Supercomputing Short Courses
We feature five short courses. Our Introduction to UNIX a three two-hour sessions course, covers basic material that is indispensable for effective computing on any of our systems. We strongly recommend it, especially if you are not an experienced UNIX user. This time again, the UNIX material will be covered with a live login demonstration. The great majority of our users encounter repeated difficulties on account of their weak UNIX preparation.
For prospective users of HYDRA, our IBM p5-575 cluster, the Introduction to Supercomputing on HYDRA, is a must. It covers a lot of practical stuff that includes the: login environment, architecture, batch system and queue structure, compiling with appropriate options for scalar optimization and parallelization, file space allocation, mathematical libraries, and more.
A new offering is the short course on Basic Code Profiling. It will cover basic topics and procedures to enable users to appreciate the role of code performance in their routine processing.
The courses on MPI and OpenMP are routine offerings, but they also are of solid value to anyone interested in code parallelization.
Supercomputing Short Course List
| Course Title | System(s) | Next Offering | Location | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Introduction to UNIX | ALL | Sep. 21, 22, 23 | Evans Library Annex Room 417C | Covers basic and intermediate level topics with live illustrations. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED |
| Introduction to Supercomputing on HYDRA | IBM p5-575 Cluster | Sep. 28, 30 | Evans Library Annex Room 417C | Covers a variety of topics, including how to compile and run programs, the Load Leveler batch system, queues, policies, etc. VERY PRACTICAL |
| Introduction to Parallelization with MPI | ALL (mostly the p5-575 cluster) | Oct. 5, 6, 7 | Evans Library Annex Room 417C | Code parallelization based on the message passing model of MPI. A basic to intermediate level course |
| Introduction to Parallelization with OpenMP | ALL (mostly the p5-575 cluster) | Oct. 12, 13, 14 | Evans Library Annex Room 417C | Code parallelization for shared memory systems. Uses the OpenMP standard of directives & calls |
| Basic Code Profiling | ALL | Oct. 21, 22 | Evans Library Annex Room 417C | Basic ideas and steps, using mostly TAU, are covered to successfully characterize code performance. |
Time: 3:00-5:00pm for all sessions.
No registration required. Most courses are a sequel of two or three sessions stretching across two or three days. Each session lasts two hours. Different sessions for each course are continuations, not repetitions.
All classes are taught at the Evans Library Annex, which is located in the back of the Student Computing Center (SCC).