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技术方面正在快速发展。在这样一个快速变化的环境中，下一代工程师和科学家必须接触HPC系统的现代架构趋势，并学习如何使用这些技术的功能来设计HPC软件栈，了解开源软件开发的过程及其可持续性。年度MVAPICH用户组（MUG）会议提供了一个开放的论坛，以交流MVAPICH 2库的设计和使用信息，MVAPICH 2库是开源，高性能和可扩展的MPI库，以利用RDMA技术。该项目提供的旅费将使一批学生（本科生和研究生）能够参加MUG会议。他们的参与将帮助他们进入下一代HPC劳动力队伍，增加软件设计，重用和可持续性方面的专业知识。因此，该项目符合国家利益，正如NSF的使命所述：促进科学进步。MVAPICH项目的重点是为HPC系统设计高性能MPI和PGAS运行时。多年来，该项目已经能够整合新的设计，以利用新颖的多/众核平台，如英特尔至强Phis，NVIDIA GPGPU，Open POWER和ARM架构，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10/25/40/50/100 GigE与iWARP。MVAPICH用户组（MUG）年度会议于五年前成立，旨在提供一个交流MVAPICH 2图书馆信息的开放论坛。该补助金下的资金旨在提高在HPC领域（系统和应用程序）工作的本科生和研究生在年度MUG活动中的参与度。申请的学生旅行基金将有助于吸引来自一系列美国机构的学生。参加MUG等国际活动将使学生能够全面了解快速发展的HPC领域和开源软件设计的发展情况。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

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 software design, reuse, and sustainability. The project thus serves the national interest, as stated by NSF's mission: to promote the progress of science.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 10/25/40/50/100GigE with iWARP. An annual MVAPICH User Group (MUG) meeting was created five years ago 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 from minority and under-represented groups.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.