Quick Facts
- Registration Deadline: 8 August 2026
- Certificate: Awarded on full attendance and completion of practical activities
- Lunch / Refreshments: Provided by CAID
- Accommodation: Complimentary shared accommodation for confirmed outstation participants, subject to availability
- Laptop: At least 8 GB RAM, with administrative access
Two-Day Summer School on Supercomputing for Modeling and Simulation
Registration Fee
- Professionals: PKR 40,000
- Faculty Members: PKR 30,000
- Students: PKR 5,000
Summer School Objective
This two-day summer school introduces the role of high-performance computing in scientific modeling and simulation, while providing practical knowledge of HPC architecture, software environments, parallel execution, and job-scheduling workflows. Participants will learn how supercomputing platforms support large-scale molecular, quantum, and engineering simulations.
The program combines expert-led lectures, demonstrations, and guided practical sessions using Linux, Slurm, GROMACS, Quantum ESPRESSO, and related scientific-computing tools. Participants will gain hands-on experience in preparing, submitting, monitoring, optimizing, and analyzing simulation workloads on the Namal Supercomputing Facility.
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the summer school, participants will be able to:
- Explain the role of HPC in scientific modeling and simulation.
- Navigate a Linux-based supercomputing environment and manage software modules.
- Submit, monitor, and manage jobs using Slurm.
- Prepare and execute introductory molecular-dynamics workflows with GROMACS.
- Prepare and execute introductory quantum-simulation workflows with Quantum ESPRESSO.
- Evaluate resource utilization for simulation workloads.
- Process and analyze simulation outputs.
- Apply basic MPI-based performance-optimization and scaling techniques.
Who Should Attend
The summer school is suitable for:
- Undergraduate and graduate students
- Researchers and academic faculty
- Engineers and professionals in physics, chemistry, and materials science
- Practitioners in biotechnology and mechanical engineering
- Computational scientists and related disciplines
Prerequisites
Participants should have:
- Basic familiarity with the Linux command line
- Basic familiarity with scientific computing or numerical simulation
Prior experience with HPC, GROMACS, Quantum ESPRESSO, or Slurm is helpful but not mandatory.
Tools and Platforms
- Namal Supercomputing Facility
- Linux command-line environment
- Slurm workload manager and Environment Modules
- GROMACS
- Quantum ESPRESSO
- MPI and OpenMP
- Scientific visualization and post-processing tools
Practical Sessions
Guided practical activities will include:
- Linux access and HPC software modules
- Slurm job creation, submission, monitoring, and cancellation
- GROMACS molecular-dynamics workflow
- Quantum ESPRESSO input preparation and execution
- MPI scaling and resource-utilization analysis
- Simulation output processing and visualization
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Two-Day Agenda & Session Topics
Day 1 – 22 August 2026
Day 2 – 23 August 2026
Lead Trainer
Dr. Tassadaq Hussain Cheema
Director, Centre for AI & Big Data (CAID)
A computer architect and technology leader with more than 20 years of national and international experience spanning research, industrial systems, project leadership, and professional training.
Registration Process
- Submit the form Complete the online registration form with the required details.
- Verification Places are assigned first-come, first-served after form and payment verification.
- Confirmation Successful applicants are notified through email or WhatsApp.