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Crash24h@Tecnico.ULisboa Summer Course

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Schedule

Day

1 - July 16

2 - July 17

3 - July 18

4 - July 19

5 - July 20

6 - July 21

Morning

Check-in

Class

Class

Class

Class

Project

Lunch

No lunch

Lunch

Lunch

Lunch

Lunch

Lunch

Afterlunch

Teambuilding

Class

Pratical Class

Pratical Class

Pratical Class

Project

Afternoon

Welcomeparty

Kayak

Walkingtour

Rockclimbing

Surfing

Mtboard

Evening

Free time

Free time

DinnerLisbon

Free time

Free time

Free time



Programme

  1. Why we need Parallel Computing

    1. Computational Plasma Physics

    2. The European Integrated Tokamak Modelling approach

    3. Methodologies and techniques for the exploration of large scale computing resources

  2. Foresight of Exascale and high performance computing

    1. The road so far

      1. Evolution of high performance computing

      2. Massively parallel computing systems

      3. We need a fusion power plant to run these sims

    2. Path to Exascale

      1. Technical challenges

      2. Accelerator technology

  3. Parallel programming using OpenMP and MPI

    1. Parallel computing using OpenMP

      1. Fork-Join model

      2. Compiler directives

      3. Run-time library routines

    2. Parallel computing using MPI

      1. Message Passing model

      2. Initializing and terminating programs

      3. Point-to-point communications

      4. Global Communications

  4. CUDA

    1. Overview

      1. GPU hardware architecture

      2. CUDA programming model

      3. Memory usage and strategy

      4. CUDA functions (kernel and device functions)

      5. Example: computing differences

    2. CUDA in practice

      1. Applications

      2. CUDA libraries

      3. Example: FFTW vs. CuFFT

      4. Performance considerations

      5. Multi-GPU programming


Detailed program



Day 1: check in / team building + ice breaker / welcome party – Oeiras


For day one we expect the participants to arrive during the morning, around 15h we start with the team building + ice breaker so the group can start to know each other better, and around 19h we start with the welcome party so the participants can taste some portuguese tapas and wine. All this will happen at the hostel.


Day 2: kayak - Cascais


On second day the classes start in the morning and for the afternoon we have our first outdoor activity, kayaking on the beautiful Cascais beach and cost.


Day 3: walking tour - Lisbon


The third day only has classes in the morning and after lunch you have free time to enjoy the city around, or you can join the best walking tour in town for the special price of 10€, and around 20h we will enjoy dinner at the city, also not included.


Day 4: rock climbing - Cascais


The lessons took place again all day, and for the afternoon we have rock climbing activity by farol da Guia, on some amazing rocks just by the ocean, so you can climb and jump into the ocean right after.


Day 5: surf - Place depending on the sea conditions


Again lessons all day, and for the afternoon, the best but not the last, you will be deeply connect with the ocean doing surf lesson, but you can also enjoy the sun and have fun together playing rackets or volleyball.


Day 6: mountainboard - Sintra


For the last day you will have the project, and our last activity for the afternoon is mountainboarding, at the wonderful Sintra area, the most amazing place around Lisbon.

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  • Address: Instituto Superior Técnico,
    Av. Rovisco Pais 1, 1049-001 Lisboa

  • Phone: (+351) 218 418 241

  • Email: crash24h@tecnico.ulisboa.pt

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