---------------------------------------------------------------------- H H PPP CCC UK NATIONAL HPC SERVICE H H P P C C -------------------------- HHHHH PPP C x x provided by H H P C C xx EPCC and H H P CCC x x CCLRC Daresbury Laboratory ---------------------------------------------------------------------- HPCx User Mailing 067 22 April 2005 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Contents ** ScicomP11: Registrations open ** HPCx Life sciences workshop ** Course: Optimisation techniques for the Power4 Processor ** Course: Improved performance scaling on HPCx ** DL_POLY Training Day ** DEISA newsletter ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Greetings-- SCICOMP11: REGISTRATIONS OPEN The early registration deadline for ScicomP11, the 11th IBM Scientific System User Group, is May 1st. This meeting is being hosted by EPCC in Edinburgh from 31 May to 3 June 2005 - see www.epcc.ed.ac.uk/scicomp/. An updated programme of invited talks is now available at www.epcc.ed.ac.uk/scicomp/program.htm. Key speakers currently include: * David Turek (VP IBM Deep Computing) * Richard Kenway (Chair of EPCC) * Don Grice (IBM Distinguished Engineer Poughkeepsie) * Gyan Bhanot (IBM Research Watson) * Juan Jose Porta (IBM EMEA/Germany) * Manish Gupta (IBM Research Watson) * Paul Madden (The University of Edinburgh) * Ashwini Nanda (IBM Research Watson) * Roch Archambault (IBM Toronto) * Simone Sbaraglia (IBM Research Watson) * Ram Rajamony (IBM Research Austin) The full programme including all submitted talks will be available early next week. To register, and for up-to-date information on ScicomP11 and the associated SP-XXL meeting, see www.epcc.ed.ac.uk/scicomp/. The ScicomP11 Organising Committee scicomp@epcc.ed.ac.uk ---------------------------------------------------------------------- HPCx LIFE SCIENCES WORKSHOP Wednesday 18 May, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, 13.30 - 17.00 The aim of this workshop is to provide a forum in which to raise issues relating specifically to Life Sciences users of HPCx. Staff from HPCx will give brief talks about the HPCx service, and we also welcome presentations from users. However, the major aim will be to promote an open discussion about the HPCx service. This is an opportunity for Life Sciences users to discuss any problems at all relating to their research work on HPCx, including code performance, availability of software, batch queue configurations and data storage. If you are interested in attending then please email David Henty, d.henty@epcc.ed.ac.uk (HPCx Applications Suport Team Leader). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- COURSE: OPTIMISATION TECHNIQUES FOR THE POWER4 PROCESSOR Thursday 19 May, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory This course will focus on tools and techniques for single processor optimisation on HPCx. The course will cover the architecture of the processors and memory system, profiling and hardware counter tools, getting the best from the compilers and Power4-specific tips and tricks. Further information: http://www.hpcx.ac.uk/support/training/HPCxOpt.html To register, please use the standard form: http://www.hpcx.ac.uk/support/training/form.html How to get to the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory: http://www.cclrc.ac.uk/Activity/RALMaps/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- COURSE: IMPROVED PERFORMANCE SCALING ON HPCx Friday 20 May, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory This course will focus on tools and techniques for achieving optimal scaling on HPCx. The course will cover techniques for optimising inter and intra-node communication, such as: overlapping communication; cluster aware message passing; mixed mode programming and processor mapping. Further information: http://www.hpcx.ac.uk/support/training/HPCxScale.html To register, please use the standard form: http://www.hpcx.ac.uk/support/training/form.html How to get to the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory: http://www.cclrc.ac.uk/Activity/RALMaps/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DL_POLY TRAINING DAY Wednesday, 27 April, at Daresbury Laboratory DL_POLY is a flagship molecular dynamics program, used throughout the UK to perform atomistic simulations. We will be holding a one-day DL_POLY Training Course at Daresbury Laboratory on Wednesday 27 April 2005. The timetable is as follows. 09:30 Overview of DL_POLY packages (WS) 10:00 Using DL_POLY (WS) 10:30 DL_POLY under the hood (WS and IJB) 11:10 Coffee (free) 11:30 DL_POLY on HPCx (IJB) 12:00 The DL_POLY GUI (WS) 12:30 Lunch 13:30 DL_POLY Hands-on session 14:30 Coffee (free) 16:30 Wind-up sesssion 17:00 Depart We have places for 16 people, who will be accepted on a first-come- first-served basis. If you wish to attend, please respond SOON to: w.smith@dl.ac.uk Please note that it is ESSENTIAL to bring a laptop computer (Windows or Unix) with an internet browser and means to connect to our ethernet. Wireless access will also be available. Those requiring overnight accommodation should book a room at the Daresbury Hostel as soon as possible: dl_hostel_reservations@dl.ac.uk Bill Smith and Ian Bush ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DEISA NEWSLETTER EPCC is a partner in DEISA, the Distributed European Infrastructure for Supercomputing Applications. DEISA is a consortium of leading national supercomputing centres in Europe aiming to jointly build and operate a distributed terascale supercomputing facility. More details: http://www.epcc.ed.ac.uk/deisa/. The first edition of the DEISA newsletter can be found here: http://www.deisa.org/files/DEISA_Newsletter_Vol1_05.pdf ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Regards --John ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Earlier mailings: http://www.hpcx.ac.uk/support/notices/index.html To be removed from the mailing list: log into your website account, go to the "Update" page, and click the "Opt out of user emails" field; then click "Commit update". -- John Fisher j.fisher@epcc.ed.ac.uk HPCx User Administration and Helpdesk HPCx: http://www.hpcx.ac.uk Helpdesk: support@hpcx.ac.uk Phone: +44 131 650 5029 Fax: +44 131 650 6555