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Pittsburgh, PA
August 21 - 24, 2006
Cray and the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center hosted the Introduction to the Cray XT3 System workshop in Pittsburgh on August 21 to 24, 2006.
Attendees at this 4 day workshop worked with Cray specialists and PSC user consultants. Plenty of hands-on time allowed attendees to work on their own projects.
The workshop was aimed at scientists and engineers, including current and prospective users of NSF's TeraGrid systems and other leading edge resources.
The lectures strongly emphasized obtaining optimum performance. Hands-on sessions exemplified using the PSC Cray XT3 "Bigben" and illustrate the use of Bigben within the TeraGrid environment.
Instruction was provided by members of Cray and PSC. Many thanks to Cray for providing these instructors, and also for their financial support.
Lecture materials are available online.
Agenda
| Agenda | |
|---|---|
| Monday, August 21, 2006 | |
| 9:00 - 9:40 | PSC XT3 Configuration |
| 9:40 - 10:20 | Programming Environment, Optimization, Porting, Profiling and Tuning |
| 10:20 - 10:30 | Break |
| 10:30 - 11:50 | Programming Environment, Optimization, Porting, Profiling and Tuning |
| 11:50 - 13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30 - 17:30 | Hands-On: Port and Obtain Profiles |
| Tuesday, August 22, 2006 | |
| 9:00 - 10:20 | The PGI Compiler |
| 10:20 - 10:30 | Break |
| 10:30 - 11:50 | Cray XT3 Performance Tools |
| 11:50 - 13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30 - 15:30 | Tool Demonstration on XT3 |
| 15:30 - 17:30 | Hands-On: Profile and Optimize Code |
| Wednesday, August 23, 2006 | |
| 9:00 - 10:20 | Using Hardware Performance Counters on the Cray XT3 |
| 10:20 - 10:30 | Break |
| 10:30 - 11:10 | Optimization for the Cray XT3 |
| 11:10 - 11:50 | Software Roadmap for XT3 |
| 11:50 - 13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30 - 17:30 | Hands-On: Optimize Programs |
| Thursday, August 24, 2006 | |
| 9:00 - 10:20 | Performance Visualization on the Cray XT3 |
| 10:20 - 10:30 | Break |
| 10:30 - 11:50 | Debugging Applications with TotalView |
| 11:50 - 13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30 - 15:00 | Hands-On: Bigben and the TeraGrid PowerPoint PDF |
Registration
Registration fees are waived to students, professors or researchers associated with academic institutions.
Register online for the workshop. There are a limited amount of seats available. Registration will end when the workshop is full.
Alternately, you can print and complete the registration form and mail it to:
Workshop Application Commitee Attn: Tom Maiden Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center 300 S. Craig Street Pittsburgh, PA 15213
You may also register for the workshop by sending the requested information to tmaiden@psc.edu or by faxing it to 412-268-5831.
Please contact Tom Maiden with any questions about registration. Tom can be reached by sending email to tmaiden@psc.edu or by calling 412-268-5004.
Housing and Travel
Holiday Inn - University Center
100 Lytton Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Phone: 412-682-6200
Date: August 21 - 24
Rate: Government Rate/night + tax.
When reserving the room, please reference Cray Workshop in order to receive the posted rate. This hotel is walking distance (three blocks) from the PSC offices.