HPC User Training

Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center offers a variety of workshops, both at PSC and off-site, on subjects ranging from code optimization and parallel programming to specific scientific topics.

For more information about PSC's education, outreach and training programs, see http://outreach.psc.edu or view upcoming training events, or send e-mail to workshop@psc.edu.

Recent Workshops

Desmond Workshop, October 27, 2009

The newly released version (v.2.2) of Desmond software from DE Shaw Research, used for molecular dynamics simulations of biological molecules, was introduced. The basic concepts underlying Desmond and how to run simulations and analyze results were covered.

The workshop was co-hosted by the National Resource for Biomedical Supercomputing (NRBSC) and the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC), with instructors from DE Shaw Research, the NRBSC, and the PSC.

TeraGrid New User Training, August 14, 2009

The session was delivered using ReadyTalk web-based teleconferencing, and included hands-on opportunities. Topics covered included Portal Overview, TeraGrid Knowledge Base, Accessing Resources, etc.
>> Download the slides (ppt)
>> Play the audiovisual recording.

Parallel Programming and Cluster Computing Workshop, July 5-11, 2009

The Parallel Programming and Cluster Computing workshop focused on techniques and tools for parallel computing. This workshop was offered at Louisiana State University and simulcast at Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center.
>>Workshop Website

TAGPMA Federated Identity Workshop, April 29, 2009

The 9th meeting of The Americas Grid Policy Management Authority held at PSC in Pittsburgh PA. This all day event, open to the public, included presentations from vendors offering security and identity services such as Verizon Business Services, SafeNet & Aladdin.

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TeraGrid New User Training, April 24, 2009

The session was delivered using ReadyTalk web-based teleconferencing, and included hands-on opportunities. Topics covered included Portal Overview, TeraGrid Knowledge Base, Accessing Resources, etc.
>> Download the slides (pdf)
>> Play the audiovisual recording.
>> TeraGrid News announcement for this workshop.

Multi-core Programming and Performance Tuning, March 23-26, 2009

Intel Corporation experts presented the latest architectures and how to take advantage of them for modeling and simulation codes, focusing on the upcoming generation of very large shared memory machines.

TeraGrid New User Training, January 30, 2009

The session was delivered using ReadyTalk web-based teleconferencing, and included hands-on opportunities. Multiple topics were covered including Portal Overview, TeraGrid Knowledge Base, Accessing Resources, etc.
>> Download the slides (pdf)
>> TeraGrid News announcement for this workshop.

TeraGrid New User Training, October 31, 2008

The session was delivered using ReadyTalk web-based teleconferencing, and included hands-on opportunities. Multiple topics were covered including Portal Overview, TeraGrid Knowledge Base, Accessing Resources, etc.
>> Download the slides (pdf)
>> TeraGrid News announcement for this workshop.

Hybrid Programming for Shared-Memory and Clustered SMP Systems, September 8-11, 2008

Programming models and techniques for writing efficient parallel code on contemporary and future supercomputers with extensive shared memory, or hierarchical architectures with smaller shared-memory components were presented. Two important systems to which these techniques apply are the SGI Altix and networked clusters of multi-core processors.