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TACC Institute: Parallel Programming Foundations
Posted by Jason Allison on May 18, 2018 4:38:30 PM
June 25th - June 29th, 2018 Ready to parallelize your software? Spend a week with TACC’s high performance computing experts learning to write parallel applications using OpenMP and MPI, profiling and optimizing sequential and parallel applications, debugging parallel software, developing software...
Updated on Jun 15, 2018 1:48:42 PM
We still have spaces available for the Parallel Programming Foundations Institute - June 25th through June 29th, 2018. Please register ASAP to avoid missing out on this opportunity.
Original Posting
June 25th - June 29th, 2018
Ready to parallelize your software? Spend a week with TACC’s high performance computing experts learning to write parallel applications using OpenMP and MPI, profiling and optimizing sequential and parallel applications, debugging parallel software, developing software for many-core architectures, and more. Gain practical experience developing parallel applications with guided hands-on exercises, spend time with TACC experts one-on-one talking about your own research project goals and roadblocks, and hear from TACC staff, users, and collaborators about the latest trends, technologies, and research projects related to large-scale parallel computation.
Topics covered include:
- OpenMP SIMD Directives
- MPI Collectives
- Hybrid OpenMP/MPI Programming
- Profiling and Debugging
For more information and access to registration, please visit the following link:
https://www.tacc.utexas.edu/education/institutes/parallel-programming-foundations
TACC Institute: Computational Science in the Cloud
Posted by Jason Allison on May 18, 2018 4:25:31 PM
June 4th - June 8th, 2018 Spend a week with TACC’s web and cloud computing experts learning about tools, techniques, and best practices for doing high throughput computing, using virtual machines, containers, and recipes to ensure that your runtime environment is reproducible, even if you need to...
Updated on May 29, 2018 10:14:07 AM
We still have spaces available for the Computational Science in the Cloud Institute. Please register ASAP to avoid missing out on this opportunity. The registration deadline for this event has been extended to May 30.
Original Posting
June 4th - June 8th, 2018
Spend a week with TACC’s web and cloud computing experts learning about tools, techniques, and best practices for doing high throughput computing, using virtual machines, containers, and recipes to ensure that your runtime environment is reproducible, even if you need to scale out. Be prepared to take the lessons you learn at TACC back to your own research project with hands-on exercises and one-on-one time with our experts talking about the specifics of your own research project and goals. Hear about the latest tools and research in distributed and cloud computing with invited talks from fellow users, collaborators, and guests.
Topics covered include:
- Introduction to Cloud Concepts
- Virtual Machine Construction using Jetstream
- Making API Calls in Python
- Docker & Singularity Containers
- Automated Deployment Tools
For more information and access to registration, please visit the following link:
https://www.tacc.utexas.edu/education/institutes/computational-science-in-the-cloud
Stockyard WORK Status May 17 2018
Posted by Jacob Getz on May 17, 2018 2:28:47 PM
$WORK file-system is experiencing intermittent issues. This may cause some jobs to fail and /work calls to stall. Administrators are currently working to restore system functionality.
An additional announcement will be posted when $WORK is fully operational.
-TACC Team
Updated on May 17, 2018 3:40:46 PM
Work is back in full production. Please report any issues you encounter to the helpdesk.
Original Posting
$WORK file-system is experiencing intermittent issues. This may cause some jobs to fail and /work calls to stall. Administrators are currently working to restore system functionality.
An additional announcement will be posted when $WORK is fully operational.
-TACC Team
LoneStar 5 Maintenance 8 May 2018
Posted by Mitchell Collins-Bailey on Apr 23, 2018 10:40:49 PM
LoneStar5 will not be available from 8 a.m. to 17:00 p.m. (CT) on Tuesday, 8 May 2018. Scheduler maintenance will be performed during this time
Updated on May 8, 2018 9:52:48 PM
Lonestar5 largemem nodes have returned to production.
Updated on May 8, 2018 5:45:07 PM
LoneStar5 has returned from maintenance. At this time, the largemem nodes are still being worked on and will return to production shortly.
Original Posting
LoneStar5 will not be available from 8 a.m. to 17:00 p.m. (CT) on Tuesday, 8 May 2018. Scheduler maintenance will be performed during this time
Introduction To MPI Using The Interactive Parallelization Tool (IPT)
Posted by Jason Allison on May 7, 2018 1:05:37 PM
In parallel codes MPI (Message Passing Interface) is the predominant method for communicating data between the nodes of a compute cluster. It is widely used and performs well on a large variety of hardware platforms, and therefore a basic understanding of MPI programming is beneficial to anybody...
Lonestar5 Status 25 April 2018
Posted by Sergio Leal on Apr 25, 2018 11:58:56 AM
LoneStar5 has taken an unexpected power-down due to temperature and water problems. Administrators are working on resolving the problem.
Updated on Apr 25, 2018 1:36:20 PM
LoneStar5 queues have been reopened.
