[DEADLINE TOMORROW!] The 4th CINI HPC Summer School 2026

[Massimo CAFARO]

** Call for Attendees **
The 4th CINI HPC Summer School 2026

https://hpcsummerschool.massimocafaro.it

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: until May 8, 2026
Notification of acceptance: May 13, 2026
Fee payment for enrolment: no late than May 15, 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/

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 (note that the deadline for fee payment is May 15, 2026);

2) Applications will be assessed by a Committee appointed by the Summer School Board. In order for your application to be assessed, the application form and the required documentation must be sent to the Summer School Committee referring to the instructions 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 https://trasparenza.unisalento.it/page/5/details/18396/dii-avviso-di-apertura-delle-candidature-hpc-summer-school-aa-20252026.html provides the call and application forms both in

- English (call: https://trasparenza.unisalento.it/download/1598384.html forms: https://trasparenza.unisalento.it/download/1463725.html)
- Italian (call: https://trasparenza.unisalento.it/download/1598383.html forms: https://trasparenza.unisalento.it/download/1458372.html)

The required documentation includes:

- signed application form;
- curriculum vitae;
- list of examinations passed with the corresponding grades, drawn up as a self-declaration;
- any English language certification at level B2 or higher;
- motivation letter;
- copy of an identity card bearing a handwritten signature.

The documentation must be sent by email at the following email address:

protocollo...@unisalento.it

indicating the following wording in the subject line:

FIRST NAME + LAST NAME + HPCSummerSchool_2026


Further information about the CINI HPC Summer School can be found at:
https://hpcsummerschool.massimocafaro.it






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Prof. Massimo Cafaro, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Parallel Algorithms and Data Mining/Machine Learning

Head of the HPC (High Performance Computing) Lab
Head of the AIMA Lab (Artificial Intelligence Models and Algorithms)

Department of Engineering for Innovation
University of Salento, Lecce, Italy
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73100 Lecce, Italy

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