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Schedule

Preparation for the hackathon

DAY 1 - Monday 11/05/2026
11:20 CEST
12:20 EEST
Introduction to Performance Analysis with Perftools
Presenter: Thierry Braconnier and Alfio Lazzaro (HPE)
  • Overview of the Cray Performance and Analysis toolkit for profiling applications.
  • Demo: Visualization of performance data with Apprentice2/3.
12:00 CEST
13:00 EEST
Lunch break (60 minutes)
13:00 CEST
14:00 EEST
Advanced Performance Analysis - Demo
Presenters: Thierry Braconnier and Alfio Lazzaro (HPE)
  • Automatic performance analysis and loop work estimated with perftools.
  • Communication Imbalance, Hardware Counters, Perftools API, OpenMP.
  • Compiler feedback.
13:50 CEST
14:50 EEST
Exercises (session 2)
14:20 CEST
15:20 EEST
End of day 1 recommended lectures for the hackathon
DAY 2 - Tuesday 12/05/2026
13:00 CEST
14:00 EEST
AMD Profiling Tools and GPU optimisations 1
Presenter: Samuel Antão (AMD)
14:00 CEST
15:00 EEST
Exercises (session 6)
14:30 CEST
15:30 EEST
Break (20 minutes)
14:50 CEST
15:50 EEST
AMD Profiling Tools and GPU optimisations 2
Presenters: Samuel Antão (AMD)
15:40 CEST
16:40 EEST
Exercises (session 7)
17:00 CEST
18:00 EEST
End of day 2 recommended lectures for the hackathon

Hackathon days

  • 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.