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Transition Workshop from the SGI Origin to the IBM p690

Dr. Ian Brooks, Research Programmer, National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA)
1901 South First St., Champaign, IL, Room E102A SRP
June 11, 2003, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

This is the first transition workshop for users moving from the SGI Origin 2000 to the IBM p690. The workshop covers the p690 system architecture and features the differences in compilers, libraries, and the batch system to access software and hardware. The worshop format is lecture/discussion in the morning session and hands-on experience in the afternoon. A computer lab will be available for the hands-on session in the afternoon. If possible, please bring your own laptop for the hands-on session and indicate this on the registration form.

The intended audience includes users of NCSA supercomputers - students, postdoctoral staff, faculty, and staff. Priority will be given to current Origin 2000 users. Enrollment is limited.

The workshop will be held at NCSA, 1901 South First Street, Champaign, Illinois (Building Z - located in quadrant G2 on the UIUC campus map).

To attend this workshop at NCSA, you must complete and submit the following registration form:

Registration is closed

Lunch will be provided. If you have questions, please contact training@ncsa.uiuc.edu.

 

Workshop Agenda

Wednesday,June 11, 2003

8:30 am

Check-in and Continental Breakfast  
9:00 am Welcome  

9:15 am

Transitioning from the Origin 2000 to the IBM p690

Ian Brooks, NCSA

 

10:30 am

Break  

10:45 am

Performance Analysis on the IBM p690

Greg Bauer, NCSA

 

11:15 am

Porting Experiences and Application Codes

Dodi Heryadi & Wai Yip Kwok, NCSA

 

12:00 pm End of Access Grid Segment  

12:00 pm

Lunch  

1:00 pm

Hands-on Lab - bring your own code