Recent Courses

This page lists some recent training examples provided by Warwick's Scientific Computing RSEs with summaries, links to materials etc

Scientific Software Development

• Parallel Programming
  • A series of segments over 2 days discussing parallel programming from basic principles through to technologies such as MPI, OpenMP and threading. A slide deck for the Introductory section is here
• Effective Scientific C++
  • A one-day course covering features of C++ past the basics, such as features of the STL, templating and debugging. Course materials foe C++ are here

Introductory Programming

• Zero to Python

  • A 1-day workshop taking researchers from their first steps in Python through to being able to write simple code. Delivered via Noteable.
• Intermediate Python
  • A 1 day workshop following zero to python, deepening understanding of how python works and the data structures that are essential to good python code. Delivered via Notable.
• A tour of Fortran
  • A half-day workshop showing the basics of Fortran code
• A tour of C++
  • A half-day workshop getting started on C++ for those who know another language. Materials here and a video stream here

Specialised Courses

• CUDA
  • We deliver Nvidia certified courses in CUDA programming in Python and C including Multi-GPU
• Effective IO on Cluster Systems
  • A dedicated course aimed at users of the Sulis Tier-2 service but available to all, discussing IO strategies and issues, efficient file transfer, and other problems arising from codes which use many small files or frequent file access patterns