LUMI-G hackathon

As proper optimisation of code starts with understanding where the bottlenecks are, some understanding of profiling and profiling tools is very useful. Therefore we highly recommend hackathon participants to follow some lectures of the "Performance Analysis and Optimization Workshop that we have the week before.

Recommended lectures:

• Monday May 11, 11:20: Introduction to Performance Analysis with Perftools

• Monday May 11, 13:00: Advanced Performance Analysis

  The lecture is followed by a half hour exercise session.

• Tuesday May 12, 13:00: AMD Profiling Tools and GPU optimisations 1

  The lecture is followed by a half hour exercise session.

• Tuesday May 12, 14:50: AMD Profiling Tools and GPU optimisations 2

  The lecture is followed by a half hour exercise session.

• Monday May 18: Room C.101
  • From 12:45: Check in at the venue. Sandwiches will be provided
  • 13:30: Welcome and information
  • 13:45: Short and informal presentations of each project (10 minutes each)
  • 15:30: Coffee break
  • Until 17:30: Group work
• Tuesday till Thursday, May 19-21: Room C.101
  • 9:00: Status update (max 5min each group)
    • What did you work on yesterday?
    • What are you working on today?
    • What issues are blocking you?
  • 9:15–12:00: Group work
  • 12:00–13:00: Lunch break. A sandwich lunch will be provided
  • 13:00–17:30: Group work
  • 15:00: Coffee break
  • Likely a group dinner on Wednesday evening
• Friday May 22: D.226
  • 9:00: Last group work
  • 10:30-12:00: Final presentations
    • Which of your goals did you accomplish?
    • What is left to do?
    • What was the most important change implemented during this week?
    • (How) did your performance improve?
  • 10:45: Coffee break
  • 12:00: End. A sandwich lunch will be offered. The room must be fully vacated by 14:00.