NUG Training 2012

NERSC will present a two-day training workshop in conjuction with the 2012 meeting of the NERSC Users Group (NUG). The workshop is open to all NERSC users. The workshop will be presented at Berkeley Lab's Oakland Scientific Facility, 415 20th Street (Thomas L. Berkley Way), Oakland, CA. The workshop will be presented remotely using WebEx.

Registration

NERSC Users

Registration for all three days is open to all NERSC users.

General Public

Non-users may attend the two training days, space permitting. Please send requests to training@nersc.gov.

Cost

There is no registration fee for NUG 2012 training or business meetings.

Agenda

All times Pacific.

Wednesday, Feb. 1 - Getting Started at NERSC

8:30 - Welcome

9:00 - Introduction to High Performance Computing Systems, Richard Gerber, NERSC ( 30 min )

9:30 - NERSC Computational and Storage Systems Overview, Harvey Wasserman, NERSC ( 30 min )

10:00 - Using Globus Online - Steve Tuecke, University of Chicago (30 min with hands-on)

10:30 - Connecting to NERSC and Transferring Data, David Turner, NERSC ( 30 min )

11:10 - Building Applications & the NERSC Software Environment, Jack Deslippe and Zhengji Zhao, NERSC ( 30 min )

12:00 - Working Lunch

13:00 - Accelerating X Applications Using NX, Yushu Yao, NERSC (20 min)

13:20 - Using the NERSC Web Site, Help Portal, and NERSC Information Management Portal, Revision Control Systems - Richard Gerber & Jack Deslippe, NERSC ( 20 min )

13:40 - Running Parallel Jobs & Understanding the Batch Queues, Richard Gerber, NERSC ( 40 min )

14:20 - Best Practices for Reading and Writing Data, Katie Antypas, NERSC ( 30 min )

14:50 - Scripting for Complex Job Workflows - Jack Deslippe, NERSC ( 30 min )

15:20 - Running GPU codes on Dirac, Hemant Shukla, NERSC ( 30 min )

15:50 - Debugging with DDT, Woo-Sun Yang, NERSC ( 45 min )

16:35 - Hands On: Q&A with NERSC Consultants

17:00 - Adjourn

Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 - Advanced Topics

9:00 - Using Cray Mathematical and Scientific Llibraries - Adrian Tate, Cray Inc. ( 45 min )

9:45 - Single-Node Optimization, Michael Stewart, NERSC ( 30 min )

10:15 - Using Mixed MPI/OpenMP, CAF, and UPC - Helen He & Woo-Sun Yang, NERSC ( 75 min )

11:30 - Tuning the MPI Runtime Environment and Best Practices for Message Passing on Hopper - Howard Pritchard, Cray, Inc. ( 45 minutes )

12:15 - Working Lunch

13:30 - Cray Performance Analysis Tools, Woo-Sun Yang & Harvey Wasserman, NERSC ( 45 min )

14:45 - Using Cray Cluster Compatibility Mode on Hopper, Zhengji Zhao & Helen He, NERSC ( 45 min )

15:30 - NERSC Machine Room Tour

16:00 - Building Applications to Interface with NERSC using the NERSC Web Toolkit (NEWT) - Shreyas Cholia, Jack Deslippe & Anette Greiner, NERSC ( 30 min )

16:30 - Q&A

17:00 - Adjourn

Downloads

Gerber-HPC-feb-1-2012.pdf | Adobe Acrobat PDF file
Introduction to High Performance Computing Systems, Richard Gerber, NERSC
ScriptingPresentation.pdf | Adobe Acrobat PDF file
Scripting for Complex Job Workflows - Jack Deslippe, NERSC
Globus-Online-NERSC.pdf | Adobe Acrobat PDF file
Using Globus Online - Steve Tuecke, University of Chicago
WassermanIntroNERSC2012.pdf | Adobe Acrobat PDF file
NERSC Computational and Storage Systems Overview, Harvey Wasserman, NERSC
ConnectingXfering.pdf | Adobe Acrobat PDF file
Connecting to NERSC and Transferring Data, David Turner, NERSC
VersionControlatNERSC.pdf | Adobe Acrobat PDF file
Instructions for hosting your Git or SVN repo at NERSC - Jack Deslippe, NERSC
GPU-Computing-Dirac.pdf | Adobe Acrobat PDF file
GPU Computing with Dirac
Readingand-WritingDataNUGFeb2012.ppt | unknown
Learn how to effectively read on write data in parallel on the NERSC systems
UsingApprentice2012.pdf | Adobe Acrobat PDF file
Using Cray's Apprentice Tool, Harvey Wasserman (NERSC)
Debugging-with-DDT.pdf | Adobe Acrobat PDF file
Debugging with DDT, Woo-Sun Yang (NERSC)
UsingCrayPat.pdf | Adobe Acrobat PDF file
Using CrayPat, Woo-Sun Yang (NERSC)
ClusterCompatibilityModeNERSC2012.pdf | Adobe Acrobat PDF file
A way to use Hopper as a generic Linux Cluster, Zhengji Zhao and Helen He
Hybrid-MPI-OpenMP-UPC-CAF-NUG2012.pdf | Adobe Acrobat PDF file
Using Hybrid MPI/OpenMP, UPC, and CAF at NERSC, Helen He and Woo-Sun Yang (NERSC)
HowardP-MPI-NUG2012.pdf | Adobe Acrobat PDF file
MPI Run Time Environment and Tuning on Hopper, Howard Pritchard (Cray)
NUGSingleNodeOptimizationPresentation.pdf | Adobe Acrobat PDF file
Techniques to make codes run faster on a single Hopper node.
BuildingApplicationsatNERSC-1.pdf | Adobe Acrobat PDF file
Compiling applications for NERSC machines. Jack Deslippe, NERSC
libscioverview02022012.pdf | Adobe Acrobat PDF file
Introduction and usage of Cray's Mathematical and Scientific Libraries - Adrian Tate (Cray)
userguide.txt | unknown

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