Events
EPICURE Hackathon: Python Meets HPC
Start
2025/12/10
End
2025/12/12
Location
KTH, Stockholm
The Python Meets HPC Hackathon will focus on utilising Python in High-Performance Computing (HPC) and will take place at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, from December 10 to 12, 2025.
This event will bring together researchers, developers, and HPC practitioners to tackle real-world Python + HPC challenges, optimise codes, and share best practices for performance and scalability. We’re currently gathering input from users on which projects they’d like to work on, to best tailor the hackathon agenda.
Why join?
- Collaborate hands-on with peers and mentors on real-world Python + HPC challenges;
- Optimise your own code or contribute to impactful open-source HPC projects;
- Boost performance: Learn best practices for scalability, parallelisation, and profiling;
- Connect and network with the EPICURE and European HPC communities;
- Get feedback on your code and ideas from domain specialists.
If you have a Python codebase or computational problem you’d like to optimise, you can propose it for the hackathon via the participation form linked here.
Agenda
09:00 – 09:30 Check in
09:30 – 10:00 Welcome and Intro
10:00 – 12:00 Fika + Group Presentations
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch Break
1:00 – 3:00 Group Work
3:00 – 3:30 Break
3:30 – 5:00 Group Work
7:00 Dinner
09:00 – 09:30 Status Update
09:30 – 10:00 Group Work
10:00 – 10:30 Fika
10:30 – 12:00 Group Work
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch Break
1:00 – 3:00 Group Work
3:00 – 3:30 Break
3:30 – 5:00 Group Work
09:00-10:00 Group Work
10:00-10:30 Break
10:30-12:00 Group Work
12:00-1:00 Lunch Break
1:00-3:00 Final Presentations
3:00-4:00 Optional Tour of the PDC Machine Room and the “Dardel” Supercomputer
Registration
Registration is now open! Secure your free spot by clicking here and completing the mandatory registration.
Prepare for the Hackathon
Before joining the hackathon, participants can strengthen their skills through EPICURE’s upcoming webinars.
Start with our session on CPU-based Threading Models in Python for HPC Computing, focusing on overcoming Python’s GIL and boosting performance.
More webinars will be announced soon, so stay tuned.
