We are pleased to announce the 4th CINI HPC Summer School 2026, which will take place from 15–19 June 2026 at the University of Salento, Lecce, Italy. Organized by the CINI HPC National Laboratory jointly with the HPC Laboratory at the University of Salento, the Summer School will address the design of scalable parallel algorithms and the use of standard "de facto" programming models and tools crucial for enhancing HPC application performance, including practical hands-on sessions focusing on MPI, OpenMP, GPU programming, and performance monitoring. The curriculum aims to boost participants' capabilities in utilizing HPC for complex scientific and industrial tasks, bringing together theoretical and technical viewpoints. Over the course of five days, participants will gain insights into the design and analysis of parallel algorithms and related, current technologies.
Dr. Alberto Baiardi, Staff Research Scientist at IBM Zurich, will open the Summer School with a keynote address titled "Quantum Computing for Natural Science Simulations".
We are seeking highly motivated students, for a learning experience focused on leading-edge subjects. You will be taught by University of Salento faculty members jointly with CINECA leading experts, and attend classes with top students that share your interests. The Summer School represents a unique opportunity to participate in an exciting laboratory of teaching and active learning.
Target audience
The target audience includes Master's graduates, Ph.D students, early-stage Postdoc, and engineers.
The school welcomes everyone regardless of gender, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, race, or religion. Applicants will be evaluated on their CV.
Requirements
Applicants are expected to:
- Posses working knowledge of C/C++, Unix (Linux etc), terminal, editor and compilers;
- Bring their laptop to write, compile and execute parallel code.
School Fees
- Ph.D. students, post-docs and Master's graduates: 350 euro
- Faculties/Researchers: 400 euro
- Professionals: 500 euro
The fee provides access to all of the lectures, teaching materials and social event/dinner.
PLEASE NOTE: The electronic payment also includes, additionally, 2 euro, which represent the payment of stamp duty, a mandatory tax obligation under Italian law.
Deadlines
Applications (available shortly): until April 18, 2026
Notification of acceptance: April 27, 2026
Fee payment for enrolment: no late than May 4, 2026
Summer School: June 15-19, 2026
Submitting your application is a two-step process. Both steps are MANDATORY.
1) for the initial online registration, please use this link: https://conference.unisalento.it/event/19/
You are required to register, but please don't pay in advance the registration fee. The Summer School Committee will evaluate the requests, and admit the applicants. Only admitted applicants - up to 50 - must, upon receiving confirmation of admission, proceed with the fee payment.
2) The application form and the required documentation must be sent to the Summer School Committee using the documents available at this link: https://trasparenza.unisalento.it/page/5/details/18396/dii-avviso-di-apertura-delle-candidature-hpc-summer-school-aa-20252026.html
NOTE: the website provides the call and application form both in English (Avviso_EN_signed.pdf and Form_EN.docx) and Italian (Avviso Summer School_signed.pdf and Fac simile.docx).
Further information about the CINI HPC Summer School can be found at:
https://hpcsummerschool.massimocafaro.it
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