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技术方面正在迅速发展。在这样一个快速变化的环境中，下一代工程师和科学家接触到HPC系统的现代架构趋势，学习如何使用这些技术的特点来设计HPC软件堆栈，了解开源软件开发的过程及其可持续性是至关重要的。一年一度的mvapichuser Group （MUG）会议提供了一个开放的论坛来交流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。该项目的旅费资助将使一组本科生和研究生能够参加MUG会议。他们的参与将帮助他们在软件设计、重用和可持续性方面增加专业知识，从而进入下一代HPC工作队伍。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；促进国家健康、繁荣和福利；或者是为了保卫国防。MVAPICH项目的重点是为高性能计算系统设计高性能MPI和PGAS运行时。多年来，该项目已经能够整合新的设计，以利用新的多核/多核平台，如英特尔至强、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iWARP。一年一度的mvapich用户组（MUG）会议于六年前创建，旨在提供一个开放的论坛来交流MVAPICH2库的信息。这项拨款的目的是使在HPC领域（系统和应用）工作的本科生和研究生更多地参与年度MUG活动。申请的学生旅行基金有助于吸引一系列来自美国院校的学生。参加国际活动，如MUG，使学生能够获得快速发展的高性能计算领域和开源软件设计的全球发展图景。选拔委员会计划强调多样性，以吸引少数族裔和弱势群体的学生。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识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 next-generation engineers and scientists are exposed to the modern architectural trends of HPC systems and learn how to use the features of these technologies to design HPC software stacks and 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 RDMA technology. Travel funding from this project will enable a set of undergraduate and graduate students to attend the MUG meeting. Their participation will help them to enter the next-generation HPC workforce with increased expertise in software design, reuse, and sustainability. The project, thus, serves the national interest, as stated by NSF's mission: to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity and welfare; or to secure the national defense. 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 Xeons, NVIDIA GPGPUs, Open POWER, and ARM architectures, coupled with Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) enabled commodity networking technologies like InfiniBand, RoCE, Omni-Path, and iWARP. An annual MVAPICH User Group (MUG) meeting was created six 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 helps attract a set of students from a range of US institutions. Participation in an international event, such as MUG, enables students to obtain global picture of the developments happening in the rapidly evolving HPC domain and open-source software design. The selection committee plans to stress 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.