Courses
The organizers reserve the right to modify the programme and related details when necessary due to unforeseen circumstances or practical considerations.
Upcoming Workshops
August 2026
Introduction using Komondor supercomputer:
The focus of the entry-level workshop will be on the DKF’s supercomputer, Komondor. The aim of the workshop is to provide participants with the essential basics of using the new cluster in a short, hands-on event.
- Presenter:
Dr. László Környei
- Date & Time:
25 August, 2026
- Language:
Hungarian
- Registration:
September 2026
Computational Chemistry packages on Komondor:
This workshop provides an overview of the chemistry-related software packages available on the Komondor HPC system and their practical usage in a high-performance computing environment. Participants will learn how to access and efficiently run commonly used applications such as AMBER, GROMACS, ORCA, Q-Chem, and TeraChem, while gaining practical experience and recommendations for improving their computational workflows on Komondor.
- Presenter:
Dr. Milán Szőri, Gábor Tornai
- Date & Time:
3 September, 2026,
- Language:
Hungarian
- Registration:
October 2026
Containerisation workshop
This hands-on workshop provides a practical introduction to container technologies and their role in High-Performance Computing (HPC). Participants will learn the fundamentals of building, managing, and deploying containers using Docker and Apptainer/Singularity, gaining hands-on experience in creating portable, reproducible software environments for scientific applications. Through practical examples and a simple HPC case study, attendees will discover how containers simplify software deployment and improve reproducibility across computing platforms.
- Presenter:
Gábor Tornai
- Date & time:
5 October, 2026, 9:00-12:00
- Language:
Hungarian
- Registration:
coming soon
November 2026
Python on Komondor:
This hands-on workshop introduces the essentials of using Python efficiently on modern High-Performance Computing (HPC) systems. Participants will learn practical techniques for developing, running, and optimizing Python applications in an HPC environment, including JupyterHub, parallel programming with MPI, software environment management, GPU acceleration, and portable container-based workflows. The course is designed for researchers and engineers who want to make the most of HPC resources using Python.
- Presenter:
Gábor Tornai
- Date & time:
9 November, 2026, 9:00-12:00
- Language:
Hungarian
- Registration:
coming soon
Past Workshops
May 2026
Advanced CUDA programming:
- Presenter:
Zoltán Juhász
- Date & Time:
27 May, 2026, 9:00-13:00
- Language:
Hungarian
- Registration:
Introduction using Komondor supercomputer for SMEs
The focus of the entry-level workshop will be on the DKF’s supercomputer, Komondor especially for SME management and decision makers. The aim of the workshop is to provide participants with the essential basics of using the new cluster in a short, hands-on event.
- Presenter:
Dr. László Környei, Prof. Dr. Milán Szőri
- Date & Time:
6 May, 2026, 9:00-13:00
- Language:
Hungarian
- Registration:
April 2026
Containerisation workshop
Modern scientific research requires significant computational performance and complex infrastructure. Container technologies offer an effective solution for this, enabling applications and their dependencies to run in isolation on a shared system kernel.
- Presenter:
Gábor Tornai
- Date & time:
CHANGE 27 April, 2026, 9:00-12:00
- Language:
Hungarian
- Registration:
March 2026
Introduction using Komondor supercomputer:
The focus of the entry-level workshop will be on the DKF’s supercomputer, Komondor. The aim of the workshop is to provide participants with the essential basics of using the new cluster in a short, hands-on event.
- Presenter:
Dr. László Környei
- Date & Time:
12 March, 2026, 9:00-13:00
- Language:
Hungarian
- Registration:
February 2026
Introduction to ParaView (CFD) Workshop
The introductory part of the workshop series aims to familiarize users with the Paraview open-source data visualization software.
- Presenter:
Péter Friedrich
- Date & Time:
February 27, 2026, 9:00-12:30
- Language:
Hungarian
- Registration: