Virtual Lab #12: Practical HPC Training with OpenHPC 2.x

Virtual Lab #12: Practical HPC Training with OpenHPC 2.x

February 11, 2026   Post, Training,

Virtual Lab #12: Practical HPC Training with OpenHPC 2.x

We’re pleased to open registration for the 12th edition of our Virtual Lab series, focusing on High-Performance Computing (HPC) ecosystem training with OpenHPC 2.x.

This session keeps the flexibility that participants value, while adding something new: dedicated office hours with experts. Alongside the self-paced material, you’ll have opportunities to ask questions, talk through challenges, and get practical guidance in real time. The goal is simple, help you build confidence working in HPC environments through hands-on experience and support when you need it.

📅 Event Details

Title: HPC Ecosystem Training: OpenHPC 2.x (Virtual Lab #12)
Dates: 27 February – 16 March 2026
Format: Online, self-paced (designed to take less than 15 hours over three weeks)
Registration: https://events.chpc.ac.za/event/159/

🎯 What You’ll Gain

This training provides a structured introduction to the OpenHPC 2.x ecosystem, with a strong focus on practical skills you can apply in real HPC environments.

You’ll learn how to:

• Understand the core components of OpenHPC 2.x

• Build and manage a virtual HPC cluster on your own machine

• Work with job schedulers, basic cluster setup, and performance considerations

• Develop a clearer picture of how HPC systems are configured and used in practice

👩‍💻 Who This Is For

The Virtual Lab is open to participants worldwide and is well-suited to:

• Researchers and academics working with data-intensive computing

• Graduate students beginning to use HPC in their research

• Engineers and developers who want exposure to high-performance systems

• IT professionals supporting or planning HPC infrastructure

Suggested background:
A basic understanding of HPC concepts, especially from a system administration perspective, will help you get the most from the session. More information is available on the event page.

📚 Training Topics

The session includes hands-on work with:

• OpenHPC 2.x architecture and ecosystem tools

• Installation and configuration approaches

• Job submission and resource management using schedulers

🌐 Why Join This Virtual Lab?

The Virtual Lab series is designed to be practical and approachable. Instead of only learning theory, you’ll work through real tasks in a guided environment.

By the end, you will:

• Have practical experience with a working OpenHPC-based setup

• Better understand how HPC clusters are structured and managed

• Be able to continue experimenting using the local virtual cluster you built during the training

• Connect with others who are also developing their HPC skills

🎟️ Registration

The training is free, but registration is required.

👉 HPC Ecosystems OpenHPC 2.x (Virtual Lab #12)
Places are limited, so registering early is recommended.

Looking to Strengthen Your HPC Skills?

Whether you’re just getting started with HPC or returning to refresh your knowledge, this Virtual Lab offers a practical, supported way to build real experience with OpenHPC 2.x.

We look forward to welcoming you to Virtual Lab #12.

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HPC Ecosystems Training: OpenHPC 2.x Virtual Lab #11

HPC Ecosystems Training: OpenHPC 2.x Virtual Lab #11

September 16, 2025   Training,

We are pleased to invite you to our upcoming High-Performance Computing (HPC) Ecosystem Training, focused on OpenHPC 2.x. As part of our ongoing Virtual Lab series, Virtual Lab #11 offers participants the opportunity to deepen their understanding of HPC environments and gain practical experience in working with OpenHPC.

📅Event Details

• Title: HPC Ecosystem Training OpenHPC 2.x (Virtual Lab #11)

• Date and Time: 26 Sep 2025, 12:30 → 13 Oct 2025, 14:30 (GMT +2)

            (3-week window to complete the training at your own convenience, under 15 hours)

• Location: Online (Virtual Session)

• Registration: https://events.chpc.ac.za/event/159/

🎯 About the Training

This session provides a structured, hands-on introduction to the OpenHPC 2.x, designed to support researchers, engineers, and students who wish to enhance their computational skills.

Participants will:

• Understand the key components of the OpenHPC 2.x framework.
• Learn how to build and manage HPC virtual environments on their local machines, using community-supported tools.
• Gain hands-on experience with job schedulers, cluster setup, and performance optimisation

👩‍💻 Who Should Attend?

This training is tailored for anyone globally:

• Researchers & Academics working with large-scale data or simulations.
• Graduate Students exploring HPC in their research.
• Engineers & Developers interested in high-performance environments.
• IT Professionals supporting HPC infrastructure.

It is suggested that participants have experience and a basic understanding of:

• HPC concepts (from a System Administrator's perspective), for more details visit: https://events.chpc.ac.za/event/159/

📚 Training Topics

During this session, we will cover:

• Overview of OpenHPC 2.x architecture and tools
• Installation and configuration practices
• Job submission and resource management with schedulers

🌐 Why Join Virtual Lab #11?

The Virtual Lab series provides a collaborative learning environment, combining expert instruction with hands-on practice. By participating, you will:

• Build practical skills applicable to real-world HPC environments.
• Connect with peers and professionals in the HPC community.
• You will learn to deploy the virtual cluster locally on your machine, allowing you to continue using it even after the event ends. 

🎟️ Registration

Participation is free, but registration is required.
👉 HPC Ecosystems OpenHPC 2.x (Virtual Lab #11)

Spots are limited – we encourage early registration to secure your place.

