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 |
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| Message-Passing Programming with MPI | Online | Always open - self-service | Register |
| Shared Memory Programming with OpenMP | Online | Always open - self-service | Register |
| Software Carpentry | Online | 21 - 24 June 2021 09:30 - 13:00 BST | Register |
| Advanced MPI | Online | 14 and 16 July 2021 09:30 - 17:00 BST |
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| Modern C++ for Computational Scientists | Online | 20 - 23 July 2021 09:30 - 12:30 BST |
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| Reproducible computational environments using containers - Introduction to Docker and Singularity | Online | 28 - 29 July 2021 10:00 - 16:00 BST | Register |
Recent courses will be moved to the Materials repository shortly after they have ended.
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, 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.
ARCHER2 year two planned courses
ARCHER2 will be unavailable during the work to prepare the full 23-cabinet system. This is expected to take place during May/June 2021 so no courses are planned during that period.
Provisional schedule of planned courses. Brief details of the courses can be found on the Course Descriptions page.
| May - July 2021 | August - October 2021 |
|---|---|
| Data Carpentry Software Carpentry HPC Carpentry Reproducible computational environments using containers Modern C++ for Computational Scientists Parallel Performance Analysis using Scalasca Advanced MPI |
Understanding Package Performance ARCHER2 for Data Scientists ARCHER2 for Developers ARCHER2 for Package Users Introduction to Unified Model Introduction to CP2K Data Analytics with HPC Advanced use of LAMMPS Advanced OpenMP Performance Optimisation on AMD EPYC |
| November 2021 - January 2022 | February - April 2022 |
|---|---|
| Data Carpentry HPC Carpentry ARCHER2 for Developers ARCHER2 for Package Users Introduction to GROMACS Reproducible computational environments using containers Scientific Programming with Python Modern Fortran Efficient Parallel IO |
Software Carpentry Understanding Package Performance ARCHER2 for Data Scientists ARCHER2 for Developers ARCHER2 for Package Users Advanced use of Code_Saturne Message Passing Programming with MPI Efficient use of the HPE Cray EX System |
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 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.