PACS Training Course Reaches 10K Milestone
released 07.20.04
Contact
Leslie Southern
PACS Training Lead
614.292.9367
COLUMBUS, OH —
The PACS (Partners for Advanced Computational Services) Alliance Training group has announced a milestone for its Introduction to MPI asynchronous, Web-based course: Since the course debuted in spring 2000, it has had more than 10,000 log-ins.
"This tutorial was the PACS Training Group's first asynchronous course, but you wouldn't know it when you take it," said PACS lead Leslie Southern. "It is an exceptional course that has gained respect from our peers and students all over the world."
The on-line tutorial, accessible from http://webct.ncsa.uiuc.edu:8900/public/MPI, covers these topics: - Message Passing Fundamentals
- Getting Started with MPI
- MPI Program Structure
- Point-to-Point Communication
- Derived Datatypes
- Collective Communications
- Communicators
- Virtual Topologies
- Parallel I/O
- Parallel Mathematical Libraries
- Portability Issues
- Program Performance
- Parallel Algorithms Underlying MPI Implementations
"The feedback from those who have taken the course has been overwhelmingly positive," said OSC's David Ennis, tutorial lead. "Students have appreciated the high quality, convenience and the conciseness of the course."
The Introduction to MPI online tutorial was developed by PACS Alliance partners the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), Boston University, University of Kentucky, University of New Mexico, and OSC (Ohio Supercomputer Center). This course is one of several offered online via NCSA's Web-based course server, WebCT-HPC. These courses can be accessed at http://webct.ncsa.uiuc.edu:8900/ and are available to everyone at no charge.
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