Training

Upcoming Training Events

• Electronic Structure Calculation Methods on Accelerators, February 6-8, 2012. Transformative Discovery in Computational Nanoscience, Advanced Materials and Energy Research require breakthroughs in theoretical models, algorithms and software capable of using multicore chips and accelerator hardware such as graphics processor unit (GPU) or similar. This conference seeks to bring together computationally oriented scientists interested in using accelerator coprocessors in electronic structure theory. We will discuss recent advances, barriers and perspectives in modeling electronic structure on accelerators.

NICS training efforts are designed to provide the necessary background for a wide range of current and prospective users for greater proficiency on a variety of topics in HPC. NICS provides the following:

• Notification of upcoming events
• Regularly scheduled workshops and seminars on topics in HPC hosted at the center or off-site
• Online materials including presentations, from prior workshops with PowerPoint/PDF slides and/or video
• List of Resources

NICS provides workshops targeted at training current and potential users on topics of interest in HPC.

NICS User Support has created several web pages with examples and information concerning many questions users commonly encounter.

NICS has developed short podcasts over a wide spectrum of introductory material users may need.

Experienced instructors from NCSA, the Ohio Supercomputer Center, Boston University, the University of Kentucky, and Albuquerque High Performance Computing Center at the University of New Mexico have written a number of training courses devoted to a variety of high-performance computing topics. These self-paced courses are available through the distance learning package Cyberinfrastructure Tutor and include:

• Parallel Computing Explained
• Introduction to MPI
• Introduction to OpenMP
• Debugging Serial and Parallel Codes
• Introduction to Multi-core Performance

A complete list of courses is available. You will need to create an account for yourself and register for each course, but there is no charge.

CI-Tutor offers free courses and quizzes on the fundamentals of using the TeraGrid.

NICS Education and Training Partners

NICS supports TeraGrid users and works to bring information about TeraGrid resources to the scientific community.	Oak Ridge Associated Universities partners with NICS in funding four student-faculty internships and engaging in other synergistic activities.	The Institute for Computing in Humanities, Arts, and Social Science (I-CHASS) and the National Institute for Computational Sciences (NICS) at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville have made available two million additional hours of supercomputing time to projects in the humanities, arts, and social sciences.

Education and Training Resources

The National Science Digital Library is the nation's online library for education and research in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. This is a great resource for students and teachers alike.	The HPC University (HPCU) is a virtual organization whose primary goal is to provide an on-line environment to share educational and training materials in high performance computing topics.	The Computational Science Education Reference Desk (CSERD) is a Pathways portal of the National Science Digital Library, funded by the National Science Foundation. CSERD aims to help students learn about computational science and to help faculty and teachers incorporate computational science into the classroom.