CANCELED: Programation part I

Name: CANCELED: Programation part I
Start: 2025-11-06T09:30:00+01:00
End: 2025-11-06T16:00:00+01:00
Location: Louvain-La-Neuve

Thursday 6 Nov 2025, 09:30 → 16:00 Europe/Brussels

CYCL09B (Louvain-La-Neuve)

CYCL09B

Louvain-La-Neuve

Chemin du cyclotron 2, 1348 Louvain-La-Neuve

Description

In this session, we will cover the various tool and technique that will allow you to write more efficient code and how to optimize your code.

Contents:

Introduction to scientific software development and deployment
How to speed up you code at low cost? (Compilers and Library trick)
Introduction to procedural programming with C

Prerequisite:

Being able to use SSH with private keys
Basic usage of GNU commands (cp, ls, cd,...)

Type: Lecture/Hands-on
Target audience: Rookie
Must: This session is a must-have for anyone.

09:30 → 10:45

Introduction to scientific software development and deployment 1h 15m

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.

Contents:

Programming paradigms
Types of languages and the choice of the language.
Tools for deploying software
The programmer's toolkit
Writing comments and elements of style

Prerequisite:

Being familiar with a text editor
Mastering the Linux command line and the GNU utilities (mkdir, cp, scp, etc.)

Type: Lecture
Target audience: Rookie programmers
Must: This session is a nice-to-have.

Speaker: Damien François (UCLouvain/CISM)

11:00 → 13:00

How to speed up your code at low cost? 2h

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.

Contents:

The GCC Compiler and its options
Intel Compiler Studio
The different levels of code optimization
Using external libraries
Using configure and make
Downloading and compiling source code
Using linear algebra, signal processing libraries, etc.(BLAS, MKL, ACML, etc.)

Prerequisite:

Being able to use SSH with private keys
Being familiar with a text editor
Mastering the Linux command line and the GNU utilities (mkdir, cp, scp, etc.)
Passive knowledge of C or Fortran

Type: Hands-on
Target audience: Rookie programmers
Must: This session is a must for anyone who needs to compile software from sources.

Speaker: Bernard Van Renterghem (UCL CISM)

14:00 → 16:00

C programming 2h

Learn the basic of programmation with C language

Speaker: Dr Olivier Mattelaer (UCLouvain/CISM)