this button.

Download the flyer to share with your colleagues. Contact us at hpcic-tutorials [at] llnl.gov (hpcic-tutorials[at]llnl[dot]gov).

No previous experience is necessary, and everyone is welcome.
Follow along in real time on your own AWS EC2 instance (provided), supported by the project teams.

Schedule

Times are listed in Pacific Daylight Time (GMT -7); WebEx may display these in your local time zone.
Scroll down to Featured Projects to learn more about each project.
Register no later than 24 hours before each tutorial in order to reserve your EC2 instance.

Day	Date	Time	Tutorial	Registration	Materials
Tuesday	July 7	9:00am – 12:00pm	Spack (part 1 of 2): learn to install your software quickly	Spack 1 registration	Spack docs Spack tutorial
Wednesday	July 8	9:00am – 12:00pm	Spack (part 2 of 2)	Spack 2 registration	Spack docs Spack tutorial
Tuesday	July 14	9:00am – 11:00am	BLT: build, link, and test large-scale applications	BLT registration	BLT tutorial
Tuesday	July 21	9:00am – 11:00am	Flux: run thousands of jobs in a workflow	Flux registration	Flux docs Flux cheat sheet Flux scheduler repo
Tuesday	July 28	9:00am – 11:00am	YGM: manage irregular communication patterns between running processes	YGM registration	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	Caliper & Thicket registration	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 registration	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 registration	Jacamar CI docs Jacamar CI tutorial
Tuesday	August 25	9:00am – 11:00am	Ascent: visualize and analyze your simulations in situ	Ascent registration	Ascent tutorial
Tuesday	September 1	9:00am – 12:00pm	Benchpark: reproduce system, benchmark, and experiment specifications	Benchpark registration	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 registration	RAJA docs RAJA tutorial Umpire docs Umpire tutorial
Tuesday	September 22	9:00am – 11:00am	MFEM: use scalable finite element discretizations	MFEM registration	MFEM docs MFEM tutorial MFEM annual workshop MFEM seminars

Join us for live tutorials this summer! Project teams will offer sessions from July to September.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Schedule

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