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Workshop LUMI SmartSim

Join this hands-on workshop and learn how to integrate machine learning into HPC workflows. We will introduce SmartSim, an open-source framework that helps researchers easily adapt traditional HPC workloads to include ML.

LUMI hpc supercompute
Room 2.03, SURF Utrecht, Moreelsepark 48, 3511 EP Utrecht

Using machine learning (ML) within HPC applications offers the advantage that it can improve the overall efficiency of HPC workflows by allowing ML predictions to help guide or replace parts of simulations.  However, there are challenges in coupling the two approaches as HPC applications are typically written in C, C++ or Fortran and run on CPUs, whereas ML frameworks are usually Python based and benefit from being run on GPUs.

In this tutorial we will introduce SmartSim, an open-source framework that has been developed to help address these challenges and allow researchers to easily adapt their traditional HPC workloads to include ML. This is done with a distributed orchestrator, which allows data to be exchanged between the HPC application and the ML model.

Programme

10.30 Overview of ML and HPC coupling and introduction to SmartSim
11.30 Practical use of SmartSim
12.00 Lunch
13.00 Connecting to LUMI
13.30 Hands on practical examples
15.00 Open session: Discuss using SmartSim in user’s own applications or run more examples
16.00 Finish

For whom?

LUMI users interested in integrating machine learning into existing HPC workflows.

Deadline for registration

Please register by 23 March 2026, at 23:59 CEST to secure your place. Spaces are limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis.

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Room 2.03, SURF Utrecht, Moreelsepark 48, 3511 EP Utrecht