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 Level Venue Dates Register Link
Message-Passing Programming with MPI  Intermediate Online Always open - self-service Register
Shared Memory Programming with OpenMP  Intermediate Online Always open - self-service Register
QM/MM with GROMACS + CP2K  Intermediate Online Always open - self-service Register
ARCHER2 for Package Users  Introductory Online 7 December 2023 09:30 - 15:30 GMT Register
ARCHER2 for Software Developers  Introductory Online 7 - 8 December 2023 09:30 - 16:00 GMT (Rescheduled from 11-12 December 2023) Register
Advanced use of LAMMPS  Advanced Online 17 January 2024 09:30 - 16:30 GMT Register
HPC Carpentry  Introductory Doodson Room, NOC, 6 Brownlow Street, Liverpool L3 5DA 18 - 19 January 2024 09:30 - 16:00 BST Register
Advanced OpenMP  Advanced Online 23 - 24 January 2024 09:00 - 17:00 GMT Register

Recent courses will be moved to the Past course materials or Webinars pages shortly after they have ended.

Course Levels: Introductory Introductory Intermediate Intermediate Advanced Advanced. See Course Descriptions for more information.

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 the ARCHER2 Code of Conduct.

Eligibility for training

ARCHER2 training courses are provided free of charge to all academics.

Attendance by non-academics at online courses is free, but we would normally require a registration fee for face-to-face courses.

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.

ARCHER2 year four planned courses

November 2023 - January 2024 February 2024 - April 2024
ARCHER2 for Data Scientists
ARCHER2 for Developers
Data Analysis and Visualisation in Python
Intro. to Data Science and Machine Learning
Understanding Package Perf. using ReFrame
Data Carpentry
HPC Carpentry
Introduction to Modern Fortran
Advanced OpenMP
Debugging and Profiling on ARCHER2
Reproducible Comp. Env. using Containers
Advanced Use of LAMMPS
Modern C++ for Computational Scientists
Software Carpentry
Intermediate Modern Fortran
Modern C++ for Computational Scientists
Message Passing Programming with MPI
Efficient use of the HPE Cray EX System
Introduction to CP2K
Introduction to Xcompact3D
Introduction to GROMACS

Once course details are confirmed, the course will be move up to the Upcoming Training section above.

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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 a small allocation of core-hours to use over 12 months, enabling you to put your skills into practice.

Other Training

Support for training on ARCHER2

We are able to offer support and assistance for external training on ARCHER: If you are interesting in finding out more, please contact the service desk.