This site contains the general information for the 2020 Parallel Computing School, put on by ACENET.

General Information

The ACENET Parallel Computing School seeks to educate researchers in those tools and techniques used in high-performance computing and scientific computation. Topics will include general parallel computing, OpenMP, GPGPU, and Message Passing Interface (MPI).

Who: The course is aimed at researchers, both academic and industrial. The background expected is typically that of a graduate student, although both advanced undergraduates and those who have finished (or never been to) graduate school may expect to benefit. Participants attending the school must have familiarity with the Unix command line, and some level of programming experience. Participating in the ACENET Basics Series would be a great foundation for the school.

Requirements:

• You must have a Compute Canada account. If you do not have a Compute Canada account, please contact us at least a week in advance of the first session (that is, by May 26) so we can help you set up a free account.
• You must have your own computer, and set up the software described below on it in advance of the first session.
• You must have internet service of sufficient quality to participate in a Zoom videoconference. We also recommend that you have a microphone and headphones. You may also find a second monitor useful, if you can obtain one.
• You will be expected to abide by Software Carpentry's Code of Conduct.

Setup

Zoom

This online training will be conducted using Zoom video conferencing. Please download and install Zoom Client for Meetings.

SSH client

You must have an SSH client installed on your computer, and be able to connect to a Compute Canada cluster with it.

Contact: Please email ross.dickson@ace-net.ca for more information.

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Schedule