NCC/ICTP-SAIFR School and Workshop on Advanced Techniques in Scientific Computing

Starts on: April 13, 2015

Ends on: April 30, 2015

Location: São Paulo Campus of the São Paulo State University (UNESP) in Brazil

International Advisory Committee: 

Nathan Berkovits (ICTP-SAIFR, Brazil)

Ivan Girotto (ICTP, Trieste, Italy)

David Grellscheid (IPPP, Durham University, UK)

Axel Kohlmeyer (Temple Univ, Philadelphia, USA)

Sérgio Novaes (NCC and SPRACE, Brazil)

Local Organizing committee:

Eduardo Bach (NCC, Brazil)

Rogério Iope (NCC, Brazil)

Beraldo Leal (NCC, Brazil)

Gabriel von Winckler (NCC, Brazil)

Invited Lectures:

Jon Butterworth (University College, London)

Raphael Cobe (NCC)

Ivan Girotto (ICTP)

David Grellsheid (ICTP/Durham University)

Axel Kohlmeyer (ICTP/Temple University)

Beraldo Leal (NCC)

Leif Loennblad (Lund University)

Olivier Mattelaer (Durham University)

Christine Rasmussen (Lund University)

Andrzej Siodmok (CERN)

Jennifer Thompson (Durham University)

Gabriel von Winckler (NCC)

Description:

The Hands-on Workshop on Advanced Techniques for Scientific Programming and Management of Open Source Software Packages (13 – 24 April) focuses on disseminating best practices and building fundamental skills in creating, extending and collaborating on modular and reusable software frameworks with a scripting language interface. The curriculum also covers using modern collaborative software management tools, testing frameworks, and embedding structured documentation into software packages.

The Monte Carlo School (27 – 30 April) provides a four day course of training in the physics and techniques used in modern Monte Carlo event generators via a series of lectures and practical sessions. The school is aimed at advanced doctoral students and young postdocs. The core sessions comprise: a series of introductory lectures on the physics of event generators; a series of hands-on tutorials using all of the MCnet event generators for LHC physics; and evening discussion sessions with Monte Carlo authors.

This workshop and school will be jointly organized by the UNESP Center for Scientific Computing (NCC-UNESP) and ICTP-SAIFR.

Interested participants can refer to previous editions of similar events accessing the material available on web (see the following references):  

1) Two-weeks workshop: SMR2574, SMR2503

2) MCnet school

Sponsors:

Center for Scientific Computing (NCC-UNESP)

International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP, Trieste)

ICTP South American Institute for Fundamental Research (ICTP-SAIFR)

European Particle physics Latin American NETwork (EPLANET)

European Union Monte Carlo Network (MCnet)

São Paulo Research and Analysis Center (SPRACE)

 Announcement

Program:

• Updated on March 31

Satisfaction Survey:

• Workshop
• MCnet school on event generators

Files – Workshop Lectures:

Day 1 (Lectures):

• Software Development Basics
• Python: Concepts & Design

Day 1 (Hands-on):

• pre-post-proc
• pre-post-proc-ref

Day 2 (Lectures):

• Python: Modules & Objects
• Scientific Computing in Python – NumPy, SciPy, Matplotlib

Day 2 (Hands-on):

• landcover
• oop_hands_on_session-master

Day 3 (Lectures):

• Compiling and Linking with Static and Shared Libraries Using Multiple Programming Languages
• Multi-languages Interactions with Python

Day 4 (Lectures):

• Optimization
• Debugging&Profiling

Day 4 (Hands-on):

• Debugging&Profiling

Day 5 (Lectures):

• Modern Computer Archietctures
• Hardware Optimizations

Day 5 (Hands-on):

• mountain.tar
• transpose.tar
• floating-point
• floating-point.tar 
• ModernComputerArchietctures-lab

Day 6 (Lectures):

• Distributed Version Control

Day 6 (Hands-on):

• N-Body System – LJMD

Day 7 (Lectures):

• Unit- and Regression Testing
• software packaging

Day 7 (Hands-on):

• lecture1LAB.tar

Day 8 (Lectures):

• Documentation
• Task Farming For Embarrassingly Parallel Processing

Day 9 (Lectures):

• Simulation
• LAMMPS – An Object Oriented Scientific Application

Day 10 (Lectures):

• Group1-Molecular Dynamics N-Body system
• Group2a-Genetic Bike
• Group2b-PyBike
  
• Group3-Gravitation
• Group4-Stuck (in a bit of) traffic

Files – MCnet School on Event Generators Lectures:

Day 1:

• Measurements, Model Independence & Monte Carlo
• Basics of Event Generators I
• Basics of Event Generators II
• Underlying Event & Soft Inclusive Physics I

Day 2:

• Basics of Event Generators III
  
• Rivet overview

Day 3:

• Basics of Event Generators IV
  
• Simulation of BSM Physics II

Day 4:

• Underlying Event & Soft Inclusive Physics II
  
• high-transverse-momentum charged-hadron production at the Tevatron

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Registration: All participants should register. The registration will be on Monday  April 13 at the institute from 9:30 to 10:30. You can find arrival instruction at http://www.ictp-saifr.org/?page_id=6863

List of Confirmed Participants: Updated on April 22

General Information: General Information Sheet – Useful information specially for those who are not from São Paulo.

Accommodation: Participants whose accommodation has been provided by the institute will stay at  The Universe Flat. Each participant whose accommodation has been provided by the institute has received the details on the accommodation individually by email.

Emergency number: 9 8233 8671 (from São Paulo city); +55 11 9 8233 8671 (from abroad), 11 9 8233 8671 (from outside São Paulo).

Ground transportation instructions: 

Ground transportation from Guarulhos Airport to The Universe Flat

Ground transportation from Congonhas Airport to the Universe Flat

Ground transportation from The Universe Flat to the institute