Höchstleistungsrechenzentrum Stuttgart: Fortran for Scientific Computing

Prerequisites and content levels

Prerequisites:

Familiarity with Linux and Linux editors is recommended.
Basics/principles of programming (in any language).
Basic mathematics (integration and differentiation).

Content levels:

Basic: 13 hours
Intermediate: 18 hours
Advanced: 2 hours

Learn more about course curricula and content levels.

Instructors

Uwe Küster (former HLRS staff member and one of the main experts in Germany on the Fortran Standard), Lorenzo Zanon and Ralf Schneider (HLRS).

Agenda

Please find the preliminary program of the course here (May 2024 course). All times CET.

Topics of this course include:

Fortran syntax overview
- Basics
- Program units, modules, procedures
- Dynamic data
- Input and Output
Fortran intrinsic procedures
Compilers for Fortran and their usage
Performance optimization of serial code
Features of the most recent Fortran standards

Handout

Registered participants will get a pdf of the slides and a link to the exercises.

Literature and Textbooks

Michael Metcalf, John Reid, Malcom Cohen, Reinhold Bader: Modern Fortran explained (ISBN: 978-0-19-887658-8).

Registration information

Register via the button at the top of this page.
We encourage you to register to the waiting list if the course is full. Places might become available.

Please be aware that the Zoom session will be recorded. You declare that you are aware of and consent to the recording by registering.

Registration closes on Sunday, November 24, 2024 (extended registration phase).

Late registrations after the registration phase are still possible according to the course capacity. We cannot guarantee a cluster account for the hands-on sessions for late registrations. Exercises on your local machine are always possible.

Fees

40 Euro: Students without master’s degree or equivalent
90 Euro: PhD students or employees at a German university or public research institute
180 Euro: PhD students or employees at a university or public research institute in an EU, EU-associated or PRACE country other than Germany
360 Euro: PhD students or employees at a university or public research institute outside of EU, EU-associated or PRACE countries
960 Euro: Other participants, e.g., from industry, other public service providers, or government

Link to the EU and EU-associated (Horizon Europe), and PRACE countries.

Our course fees include coffee breaks (in on-site courses).

Contact

Lorenzo Zanon phone 0711 685 63824

Lucienne Dettki phone 0711 685 63894

training(at)hlrs.de

HLRS training collaborations in HPC and AI

HLRS is part of the Gauss Centre for Supercomputing (GCS), together with JSC in Jülich and LRZ in Garching near Munich. EuroCC@GCS is the German National Competence Centre (NCC) for High-Performance Computing. HLRS is also a member of the Baden-Württemberg initiative bwHPC. Since 2025, HLRS coordinates HammerHAI.

This course is provided within the framework of the bwHPC training program.

Further courses and training team

See the training overview and the Supercomputing Academy pages.
See also information about the HLRS training department and staff.

Fortran for Scientific Computing

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