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Dear Colleagues,<br>
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Here are my thoughts about the OSG Summer School. I attended it in
2011 and thought it a very well organized, pedagogical well
developed program. Certainly for someone with little to no
experience in parallel computing on a cluster it gives nice,
ground-up education with hands-on experience all the way up to grid
production. <br>
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It may be less useful for someone already running on clusters and
cautiously submitting to grids who is just looking for some tips to
streamline the experience. Also, what shouldn't be expected from
that program (at least based on my 2011 experience) is any
discussion about administering OSG's software stack for
participating in this grid.<br>
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The followup XSEDE (formerly TeraGrid) conference that they sponsor
for the summer school participants may be good for those curious
about what's out there for High Performance Computing and interested
in knowing about the major dedicated centers in the U.S., new
technologies and applications for tightly-coupled parallel
computing.<br>
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I hope this helps,<br>
-Igor<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/6/2013 9:56 PM, Richard Jones
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<blockquote cite="mid:5137AD99.9030500@uconn.edu" type="cite"> Hello
colleagues,<br>
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Would this be something we should advertise to the whole
collaboration? Igor went to this summer school a couple of years
back, and they paid for his travel plus his local expenses. The
emphasis was on hands-on work with setting up grid jobs, how to
manage workflows on the grid, different ways to manage big data,
etc. Maybe we could get a recommendation from Igor as to what
kind of person would best benefit from going.<br>
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<a href="https://www.opensciencegrid.org/bin/view/Education/OSGUserSchool2013">https://www.opensciencegrid.org/bin/view/Education/OSGUserSchool2013</a><br>
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-Richard J.<br>
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<td>ANNOUNCING THE 2013 OPEN SCIENCE GRID USER SCHOOL!</td>
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<pre>If you could access thousands, maybe millions, of hours of computing, how
would it transform your research? What discoveries would you make?
We are looking for qualified students to attend the 2013 Open Science Grid
(OSG) User School, where they will learn how to use high-throughput
computing to harness vast amounts of computing power for research.
Using lectures, discussions, roleplays, and lots of hands-on work with OSG
experts in high-throughput computing, students will learn how HTC systems
work, how to run and manage many jobs and huge datasets to implement a full
scientific computing workflow, and where to turn for help and more info.
Worried about costs? Successful applicants will get financial support to
attend the OSG School (June 24-27) at the beautiful University of Wisconsin
in Madison. Plus, some students will receive financial support to attend
XSEDE13 (July 22-25) in San Diego, California.
Ideal candidates are science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
(STEM) graduate students whose research demands large-scale computing.
Also, advanced undergraduates are encouraged to apply. Others may apply
too; funding is tight this year, but we consider all great candidates!
IMPORTANT DATES
Application Period: March 4-29
OSG User School: June 24-27
XSEDE13 Conference: July 22-25
MORE INFORMATION AND APPLICATIONS
Web: <a href="https://www.opensciencegrid.org/bin/view/Education/OSGUserSchool2013">https://www.opensciencegrid.org/bin/view/Education/OSGUserSchool2013</a>
Email: <a href="mailto:osg-school-2013-info@opensciencegrid.org">osg-school-2013-info@opensciencegrid.org</a>
Please forward this announcement to help us reach potential students. And
consider posting our flyer where appropriate:
<a href="https://www.opensciencegrid.org/twiki/pub/Education/OSGUserSchool2013/2013-osg-user-school-flyer.pdf">https://www.opensciencegrid.org/twiki/pub/Education/OSGUserSchool2013/2013-osg-user-school-flyer.pdf</a>
Please submit problems, requests, and questions at:
<a href="https://ticket.grid.iu.edu/goc">https://ticket.grid.iu.edu/goc</a>
Thank You,
OSG Grid Operations Center (GOC)
Email/Phone: <a href="mailto:goc@opensciencegrid.org">goc@opensciencegrid.org</a>, 317-278-9699
GOC Homepage: <a href="http://www.opensciencegrid.org/ops">http://www.opensciencegrid.org/ops</a>
RSS Feed: <a href="http://osggoc.blogspot.com">http://osggoc.blogspot.com</a>
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