Student Travel Support for MVAPICH User group (MUG) Meeting

现代高性能计算(HPC)系统在处理器、网络和I/O技术方面发展迅速。在这样一个快速变化的环境中，关键是让下一代工程师和科学家接触到高性能计算系统的现代体系结构趋势，并学习如何使用这些技术的功能来设计高性能计算软件堆栈，了解开放源代码软件开发的过程及其可持续性。一年一度的MVAPICH用户组(MUG)会议提供了一个公开论坛，以交流有关MVAPICH2库的设计和使用信息，MVAPICH2库是利用RDMA技术的开源、高性能和可扩展的MPI库。来自该项目的旅行资金将使一批学生(本科生和毕业生)能够参加MUG会议。他们的参与将帮助他们进入下一代HPC员工队伍，使他们在软件设计、重用和可持续发展方面拥有更多的专业知识。MVAPICH项目专注于为HPC系统设计高性能MPI和PGAS运行时。多年来，该项目已经能够融入新的设计，以利用Intel Xeon PHI、NVIDIA GPGPU、Open Power和ARM架构等新颖的多核平台，以及支持远程直接内存访问(RDMA)的商用网络技术，如InfiniBand、ROCE、Omni-Path和带iWARP的10/40/100GigE。四年前，MVAPICH用户组(MUG)创建了一个年度会议，为交流MVAPICH2库的信息提供了一个公开论坛。这笔赠款下的资金旨在让更多在高性能计算领域(系统和应用)工作的本科生和研究生参加一年一度的MUG活动。申请的学生旅行基金将有助于吸引一批来自美国一系列机构的学生。参加像MUG这样的国际活动将使学生能够在全球范围内了解快速发展的HPC领域和开源软件设计方面的发展。选拔委员会将强调多样性，以吸引来自少数族裔和代表性不足群体的学生。

Modern High-Performance Computing (HPC) systems are rapidly evolving with respect to processor, networking, and I/O technologies. In such a rapidly changing environment it is critical that the next-generation engineers and scientists get exposed to the modern architectural trends of HPC systems and learn how to use the features of these technologies to design HPC software stacks, learn about the process of open-source software developments and its sustainability. The annual MVAPICH User Group (MUG) meeting provides an open forum to exchange information on the design and usage of MVAPICH2 libraries, which are open-source, high-performance and scalable MPI libraries to take advantage of the RDMA technology. Travel funding from this project will enable a set of students (undergraduates and graduates) to attend the MUG meeting. Their participation will help them to enter the next-generation HPC workforce with increased expertise on softwaredesign, reuse, and sustainability. The MVAPICH project focuses on the design of high-performance MPI and PGAS runtimes for HPC systems. Over the years, this project has been able to incorporate new designs to leverage novel multi-/many-core platforms like Intel Xeon Phis, NVIDIA GPGPUs, Open POWER, and ARM architectures coupled with Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) enabled commodity networking technologies like InfiniBand, RoCE, Omni-Path, and 10/40/100GigE with iWARP. An annual MVAPICH User Group (MUG)meeting was created four years back to provide an open forum to exchange information on MVAPICH2 libraries. The funding under this grant aims to achieve increased participation of undergraduate and graduate students working in the HPC area (systems and applications) in the annual MUG event. The requested student travel fund will help in attracting a set of students from a range of US institutions. The participation in an international event such as MUG will enable the students to get a global picture of the developments happening in the rapidly evolving HPC domain and open-source software design. The selection committee will stress on diversity to attract students fromminority and under-represented groups.