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Scott Lathrop scott@ncsa.uiuc.edu www.hpcuniv.org Campus Champions January 11, 2001. What is HPC University?. A Virtual Organization of people and institutions committed to preparing knowledgeable & skilled HPC professionals, researchers, educators, and students. Goal:
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Scott Lathrop scott@ncsa.uiuc.edu www.hpcuniv.org Campus Champions January 11, 2001
What is HPC University? A Virtual Organization of people and institutions committed to preparing knowledgeable & skilled HPC professionals, researchers, educators, and students. Goal: Assess learning and workforce development needs. Assess requirements of a large and diverse computing community of practice. Define a roadmap for acquiring HPC competencies according to needs and requirements. Identify gaps to drive development of new HPC resources. Provides: A catalog of high quality, peer-reviewed training and education resources. A calendar of live and synchronous events. Resources for students, educators, and HPC practitioners. Access to resources and information world-wide. Responsiveness to community needs.
Who has Contributed? • TeraGrid Resource Providers • Computational Science Education Reference Desk (CSERD) – an NSDL Pathway • NCSA Blue Waters project • Multiple HPC Centers • PRACE • A neutral environment in which any and all organizations contribute and receive credit • We welcome contributions and participation by all interested organizations
HPCU Resources • Training materials • Education materials • Books, journals, and other publications • Scientific Visualizations • Submit resources
Student Resources • Competitions • Internships and fellowships • Career information • Challenge of the Week
Educator Resources • Curriculum development • Graduate and undergraduate programs • Fellowships • Competencies • Awards
Events • Awards deadlines • Conferences • Conference submission deadlines • Education events • Internship and fellowship deadlines • Seminars • Training events and workshops • Submit events
Current Activities • Focus on expanding content • Need advice on good materials to add • Conducting focus groups to improve site • Identify quality materials • Formal VVA review process • Informal “Amazon-style” reviews • Update meta-data used to tag items for searching • Working to add all information to database for full search capability • Working with European colleagues • Ensure people can add information on all pages
Longer-Term Activities • Add community forum space • Improve look and feel of site • Provide information to attract students into CS&E and HPC studies and careers • Add regional/country metadata • Add language of content metadata
How Can You Help? • Send us pointers to information and materials • Submit information and materials yourself • Provide feedback for improvements • What kinds of resources to add • Spread the word