Upcoming Training
The list below shows the currently scheduled ARCHER2 courses. Please follow the links in the list to find out more about the courses and to register.
If you would like us to provide a course on a particular topic and/or in a particular location then please contact us via the ARCHER2 Service Desk.
Individual links to course provide more details on the content and prerequisites. Use the Register Link to sign up for a particular course.
| Course | Venue | Dates | Register Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reproducible computational environments using containers (fully booked) | Online | 13 - 14 July 2020 |
 Registration closed
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| Cirrus Phase II - using the new Cirrus system | Online | Wednesday 15th July 2020 15:00 - 16:00 BST | More details and join link |
| The HPC Certification Forum - Classifying and Certifying HPC Competences | Online | Wednesday 22nd July 2020 15:00 - 16:00 BST | More details and join link |
| ARCHER2 for software package users | Online | Date to be confirmed | |
| Introduction to ARCHER2 for software developers | Online | Date to be confirmed |
Recent courses will be moved to the Materials repository shortly after they have ended.
ARCHER2 year one planned courses
The following courses are provisionally planned for the first year of the ARCHER2 service and details of dates and locations may be subject to change. Once all details are finalised, the course will be moved up to the confirmed section above and registration opened.
| Course | Venue | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Package Use on ARCHER2 | Online | |
| Development on ARCHER2 | Online | |
| Data Science on ARCHER2 | Online | |
| Message Passing Programming with MPI | Online | |
| Shared Memory Programming with OpenMP | Online | |
| HPC Carpentry | ||
| ARCHER2 for HPC Software Package Users | ||
| Using LAMMPS on ARCHER2 | ||
| Using CP2K on ARCHER2 | ||
| Using Code_Saturne on ARCHER2 | ||
| Using the Met Office UM on ARCHER2 | ||
| ARCHER2 for HPC Software Developers | ||
| Data Carpentry | ||
| Software Carpentry | ||
| Understanding HPC Software Package Performance | ||
| Data Analysis Using Python | ||
| Containers for HPC | ||
| Data Analytics with HPC | ||
| Virtual Tutorials | ||
| Advanced use of Package X on ARCHER2 | ||
| Efficient Parallel I/O | ||
| Performance Optimisation for AMD EPYC | ||
| Performance Analysis Workshop |
Courses marked with † are fully booked but please complete the registration form to be added to the waiting list.
Details of the software you should have installed, in preparation for any of our courses, is listed on our software page.
When registering for one of our courses you agree to abide by our Training Code of Conduct.
Eligibility for training
ARCHER2 training courses are provided free of charge to all academics, but attendance by non-academics would normally require a registration fee. However, we are not charging for attendance while we deliver all courses online due to government advice on social distancing.
Courses marked 
are also funded by
PRACE and are free to everyone including commercial attendees.
We normally charge a fee for non-academics. If you are from a commercial organisation and wish to attend a particular course or arrange training at your site by the EPCC team then please contact the ARCHER2 Training Administrator.
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Online Training
Much of the ARCHER2 training material is available online. In particular, this includes material relevant to the ARCHER2 Driving Test.
On Successful completion of the ARCHER2 Driving Test you will be invited to apply for an account on ARCHER2 with 1200 kAUs (80,000 core-hours) to use over 12 months, enabling you to put your skills into practice.
Other Training
- EPCC MSc in High Performance Computing
- Software Sustainability Institute - Guides
- Software Sustainability Institute - Top Tips
Support for training on ARCHER2
We are able to offer support and assistance for external training on ARCHER: Find out how we can help and how to let us know what you are planning at our External courses page.