Training
Below are the currently scheduled HECToR training courses provided by the NAG CSE team. A full list of all the courses we offer can be found on our full course list, along with details of how to request a course.
To register for a course, please see the registration page.
For any course enquiry please contact us.
Phase III Training
To introduce Phase3 of the HECToR service NAG are running courses that introduce the new architecture, which is based ultimately on the new AMD Bulldozer architecture. This is somewhat different from previous AMD designs because cores share performance-critical hardware and support new floating point instructions.
The training will consist of 2 separate courses spanning 4 days and will be run twice in February 2012, at each of NAG's offices in Oxford and Manchester. The first day will introduce new HECToR users to the system with a general overview of the hardware, software and configuration of the service. Days 2, 3, 4 will consist of a new 3 day course focusing on debugging, profiling and optimising code on the new architecture. You can attend day 2, days 3 and 4 or all of them.
Follow the links below for more details on individual courses.
Training Schedule
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February 8-10, 2012 University of Sheffield | Parallel Programming with MPI |
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February 20, 2012 NAG Manchester | Phase III: Introduction to HECToR |
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February 21-23, 2012 NAG Manchester | Phase III: Debugging, Profiling and Optimising |
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April 16-18, 2011 University of Warwick | DL_POLY/FIELD/MESO Training Workshop |
These HPC training courses are provided free of charge to HECToR users and UK academics whose work is covered by the remit of one of the participating research councils (EPSRC, NERC and BBSRC). Others people may attend on payment of a course fee. Please see the eligibility page for more details.
Some other HPC courses offered elsewhere are listed on our other courses page.