Dates
14-16 July 2026
Three full days, 09:00-16:30
Participating organizations
Chiang Mai, Thailand · 14-16 July 2026
Thai RDMA Programming Camp 2026
A three-day hands-on boot camp for students and technical practitioners who want to program high-speed HPC networks, benchmark RDMA performance, and build a mini-project on real systems.
Venue
NARIT, Chiang Mai
Andromeda meeting room, Planetarium and Exhibition Building, Mae Rim
Cohort
Students and practitioners
For CS, computer engineering, AI, data science, HPC, and networking backgrounds
Format
Hands-on RDMA camp
Lectures, labs on real systems, site visit, mentoring, and mini-project presentations
Meals
Lunch and breaks provided
Lunch, refreshments, and drinks will be provided at the venue throughout the camp
Why this camp
RDMA is essential to modern HPC, but access to real practice is still limited.
The proposal frames the camp as a national capacity-building effort: bring RDMA programming out of isolated competitions and into a repeatable learning pathway for Thai students, researchers, and advanced computing teams.
Close Thailand's RDMA practice gap
Thailand has growing HPC infrastructure, including LANTA, Chalawan, ADA, and ERAWAN, but practical RDMA programming experience on real systems is still scarce.
Turn a regional competition into local capacity
The HPC-AI Advisory Council has run Asia-Pacific RDMA programming activities for more than nine years. This camp helps make that knowledge transfer continuous inside Thailand.
Build people who can use modern HPC networks
Participants learn RDMA concepts, verbs, communication patterns, benchmarking, and mini-project design so they can apply high-speed networking in research and industry.
Participant outcomes
From concept to working communication patterns.
The camp combines lectures with guided labs, real-system benchmarking, and mentored mini-projects, so participants leave with practical RDMA experience instead of slide-only exposure.
1
Understand RDMA and HPC networking principles from hardware through software workflows.
2
Write basic RDMA programs using write, read, send, and receive operations.
3
Measure latency and bandwidth, then reason about performance tradeoffs on HPC systems.
4
Design and present a mini-project that applies RDMA communication patterns.
5
Join a national network of students, researchers, and HPC practitioners.
Three-day agenda
Site visit, RDMA verbs, performance work, and project presentations.
Schedule distilled from the boot camp agenda. Times may be adjusted by organizers. Lunch and refreshment breaks are provided at the venue.
Day 1 · 14 July 2026
Site Visit + Fundamentals
08:30
Registration and project orientation
09:00
NARIT welcome, astronomy research with HPC, and Chalawan / ADA H200 introduction
10:15
NARIT laboratory and HPC system site visit
13:00
Introduction to HPC Networking and RDMA Concepts
15:15
RDMA programming model and environment setup
Day 2 · 15 July 2026
RDMA Programming + Performance
09:00
RDMA verbs and communication patterns
10:45
Lab: RDMA write, read, send, and receive operations
13:00
Performance benchmarking for latency and bandwidth on LANTA
14:45
Mini-project: design and tune a communication pattern
Day 3 · 16 July 2026
Applications + Presentation
08:30
RDMA in real applications: AI, HPC, and data systems
10:45
Project work and mentoring
13:00
Student mini-project presentations
14:30
Feedback and reflection
15:00
Closing ceremony and certificates
Instructors and support
International RDMA instructors with Thai HPC system support.
The training is led by HPC-AI Advisory Council instructors and supported locally through Thai HPC institutions and the NARIT venue.
RG
Dr. Richard Graham
HPC-AI Advisory Council
QS
Mr. Qingchun Song
HPC-AI Advisory Council
PZ
Mr. Pengzhi Zhu
HPC-AI Advisory Council
WD
Asst. Prof. Dr. Worawan Diaz Carballo
Project lead and assistant instructor
Venue
Andromeda meeting room, NARIT
Planetarium and Exhibition Building, National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand, 260 Moo 4, Don Kaew, Mae Rim, Chiang Mai 50180. Lunch, refreshments, and drinks are provided at the venue throughout the camp.
Open in Google MapsHPC-AI Advisory Council
ThaiSC / LANTA
NSTDA / NECTEC
NARIT
Thammasat University
Faculty of Science and Technology, Thammasat University
Contact and project host
Built for Thailand's next generation of HPC practitioners.
Hosted by the Faculty of Science and Technology, Thammasat University, with support from ThaiSC, NARIT, and the HPC-AI Advisory Council.
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Worawan Diaz Carballo, Faculty of Science and Technology, Thammasat University
Contact
Participant support
Lunch, refreshments, drinks, learning documents, and training materials are provided during the camp. Participants are responsible for their own travel, accommodation, and personal expenses.