Abstract :
An 11-week training program aimed principally at graduate and postdoctoral students in computationally intensive fields is described. The program is designed to provide a balance between the specificity of computing center courses, the abstractness of computer science courses, and the personal contact of traditional apprentice approaches. It consists of seminars and clinics given by many visiting and local faculty and covers a variety of supercomputing concepts, issues, and practices related to architecture, operating systems, software design, numerical considerations, code optimization, graphics, communications, and networks. Its research component encourages understanding of scientific computing and supercomputer hardware issues. Flexibility in thinking about computing needs is emphasized by the use of several different supercomputer architectures
Keywords :
computer science education; training; clinics; code optimization; communications; computer science courses; graduate students; graphics; networks; numerical considerations; operating systems; postdoctoral students; scientific supercomputing; seminars; software design; supercomputer architectures; training program; Computer architecture; Computer graphics; Computer science; Design optimization; Hardware; Operating systems; Scientific computing; Seminars; Software design; Supercomputers;
