Training and Events

From hands-on workshops to interactive webinars, we host a variety of events designed to educate our users on the tools, systems, and frameworks that are available to accelerate their scientific computing projects.

Training

ALCF Training Events

OpenMP Training Series

05/06 - 10/28/2024

Intro to AI Series: Introduction to Neural Networks

10/08/2024

Intro to AI Series: Advanced Topics in Neural Networks

10/15/2024

Intro to AI Series: Introduction to Large Language Models (LLM)

10/22/2024

Overview of DAOS and Best Practices

10/23/2024

2024 ALCF Hands-on HPC Workshop

10/29 - 31/2024

ALCF Hands-on HPC Workshop

Workshop
Register by September 30 to reserve your spot for the 2024 ALCF Hands-on HPC Workshop. Don’t miss out on an opportunity to work with our staff experts to improve code performance on ALCF computing resources.
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Training Videos for Cerebras CS-2 system

AI Testbed Training
These training videos introduce the Cerebras CS-2 system and how to get started at the ALCF.
Cerebras training

Training Videos for Graphcore IPU Bow 64

AI Testbed Training
These training videos introduce the Graphcore IPU Bow 64 system and how to get started at the ALCF.
graphcore training

Training Videos for Groq

AI Testbed Training
These training videos introduce the GroqRoq system architecture and how to get started using the system at the ALCF.
Groq training

Training Videos for SambaNova

AI Testbed Training
These training videos introduce the SambaNova DataScale SN30 system architecture and how to get started using the system at the ALCF.
SambaNova ALCF AI Testbed Training

ALCF Developer Sessions

This monthly series is aimed at increasing the dialogue between ALCF users and the developers of leadership-class systems and software.
ALCF Dev Sessions

Intro to AI-driven Science on Supercomputers

Aimed at undergraduate and graduate students, the ALCF's Intro to AI series teaches attendees the fundamentals of using AI and HPC for science.
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Videos: Getting Started on Polaris

This set of videos will help you get started using our Polaris supercomputer.
Getting Started on Polaris
Upcoming
Past
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05/06 – 10/28/2024 CT

Virtual

Type Webinar

OpenMP Training Series

PPTS Graphic

10/08/2024, 3 – 4:30pm CT

Virtual

Type Student Training/Education
Level Beginner

Intro to AI Series: Introduction to Neural Networks

  • Marieme Ngom, ALCF
Ngom Session 2 Graphic

10/09/2024, 12 – 1pm CT

Virtual

Type Seminar

Topics (MIG, MPS, NSYS)

  • Scot Halverson, NVIDIA’s Supercomputing Team
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10/09/2024, 3 – 4pm CT

Hybrid
Bldg. 240, Conference Room 4301

Type Seminar

High-Level Quantum Program Optimization for Quantum Simulation

  • Dr. Gushu Li, University of Pennsylvania
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10/09/2024, 6:30 – 8:30pm CT

STEM Café: Supercomputing to Change the Course of American Science

  • Mike Papka, ALCF Director
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10/15/2024, 3 – 4:30pm CT

Virtual

Type Student Training/Education
Level Beginner

Intro to AI Series: Advanced Topics in Neural Networks

  • Bethany Lusch, ALCF
Lusch Session 3 Graphic

10/16/2024, 10:30 – 11:30am CT

Hybrid
Bldg. 240, Conference Room 4301

Type Seminar

Optimal Experimental Designs Via Column Subset Selection

  • Srinivas Eswar, Argonne National Laboratory
LANS Seminar Graphic featuring the title and date for the event, and a image of the speaker.

10/16/2024, 2 – 3pm CT

Virtual

Type Seminar

Combinatorial Parallel Computing: The Case of Reducing Communication in Large-Scale Sparse Computations

  • Nabil Abubaker, Scalable Parallel Computing Laboratory SPCL
LANS Seminar Graphic featuring the title and date for the event.

10/22/2024, 3 – 4:30pm CT

Virtual

Type Student Training/Education
Level Beginner

Intro to AI Series: Introduction to Large Language Models (LLM)

  • Archit Vasan, ALCF
Vasan Session 4 Graphic

10/23/2024, 1 – 2:30pm CT

Virtual

Type Webinar

Overview of DAOS and Best Practices

  • Gordon McPheeters, ALCF
  • Paul Coffman, ALCF
  • Kaushik Velusamy, ALCF
ALCF Developer session graphic

10/29 – 31/2024 CT

Argonne National Laboratory
TCS Conference Center, Building 240

Type Workshop

2024 ALCF Hands-on HPC Workshop

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10/29/2024, 3 – 4:30pm CT

Virtual

Type Student Training/Education
Level Beginner

Intro to AI Series: Introduction to LLM Prompt Engineering

  • Shilpika, ALCF
Shilpika Session 5 Graphic

11/05/2024, 3 – 4:30pm CT

Virtual

Type Student Training/Education
Level Beginner

Intro to AI Series: Parallel Training Methods for AI

  • Sam Foreman, ALCF
Foreman Session 6 Graphic

11/12/2024, 3 – 4:30pm CT

Virtual

Type Student Training/Education
Level Beginner

Intro to AI Series: AI Accelerators

  • Sid Raskar, ALCF
Raskar Session 7 Graphic

11/13/2024, 10:30 – 11:30am CT

Hybrid
Bldg. 240, Conference Room 4301

Type Seminar

Building Sustainable and Collaborative Data-Ecosystems

  • Sai Praneeth Karimireddy, USC
LANS Seminar Graphic featuring the title and date for the event.

