Cross-Community AMD GPU Hackathon

Applications closed

In-person
Edgbaston Park Hotel and Conference Centre, University of Birmingham
11 – 13 March 2026

Register your interest below.

DiRAC is delighted to announce an exciting opportunity for members of the DRI community.

In collaboration with AMD, UCL, and University of Cambridge, we are organising a major multidisciplinary, hands-on event focused on accelerating research through GPU technologies aimed at researchers with none or very little experience with GPUs.

This fully funded, three-day workshop will take place in Birmingham from 11–13 March 2026. Selected teams will work closely with experts from industry, academia, and DiRACs RSEs to explore how GPUs can transform and accelerate research codes.

What to Expect

During the event, participants will:

· Investigate platform-agnostic approaches for future-ready research.

· Learn how GPUs can accelerate existing research codes.

· Explore the transformation of CPU-centric workflows into GPU-optimised solutions.

· Optimise existing GPU-based codes for the latest AMD GPU architectures.

Support and Resources

All selected teams will receive full support before the event, ensuring every participant is well-prepared, regardless of prior GPU experience.

Participants will have in-event access to AMD’s latest GPUs on the DEV Cloud, as well as some post-event GPU access to support integrating accelerators into research long-term.

Why Attend

This event offers a unique opportunity to work directly with experts from AMD, UCL, Cambridge University, and DiRAC. Together, we will help you plan, refactor, and future-proof your research code for the next generation of GPU-based computing.

Sorry for all the unsuccessful applicants, but this has been a very popular event.We encourage you to have a look at our training academy where there are courses by AMD.

Contact

Any questions, please do not hesitate to contact: dirac-training@leicester.ac.uk.