HLRS High Performance Computing Center 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 and one of the main experts in Germany on the Fortran Standard), Lorenzo Zanon and Ralf Schneider (HLRS).

Agenda

Topics to be covered in this course include:

Fortran syntax overview
- Basics
- Program units, modules, procedures
- Dynamic data
- Input and Output
Fortran intrinsics
Obsolete features of Fortran
Multiple source files
Compilers for Fortran and their usage
Optimization of single processor performance
Features of Fortran 2003, 2008 and 2018

Please find the preliminary program of the course here (December 2023 course). All times CEST.

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: "Modern Fortran explained" (ISBN: 978-0-19-881189-3).

HLRS concept for on-site courses

Besides the content of the training itself, an important aspect of this event is the scientific exchange among the participants. We try to facilitate such communication by

a social event on the evening of the first course day,
offering common coffee and lunch breaks and
working together in groups of two during the exercises. Laptops wil be provided.

Lunch Breaks

We plan to have lunch in the unversity's canteen (Mensa Stuttgart-Vaihingen, have a look at their menu online). Two other near possibilities for lunch are on all days:

A food truck from 11:00-14:00, see "Allmandring 35" at https://www.uni-stuttgart.de/universitaet/aktuelles/meldungen/Food-Trucks-am-Campus-Vaihingen/, approximately 300 m from HLRS,
Bakery Sehne, near bus stop "Im Lauchhau", approximately 400 m from HLRS.

We will update this information if opening times etc. change and inform you more precisely before the course starts.

Hybrid course

This course will be hybrid, i.e. it will take place at HLRS on-site but it will also be possible to attend online. Participants, online as well as on-site, have to be aware and agree that they might appear in the live video stream taken by a camera in the back of the lecture room or by a webcam on laptops. The live stream will not be saved. We strongly recommend to attend this course on-site since on-site attendance is much more effective and efficient in our experience. Therefore we might give priority to on-site over online participants during registration.

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.

Registration closes on April 28, 2024 (extended registration phase).

Late registrations after the registration phase are still possible according to the course capacity.

Fees

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

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

Our course fees include coffee breaks (in classroom courses only).

Contact

Lucienne Dettki phone 0711 685 63894, dettki(at)hlrs.de
Lorenzo Zanon phone 0711 685 63824, lorenzo.zanon(at)hlrs.de
Training organization team training@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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