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Programming Seminars

Eligibility

In principle, users of the Center's supercomputer systems, faculty members, graduate students, undergraduate students, and others affiliated with academic research institutions.

Note: A Supercomputer is under the scope of the Export Administration Regulations. Therefore, these seminars are also restricted under the Foreign Exchange and related laws. For more information, see "Rules for Use of Supercomputers for Foreign Nationals and Japanese Nationals Residing Overseas". 

Basically, all seminars are held in the Japanese language.

Time and venue of the programming seminar:

Basically the seminar takes place online from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.(There are exceptions, so please check the seminar schedule below). 
We will start distributing accounts to connect to the supercomputer 30 minutes before the start of the seminars. Please join the Zoom Webiner at least 15 minutes before the start time of the seminar.

Seminar Schedule (FY2026)

NoTitleCapacityDate and TimeDescriptionApplicationNote
1Basics of 
supercomputer
system
-On-demand
delivery
Lecture on how to use the supercomputerNo needed- Document
- Archive
(JP Only)
2Introduction to 
Gaussian
1513:30 to 17:00 Fri, Jun. 26Training and hands-on
practice on Gaussian
details-
3Introduction of Marc1010:00 to 17:00 Fri, Sep. 25Lecture and hands-on training on MARC, a nonlinear generic structural analysis programdetailsSchedule changed to September 25
4Introduction to High-Speed Computing with MATLAB-13:00 to 14:00
Tue, Jul. 7
A lecture covering an overview of MATLAB and techniques for optimizing programs run on a single PCdetailsMathWorks-sponsored introductory courses related to "7"
5Introduction to 
Quantum ESPRESSO
15
25
13:30 to 17:00 Fri, Jul. 17Lectures and practical training on the first-principles electronic state calculation package Quantum ESPRESSOdetails 
6Introduction to GROMACS1513:00 to 17:00
Thu. Jul. 30
Lectures and exercises on GROMACS, an open-source molecular dynamics (MD) calculation software.details 
7IGetting the Most Out of MATLAB on Supercomputers: Practical Guide to Parallel and Large-Scale Computing 1513:30 to 15:30 Tue, Aug. 4Training and hands-on workshops on parallel processing and machine learning in MATLABdetails 
8Introduction to
PyTorch
1013:00 to 17:00
Wed. Aug. 19
Training and hands-on practice on PyTorch with GPUdetails 
9Introduction to GPU Programming / Consultation Session1010:00 to 16:30 Fri, Aug. 28Training and Hands-On Sessions on Parallel Programming Using GPUs (CUDA/OpenACC/CuPy)details 
10Introduction to
Parallel
Programming
1013:00 to 17:00
Tue, Sep. 1

Hands-on practice on basic parallel programming and tuning

The Lecture part is open to the public in advance. Please be sure to check it before attending.

details- Lecture part
11Introduction to OpenFOAM1010:00 to 17:15
Wed, Sep. 2
Lecture and hands-on training on OpenFOAMdetails 
3Introduction of Marc1010:00 to 17:00 Fri, Sep. 25Lecture and hands-on training on MARC, a nonlinear generic structural analysis programdetailsSchedule change effective July 3
12Introduction to ParaView1510:30~17:15, Wed, Sep. 30Lecture and hands-on training on Paraviewdetails 

The schedule for other workshops is being worked out. It will be posted on this page as soon as it is determined.

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Inquiry about application to seminars

Programming seminar representative, Information Management and Communication Dept., Kyoto Univ.
Email: comp-info * kudpc.kyoto-u.ac.jp (Please replace * with @ in your email.)

Past Seminar Information