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Background
- I was team coach for first Australian team to
compete, SC13 and SC14
- Now I work at NERSC
- These slides are my opinion and not opinion
- f my former/current employers
Student Cluster Competition Rebecca Hartman-Baker NERSC/Lawrence - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Student Cluster Competition Rebecca Hartman-Baker NERSC/Lawrence - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Student Cluster Competition Rebecca Hartman-Baker NERSC/Lawrence Berkeley Lab rjhartmanbaker@lbl.gov Background I was team coach for first Australian team to compete, SC13 and SC14 Now I work at NERSC These slides are my opinion and
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iVEC/Pawsey: Unincorporated Joint Venture with 5 Partners
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Background and Demographics
- Perth, Western Australia: the most isolated city in
the world
– WA: 35% of Australian land mass, 2nd largest administrative territory in the world (#1: Yakutia, Russia) – Same size as continental US from the Rockies to Pacific – 2.5 million people in WA, 80% living in Perth – Nearest city > 100,000: Adelaide, 2000 km away
- People already living in WA stay; undergrads
continue to PhD at local universities
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Motivations to Do SCC
- Increase computational science literacy in WA
- Develop future users/employees
- Train professional workforce for local industry
- Exposure in international HPC community
- It sounded like fun!
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iVEC/Pawsey SCC Teams
- Engaged with 3 of 4 local universities
- Students received varying levels of support for
participation
– Incorporated into Honours thesis – Credit for computational physics lab – Nothing
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SCC Team Training
- One afternoon per week, through university school
year, team met with me
– Australian schedule: 1st semester March-June, 2nd semester August-November
- Covered a wide variety of topics, including:
– System administration – MPI/OpenMP programming – Debuggers, profilers, performance tools – Computer procurement (with vendor) – Benchmarking and applications for competition – Visualization – Team-building
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Support & Funding
- My time & travel supported by iVEC/Pawsey
- Funding for travel: $3000/student
– Sought corporate sponsorship from local industry (mining companies, iVEC/Pawsey corporate users) – Limited support from universities for student travel funds
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Student Outcomes
- 2013: 3 students went on to PhD at local
universities
– 1 attended SC14 in Broader Engagement – Using more HPC in dissertation research than they would have – 1 got job at local mining company HPC center
- 2014: 1 student got internship from team
sponsor
– Student was “subject matter expert” on ADCIRC, sponsoring company does modeling of harbors, shallow water, etc. – Another student inspired to continue her education
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NERSC SCC Teams
- Currently working on application for ISC16
team
- “All-girl” team of former NERSC interns
- Motivations:
– Increase pipeline of underrepresented groups into HPC (and NERSC) – Showcase NERSC as a great supporter of HPC education, and accepting place to work – Fame and fortune
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NERSC Plans for SCC Training
- Remote training for all participants via Zoom
conference software
- Similar curriculum to Australian teams
- Meet in person in June, before competition
- Varying levels of institutional support