12/18/2024, 11am – 12pm CT

Virtual

Type Seminar

The Space of Possible Minds

  • Phillip Ball, Freelance Writer and Broadcaster
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10/01/2024, 3 – 4:30pm CT

Virtual

Type Student Training/Education
Level Beginner

Intro to AI Series: Intro to Artificial Intelligence on Supercomputers

  • Huihuo Zheng, ALCF
Zheng Session 1 Graphic

09/30/2024, 9:30 – 10:30am CT

Virtual

Type Seminar

Estimation and Control of Aerodynamic Flows Using a Resolvent-Based Approach

  • Junoh Jung, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
MCS Seminar Graphic

09/30 – 10/04/2024 CT

Gleacher Center, Chicago, IL

15th ADAC Symposium & Workshop

15th ADAC Symposium & Workshop

09/27/2024, 3 – 7pm CT

Harris Theater

Type Conference

TEDxChicago 2024: Lighting the Way

  • Mike Papka, ALCF Director
Papka Tedx Graphic

09/25/2024, 1 – 2pm CT

Hybrid
Building 240 – Conference Room 1404

Type Seminar

Argonne Downscaled Data Archive (ADDA): A Newly Developed, Convection Permitted Regional Climate Dataset for North America

  • Chunyong Jung, Postdoctoral Appointee, Environmental Science Division
EVS Seminar Graphic

09/25/2024, 11am – 12pm CT

Virtual

Type Webinar

Intel Performance Profiling Tools on Aurora

  • JaeHyuk Kwack, ALCF
September Dev Session Graphic

09/25/2024, 10:30 – 11:30am CT

Hybrid
Bldg. 240, Conference Room 4301

Type Seminar

Snaking of 1-dimensional Target and Spiral Waves

  • Timothy Roberts, The University of Chicago
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09/19/2024, 10:30 – 11:30am CT

Hybrid
Bldg. 240, Conference Room 4301

Type Seminar

PDE-Constrained Machine Learning of Data-Driven Closure Models

  • Romit Maulik, Assistant Professor in the College of Information Sciences and Technology at Pennsylvania State University
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09/18/2024, 10:30 – 11:30am CT

Hybrid
Hybrid, Bldg. 240, Conference Room 4301

Type Seminar

On Spatiotemporal Spectral Analysis

  • Charlotte Haley, Argonne National Laboratory
LANS Seminar Graphic featuring the title and date for the event.

09/11/2024, 10:30 – 11:30am CT

Hybrid
Bldg. 240, Conference Room 4301

Type Seminar

The Mathematics of Medical Digital Twins

  • Dr. Reinhard Laubenbacher, Director of the Laboratory for Systems Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, University of Florida
LANS Seminar Graphic featuring the title and date for the event.

09/04/2024, 1 – 2pm CT

Hybrid
Bldg. 240, Room 1501 & Zoom

Type Seminar

Incentives and Information Elicitation in Cloud Resource Allocation

  • Ian Kash, University of Illinois Chicago
CS Seminar Graphic

09/04/2024, 11am – 12:15pm CT

Virtual

Type Seminar

Towards Generative Decision-Making Agents

  • Yuexiang (Simon) Zhai, Final year PhD candidate at Berkeley EECS
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09/04 – 05/2024 CT

Argonne National Laboratory

Type Conference

HPC/AI User Forum Fall 2024

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08/26/2024, 9 – 10am CT

Virtual

Type Seminar

Scientific Data at Scale: Leveraging Semantics for Compression, State Management, and AI

Seminar Graphic

08/21/2024, 11am – 12pm CT

Virtual

Type Webinar

chipStar: a HIP implementation for Aurora

  • Brice Videau, ALCF
ALCF Developer Session August Graphic

08/21/2024, 10:30 – 11:30am CT

Hybrid
Bldg. 240, Conference Room 4301

Type Seminar

Adaptive Mixture Models for Personalized and Efficient Learning Across Distributed Environments

  • Anastasios (Tasos) Kyrillidis, Rice University
LANS Seminar Graphic featuring the title and date for the event.

08/13/2024, 1 – 2pm CT

Hybrid
Bldg. 240, Room 1501

Type Seminar

Exploring SYCL for Batched Kernels with Memory Allocations

  • Aymeric Millan, Maison de la Simulation
CS Seminar Graphic

08/07/2024, 11am – 12pm CT

Hybrid
Bldg. 240, Conference Room 4301-T

Type Seminar

Improving the Use of Satellite Data in Numerical Weather Prediction: Significance, Challenges, and Recent Advances

  • Dacian Daescu, Portland State University
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08/06/2024, 3 – 4pm CT

Hybrid
Bldg. 240, Conference Room 4301-T

Type Seminar

Decomposing Integer Optimal Control with Total Variation Regularization

  • Paul Manns, TU Dortmund University
LANS Seminar Graphic featuring the title and date for the event.

08/06/2024, 10 – 11am CT

Hybrid
Building 240, Room 1501

Type Seminar

Wonders of Science in Pictures!

  • Brad Carvey
CELS seminar