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Education Plan Lab Interactions Jayathi Murthy Purdue University. 1. Education Plan. Objective : Significantly increase literacy/interest of US students in modeling and high-performance computing. Undergraduate: Freshmen-level introductory course on modeling and simulation (ENG103)
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Education PlanLab InteractionsJayathi MurthyPurdue University 1
Education Plan Objective: Significantly increase literacy/interest of US students in modeling and high-performance computing. • Undergraduate: • Freshmen-level introductory course on modeling and simulation (ENG103) • Undergraduate research (SURF) • Advanced technical electives • Graduate: • Advanced courses on predictive modeling and simulation • Research workshops • Seminar series • Short courses on HPC, programming Upcoming HPC Workshop September 2008 • Introduction to HPC • Fundamentals of parallel processing • MPI • Hands-on exercises using LAMMPS • Guest lectures
Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN) • $30M NSF-funded center (since 2002) • Key NCN participants on PRISM team: Aluru, Murthy, McLennan, Strachan, Koslowski • Over 760 resources: online simulation tools, courses, presentations, learning modules, podcasts, animations, online meetings • Over 380 contributors from 180 countries • Over 26,000 total users that includes over 5,900 simulation users http://www.nanohub.org
New Hubs Online IndianaCTSI.org – Anantha Shekhar, IUPUIclinical and translational research in healthcareonline since 10/1/2007 with 1,434 visitors thermalHUB.org – Tim Fisher, ME Purdueheat transferonline since 12/6/2007 with 4,029 visitors pharmaHUB.org – Rex Reklaitis, ChE Purduepharmaceutical product development and manufacturingonline since 12/11/2007 with 1,411 visitors GlobalHUB.org – Dan Hirleman, ME Purdueglobal engineering educationonline since 12/17/2007 with 686 visitors manufacturingHUB.org – John Sullivan, Purdue DPadvanced manufacturing techniquesonline since 5/30/2008 cceHUB.org – Marietta Harrison, Purdue DPcancer care engineeringonline since 6/11/2008 memsHUB cseHUB?
Computational Science and Engineering (CS&E) • Interdisciplinary graduate specialization program started in 1995 • Over 50 MS and PhD students and 137 faculty in 2007 including 6 PRISM members • 14 core courses in HPC architectures, parallel algorithms, programming, and visualization • Over 60 relevant CSE courses in disciplines ranging from computational biology to nuclear engineering • Require all PRISM graduate students to take specialization • Enrich program with more topical courses https://engineering.purdue.edu/CSE
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) • NSF, NIST and industry funded since 2003 • Summer and year-round paid research: • 186 SURF students in 2007 • 112 faculty across 21 Engineering and Science • Pathway to advanced degrees in STEM: • Over 50% of SURF students apply to grad schools
Interactions with Labs • Collaborations in critical areas • Validation data generation, sample fabrication • LAMMPS development • Linear solver development (PetSC) • Summer students • Joint participation in short courses, workshops, seminar series • Thesis committees • Sabbaticals (Purdue Labs)