Nordic High Performance Computing & Applications Workshop

1. Nordic High Performance Computing & Applications Workshop Helmut Neukirchen University of Iceland helmut@hi.is

2. Workshop organisers • Prof. Dr. Helmut Neukirchen @ University of Iceland • Software Engineering for Distributed Systems, Big Data • Prof. Dr. Matthias Book @ University of Iceland • Software Engineering • Prof. Dr. Morris Riedel @ University of Iceland and Jülich Supercomputing Centre, Germany • High-Performance Computing, Big Data • Our Vision: Better Software Engineering for HPC. • Systematic inception, development and maintenance of HPC code. • Many thanks to all presenters! Helmut Neukirchen

3. Workshop idea • Expertise at University of Iceland, e.g. • Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Eng. and Computer Science: • Morris Riedel, • REI105M High Performance Computing • Reiknistofnun Háskóla Íslands (RHÍ): • Hjörleifur Sveinbjörnsson, Máni Maríus Viðarsson, … • IHPC cluster and community • Applications: Computational Physics, Computational Chemistry, Glaciology, Climate Change, … • Still, expertise in some advanced topics lacking.  Combined workshop of internal and external experts! Helmut Neukirchen 3

4. NeIC Funding • Workshop kindly funded by NeIC, the Nordic e-Infrastructure Collaboration: • Goal: making the Nordics capable of tackling e-infrastructure challenges beyond what is possible on singular national scales. • Distributed organisation consisting of technical experts from academic high-performance computing centres across the Nordic countries. • Close collaboration with the Nordic e-Infrastructure Providers: Sigma2, SNIC, CSC, DeIC, RHnet/RHÍ. • Horizon 2020 Future and Emerging Technologies programme: DEEP – Extreme Scale Technologies (DEEP-EST). • Moral support from Nordic Center of Excellence eSTICC (eScience Tools for Investigating Climate Change at High Northern Latitudes). Helmut Neukirchen

5. How can you benefit from NeIC? • Training calendar (“Pooling Competencies”): • https://neic.no/training/ • Code Refinery: • NeIC-provided training to create sustainable, modular, reusable, and reproducible SW. http://coderefinery.org • Ratatosk: • Travel grants for interesting courses within the Nordic countries. • Glenna2: • Access to IaaS cloud computing resources • Dellingr: • If your own HPC resources are not sufficient, apply for access to other Nordic clusters. https://dellingr.neic.no/ • Further info: https://neic.no/ Helmut Neukirchen

6. Back to this workshop:Organisational issues • For presenters and registered participants: • Lunch vouchers valid for lunch downstairs. • Two different dishes, alternatively soup or food from shelf/fridge. • Coffee breaks with pastry or fruit. • Internet access via Eduroam. • You got email with Jötunn cluster account info!? • Who needs a certificate of participation? • Evaluation via online survey after the workshop. • Further HPC workshop at University of Iceland planned for 2018: • Tentatively May 2018. Helmut Neukirchen

7. Agenda Helmut Neukirchen https://cs.hi.is/HPC/hpcworkshop2017.html

8. Closing remarks • I hope, you enjoyed this workshop! • Please give feedback via online evaluation: link will be mailed to participants. • Join the Icelandic HPC community IHPC: • Web page: IHPC.is • Subscribe to IHPC mailing list (low volume) via that web page. • E.g. training workshop announced via this mailing list. • Next workshop planned for 2018: • Tentatively May 2018. • Intended focus on data-intensive applications (in particular machine learning), cloud computing, finite elements. • We can try to take topics mentioned in evaluation into account. Helmut Neukirchen