The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) has announced the topic of its 2015 Summer Institute, which runs from August 10-14: High Performance Computing for the Long Tail of Science. The Summer Institute is a week-long education and training program in HPC and data-intensive computing. Priority applications are due by Friday, May 29.
The first half will consist of plenary sessions covering essential skills including data management, running jobs on SDSC resources, reproducibility, database systems, characteristics of big data, and techniques for turning data into knowledge, software version control, and making effective use of hardware. This will be followed by parallel sessions to dive deeper into specialized materials relevant to research projects. Parallel session will cover topics including SPARK, parallel computing, performance optimization, predictive analytics, scalable data management, visualization, workflow management, GPUs/CUDA, and Python for scientific computing. SDSC says the program "will deploy a flexible format designed to help attendees get the most out of their week." Participants will also get the opportunity to do hands-on exercises on Comet (SDSC's newest supercomputer), and the data-intensive Gordon system.
The Summer Institute is encouraging applicants interested in data science and computational science, and especially, current and potential users of SDSC's data-intensive resources. Some familiarity with UNIX/Linux environments is recommended, along with some programming experience in C/C++, Fortran, Java, R, Python, Perl, MATLAB or other languages. Applicants already dealing with data science and/or computational science problems are especially encouraged to apply. SDSC opens up the Summer Institute to people outside of San Diego, but participants are encouraged to apply early, because the number of available room-and-board scholarships is limited. Priority applications are due Friday, May 29 (for notification by June 5 whether you've been admitted). Applications after May 29 will be considered based on experience and availability. Applicants must be in one of three categories: academic faculty or staff; graduate and undergraduate students or post-doctoral researchers; or industry.
Learn more or apply for acceptance to the SDSC Summer Institute.