In collaboration with AMD, DiRAC hosted a hackathon at the Institute of Education, UCL, focused on porting and optimising DiRAC codes for the MI300x series.

In collaboration with our partner AMD, an online introductory training on optimising AMD’s cutting-edge MI300 series GPUs was held. More than 40 participants were granted access to AMD resources and attended these sessions, delivered by AMD experts.

In collaboration with Nvidia and the N8 research partnership DiRAC hosted this hackathon, focusing on code porting and optimisation of DiRAC codes, which gave users the opportunity to work with NVIDIA experts to gain insight and guidance on NVIDIA’s latest GPUs.

The training begins with an online course presented by Intel experts, designed to introduce users of all skill levels to their oneAPI toolkit. Following this, we host a three-day in-person hackathon for experienced research teams to explore using oneAPI to refactor their codes for diverse GPU architectures.

The event set out to promote public understanding of exoplanet science, the Ariel Mission, and facilities such as DiRAC that support their developments.

The N-Ways to GPU Programming Bootcamp covers the basics of GPU programming and provides an overview of different methods for porting scientific application to GPUs using NVIDIA® CUDA®, OpenACC, standard languages, and OpenMP offloading.

Beginning with a set of introductory lectures on AMD GPU programming and followed by an in-person hackathon where more advanced users can work on their own codes in the company of AMD experts, this training series is aimed at preparing participants for the new AMD MI300A APU.

This 5-day workshop series, delivered in collaboration with Durham University's Computer Science Department, is aimed at individuals and small groups of developers who want to acquire new skills in this important area.

The course provides a practical, and hands-on introduction to the concepts, methods, and toolkits for applying machine learning to fundamental scientific problems.

Providing a basic introduction to the principles of HPC and the tools needed to work on an HPC system, this course will help you to develop the skills required to meet your research needs and enable you to utilise DiRAC’s HPC systems effectively.

In collaboration with Durham University, this 2-week workshop gives instruction for software development in C and C++ those with no prior knowledge of C.

This workshop series offers a comprehensive introduction to a selection of open source tools that enable researchers to assess the performance behaviour of their code.