ICTP School on LINUX Clusters for High Performance Computing

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ICTP School on LINUX Clusters for High Performance Computing | (smr 1640)

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Monday, 17 January 2005
- 08:30 - 10:00 Registration
  - 08:30 Registration 1h30'
- 10:00 - 11:00 Introduction to the School
  - 10:00 Introduction to the School 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Gilberto Diaz (University of Merida, Venezuela)
- 11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
  - 11:00 Coffee Break 30'
- 11:30 - 12:30 Overview on Linux Operating System (I)
  - 11:30 Overview on Linux Operating System (I) 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Gilberto Diaz
- 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
  - 12:30 Lunch Break 1h30'
- 14:00 - 15:00 Overview on Linux Operating System (II)
  - 14:00 Overview on Linux Operating System (II) 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Gilberto Diaz
- 15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
  - 15:30 Coffee Break 30'
- 16:00 - 17:30 Exercise 1: Install your Linux box
  - 16:00 Exercise 1: Install your Linux box 1h30'
- 18:00 - 20:00 Dinner
  - 18:00 Dinner 2h0'
- 20:00 - 22:00 Night Laboratory: Installing your Linux box
  - 20:00 Night Laboratory: Installing your Linux box 2h0'
Tuesday, 18 January 2005
- 09:00 - 12:30 Opening Ceremony
  - 09:00 Opening Ceremony 3h30'
- 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
  - 12:30 Lunch Break 1h30'
- 14:00 - 16:00 Completion of the Installation Procedure
  - 14:00 Completion of the Installation Procedure 2h0'
    
    Speaker: Gilberto Diaz
- 16:00 - 16:30 Coffee Break
  - 16:00 Coffee Break 30'
- 16:30 - 18:30 Introduction to Networks (I)
  - 16:30 Introduction to Networks (I) 2h0'
- 17:30 - 18:00 Discussions and comments
  - 17:30 Discussions and comments 30'
- 18:00 - 20:00 Dinner
  - 18:00 Dinner 2h0'
- 20:00 - 22:00 Night Laboratory: Lan (exercises on networks)
  - 20:00 Night Laboratory: Lan (exercises on networks) 2h0'
Wednesday, 19 January 2005
- 09:00 - 10:30 Networking for Cluster Computing (I)
  - 09:00 Networking for Cluster Computing (I) 1h30'
    
    Speaker: Gilberto Diaz
- 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
  - 10:30 Coffee Break 30'
- 11:00 - 12:30 Networking for Cluster Computing (II)
  - 11:00 Networking for Cluster Computing (II) 1h30'
    
    Speaker: Gilberto Diaz
- 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
  - 12:30 Lunch Break 1h30'
- 14:00 - 16:00 Introduction to Cluster Computing
  - 14:00 Introduction to Cluster Computing 2h0'
    
    Speaker: Stefano Cozzini (Democritos/INFM, Trieste, Italy)
- 16:00 - 16:30 Coffee Break
  - 16:00 Coffee Break 30'
- 16:30 - 18:30 Network Exercise Number 2
  - 16:30 Network Exercise Number 2 2h0'
- 18:30 - 20:30 Dinner
  - 18:30 Dinner 2h0'
- 20:00 - 22:00 Night Laboratory: Exercise 2 continued
  - 20:00 Night Laboratory: Exercise 2 continued 2h0'
Thursday, 20 January 2005
- 09:00 - 10:00 Introduction to Cluster Installation Tools
  - 09:00 Introduction to Cluster Installation Tools 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Stefano Cozzini
- 10:00 - 11:00 Npaci-rocks
  - 10:00 Npaci-rocks 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Gilberto Diaz
- 11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
  - 11:00 Coffee Break 30'
- 11:30 - 12:30 Lab Session: Install your Npaci-rocks Linux cluster
  - 11:30 Lab Session: Install your Npaci-rocks Linux cluster 1h0'
- 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
  - 12:30 Lunch Break 1h30'
- 14:00 - 15:00 Lab Exercise: Complete your installation
  - 14:00 Lab Exercise: Complete your installation 1h0'
- 15:00 - 16:00 Hardware basic for cluster computing (I)
  - 15:00 Hardware basic for cluster computing (I) 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Roberto Innocente (SISSA, Trieste, Italy)
- 16:00 - 16:30 Coffee Break
  - 16:00 Coffee Break 30'
- 16:30 - 17:30 Hardware basic for cluster computing (II)
  - 16:30 Hardware basic for cluster computing (II) 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Roberto Innocente
- 17:30 - 18:30 Kiss approach to cluster computing (I)
  - 17:30 Kiss approach to cluster computing (I) 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Axel Kohlmeyer (Ruhr Universitaet Bochum, Germany)
- 18:30 - 20:30 Dinner
  - 18:30 Dinner 2h0'
- 20:00 - 22:00 Night Laboratory: Installing an Oscar cluster
  - 20:00 Night Laboratory: Installing an Oscar cluster 2h0'
    
