HLRS High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart: Scientific Visualization

Prerequisites and content levels

This is a beginner course without prerequisites. The hands-on exercises use Windows. Basic experience with plotting simulation data is advantageous.

Content levels

Basic: 9 hours
Intermediate: 5 hours

Learn more about course curricula and content levels.

Instructors

Dr.-Ing. Uwe Wössner (Head of Visualization), Martin Aumüller, and Dennis Grieger from HLRS.

Learning outcomes

After completing this course, participants will be able to:

understand key concepts of scientific visualization
set up visualizations in COVISE and Vistle to explore and present
simulation data

Agenda (Preliminary)

All times are local times CEST:

First day (Mon, Aug 31):
08:30 - 9:00 Registration
09:00 - 12:30 Lectures and exercises
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 - 17:30 Lectures and exercises
17:30 - 18:00 CAVE tour

Second day (Tue, Sep 1):
09:00 - 12:30 Lectures and exercises
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:30 Lectures and exercises

Registration information

Apply for this course via the button at the top of this page.

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,
possibily further events such as a visit to the HLRS CAVE and server room,
offering common coffee and lunch breaks and
working together in groups of two during the exercises. Laptops wil be provided.

Registration closes on Monday, August 24, 2026.

Fees

0 Euro: Employees of the HLRS, or the Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC), or the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre (LRZ)
0 Euro: Students without master’s degree or equivalent at a German university
30 Euro: Students without master’s degree or equivalent at a university in an EU, EU-associated or PRACE country other than Germany
30 Euro: Students without master's degree or equivalent at a university outside of EU, EU-associated or PRACE countries
0 Euro: PhD students or employees at a German university or public research institute
110 Euro: PhD students or employees at a university or public research institute in an EU, EU-associated or PRACE country other than Germany
215 Euro: PhD students or employees at a university or public research institute outside of EU, EU-associated or PRACE countries
335 Euro: Public service providers or government
505 Euro: Industry or private participants

Link to the EU and EU-associated (Horizon Europe), and PRACE countries.
Our course fees include coffee breaks (in classroom courses only).

Lunch breaks

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

A food truck from 11:00-14:00 in Allmandring 35, 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.

Contact

Lucas Jordan, phone 0711 685 87206, 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. SIDE 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 has been coordinating one of the AI Factories of the EuroHPC JU: HammerHAI.

EXCELLERAT P2

This course is partly realised in cooperation with the Centre of Excellence EXCELLERAT P2 (funded by the European Union, grant agreement No 101092621). See also the EXCELLERAT Service Portal for more information.

Further courses and training team

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

Scientific Visualization

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