🚀 Join Us and Advance Your HPC Skills

High-Performance Computing is at the core of today’s most advanced scientific and industrial innovations. Don’t miss this opportunity to strengthen your HPC expertise with OpenHPC 2.x in a guided, hands-on environment.

We look forward to welcoming you to Virtual Lab #11!

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PEARC25: Sticking (with) the Landing: A modern case for Knights Landing in Resource-Constrained Environments

PEARC25: Sticking (with) the Landing: A modern case for Knights Landing in Resource-Constrained Environments

July 19, 2025   Publication,

Members of the HPC Ecosystems Community published a paper, delivered at PEARC25, describing a modern-take on the Intel Xeon Phi Knights Landing (KNL) architecture -- the same hardware architecture present in the Stampede2 computing infrastructure from TACC.

TLDR: At a high-level ... It works! It works great with OpenHPC and Slurm! It can offer equivalent performance to TWO Lengau nodes at 40% of the power consumption*! 

https://doi.org/10.1145/3708035.3736075

* under certain workloads and certain conditions ... BUT IT WORKS!

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PEARC25: Discovering HPC Resources in Africa: Empowering Collaborative Research Opportunities

PEARC25: Discovering HPC Resources in Africa: Empowering Collaborative Research Opportunities

July 19, 2025   Publication,

Recently, members of the HPC Ecosystems Community contributed to the ACM Conference proceedings for PEARC25!

Check out the HPC Discovery Survey here:

Discovering HPC Resources in Africa: Empowering Collaborative Research Opportunities

If you scan the QR code, you will be taken to the central document (available here) that includes links to the poster PDF, interactive maps and a YouTube video tour of the poster!

The Google Document	HPC Discovery Africa 2025 Shortened / text friendly: https://tinyurl.com/AfricaHPCdiscovery
PEARC25 Poster (PDF)	20250715-1113 HPC_Discovery_Poster PEARC25.pdf
Audio Tour Playlist (listen to the authors run through the poster!)	PEARC25 Audio Tour (Playlist)
Interactive Map	2025 Map (with controllable layers)

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Join us at the HPC Ecosystems BOF on 4 December 13h30 to 15h00 SAST

Join us at the HPC Ecosystems BOF on 4 December 13h30 to 15h00 SAST

November 26, 2024  

 HPC Ecosystems Project BoF @ CHPC Conference - 04 December 13h30 - 15h00 SAST

Join us in-person, or online!

Add to your calendar: HPC Ecosystems BoF _In-person_.ics

(Links to the online session are included in the calendar event)

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CaRCC Emerging Centers talk - HPC in Africa (revisited) 20 March - 6pm SAST

CaRCC Emerging Centers talk - HPC in Africa (revisited) 20 March - 6pm SAST

March 20, 2024   Talk,

 As a follow-up to the CaRCC presentation that we conducted in August 2023, the Campus Research Computing Consortium has invited members of the HPC Ecosystems Project back to share on our experiences and challenges with a discussion afterwards around deeper collaboration and engagements. 

20 March 18h00 SAST.

Details of the event are available here, including an ICS calendar link:

Emerging Centers Track, March 2024 – CARCC

Members of the HPC Ecosystems Project community in Africa will share more about their particular journeys through HPC, relating to their pain points, startup and sustainability challenges:

• The University of the Witwatersrand will present on their HPC Special Interest Group, a student-run organisation that focuses on general HPC education and student cluster competition preparation. The talk will give a broad overview of the history of the group, what it does, some of the success stories and future plans. (15 minutes)
  
  
• Rodgers Kimera will provide an overview of the Africa Centers of Excellence initiative currently in Uganda and Mali, started by NIAID. Rodgers will share an overview, a brief history, and some of the challenges and ambitions of the initiative (10 minutes).
  
  
• Berny Chaimite will provide an update on the state of HPC in MoRENet, Mozambique - following on from his initial overview in August (10 minutes). 
  
  
• Open discussion (20 to 25 minutes).

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Call coordinates are:

https://utah.zoom.us/my/carcc?pwd=TjFuR3VVM2d5eE5zWnEvWWxDTFBCUT09

Meeting ID: 824 051 8198

Password: 31415926

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Join by Skype for Business: https://utah.zoom.us/skype/8240518198

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Launch of OpenHPC 2.x virtual training lab - 16 February 2024

Launch of OpenHPC 2.x virtual training lab - 16 February 2024

January 17, 2024   Training,

Dear colleagues

The HPC Ecosystems Project team is pleased to announce the second virtual hands-on training lab for OpenHPC 2.x, scheduled to launch 16 February 2024 and concluding 4 March 2024.

The virtual lab will provide asynchronous instruction on deploying a 3-node OpenHPC 2.x cluster, with the deployment performed on your personal computer using Virtual Box. Upon the conclusion of the training, participants may opt to keep the virtual 3-node cluster on their system to facilitate future learning and training.

All instructions are delivered online and are available for self-paced learning. The entire virtual lab is expected to require approximately 15 to 20 hours of hands-on time to complete.

To find out more information or to register interest in participation, please go to https://events.chpc.ac.za/e/OPENHPC2-lab08.

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