Name: Second course on porting code and algorithms to GPUs
Start: 2025-06-30T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2025-07-04T12:00:00+02:00
Location: Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia

Second course on porting code and algorithms to GPUs

from Monday, 30 June 2025 (10:00) to Friday, 4 July 2025 (12:00)

Monday, 30 June 2025
14:00 Welcome (info & logistics) - Carlo Battilana (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare) Alexis Pompili (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare) Simone Gennai (MIB)
Welcome (info & logistics)
- Carlo Battilana (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)
- Alexis Pompili (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)
- Simone Gennai (MIB)
14:00 - 14:30
Room: Aula A
14:30 Lecture GPU (part 1) - Felice Pantaleo (CERN)
Lecture GPU (part 1)
- Felice Pantaleo (CERN)
14:30 - 16:15
Room: Aula A
16:15 Break
Break
16:15 - 16:35
16:35 Lecture GPU (part 2) - Felice Pantaleo (CERN)
Lecture GPU (part 2)
- Felice Pantaleo (CERN)
16:35 - 17:50
Room: Aula A
18:00 Welcome drink
Welcome drink
18:00 - 19:00
Tuesday, 1 July 2025
09:00 Hands-on GPU - Felice Pantaleo (CERN)
Hands-on GPU
- Felice Pantaleo (CERN)
09:00 - 10:45
Room: Laboratorio C (CLA)
10:45 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:45 - 11:15
11:15 Lecture GPU (part 3) - Felice Pantaleo (CERN)
Lecture GPU (part 3)
- Felice Pantaleo (CERN)
11:15 - 13:00
Room: Laboratorio C (CLA)
13:00 Lunch break
Lunch break
13:00 - 14:30
14:30 Introduction to performance portability with Alpaka (part 1) - Andrea Bocci (CERN)
Introduction to performance portability with Alpaka (part 1)
- Andrea Bocci (CERN)
14:30 - 16:15
Room: Aula Magna
16:15 Coffee break
Coffee break
16:15 - 16:45
16:45 Introduction to performance portability with Alpaka (part 2) - Andrea Bocci (CERN)
Introduction to performance portability with Alpaka (part 2)
- Andrea Bocci (CERN)
16:45 - 18:30
Room: Aula Magna
Wednesday, 2 July 2025
09:00 Hands-on Alpaka - Andrea Bocci (CERN)
Hands-on Alpaka
- Andrea Bocci (CERN)
09:00 - 10:45
Room: Laboratorio C (CLA)
10:45 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:45 - 11:15
11:15 Hands-on Alpaka - Andrea Bocci (CERN)
Hands-on Alpaka
- Andrea Bocci (CERN)
11:15 - 13:00
Room: Laboratorio C (CLA)
13:00 Lunch break
Lunch break
13:00 - 14:30
14:30 Consolidation (more exercises or specific use cases) - Andrea Bocci (CERN)
Consolidation (more exercises or specific use cases)
- Andrea Bocci (CERN)
14:30 - 16:15
Room: Aula A
16:15 Coffee break
Coffee break
16:15 - 16:45
16:45 Consolidation (more exercises or specific use cases) - Felice Pantaleo (CERN)
Consolidation (more exercises or specific use cases)
- Felice Pantaleo (CERN)
16:45 - 18:30
Room: Aula A
20:00 Social dinner
Social dinner
20:00 - 22:00
(On each own funds but all together in a pre-booked good restaurant)
Thursday, 3 July 2025
09:00 Lecture: Hyperparameter optimization with OPTUNA - Ümit Sözbilir
Lecture: Hyperparameter optimization with OPTUNA
- Ümit Sözbilir
09:00 - 11:00
Room: Aula A
11:00 Coffee break
Coffee break
11:00 - 11:30
11:30 Hands-on: optimization in OPTUNA - Ümit Sözbilir
Hands-on: optimization in OPTUNA
- Ümit Sözbilir
11:30 - 13:00
Room: Laboratorio Informatico (Aula II)
13:00 Lunch break
Lunch break
13:00 - 14:30
14:30 Consolidation (more exercises or specific use cases) - Andrea Bocci (CERN)
Consolidation (more exercises or specific use cases)
- Andrea Bocci (CERN)
14:30 - 16:30
Room: Laboratorio Informatico (Aula II)
16:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
16:30 - 17:00

17:00 Consolidation (more exercises or specific use cases)
Consolidation (more exercises or specific use cases)
17:00 - 18:00
Room: Laboratorio Informatico (Aula II)
Friday, 4 July 2025

09:00 More consolidation (on specific use cases)
More consolidation (on specific use cases)
09:00 - 11:00

11:00 Break
Break
11:00 - 11:20

11:20 Wrap-up and closeout
Wrap-up and closeout
11:20 - 12:00

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