    Speaker: Stefano Cozzini/Gilberto Diaz
Friday, 21 January 2005
- 09:00 - 10:00 Kiss approach to cluster computing (II)
  - 09:00 Kiss approach to cluster computing (II) 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Axel Kohlmeyer
- 09:30 - 10:30 Hardware basic for cluster computing (III)
  - 09:30 Hardware basic for cluster computing (III) 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Roberto Innocente
- 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
  - 10:30 Coffee Break 30'
- 11:00 - 12:30 Introduction to parallel programming
  - 11:00 Introduction to parallel programming 1h30'
    
    Speaker: Stefano Cozzini
- 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
  - 12:30 Lunch Break 1h30'
- 14:00 - 15:00 MPI programming (I)
  - 14:00 MPI programming (I) 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Stefano Cozzini
- 15:00 - 16:00 Exercises on MPI programming
  - 15:00 Exercises on MPI programming 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Gilberto Diaz/Stefano Cozzini
- 16:00 - 16:30 Coffee Break
  - 16:00 Coffee Break 30'
- 16:30 - 18:30 Exercises on MPI programming (II)
  - 16:30 Exercises on MPI programming (II) 2h0'
    
    Speaker: Gilberto Diaz/Stefano Cozzini
- 18:30 - 20:30 Dinner
  - 18:30 Dinner 2h0'
Saturday, 22 January 2005
- 09:00 - 10:00 MPI programming (II)
  - 09:00 MPI programming (II) 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Stefano Cozzini
- 10:00 - 10:15 Student presentation: Jon presents his AIMS centre
  - 10:00 Student presentation: Jon presents his AIMS centre 15'
- 10:15 - 12:00 Free exercises on MPI programming
  - 10:15 Free exercises on MPI programming 1h45'
Monday, 24 January 2005
- 09:00 - 10:30 Networks
  - 09:00 Networks 1h30'
    
    Speaker: Roberto Innocente
- 10:30 - 11:30 Running and benchmarking application
  - 10:30 Running and benchmarking application 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Axel Kohlmeyer
- 11:30 - 12:00 Coffee Break
  - 11:30 Coffee Break 30'
- 12:00 - 12:15 Resource managers and cluster administration tools
  - 12:00 Resource managers and cluster administration tools 15'
    
    Speaker: Stefano Cozzini
- 12:15 - 12:30 Start installing your cluster with PBS+compilers+other roll
  - 12:15 Start installing your cluster with PBS+compilers+other roll 15'
- 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
  - 12:30 Lunch Break 1h30'
- 14:00 - 15:30 Resource managers and cluster administration tools (II)
  - 14:00 Resource managers and cluster administration tools (II) 1h30'
    
    Speaker: Stefano Cozzini
- 15:30 - 16:30 Labs: complete the installation of your cluster with PBS on it
  - 15:30 Labs: complete the installation of your cluster with PBS on it 1h0'
- 16:30 - 17:00 Coffee Break
  - 16:30 Coffee Break 30'
- 17:00 - 18:00 Labs: using PBS batch system
  - 17:00 Labs: using PBS batch system 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Axel Kohlmeyer/Stefano Cozzini
- 18:00 - 18:30 Student presentations: Deriving linearized ozone chemistry scheme to be used in 3D chemical transport model of the middle atmosphere
  - 18:00 Student presentations: Deriving linearized ozone chemistry scheme to be used in 3D chemical transport model of the middle atmosphere 30'
    
    Speaker: Abraham (Ghana)
- 18:30 - 20:30 Dinner
  - 18:30 Dinner 2h0'
- 20:30 - 22:30 Case Study: classical parallel molecular dynamics simulation
  - 20:30 Case Study: classical parallel molecular dynamics simulation 2h0'
    
    Speaker: Stefano Cozzini
Tuesday, 25 January 2005
- 09:00 - 11:00 Tools for HPC in cluster computing: Compiling and HPC libraries and other
  - 09:00 Tools for HPC in cluster computing: Compiling and HPC libraries and other 2h0'
    
    Speaker: Axel Kohlmeyer
- 11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
  - 11:00 Coffee Break 30'
- 11:30 - 12:00 Exercises on PBS/MPI performances and optimized libraries
  - 11:30 Exercises on PBS/MPI performances and optimized libraries 30'
    