Original Posting
LoneStar5 has taken an unexpected power-down due to temperature and water problems. Administrators are working on resolving the problem.
Lonestar Maintenance, 3 April 2018
Posted by David Littrell on Mar 22, 2018 9:35:16 AM
Updated on Apr 3, 2018 6:26:12 PM
LS5 has been returned to production and the queues are open. We apologize for the delay.
Updated on Apr 3, 2018 5:27:44 PM
LS5 maintenance needs to be extended. LS5 will be returned to production as soon as possible.
Original Posting
LoneStar5 Status, 25 March 2018
Posted by Matthew Edeker on Mar 25, 2018 8:31:32 AM
Early this morning LS5 had a failure on the service nodes that serve out critical filesystems. Administrators are working on the problem now and will report when full functionality is restored.
Updated on Mar 25, 2018 10:22:11 AM
The filesystem issues on LoneStar5 have been resolved but we are still seeing the consequences on a few nodes. These will be recovered in due course and the queues have been reopened.
Original Posting
Early this morning LS5 had a failure on the service nodes that serve out critical filesystems. Administrators are working on the problem now and will report when full functionality is restored.
Training: OpenMP Training Events - April 12th and 13th, 2018
Posted by Jason Allison on Mar 22, 2018 12:19:22 PM
We are pleased to announce the following OpenMP training events are being offered to both in-person and webcast participants April 12th and 13th, 2018. The courses include hands-on exercises on TACC systems. Local participants are strongly encouraged to attend in person. Instructors will be...
We are pleased to announce the following OpenMP training events are being offered to both in-person and webcast participants April 12th and 13th, 2018. The courses include hands-on exercises on TACC systems. Local participants are strongly encouraged to attend in person. Instructors will be available after class to consult on individual projects with in person participants.
4/12/18 9am-12:30pm CT - Introduction to OpenMP
This course will introduce participants to the OpenMP threading model, and describe the basic constructs necessary to parallelize loops on multi-core architectures. Topics include the fork/join threading model, using OpenMP directives, and loop parallelization. The fundamentals of hybrid computing (MPI & OpenMP) will be explained and illustrated.
4/13/18 9am-12:30pm CT - Advanced OpenMP
This course will provide an introduction to OpenMP optimization techniques for multi-core and vectorized architectures. Topics will include OpenMP SIMD directives, configuring OpenMP thread affinity, tasking, and task dependences.
To register and for more information please visit: https://learn.tacc.utexas.edu/
If you have any questions please contact me at jasona@tacc.utexas.edu
TACC Maintenance 11 March, 2018
Posted by Mitchell Collins-Bailey on Feb 26, 2018 5:32:29 PM
Access to all TACC systems will be unavailable from 9:00 AM CDT until 2:00 PM CDT on March 11, 2018 to allow for upgrades to the TACC core network hardware. Jobs will continue to run, but users will have no access to TACC services and systems until the upgrade is complete.
Access to all TACC systems will be unavailable from 9:00 AM CDT until 2:00 PM CDT on March 11, 2018 to allow for upgrades to the TACC core network hardware. Jobs will continue to run, but users will have no access to TACC services and systems until the upgrade is complete.
TACC Maintenance 11 March, 2018
Posted by Mitchell Collins-Bailey on Feb 26, 2018 5:28:56 PM
Access to all TACC systems will be unavailable from 9:00 AM CDT until 2:00 PM CDT on March 11, 2018 to allow for upgrades to the TACC core network hardware. Jobs will continue to run, but users will have no access to TACC services and systems until the upgrade is complete.
Access to all TACC systems will be unavailable from 9:00 AM CDT until 2:00 PM CDT on March 11, 2018 to allow for upgrades to the TACC core network hardware. Jobs will continue to run, but users will have no access to TACC services and systems until the upgrade is complete.
Lonestar5 Maintenance 23 January 2018
Posted by Jacob Getz on Jan 8, 2018 11:19:21 AM
LoneStar5 will not be available from 8 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (CT) on Tuesday, 23 January 2018. System maintenance will be performed during this time.
-TACC Team
LoneStar5 will not be available from 8 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (CT) on Tuesday, 23 January 2018. System maintenance will be performed during this time.
-TACC Team
TACC Winter Break Schedule
Posted by Chris Hempel on Dec 21, 2017 6:42:54 AM
TACC personnel will observe the University of Texas at Austin winter break from 5 p.m. (CST) on Thursday, 21 December 2017, and will resume normal business hours on Tuesday, 2 January 2018. A staff member will be on site to monitor the status of all TACC resources. TACC support staff will monitor...
TACC personnel will observe the University of Texas at Austin winter break from 5 p.m. (CST) on Thursday, 21 December 2017, and will resume normal business hours on Tuesday, 2 January 2018. A staff member will be on site to monitor the status of all TACC resources. TACC support staff will monitor the consulting system throughout the break and address critical system issues. The staff will address other issues beginning Tuesday, 2 January 2018.