Today’s supercomputers are the most powerful calculating machines ever invented, capable of performing more than a thousand million million calculations every second. This gives scientists and engineers a powerful new tool to study the natural world – computer simulation.
Using supercomputers, we can now conduct virtual experiments that are impossible in the real world – from looking deep inside individual atoms, to studying the future climate of the earth and following the evolution of the entire universe from the big bang.
This free online course organised by PRACE, Surf-Sara and the University of Edinburgh, will introduce you to what supercomputers are, how they are used and how we can exploit their full computational potential to make scientific breakthroughs.
PRACE seeks to enable high impact scientific discovery and engineering research and development across all disciplines to enhance European competitiveness for the benefit of society by offering world class computing and data management resources and services through a peer review process. SURF-Sara creates a bridge between research and advanced ICT with expertise in high-performance infrastructure.
The course is designed for anyone interested in leading-edge computing technology, supercomputers or the role that computer simulation takes in modern science and engineering. It will last 5 weeks.
More information on the course.
Registrations are open.