PACS HPC Training Goal

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PACS HPC Training Goal

• Training is centered on the learner, draws upon
  the quality and quantity of HPC resources, shared
  among partners, and implements emerging distance
  learning technologies.

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HPC Training Objectives

• Meet Users Needs
• Unify Multi-Partner Training
• Implement Collaboratory Environments for Distance
  Learning
• Provide Learning on Demand
• Interface Training Opportunities
• Deploy Learning Materials

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MPI via WebCT

• Why MPI?
• Most requested topic from User Survey
• Knowledge and interest at a number of partner
  sites (NCSA, OSC, AHPCC, BU, and UKy)
• Why WebCT?
• Expertise at NCSA
• Features (self tests, glossaries, and discussion
  spaces)

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MPI Course Content
http//webct.ncsa.uiuc.edu8900/

• Message Passing Fundamentals
• Getting Started with MPI
• MPI Program Structure
• Point-to-Point Communication
• Derived Datatypes
• Collective Communications
• Communicators

• Virtual Topologies
• Parallel I/O
• Parallel Mathematical Libraries
• Portability Issues
• Program Performance
• Parallel Algorithms Underlying MPI Implementations

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Focus Group Finale over AG

• BU (4)
• Uky (5)
• NCSA (4)
• UNM (3)
• OSC (3)

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Coordinated Training over The AG -- Considerations

• content
• topic of interest
• length
• materials format
• facilities
• size of venue
• hands-on capabilities
• logistics
• scheduling
• announcements
• registration
• testing

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Fast Fourier Transforms Using FFTw

• April 18
• 3 hours (3 time zones)
• 1p-4p MDT, 2p-5p CDT, 3p-6p EDT
• lecture only
• 3 presenters
• Guobin Ma, AHPCC
• Sirpa Saarinen, NCSA
• Paul Alsing, AHPCC
• http//www.ahpcc.unm.edu/Workshop/FFTW

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Coordinated Training over The AG -- Staff
Resources

• Sponsoring Site(s)
• Lead Point of Contact
• responsible for scheduling AG, notifying training
  and technical AG staff, disseminating
  announcement to sites, ensuring availability of
  materials
• Lead AG Technical Director
• responsible for providing backup capabilities
• responsible for dppt server, coordinating tests,
  interfacing with technical AG staff at host sites

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Coordinated Training over The AG -- Staff
Resources Continued

• Host Site(s)
• Host POCs
• responsible for local arrangements --
  registration, room prep, hardcopy of materials,
  etc.
• interface to technical AG staff and presenters
• AG Technical Directors
• responsible for local AG arrangements -- running
  node, cameras, video/audio, dppt master or
  client, and trouble shooting technical problems
• Presenters
• providing instruction and materials

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Training over The AG -- Transition

• http//alliance.osc.edu/trn_sched.html

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Training over The AG -- Transition

• http//alliance.osc.edu/training/contacts.html

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Coordinated Training over the AG -- Future

• Improve scheduling methods
• Develop procedures
• Plan, Plan, Plan
• Prepare, Prepare, Prepare
• Test, Test, Test