RIKEN International HPC Summer School FY2018

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RIKEN Center for Computational Science (R-CCS) will be holding a summer school to give early career researchers in computational science an opportunity to learn programming techniques for parallel computers, aiming to foster scientists who will lead the field on the international stage in the future. Scientists from R-CCS will provide lectures and the K computer will be used for hands-on training. This program will be provided in English.

Details
Date	Mon, Jul 2 - Wed, Jul 4, 2018
City	Kobe, Japan
Place	Auditorium, 6th floor of the R-CSS building Access
Notes	2nd CEA-RIKEN HPC School will be held on July 5 and 6 at the same venue. RIKEN International HPC Summer School participants may also participate in this program.

Introduction of lecturers

Lecturer
Hiroya Matsuba
Team Leader
High Performance Artificial Intelligence Systems Research Team
Lecturer
Kentaro Sano
Team Leader
Processor Research Team
Lecturer
Toshiyuki Imamura
Team Leader
Large-scale Parallel Numerical Computing Technology Research Team
Lecturer
Manabu Yagi
Programming Environment Research Team

Administrative Office

Collaborations Group
RIKEN Computational Science Plannning Office

Cosponsored by

Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies, Kyoto University
Cybermedia Center, Osaka University
Education Center on Computational Science and Engineering, Kobe University

Supported by

Priority Issues for post-K computer: 9 projects
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Foundation for Computational Science (FOCUS)
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High Performance Computing Infrastructure Consortium
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Research Organization for Information Science and Technology (RIST)
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Qualifications

Eligible individuals are as follows.

Students who reside in Japan and are enrolled in a graduate program, post-doctoral scientists and early career scientists affiliated with universities or research institutions
Scientists and engineers affiliated with private companies

Please understand that individuals who do not meet requirements shown below may be declined to participate in the program.

Ideal participants have programming experience using C or Fortran, have used Linux (at least can use an editor on Linux), and have basic parallel programing experience.
Bring your own laptop computer with you for the summer school.

Note

Non-residents in Japan need to consult with us for participation as use of supercomputers is restricted to only residents in Japan by the related law.
2nd CEA-RIKEN HPC School will be held on July 5 and 6 at the same venue. RIKEN International HPC Summer School participants may participate in this program. Further information about this program will be provided to summer school participant separately.

Program

Mon, Jul 2
Time	Program	Materials	Owner
10:00 - 10:30	Registration
10:30 - 10:45	Welcome	-	Deputy Director
10:45 - 12:00	Basics of parallel programming and execution - Parallel execution models - Basics of MP and OpenMP	Text ver1.2(1.28MB) (Updated on Jun 29)	Team Leader Dr. Matsuba
12:00 - 13:30	Lunch
13:30 - 14:50	Setup of parallel execution environments	-	Dr. Yagi
14:50 - 15:00	Break
10:45 - 12:00	Hands-on Practice - How to use MPI (send, receive and reduce) - Simple example of OpenMP	Text ver1.2(1.28MB) (Updated on Jun 29)	Team Leader Dr. Matsuba

Tue, Jul 3
Time	Program	Materials	Owner
9:00 - 10:20	Introduction of the example application - 2D CFD	Text ver1.2(820KB) (Updated on Jul 3)	Team Leader Dr. Sano
10:20 - 10:30	Break
10:30 - 12:30	Lecture-> Hands-on Practice - How to parallelize the example program	Text ver1.2(820KB) (Updated on Jul 3)	Team Leader Dr. Sano
12:30 - 13:30	Lunch
13:30 - 14:50	Hands-on Practice - Parallelization of the example program	Text ver1.2(820KB) (Updated on Jul 3)	Team Leader Dr. Sano Team Leader Dr. Matsuba
14:50 - 15:00	Break
15:00 - 17:00	Hands-on Practice - Parallelization of the example program	Text ver1.2(820KB) (Updated on Jul 3)	Team Leader Dr. Matsuba Team Leader Dr. Sano
18:00	Group Photo & Gathering (at participants own expense)

Wed, Jul 4
Time	Program	Materials	Owner
9:00 - 10:30	Matrix computation (Basics): Lecture	Text ver1.2(3.11MB) (Updated on Jul 3)	Team Leader Dr. Imamura
10:30 - 10:40	Break
10:40 - 13:00	- Matrix computation (Basics): Hands on - Matrix computation (using library): Lecture and Hands-on Practice & Closing	Text ver1.2(3.11MB) (Updated on Jul 3)	Team Leader Dr. Imamura
13:00 - 13:50	Lunch
13:50 - 14:20	K computer Tour	-
14:20 - 14:30	Break
14:30 - 15:50	CEA-RIKEN HPC School Lecture (OpenMP SIMD lecture part 1)	-	Dr. Jinpil
15:50 - 16:00	Break
16:00 - 18:00	CEA-RIKEN HPC School Lecture (OpenMP SIMD lecture part 2)	-	Dr. Jinpil

Thu, Jul 5
Time	Program	Materials	Owner
9:00 - 10:00	CEA-RIKEN HPC School Lecture (OpenMP Task lecture part 1)	-	Dr. Patrick
10:00 - 10:10	Break
10:10 - 12:10	CEA-RIKEN HPC School Lecture (OpenMP Task lecture part 2)	-	Dr. Patrick
12:10 - 13:30	Lunch
13:30 - 14:50	CEA-RIKEN HPC School Hands-on Practice (OpenMP SIMD hands-on)	-	Dr. Jinpil
14:50 - 15:00	Break
15:00 - 17:00	CEA-RIKEN HPC School Hands-on Practice (OpenMP Task hands-on)	-	Dr. Patrick

Fri, Jul 6
Time	Program	Materials	Owner
9:00 - 10:20	CEA-RIKEN HPC School Lecture (Boast lecture)	-	Dr. Brice
10:20 - 10:30	Break
10:30 - 12:00	CEA-RIKEN HPC School Lecture (Boast hands-on)	-	Dr. Brice

In this summer school, R-CCS’s K computer will be used for hand-on training.

Application for participation

Maximum number of participants: About 20. Applications will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. However, necessary adjustment may be made to avoid having a large number of participants from one university or institution. We may also decline applicants who do not meet the requirements listed in 5 above.
Application period: 9 am, April 2 to 5 pm, May 16, 2018.
*****Thank you for your interest in our program. Due to an overwhelming response, all available slots have been filled, and the application submission has been closed.*****
To apply for the summer school, click here (online application form)
After the application period ends, the summer school secretariat will notify all the applicants whether they are accepted for the program, and inform them regarding documents to submit.
In principle, participants must attend all sessions of the summer school. For partial participation, please consult with the R-CCS Planning Office.
RIKEN will bear travel and accommodation expenses to full-time students who will participate in all sessions (part-time students with full-time jobs are excluded). Travel and accommodation expenses will also be paid for participants in the CEA-RIKEN HPC School program.
The expenses will be paid based on the RIKEN’s regulations via bank transfer after the school ends.

Note: Handling of personal information
Personal information submitted will be used only for RIKEN to inform participants of the school schedule and changes or to collect materials related to the school operations. Personal information will not be used for other purposes.