Name: Introduction to Julia for High Performance Computing
Start: 2026-08-18T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-08-21T12:00:00+02:00
Location: Building: 133, Room: 1.03 (1st floor), Weyertal 121, IT Center University of Cologne (ITCC) and online

Introduction to Julia for High Performance Computing

from Tuesday, August 18, 2026 (9:00 AM) to Friday, August 21, 2026 (12:00 PM)

Monday, August 17, 2026
Tuesday, August 18, 2026
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Contributions

9:00 AM Welcome! - Stefan Wesner (IT Center University of Cologne)

9:15 AM Introduction to Julia for HPC - Alex Wiens (Paderborn University, Paderborn Center for Parallel Computing)

11:00 AM Hands-on: Basics in Julia - Alex Wiens (Paderborn University, Paderborn Center for Parallel Computing) Xin Wu (Paderborn University, Paderborn Center for Parallel Computing)
12:00 PM Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
1:30 PM
1:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Contributions

1:30 PM Workflow in Julia - Alex Wiens (Paderborn University, Paderborn Center for Parallel Computing)

3:15 PM Fast Code - Xin Wu (Paderborn University, Paderborn Center for Parallel Computing)

4:15 PM Hands-on: Julia on HPC System - Alex Wiens (Paderborn University, Paderborn Center for Parallel Computing) Xin Wu (Paderborn University, Paderborn Center for Parallel Computing)
6:30 PM

6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Wednesday, August 19, 2026
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Contributions

9:00 AM Performance Optimization - Alex Wiens (Paderborn University, Paderborn Center for Parallel Computing)

10:45 AM Hands-on: Write Performant Julia Code - Alex Wiens (Paderborn University, Paderborn Center for Parallel Computing) Xin Wu (Paderborn University, Paderborn Center for Parallel Computing)
12:00 PM Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
1:30 PM
1:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Contributions

1:30 PM HPC Tour at IT Center University of Cologne - Viktor Achter (IT Center University of Cologne)

3:00 PM Multi-threading in Julia - Xin Wu (Paderborn University, Paderborn Center for Parallel Computing)

4:00 PM Hands-on: Multi-threaded Julia Code - Alex Wiens (Paderborn University, Paderborn Center for Parallel Computing) Xin Wu (Paderborn University, Paderborn Center for Parallel Computing)
Thursday, August 20, 2026
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Contributions

9:00 AM Distributed Computing in Julia - Alex Wiens (Paderborn University, Paderborn Center for Parallel Computing)

10:45 AM Hands-on: Parallel Julia code - Alex Wien (Paderborn University, Paderborn Center for Parallel Computing) Xin Wu (Paderborn University, Paderborn Center for Parallel Computing)
12:00 PM Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
1:30 PM
1:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Contributions

1:30 PM GPU Programming - Xin Wu (Paderborn University, Paderborn Center for Parallel Computing)

3:20 PM Hands-on: GPU-accelerated Julia Code - Alex Wiens (Paderborn University, Paderborn Center for Parallel Computing) Xin Wu (Paderborn University, Paderborn Center for Parallel Computing)
Friday, August 21, 2026
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Contributions

9:00 AM Machine Learning in Julia - Xin Wu (Paderborn University, Paderborn Center for Parallel Computing)

10:20 AM Hands-on: Machine Learning with Flux.jl - Alex Wiens (Paderborn University, Paderborn Center for Parallel Computing) Xin Wu (Paderborn University, Paderborn Center for Parallel Computing)

11:30 AM Q&A for Julia on HPC - Alex Wiens (Paderborn University, Paderborn Center for Parallel Computing) Xin Wu (Paderborn University, Paderborn Center for Parallel Computing)