EPSCOR: Workshop: Linux Cluster Workshop

在美国，对精通集群计算的科学家/研究人员的需求正在增加；然而，在地理位置偏远的地方，很少有机会容易地获得这些知识。在EPSCoR的各个州，感兴趣的教师和研究生都在建立自己的集群——从小的（8个节点）到大的（128个节点）——并在进行过程中自学；这是一个缓慢的过程。Linux集群研讨会将提高EPSCoR各州的研发竞争力，使计算科学家和工程师能够开发在各种规模的Linux集群上实现最大性能和可扩展性的应用程序；系统管理员将了解与Linux集群管理相关的问题，以支持安全、可靠和高性能的计算。Linux集群的潜在用户将发现这些研讨会是对配置、获取和使用Linux集群过程的详细和翔实的介绍。LCI技术材料突出了科学应用程序开发人员和系统管理员需要但在其他地方很难找到的信息。本次研讨会将进一步推动七个西部EPSCoR州组成的WESNetgroup的雄心勃勃的推广和教育工作，这些州一直在合作，努力向EPSCoR研究人员介绍高性能集群计算活动。这将进一步充分利用我国在科学和工程方面的人才，并在全国各州建立优秀的研究和学习中心。在这些集群上训练的学生将更好地准备在毕业时担任高性能计算领域的计算科学家的角色。Linux集群研讨会将在EPSCoR研究人员的不同群体中促进高性能计算，以长期努力刺激新的合作和科学研究机会。这些人的家乡在获得新的研究经费和为私营部门活动提供智力和计算援助方面将更具竞争力。

There is an increasing need for scientists/researchers in the United States who are knowledgeable about cluster computing; however, there are few opportunities offered at geographically remote locations to acquire this knowledge easily. Interested faculty and graduate students throughout the EPSCoR states are building their own clusters--ranging from small (8 nodes) to large (128 nodes)--and teaching themselves as they proceed; this is a slow process.The Linux Cluster Workshop will increase the research and development competitiveness of EPSCoR states by enabling computational scientists and engineers todevelop applications that achieve maximum performance and scalability on Linux clusters of all sizes; system administrators will learn about issues related to the administration of Linux clusters in support of secure, reliable, and high-performance computing.Prospective users of Linux clusters will find the workshops to be a detailed and informative introduction to the process of configuring, acquiring, and using Linux clusters. LCI technical materials highlight the information that scientific application developers and systems administrators need but cannot readily find elsewhere.This workshop will further the ambitious outreach and education efforts of the WESNetgroup of seven western EPSCoR states that have been collaborating in an effort tointroduce EPSCoR researchers to high-performance cluster computing activities. This will be one more step to optimally exploit our national talent for science and engineering and develop excellent centers of research and learning in every state in the nation.Students trained on these clusters will be better prepared to assume the role ofcomputational scientists in high-performance computing upon graduation.The Linux Cluster workshop will promote high-performance computing among a diverse group of EPSCoR researchers in a long-term effort to stimulate new collaborations and scientific research opportunities. The home states of these individuals will be more competitive in terms of securing new research funding and providing intellectual and computational assistance to private sector activities.