High-Performance Computing Center Stuttgart

BOOTCAMP: N-Ways to GPU Programming

This Bootcamp will be held online with Zoom. Cluster Dry Run already on Tue, Apr 2.

During this two-day online Bootcamp, four different GPU programming models will be introduced and participants will be able to choose the one that best fits their needs to run their scientific codes on GPUs. This Bootcamp will cover an introduction to GPU programming using OpenACC, OpenMP, stdpar and CUDA, and will provide hands-on opportunities to learn how to analyse GPU-enabled applications using NVIDIA® Nsight™ Systems. This online Bootcamp is a hands-on learning experience where you will be guided through step-by-step instructions with teaching assistants on hand to help throughout.

The Bootcamp is co-organised by HLRS, JSC, LRZ, VSC Vienna, RISE, LiU, OpenACC.org and NVIDIA for EuroCC Austria, EuroCC@GCS and EuroCC Sweden, all National Competence Centres for High-Performance Computing.

Location

Online course
Organizer: HLRS, University of Stuttgart, Germany

Start date

Apr 03, 2024
09:00

End date

Apr 05, 2024
12:30

Language

English

Entry level

Basic

Course subject areas

Bootcamp/Hackathon

Topics

Code Optimization

GPU Programming

OpenACC

OpenMP

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Prerequisites and content levels

Prerequisites

Basic experience with C/C++ or Fortran. No GPU programming knowledge is required.

Content levels
  • Beginners level: 9 hours

Learn more about course curricula and content levels.

Instructors

Main lecturers: Paul Graham (NVIDIA)

Teaching Assistants:

  • Claudia Blaas-Schenner, Siegfried Höfinger, Moritz Siegel, Soner Steiner, Ivan Vialov (VSC Vienna)
  • Tobias Haas, Lorenzo Zanon, Lucienne Dettki, Maksym Deliyergiyev (HLRS)
  • Jan-Oliver Mirus, Luis Cifuentes, Kaveh Haghighi-Mood, Jayesh Badwaik (JSC)
  • Volker Weinberg (LRZ)
  • Qiang Li, Yonglei Wang (ENCCS/LiU)

Agenda

- preliminary -

All times in CEST:

Day 0 (Tue, Apr 2) : Cluster Dry Run

  • 11:00 - 12:00 Cluster Dry Run Session

Day 1 (Wed, Apr 3): Introduction

  • 09:00 - 09:05 Welcome (Moderator)
  • 09:05 - 09:30 Introduction to GPU computing (Lecture)
  • 09:30 - 10:00 Introduction to Nsight Systems (Lecture and Read only Lab)
  • 10:30 - 11:00 Accelerating Standard C++ and Fortran with GPUs (Lecture and Lab)
  • 11:00 - 11:30 Wrap Up and QA

Day 2 (Thu, Apr 4): Hands-on labs

  • 09:00 - 10:30 Directive Based Programming with OpenACC on GPU (Lecture and Lab)
  • 10:30 - 12:30 CUDA C/Fortran Programming (Lecture and Lab)
  • 12:30 - 12:45 Description of code challenge
  • 12:45 - 13:00 Wrap up and QA

Day 3 (Fri, Apr 5): Challenge: Hands-on

  • 09:00 - 12:00 Code Challenge (in the break-out rooms)
  • 09:00 - 09:30 Targeting GPUs from Python
  • 12:00 - 12:30 QA about Code Challenge
  • 12:30 - 13:00 Project Discussion (Optional)

Hands-on sessions

Attendees will be given access to a GPU cluster for the duration of the Bootcamp.

The code is publicly available on github.

Registration closes on February 20, 2024 at 23:55.

Fees

  • Students without Master's degree or equivalent. Participants from EU or EuroCC countries only: 0 EUR
  • PhD students or employees at a German university or public research institute: 0 EUR
  • PhD students or employees at a university or public research institute in an EU or EuroCC country other than Germany: 0 EUR.
  • Other participants, e.g., from industry, other public service providers, or government. Participants from EU or EuroCC countries only: 0 EUR

Our course fee includes coffee breaks (in classroom courses only).

For lists of EU and EuroCC countries have a look at the Horizon Europe and EuroCC website.

Only participants from institutions belonging to these countries can take part in this course.

Contact

Maksym Deliyergiyev phone 0711 685 87261, maksym.deliyergiyev(at)hlrs.de

HLRS training collaborations in HPC and AI

HLRS is part of the Gauss Centre for Supercomputing (GCS), together with JSC in Jülich and LRZ in Garching near Munich. EuroCC@GCS is the German National Competence Centre (NCC) for High-Performance Computing. HLRS is also a member of the Baden-Württemberg initiative bwHPC. Since 2025, HLRS coordinates HammerHAI. 

This course is provided within the framework of EuroCC2.

Acknowledgements

Within the scope of the EuroCC2 project this training is offered free of charge. By participating in a training free of charge, companies receive state-aid corresponding to the regular market-prices listed in the service portfolio. Please note state-aid regulations in Germany.

EuroCC 2 and EuroCC4SEE have received funding from the European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (JU) under grant agreement No 101101903 and No 101191697. The JU receives support from the European Union’s Digital Europe Programme and Germany, Bulgaria, Austria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Slovakia, Norway, Türkiye, Republic of North Macedonia, Iceland, Montenegro, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Official course URL(s)

http://www.hlrs.de/training/2024/BC-GPU-NV and course website at Open Hackathons

Further courses and training team

See the training overview and the Supercomputing Academy pages.
See also information about the HLRS training department and staff.

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