The size and complexity of Astronomical data continue to grow swiftly, and while this presents great opportunities it also poses challenges to traditional methods of data storage, reduction, and analysis. To assist Astronomers in addressing these challenges, we are presenting a three-day workshop introducing the fundamentals of HPC and some of the skills necessary to effectively utilise its power. During the final session, there will also be a clinic held by representatives from Pawsey, Swinburne, and NCI, where you can discuss one-on-one how to port your applications and workflow to HPC resources.
Where: Swinburne University, Melbourne, Hawthorn, Victoria
When: 27-29 November 2017, 9am-5pm
Registration is free, please RSVP via Eventbrite
Attendance will be strictly limited to a small number to provide a personalised and hands-on experience.
Who: The course is aimed at postgraduate students and researchers who want to learn more about high-performance computing.
No previous knowledge is assumed and you can register for some or all of the sessions. However, please be aware that the different sessions follow on from each other.
Requirements: Participants must bring a laptop with a Mac, Linux, or Windows operating system (not a tablet, Chromebook, etc.) that they have administrative privileges on. Further information on any other required software will be send out the week prior to the workshop.
Schedule
Monday, Nov 27, 2017
Engineering (EN) Room 102, Swinburne University of Technology
| 9:00 – 9:15 | Introductions and Administration |
| 9:15 – 10:15 | Introduction to Programming Paradigms |
| 10:15 – 10:30 | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 – 11:30 | Introduction to Computing Architectures |
| 11:30 – 12:00 | Overview of Pawsey/NCI. Applying for Time |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch Break |
| 13:00 – 14:30 | Introduction to OpenMP |
| 14:30 – 14:45 | Coffee Break |
| 14:45 – 16:00 | Introduction to OpenMP continued |
Tuesday, Nov 28, 2017
Engineering (EN) Room 102, Swinburne University of Technology
| 9:00 – 9:15 | Introductions and Administration |
| 9:15 – 10:15 | Introduction to MPI |
| 10:15 – 10:30 | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 – 12:00 | Introduction to MPI continued |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch Break |
| 13:00 – 14:30 | Introduction to MPI continued |
| 14:30 – 14:45 | Coffee Break |
| 14:45 – 16:00 | Introduction to MPI continued |
Wednesday, Nov 29, 2017
Engineering (EN) Room 615, Swinburne University of Technology
| 9:00 – 9:15 | Introductions and Administration |
| 9:15 – 10:00 | Using Lustre Parallel Filesystems |
| 10:00 – 10:20 | Introduction to HDF5 |
| 10:20 – 10:35 | Coffee Break |
| 10:35 – 11:00 | HDF5 continued |
| 11:00 – 11:45 | Introduction to MPI-I/O |
| 11:44 – 12:00 | Q+A / Workshop wrap-up |
| 13:00 – 16:00 | Drop-in Clinic |