    Speaker: Stefano Cozzini
- 12:00 - 13:30 Lab session
  - 12:00 Lab session 1h30'
- 13:30 - 15:00 Lunch Break
  - 13:30 Lunch Break 1h30'
- 15:00 - 16:30 Lab sessions
  - 15:00 Lab sessions 1h30'
- 16:30 - 17:00 Coffee Break
  - 16:30 Coffee Break 30'
- 17:00 - 18:00 Group presentations
  - 17:00 Group presentations 1h0'
- 18:00 - 19:00 Student presentation
  - 18:00 Student presentation 1h0'
- 19:00 - 21:00 Dinner
  - 19:00 Dinner 2h0'
Wednesday, 26 January 2005
- 09:00 - 10:00 Introduction to Mosix/Openmosix paradigm
  - 09:00 Introduction to Mosix/Openmosix paradigm 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Roberto Innocente
- 10:00 - 11:00 Demo: Installing an openmosix cluster using clusterKnoppix
  - 10:00 Demo: Installing an openmosix cluster using clusterKnoppix 1h0'
- 11:00 - 12:00 Closing
  - 11:00 Closing 1h0'
- 11:00 - 13:30 Lunch and preparation for travel to Accra
  - 11:00 Lunch and preparation for travel to Accra 2h30'
- 13:30 - 18:30 TRAVEL TO ACCRA
  - 13:30 TRAVEL TO ACCRA 5h0'
Thursday, 27 January 2005
- 09:30 - 10:00 Guided tour of the Kofi Annan center
  - 09:30 Guided tour of the Kofi Annan center 30'
- 10:00 - 10:30 Centre presentation
  - 10:00 Centre presentation 30'
- 10:30 - 11:00 The param-pagdma cluster
  - 10:30 The param-pagdma cluster 30'
- 11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
  - 11:00 Coffee Break 30'
- 12:00 - 13:00 Installing openMosix cluster using clusterKnoppix
  - 12:00 Installing openMosix cluster using clusterKnoppix 1h0'
- 13:00 - 14:30 Lunch
  - 13:00 Lunch 1h30'
- 14:30 - 15:00 Demo: how to repartition your hard disk to install Linux (Jon)
  - 14:30 Demo: how to repartition your hard disk to install Linux (Jon) 30'
- 15:00 - 16:00 Demo: running Pallas benchmark on myrinet cluster
  - 15:00 Demo: running Pallas benchmark on myrinet cluster 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Stefano Cozzini
Friday, 28 January 2005
- 08:00 - 08:30 Arrival of Guests
  - 08:00 Arrival of Guests 30'
- 08:30 - 08:40 Welcome Address: Director General AITI-KACE
  - 08:30 Welcome Address: Director General AITI-KACE 10'
- 08:40 - 08:50 Address by Chairman: Prof. F.K.A. Allotey
  - 08:40 Address by Chairman: Prof. F.K.A. Allotey 10'
- 08:50 - 09:00 Address by Minister
  - 08:50 Address by Minister 10'
- 09:00 - 09:30 Critical path to ICT policy development for accelerated growth in the subregion: Ghana experience
  - 09:00 Critical path to ICT policy development for accelerated growth in the subregion: Ghana experience 30'
    
    Speaker: C. Dzidonu
- 09:30 - 10:00 Towards effective high speed computing for research and forecasting: The KISS approach to building Linux clusters
  - 09:30 Towards effective high speed computing for research and forecasting: The KISS approach to building Linux clusters 30'
    
    Speaker: Axel Kohlmeyer
- 10:00 - 10:30 New generation tool for monitoring and management of public utilities: The SCADA
  - 10:00 New generation tool for monitoring and management of public utilities: The SCADA 30'
    
    Speaker: Dr. Omane
- 10:30 - 11:00 Discussions
  - 10:30 Discussions 30'
- 11:00 - 11:15 Cocoa Break
  - 11:00 Cocoa Break 15'
- 11:15 - 11:45 Role of private sector in Advanced Technology-driven economic development
  - 11:15 Role of private sector in Advanced Technology-driven economic development 30'
    
    Speaker: Nii Quaynor
- 11:45 - 12:15 Combat modeling, simulation and wargames in battlefield digitisation: Prospects for technology transfer and diffusion for economic development
  - 11:45 Combat modeling, simulation and wargames in battlefield digitisation: Prospects for technology transfer and diffusion for economic development 30'
    
    Speaker: Naval Capt. K. Osei
- 12:15 - 12:45 From cluster to grid computing: Enhancing the power of computing in Information Systems
  - 12:15 From cluster to grid computing: Enhancing the power of computing in Information Systems 30'
    
    Speaker: Stefano Cozzini
- 12:45 - 13:15 Seamless approach to migration from Microsoft to Linux: the economics of Open Source computing
  - 12:45 Seamless approach to migration from Microsoft to Linux: the economics of Open Source computing 30'
    
    Speaker: Chris Mungai
- 13:15 - 13:45 Discussions
  - 13:15 Discussions 30'
- 13:45 - 14:00 Chairman's remarks
  - 13:45 Chairman's remarks 15'
- 14:00 - 14:15 Closing Ceremony
  - 14:00 Closing Ceremony 15'