ISC Student cluster competition 2026

Training materials and other relevant documents for the University of Helsinki and Aalto University teams applying to the Student cluster competition at ISC High performance 2026.

Training schedule

Date	Topic	Link to content
Before the training	CSC Computing environment chapters 1-3	Link
19.1.	Parallel computing concepts + compiling + machine hall visit	Link
Week 5 (28.1. 11:50-15:00)	Aalto winter kickstart	Link
2.2.	OpenFOAM and process/thread affinity	Link
16.2. @ Aalto, Kide (Konemiehentie 1), 1572	DFTB+	Link
23.2. @ Aalto, Kandikeskus (Otakaari 1), U121b	ASCOT5	Link
2.3. @ Aalto, Väre (Otaniementie 14), Q103	HemeLB	Link
16.3. @ Aalto, K1 (Otakaari 4), 201	AI Task + general strategy	Link
23.3. - 8.5.	Virtual competition

Official ISC Student cluster competition links

• ISC High performance conference site
• Student cluster competition, official site
• Competition tasks and materials

Self-learning material

• Elements of supercomputing
• CSC environment tutorial
• Triton tutorial
• Git tutorials
  • https://coderefinery.github.io/git-intro/
  • https://coderefinery.github.io/git-collaborative/

Past team GitHub sites and tasks

Note! These are private repos, so please ask for access if interested

• 2022 GitHub
• 2023 Github
• 2024 Github
• 2025 Github
• Archived competition tasks & documents