FLAMES | Best practices for data science on HPC

!!IMPORTANT: If you wish to participate on-campus, please make sure to send a mail to martial.luyts@kuleuven.be (mandatory!!) before October 1st, 2026. Only a maximum number of participants can register on-campus. If no mailing is send by you after registration & before October 1st, 2026, you will be automatically registered as online participant.

There are many good reasons to run data science workloads on a High Performance Computing (HPC) system. However, the transition from a laptop to an HPC system can be daunting. This training will help you make that transition.

You will also learn about potential pitfalls and how to avoid them. This training is not just about the good parts, but also about how to avoid the bad parts.

Learning outcomes

When you complete this training you will

• be able to judge when to switch to an HPC environment;