SC Conference Experiencing HPC for Undergraduates Program

这项建议的目的是资助本科生参加SC13、SC14和SC15会议上的本科生体验HPC计划的旅费。该计划的主要目标是引导学生作为本科生进行研究，然后鼓励他们进入研究生院计算机和计算科学的高性能计算主题。该计划利用了SC技术计划的几个现有部分，并有专门针对该计划的其他活动。该计划为参与者提供的独特内容将包括HPC训练营会议、该领域知名研究人员的演讲、以应届研究生为特色的小组讨论，以及关于HPC领域学术和行业职业机会的小组讨论。该计划的关键思想是，让人们对HPC感到兴奋的最好方式是参观和参加该领域的重大技术会议。SC是举办此类项目的理想场所，因为它结合了高质量的技术会议(论文、海报、教程)和大型行业贸易展会(商业和研究展品、供应商简报、物以类聚的会议)的要素。通过为二年级和三年级的本科生提供一个了解该领域的机会，相信我们可以及时激发他们对该领域的兴趣，以便他们申请研究生院或决定在他们完成学士学位后进入哪个行业？S。该项目的目标是通过鼓励有才华的本科生考虑在高性能计算领域的研究生学习和职业来扩大高性能计算的劳动力队伍。该计划将特别努力从代表性不足的群体和少数族裔服务机构招募参与者。高性能计算对于从科学创新到产品开发的许多国家目标都至关重要。目前，进入这一领域的新生短缺。这项计划旨在帮助满足这些国家的需求。

The purpose of this proposal is to fund travel for undergraduate students to participate in the Experiencing HPC for Undergraduates program at the SC13, SC14 and SC15 conferences. The primary goal of this program is to lead the students into research as an undergraduate and then encourage them to attend graduate school in HPC topics in Computer and Computational Science. The program makes use of several existing parts of the SC technical program, with additional activities specific to the program. The unique content for the participants in this program will include an HPC boot camp session, talks by well known researchers in the field, a panel featuring current graduate students, and a panel on academic and industry career opportunities in the HPC field.The key idea of this program is that the best way to get people excited about HPC is to visit and participate in a major technical conference in the field. SC is an ideal venue for such a program since it combines elements of a high quality technical meeting (papers, posters, tutorials) with a major industry trade show (commercial and research exhibits, vendor briefings, birds of a feather sessions). By providing sophomore and junior undergraduates an opportunity to see what the field is about, it is believed that we can excite them about the field in time for them to apply to graduate school or decide on which industry to enter when they complete their bachelor?s degrees.The goal of this program is to expand the High Performance Computing workforce by encouraging talented undergraduates to consider graduate studies and careers in the field of HPC. The program will make a special effort to recruit participants from under represented groups and minority serving institutions. HPC is critical to many national goals from scientific innovation to product development. Currently there is a shortage of new students entering the field. This program is designed to try to help meet those national needs.