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MPI programming workshop at Purdue set for Oct. 2-3

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Purdue will host a free two-day workshop focusing on MPI programming on Tuesday, Oct. 2, and Wednesday, Oct. 3, for faculty, staff and students looking to learn more about scalable parallel computing.

The workshop will take place from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days in the Envision Center, Stewart Center, Room B001, which is located off the tunnel between the Stewart Center and the Purdue Memorial Union. Space is limited to 25 participants so those wishing to attend should register soon. There is no cost to register. The event is sponsored by ITaP and the National Science Foundation, as well as the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center.

Participants should register with the National Science Foundation Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE), in which Purdue is a partner. A free XSEDE account can be created on the XSEDE user portal at portal.xsede.org.

The second day will build on the first day, so participants should attend both sessions.

The mini course will include a hands-on introduction to MPI programming. Attendees will leave with a working knowledge of how to write scalable codes using MPI. Participants should bring a laptop and be able to write C or Fortran in a Linux environment and to use a UNIX text editor such as vi or Emacs.

This workshop is part of a series of high-performance computing training sessions ITaP sponsors at Purdue through XSEDE, says Eric Adams, who coordinates training for ITaP Research Computing.

The workshop is delivered nationwide using high-definition video conferencing to allow students to interact in real time with course instructors from the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center and to work in person with local colleagues and experts. At Purdue, staff from ITaP Research Computing will be on hand.

For more information, email rcac-help@purdue.edu.

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