PHAROS AI Factory announced the 2nd Course of its Training Series, HPC Track: “Introduction to HPC“, which was held online via Zoom, on September 26th, 2025.
Presentation language: Greek
Audience
- Professionals and students in software development, data science, engineering, and related fields who are new to HPC and need a structured start.
- Teams moving from laptop-based work to national/European supercomputing services.
- Industry practitioners interested in AI and HPC applications.
Location: Online via Zoom
Description: This module, part of the Pharos HPC curriculum, offered a practical pathway from a personal computer to European supercomputing centres. It started with a short setup and check-up of the training virtual environment, showing how to spot and fix common issues so the tools used will work smoothly. The Pharos Project was introduced, its mission and the Pharos Training Events. The hands-on section used OpenMP to show the basic idea of sharing work across the cores of a single machine: writing small examples, running them, timing them, and learning simple habits that make programs clearer and faster. Next, it was explained how access to EU supercomputers works in practice, how to request access and also present basic architectures. Finally, the way to run OpenMP jobs through a queueing system (SLURM) was showcased: describing what resources a job needs, submitting it, following its progress, reading messages when something goes wrong, and applying small, careful changes to make runs more reliable.
Learning Objectives
- Set up and troubleshoot the virtual environment used.
- Write, run, and assess small OpenMP examples that share work across one computer to improve speed.
- Access EU supercomputers and submit applications.
You may find the Course’s Presentation Material here.
Watch the Course’s recordings in the dedicated playlist here.
