Introduction to scientific software development and deployment

• Damien François (UCLouvain/CISM)

Room: CYCL09B <table border="0" cellpadding="10px"> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <p>Often, the workflow for researchers is to acquire a piece of software, and either modify it, or wrap it in scripts, or simply install it on the clusters, or all of that at the same time, on many clusters. This session will introduce to the tools that can make this whole process easier.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"> <p><strong>Contents:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Programming paradigms</li> <li>Types of languages and the choice of the language.</li> <li>Tools for deploying software&nbsp;</li> <li>The programmer's toolkit&nbsp;</li> <li>Writing comments and elements of style</li> </ul> </td> <td> <p><strong>Prerequisite:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Being familiar with a text editor&nbsp;</li> <li>Mastering the Linux command line and the GNU utilities (mkdir, cp, scp, etc.)</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p><strong>Type</strong>: Lecture<br /> <strong>Target audience</strong>: Rookie programmers<br /> <strong>Must:&nbsp;</strong>This session is a nice-to-have.</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

How to speed up your code at low cost?

• Bernard Van Renterghem (UCL CISM)

Room: CYCL09B <table border="0" cellpadding="10px"> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <p>The choice of the compiler (many clusters have several, a.o. gcc, intel, etc.) is important, as is the choice of the compiling options. This sessions reviews the strengths and weaknesses of the compilers and their optimal use.&nbsp;</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"> <p><strong>Contents:</strong></p> <ul> <li>The GCC Compiler and its options</li> <li>Intel Compiler Studio</li> <li>The different levels of code optimization</li> <li>Using external libraries</li> <li>Using configure and make</li> <li>Downloading and compiling source code</li> <li>Using linear algebra, signal processing libraries, etc.(BLAS, MKL, ACML, etc.)</li> </ul> </td> <td> <p><strong>Prerequisite:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Being able to use SSH with private keys&nbsp;</li> <li>Being familiar with a text editor&nbsp;</li> <li>Mastering the Linux command line and the GNU utilities (mkdir, cp, scp, etc.)</li> <li>Passive knowledge of C or Fortran</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p><strong>Type</strong>: Hands-on<br /> <strong>Target audience</strong>: Rookie programmers<br /> <strong>Must:&nbsp;</strong>This session is a must for anyone who needs to compile software from sources.</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

C programming

• Olivier Mattelaer (UCLouvain/CISM)

Room: CYCL09B Learn the basic of programmation with C language